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=**Legislature **=
 * 1)  Adaptive Testing - Want html5 based assessments. No plugins. Not tied to specific platform.
 * 2) Technology Readiness Tool awarded to Pearson. Verification if ready to take the test.
 * 3) SBAC - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Measuring local readiness to plan for online assessments.
 * 4) Assist transition to next generation of assessments
 * 5) asses current readiness
 * 6) identify gaps and needs
 * 7) develop a readiness plan
 * 8) to be single point of survey for technology within districts
 * 9) 6 collection windows between 2012 and 2014
 * 10) once each spring and fall
 * 11) Computers & other devices
 * 12) Ratio of devices to test takers
 * 13) Network infrastructure
 * 14) personnel
 * 15) districts will have access to the reports

=**<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">USOE Initiatives **= =**<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">UTips **= =**<span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">UEN **=
 * 1) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">funds from the state how to determine distribution. Grant vs WPU?
 * 2) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">limits on what the funds to be used for?
 * 3) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">do we want money for more than just to provide testing?
 * 4) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Digital Content
 * 5) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">RU21 grant for mobile grant
 * 6) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Ck12 flexbooks
 * 7) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1/3 for math textbooks done and read for next year
 * 8) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2 utah curriculum subject areas, math & language arts, available electronically
 * 1) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Wireless Generation
 * 2) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Application this spring for next school year
 * 3) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Utah Alternative Assessment
 * 4) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">for most significantly cognitive disabled kids
 * 5) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">online this year
 * 6) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">not a student test - teacher states if student was proficient on the "test"
 * 7) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Summative testing for next year unclear
 * 8) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Utips is up and running
 * 9) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">code releases around every 2 weeks
 * 10) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">priority 1 - partner with teaching and learning to develop tests for common core to identify gaps
 * 11) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">priority 2 - csv file import with students
 * 12) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">may do some tighter integration with SIS in future
 * 13) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">import tool is currently alpha phase
 * 14) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">hope to at some point integrate with UTREX
 * 1) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Governance
 * 2) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">HP 53
 * 3) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">11 members of board
 * 4) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Executive Director will be hired by the board - at will position
 * 5) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">most board appts have been completed
 * 6) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">eRate
 * 7) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2012 application closes at March 20th
 * 8) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">State of Utah tally 17.6 million in funding requests at this time
 * 9) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">CIPA policy needs to be updated and available at any given request
 * 10) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">must be derived from open discussion/board meetings
 * 11) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Forms 479 will soon be gathered in to UEN
 * 12) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Apply for Priority 2 even if you won't get it since that at least defines the need
 * 13) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Training
 * 14) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Lots of training on the Canvas course system currently being offered
 * 15) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">talk with scott allen if you want to implement canvas
 * 16) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">wanting to develop a course that teaches how to be a good facilitator for online instruction
 * 17) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">wants to hire 2 teachers to be facilitors for 2 online courses each at $500 per course
 * 18) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">email **victoria@uen.org** if interested
 * 19) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">once a week doing presentation on iPads
 * 20) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">online offerings have been extended
 * 21) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">fall will have a course for eBook online/management/utilizing
 * 22) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">summer is filling up fast so contact quickly if any summer training is desired
 * 23) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">the fee for canvas will be eRatable. More details will be coming, but limited information at this time.
 * 24) <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Wimba will be kept for one more year