Portland Public Schools Math Acceleration Policy
2010-11 student reading and math gains by ability and ethnicity/income: charts and table
2010-11 Exceeds gains, PPS compared to ACCESS: charts and tables
Oregon Department of Education issues a letter finding Portland still out of compliance read more
Portland Public Schools dismembers the TAG office..... read more
Portland Public Schools reduces early entry.....read more
Portland TAG Parents pose questions about High School Redesign....read more
Handout: Parent resources
Other News
Department of Education issues Final TAG findings: The Oregon Department of Education issued findings that Portland Public Schools is not in compliance with the Oregon TAG mandate and an order requiring a plan of correction. The findings were accompanied by a letter containing additional recommendations to PPS. On May 29, 2008, Portland submitted a Plan of Compliance. It submitted a final report on October 15, 2009. Action from the state is still pending....
NEW! High Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB, June 18, 2008 by Ann Duffett, Steve Farkas, and Tom Loveless, published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The first two (of five) studies Part I: An Analysis of NAEP Data, by Tom Loveless, discusses achievement trends for high-achieving students; Part II: Results from a National Teacher Survey, by Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett , discusses teachers' views of how schools are serving high-achieving pupils in the NCLB era.
http://www.edexcellence.net/detail/news.cfm?news_id=732&id=92
Portland Student Achievement Data
DTAC adopts revised position paper
The District TAG advisory committee has reviewed its position paper on services for TAG students. The revised document was adopted by the committee on February 27, 2002. The original position paper can be read online at first position paper
Our revised draft can be found at second position paper
page compiled by Margaret DeLacy, Last update, Tuesday, November 08, 2011. Links to this page are welcomed.
about the roses....
Portland is known as the Rose City. The drawing is by Elizabeth DeLacy, who owns the copyright