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AND POLICIES |
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TP1. Are there technology policies?
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Policy development process exists; technology policies are approved
or in process; policies are in place.
— Data Elements: TP001-TP005
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TP2. Is there a technology plan?
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| Pre-planning phase completed or underway; major planning components
are present; technology plan is approved.
— Data Elements:
TP006-TP009
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| Percentage of total technology plan budget that has funds committed
to its support; percentage of federal funding, state funding; funding
through other (local or private) sources.
— Data Elements:
TP010-TP012
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TP3. Is the plan being implemented?
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| Status of each major plan component; plan schedule and benchmarks
being met.
— Data Elements:
TP013, TP014
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TP4. Is the plan being evaluated?
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| Review cycle is implemented.
— Data Element: TP015
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| Review cycle includes accountability components.
— Data Element: TP016
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| There is a provision for revision of the plan.
— Data Element: TP017
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| The review is detailed in a published report, available to the
school and community.
— Data Element: TP018
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| The technology plan has been modified on the basis of the most
recent evaluation review.
— Data Element: TP019
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| The school or district is achieving technology plan goals.
— Data Element: TP020
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CHAPTER 2: FINANCE
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FI1. How does your school district compare in technology expenditures
with others in your state?
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| Expenditure comparisons for equipment (administrative, instructional):
as a percentage of total technology expenditures; average per student,
per teacher or administrative staff member, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC010, GC011,
FI001, FI002
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| Comparisons for expenditures for connectivity and infrastructure
upgrades: per student, per building.
— Data Element: GC004,
GC011, FI003
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| Comparisons for expenditures for applications (software) (administrative,
instructional): as a percentage of total technology expenditures;
average per student, per teacher or administrative staff member,
per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC010, GC011,
FI004, FI005
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| Comparisons for expenditures for maintenance and support (personnel,
non-personnel): as a percentage of total technology expenditures;
average per student, per computer, per building.
— Data Element: GC004,
GC006, GC010,
GC011, EI001,
EI068, FI006,
FI007
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| Comparisons for professional development (administrative, instructional):
as a percentage of total technology expenditures; average per student,
per administrative staff member or teacher, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC010, GC011,
FI008, FI009
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FI2. How much was spent in the past academic year for instructional
and administrative equipment purchases?
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| Expenditures for (instructional, administrative) equipment: as
a percentage of the amount originally budgeted; average per student,
per teacher or administrative staff member, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC010, GC011,
FI010, FI011
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FI3. How much was spent for instructional and administrative
applications and software?
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| Expenditures for (instructional, administrative) applications (software):
as a percentage of total expenditures for instructional materials;
as a percentage of the amount originally budgeted; average per student,
per teacher, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC010, GC011,
FI012, FI013
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FI4. How much was spent for maintenance and support?
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| Expenditures for (technology support personnel, maintenance agreements
and contracts, replacement components) as a percentage of the amounts
originally budgeted; per student, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC011,
FI014-FI016
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FI5. How much was spent for instructional and administrative
professional development?
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| Expenditures for (instructional, administrative) professional development
as a percentage of amounts originally budgeted; average per student,
per teacher or administrative staff member, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC010, GC011,
FI017, FI018
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| Expenditures for (training materials, external consultants, presentations
and workshops) as a percentage of total expenditures for (instructional,
administrative) professional development.
— Data Elements:
FI019-FI024
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FI6. How much was spent for connectivity and infrastructure?
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| Average expenditures for connectivity and infrastructure per student,
per teacher, per building.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC006,
GC011, FI025
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| Expenditures for (telecommunications and Internet access, networking
maintenance agreements and contracts, system or network monitoring
software): as a percentage of amount budgeted, as a percentage of
total expenditures for connectivity and infrastructure.
— Data Elements: FI026-FI028 [back to top]
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CHAPTER 3. EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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EI1. Is equipment present in instructional settings?
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| Percentage of instructional settings with one or more (up-to-date
computers, multimedia computers, computers connected to the Internet).
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI002,
EI007, EI014
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| Average number of (up-to-date computers, multimedia computers,
computers connected to the Internet) per instructional setting.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI001,
EI006, EI013
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| Two-way videoconferencing capability: availability, percentage
of instructional settings with equipment.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI022,
EI023
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| Graphing calculators: availability, percentage of instructional
settings with equipment, average number of students per graphing
calculator.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI024-EI026
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| Percentage of instructional settings with external input devices
(such as DVD players or videocassette recorders).
