assessment update office of student assessment
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Assessment Update
Office of Student Assessment
The ACTO 11th Grade Only
O Districts MUST administer
O Students who may choose not to participate:O Those for whom there are not
sufficient accommodations availableO Those who refuse or whose parents
refuse for them to participate.O ADE has a form ready
The ACTO Children or relatives of the ACT testing coordinator
are not eligible to test
O From ACT: *Relatives and wards include children, stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, siblings, in-laws, spouses, and persons under your guardianship
O You may not supervise the administration of the ACT or have access to secure test materials, if any relative or ward will be testing on the same test date at any test center in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or Canada. Relatives and wards include children, stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, siblings, in-laws, spouses, and persons under your guardianship
The ACTO Test Administrators must be employed
by the district
O TechnologyO http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/TechnicalRe
quirements.pdf
O Chromebooks and iPads cannot be used
O AccommodationsO ACT will approve
O http://www.actstudent.org/regist/disab/
SchedulingO Paper testing
O March 1st
O Makeup March 15th only
O All students will test the morning of the 1st or 15th
O Online testingO Window March 1st – 15th
O All sessions must be administered within a single setting
O Students may be scheduled to test throughout the window
ACT Aspire
Students Grades 3-10
Alternate
NCSC for Math and ELA
Grades 3-8 and 11
Science Portfolio
Grades 5,7 and 10 only
ACT Aspire
Math, English, Writing,
Reading and Science
ACT AspireO Grades 3-10
O Math, English, writing, reading and science yearly
O Accountability will be calculated at grade 10 only for the high school
O Window to administer: April 11th – May 13th
O Schools set their schedule
O Test Administrators must be licensed by ADE
Shift in ThinkingO ACT Aspire is shorter
O Allows for more time to teach
O Focus on the CCSS and teaching them well
O ACT Aspire has questions above and below grade levelO Foundations and prediction
O Overviews- https://actaspire.tms.pearson.com/
Scheduling
Scheduling Computer Based Testing
O No more than three subject tests per day
O There is no order in which the subject tests have to be administered
O Grade cohorts must test on the same day, or as close together as possible
O Small groups may be neededO http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspi
re/home#6482
ACT Aspire ResourcesO www.actaspire.pearson.com
O Technology Specs
O Chromebooks will work
O iPads may be a supported device but not sure as of today
O Training Modules
O Note: some administration procedures may change to align with state policy
O Exemplars
O Manuals
Live BinderO http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/18514
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O Enables convenient self-paced training
O Requires email to login
O Transcript feature tracks training
O Mobile-ready
O http://actaspire.tms.pearson.com/
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Training Management System (TMS)
CalculatorsO Grades 3-5
O NO CALCULATOR - Even as an accommodation
O Grades 6-10O ACT-approved personal calculator OR
Online calculator tool
O http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#6585
O http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html
ACT Aspire Periodic Assessments
O Available December 1st
O Schools will be responsible for
managing all data
O Fixed forms for both Interim and
Classroom
O Set up in the same system as the
summative
Upcoming Trainings
Date Title Location Who RequiredOctober 23rd ACT Aspire
Accommodations*
Little Rock Those making decisions about PNP
NoView Recording Here
November 2nd & 3rd
ACT Overview 2nd – Little Rock3rd - Springdale
2 persons per district
No
November 3rd – 20th
ACT Aspire Technology
Co-op or Little Rock
Anyone involved in setting up testing
No, but highly encouraged
January 11th - 28th Test Administration Training
Co-op or Little RockCommissioner's Memo
DTC and one other per district
Yes – DTC Required+1 - Optional
December 2nd - 1pm
ELPA21 Technology
Virtual Webinar Anyone involved in setting up testing
Required for those that have ESL students that will test
January 7th - 1pm ELPA21 Test Admin
Virtual Webinar DTC plus anyone they choose to invite
Required for those that have ESL students that will test* Accommodations trainings are currently going on at coops.
** All trainings, except the November 2 and 3, will be recorded and housed at http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learning-services/assessment/webinar-recordings
Alternate AssessmentO Significantly Cognitively Disabled Students
Only
O NCSC for ELA and Math grades 3-8 and 11
O Science portfolio for grades 5, 7 and 10
O Training is currently taking place in Little Rock
O Traditional portfolio
O Optional online collection and storage
ELPA21OEnglish Language Proficiency
Assessment
OAll EL students not exited from ESL
OGrades K-12 yearly
OReading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
OComputer-based only
OTesting WindowO February 1- March 11
IOWA Assessment
O Grades 1 and 2 only
O Window April 4th – 15th
O Grade cohort must test at the same time
O Will include Math Computation
O Adds 25 minutes overall
O Schools will receive CCSS domain scores
PARCC ScoresO Webinar – November 13th at 8:30 a.m.
O Decisions about who must be remediated will be determined at the next State Board Meeting
Report High School
Grades 3-8
Electronic ISRs available for authorized users
11/2/15 11/28/15
Printed reports in District 11/03 - 11/20 11/30 - 1/9
Electronic Roster and Summary Reports available for authorized users
11/16/15 11/28/15
PARCC ScoresOUnderstandthescore.org
LevelsLevel
Description
1 The student performance demonstrated at this level did not yet meet academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course.
2 The student performance demonstrated at this level partially met academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course.
3 The student performance demonstrated at this level approached academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course.
4 The student performance demonstrated at this level met academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course.
5
The student performance demonstrated at this level exceeded academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course.
Thinking ForwardO Letter home to parents about PARCC
ScoresO College and Career ReadinessO Consider giving all 10th graders PSAT
Additional Information
O Contact the Office of Student AssessmentO [email protected] Director
O [email protected] Test Administration
O [email protected] Periodic
Assessments
O [email protected] Accommodations