LA GRANDE — Union County’s public high school graduation rates for the 2021-22 academic year were wide-ranging and mixed, according to statistics just released by the Oregon Department of Education
UNION COUNTY — School district officials in Union County are expressing positive feelings about a guidance recently issued by the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education regarding
UNION COUNTY â Leaders in some Oregon school districts, including Astoria, are rejecting standardized assessment testing, which normally happens each spring, because of instructional time lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assessment testing still is alive this spring in Union County, however, where all six of its public school districts are conducting it through May. Educators in the districts said they believe the tests provide valuable insight.
âThey tell us when we have gaps in our instruction. They drive our instruction,â said Cove School District Superintendent Earl Pettit.
Elgin School District Superintendent Dianne Greif also said assessment test scores are meaningful.
âThey help us develop future instructional strategies,â Greif said.