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI027-EI029
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| Percentage of instructional settings with broadcast video receivers.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI030-EI032
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| Percentage of instructional settings with projection devices.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI033-EI038
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| Percentage of instructional settings with dedicated printer.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI039
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EI2. Is equipment available for use by students?
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| Average number of students per (up-to-date computer, multimedia
computer, computer connected to the Internet) dedicated to student
use in instructional settings.
— Data Elements:
EI041, EI042,
EI045-EI048
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| Percentage of students (with regular access to multimedia computers,
with regular access to computers connected to the Internet, with
access only in computer laboratories, without regular access to
computers).
— Data Elements:
GC004, EI043-EI045,
EI047
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EI3. Is equipment available for use by teachers?
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| Percentage of teaching staff with access to a computer for instructional
use, by location of access (at school, at home).
— Data Elements:
GC005, EI049,
EI050
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| Percentage of teaching staff with their own (dedicated) computer
at school (by computer capabilities, type, Internet access, age).
— Data Elements:
GC005, EI051-EI056,
EI058-EI060
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| Teaching staff are allowed to take school-provided computers to
their homes outside of school hours.
— Data Element: EI057
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EI4. Is equipment available for use by administrators and support
staff?
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| Percentage of administrative or support staff with a dedicated,
up-to-date computer (by computer capabilities, age, Internet access).
— Data Elements:
GC007, EI061-EI068
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EI5. Does the infrastructure have the capacity to support the
school's technology needs?
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| Percentage of instructional settings with one or more up-to-date
computers connected to a network.
— Data Elements:
GC001, EI012
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| Ratio of staff to dedicated computers connected to a network (instructional,
administrative and support).
— Data Elements:
GC005, GC007,
EI055, EI063
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| Availability of bandwidth (to building).
— Data Element: EI021 [back to top]
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CHAPTER 4: TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
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TA1. Do the school or district's instructional applications
support teaching and learning standards across the curriculum?
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| Existence and current status of software alignment plan (most likely
at district or state level; may be for all subjects or for a specific
curriculum area or grade).
— Data Element: TA001
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| Number of approved instructional and teacher-support applications
in regular use (by subject area, grade and type).
— Data Element: TA004
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| Percentage of instructional applications aligned with one or more
learning standards.
— Data Element: TA004,
TA005
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TA2. Is there software support for technology tool skill development?
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| Count of applications, by type, in use in instructional settings
in the school or district that support tool skill development.
— Data Element: TA006
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TA3. Does the school/district use technology applications to
improve communication?
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| E-mail applications by type (School or district-wide, non-Internet;
Internet-based; none).
— Data Element: TA007
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| E-mail: Percentage of (teachers, students) with active accounts.
— Data Elements:
TA008, TA009
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| Existence of active district/school web site; usage; teacher participation.
— Data Elements:
TA010-TA013
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| Use of Internet telephony ("voice over IP", voIP) in the school
or district.
— Data Element: TA014
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TA4. Does the school/district have appropriate software and
systems to support primary administrative functions?
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| Availability of applications to support core administrative activities,
by activity type.
— Data Element: TA015
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| Decision support tools are available to administrators, teachers,
curriculum groups, parents and public; availability by information
category.
— Data Elements:
TA016-TA019
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| Availability and regular use of applications that support school/district
Security and Acceptable Use Policies; by application type.
— Data Elements:
TA020-TA021
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TA5. Are the applications in use evaluated for effectiveness?
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| Existence of software evaluation plan; evaluation ratings by software
category.
— Data Elements: TA022,
TA023 [back to top]
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CHAPTER 5: MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
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MS1. Are resources and processes in place to maintain school
technology?
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| Preventive maintenance schedule established; backup and disaster
recovery procedures in place.
— Data Elements:
MS001-MS004,
MS020
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| Number and type of maintenance incidents, average downtime, average
number of user calls to help desk, average time to repair (per workstation,
per server) in the most recent academic year.
— Data Elements:
MS005-MS012,
EI001, EI068,
EI069
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| Help desk, FAQ support (to help desk, to users), access to manuals.
— Data Elements:
MS013-MS016
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| Replacement/upgrade schedule established (hardware and software).
— Data Element: MS017
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| Diagnostic software available (where appropriate); repair tools
and parts available.
— Data Elements:
MS018, MS019
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MS2. Are personnel available to provide technical support?
