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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#993366" face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#993366'>There seems
to be a problem with the email link in this message.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It is correct on its face but when you click
on it, it leaves out a letter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#993366" face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#993366'>Please use
this one:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a href="mailto:epas@osrhe.edu">epas@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#993366'>Also please
know that you may not hear from us until we receive the email version of your
list from ACT which will be about the time you receive the hard copy version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
okepas-bounces@lists.onenet.net [mailto:okepas-bounces@lists.onenet.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:19
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> okepas@lists.onenet.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Okepas] State Regents'
Oklahoma EPAS Scholars Recognition Program2010</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oklahoma Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oklahoma EPAS Scholars 2010, now in its tenth year, is
a State Regents’ program aimed at recognizing students for their
collegiate preparedness as early as the eighth grade.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We encourage you to consider the delivery of
these certificates at a special event in your school—either by giving
them as part of your awards ceremonies this spring, or through other special
venues.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The mailing should be <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>arriving by
the end of March from ACT</span></b>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We
have asked ACT to address the mailing to the person who was listed as the EPAS
Contact for this year’s EXPLORE and PLAN assessment materials.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.3in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 1.3in'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face=Symbol><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>PLEASE NOTE:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We are not printing the certificates this
year.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A black line master will be
enclosed in this mailing for your use.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>If you would prefer to have the electronic version of the certificate
along with the electronic file of your roster and specific instructions for
doing a merge function just <span style='layout-grid-mode:line'>email us and
ask for it: <a href="mailto:epas@oshr.edu">epas@osrhe.edu</a>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Please do not email me as
it will delay your request</span></u></b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>This year’s Oklahoma EPAS
Scholars’ </span></font></b>roster includes your students who <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>scored at or above the College Readiness Benchmark</span></b> in any
subject area on the EXPLORE or PLAN test.<font size=6 color=white
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:white'> </span></font>These scores indicate whether students, based on
their performance on EXPLORE or PLAN are on target to be ready for first-year
college-level work when they graduate from high school.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The College Readiness Benchmarks for the
subject areas are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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normal'><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-tab-count:6'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>EXPLORE</span></font></u><span
style='mso-tab-count:3'> </span><u>PLAN<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>English<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>13<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>15<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:.5in right 3.25in 4.5in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Mathematics<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>17<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>19<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Reading<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>15<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>17<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:.5in right 3.25in 4.5in'><b
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Science<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>20<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>21<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you for your support of students through EPAS
and for your leadership on your campus. <span style='layout-grid-mode:line'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoSignature align=left style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:left'><font
size=1 face=NewCenturySchlbk><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:navy'>Cindy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Cynthia Brown, Ed.D.</span></font><font
color=navy face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Director of Student Preparation</span></font><font
color=navy face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>405-225-9156</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'> </span></font><font color=navy face="Bradley Hand ITC"><span
style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>“What
if we had fail-safe schools that treated the failure of a single child as
equally tragic as a nuclear meltdown, chemical spill, or an airplane
crash?”</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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none'><font size=1 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'>“Three Musts for Bolstering Student Achievement”
by Vicki Urquhart in Changing Schools, Summer 2008 (Vol. 58, p. 1-2)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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