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| Number of dedicated persons assigned to technical support (building,
district level) and total FTE hours assigned to technical support
(by primary area of responsibility).
— Data Elements:
MS021-MS023
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| Average hours of technical support by source (building, district
level).
— Data Element: MS024
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| Number and ratio of calls and incidents handled by FTE position;
ratio of (workstations, servers, users) to technical support staff.
— Data Elements: MS025-MS028 [back to top]
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CHAPTER 6: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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PD1. What technology-related training and/or professional development
do staff receive?
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| Hours of training/professional development, per staff FTE (instructional,
administrative and support).
— Data Elements:
GC006, GC010,
PD003, PD007
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| Proportion of technology-related professional development to total
professional development (instructional, administrative and support)
— Data Elements:
PD003, PD004,
PD007, PD008
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| Percentage of (teaching, administrative and support) staff with
at least the minimum required number of hours of technology-related
professional development.
— Data Elements:
GC005, GC007,
PD004, PD008,
PD009, PD010
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PD2. What are the goals, methods, incentives, and content of
technology-related training and/or professional development for
staff?
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| Existence of a written goal statement for technology-related professional
development for staff (teaching, administrative and support); technology-related
content areas covered in training and/or professional development
for staff in the past academic year.
— Data Elements:
PD011, PD012,
PD015, PD016
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| Percentage of total hours of technology-related training and/or
professional development provided through various means and using
various incentives.
— Data Elements:
PD013, PD014,
PD017, PD018
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PD3. How are training and/or professional development for staff
evaluated?
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| Administrators, technology coordinators or curriculum supervisors/department
heads receive training in evaluating staff technology proficiency
or extent of integration of technology into the curriculum (teaching,
administrative and support); existence of evaluation criteria for
effects of training and/or professional development.
— Data Elements: PD019-PD022 [back to top]
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CHAPTER 7: TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
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TI1. Are teachers proficient in the use of technology in the
teaching/learning environment?
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| Percentage of teachers achieving acceptable performance on standards-based
performance profiles of user skills.
— Data Elements:
GC005, TI001
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TI2. Are students proficient in the use of technology in the
teaching/learning environment?
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| Count of courses that include training or instruction in technology
tool skills in their contents.
— Data Element: TI002
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| Percentage of students who perform at or above grade-level-specific
performance levels on standards-based profiles of user skills; percentage
of students demonstrating competency on the Basic Skills, Critical
Literacies, and Construction Skills scales.
— Data Elements:
GC004, TI003-TI006
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| Percentage of students using computer-based assistive or adaptive
technologies to compensate for disabilities or limitations; percentage
of instructional settings with available computer-based assistive
or adaptive technologies.
— Data Elements:
GC001, GC004,
TI007, TI008
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TI3. Are administrators and support staff proficient in the
use of technology in support of school management?
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| Percentage of administrators achieving acceptable performance on
standards-based performance profiles of user skills; percentage
of support staff achieving acceptable technology proficiency.
— Data Elements:
GC008, GC009,
TI009, TI010
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| Percentage of administrators and support staff using computer-based
technologies on a variety of administrative tasks.
— Data Elements:
GC008, GC009,
TI011, TI012
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TI4. Is technology integrated into the teaching/learning environment?
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| Percentage of teachers and students using computer-based technologies
on a variety of instructional and instruction-related tasks.
— Data Elements:
GC004, GC005,
TI013, TI014
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| Count of courses offered through both external (state or regional)
and internal (district-wide) distance education.
— Data Element: TI015
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TI5. Are technology proficiencies and measures incorporated
into teaching and learning standards?
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| Inclusion of technology in standards (in general or subject-area
for students, for teachers).
— Data Elements: TI016-TI019
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TI6. Are technology proficiencies and measures incorporated
into student assessment?
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| Inclusion of technology-related items in student assessments.
— Data Element: TI020
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| Count of student assessments that are technology-based.
— Data Element: TI021
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TI7. Is technology incorporated into administrative processes?
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| Extent of integration in administrative tasks for a number of administrative
processes.
— Data Elements:
TI022-TI044
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| Percentage of teachers using computer-based technologies on instruction-related
administrative tasks.
— Data Elements:
GC005, TI045
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TI8. Is technology proficiency integrated into the evaluation
of instructional and administrative staff?
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| Inclusion of technology-related items in evaluation (teacher, administrator
and support staff).
— Data Elements:
TI046-TI048
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