Dr. Scott Smith, CSAS Director

Kansas State Department of Education

1/23/15

2015 Assessment Windows

NAEP- last week of January, February, first week of March

TIMMS- May

A huge THANK YOU to participating schools!!!

Kris Shaw NAEP and International

Assessment State Coordinator Kansas State Department of

Education kshaw@ksde.org 785-296-4926

Break KITE Day II—January 29 TEST records and PNP’s need to be completed by

February 15. Tickets are expected to be available a week prior to the opening of the testing window.

Spring testing window: March 9-May 15. ALL tickets will be available at once. For ELA and

mathematics, section 1 must be completed before tickets for sections 2,3, and 4 will become active.

MDPT tickets for grade 3-8 will be generated by TEST records for ELA; for grade 11 they will be generated by TEST records for history/government.

For teachers to have rosters for formative assessments, STCO records must be submitted.

Dynamic Learning Maps ELA and mathematics window C is now open and closes March 6. All testlets on required number of Essential Elements need to be completed by March 6. The spring window for DLM opens March 16.

Dynamic Learning Maps http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/content/operational-testing Select Kansas from state dropdown menu.

KSDE http://www.ksde.org/ Search alphabetically. Kansas Assessment Program

http://ksassessments.org/ • News and updates• KITE• Documentation

KIDS helpdesk, KIDS@ksde.org, 785-296-7935 KITE helpdesk, kap_support@ku.edu , 855-277-

9752

DLM: Deb Matthews, dmatthews@ksde.org, 785-296-0916 KELPA-P and ELPA21: Phyllis Farrar, pfarrar@ksde.org , 785-

296-1891 ELA and MDPT: Suzy Myers-Oertel, soertel@ksde.org, 785-

296-5060 Mathematics: Melissa Fast, mfast@ksdel.org, 785-296-3486 Science: Matt Krehbiel, mkrehbiel@ksde.org , 785-296-8108 History/government: Don Gifford, dgifford@ksde.org , 785-

296-3892 Assessments: Mark Stephenson, mstephenson@ksde.org ,

785-296-3379 Assessments: Lee Jones, ljones@ksde.org, 785-296-4349

Find them here: • community.ksde.org/ela

Development• Kansas writing teachers and instructional

coaches• Developed based on the MDPT “framework”• Posted and notice sent out via listservs

December 30, 2014

For all locations: Cost: FREE!Time: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  

February 25th: Wichita, KS 

February 27th: Salina, KS

March 2nd: Holcomb, KS

March 6th:           Topeka, KS

If you are still interested in signing up for any of these sessions, please send an email to:Suzy Myers-Oertel at: soertel@ksde.org by Monday, January 26.

KSDE has trained professionals from the field ready to assist

you at no cost to your district/school.

Contact Suzy Myers-Oertel at soertel@ksde.org for more

information.

Sample Multidisciplinary Performance Tasks (MDPT) for Grades 4, 5, 7, and 10• This is a link to the English Language Arts web page under the title

2015 ELA Assessment there are sample MDPTs for grades 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10. These may be helpful in planning instruction for those grades. These are ELA assessments so the social studies topics may not necessarily align with your curriculum. HGSS assessment items will.

Using Resource Sets in the Social Studies Classroom Preparing for the MDPT• This narrated presentation informs teachers and administrators on how the use

of resource sets in the classroom may help prepare students for the performance task section of the HGSS assessment.

KAP HGSS Formative Assessment Document list and Prompts• This link to the CETE formative assessment program (KAP) has access to

documents that are eligible for assessment and practice essay prompt teachers might use to prepare their students for the rigors of the new HGSS assessment.

KELPA (KELPA-P) Required All English Learners

(ELL) K to 12 Requires KIDS ‘TEST’

(D84) upload Paper/pencil Window: Feb. 2 – May

1

ELPA21 Field Test

Voluntary ELLs, monitored,

former, non-ELLs, with IEPs

Any grade, all grades, especially K and 1

On computer Window: Feb. 2 -

Mar.31

KELPA (KELPA-P)KELPA (KELPA-P)KELPA-P materials, should have by nowListening files not delivered

• Use KSDE Website

Score all assessments locallyUpload KIDS “TEST” record (D84)Report scores to KSDE

• Use KSDE Authenticated Website• Webinar (1/20) available on ELP assessments webpage.

ELPA21 Field TestELPA21 Field TestThanks for volunteering!!!!Registrations closed on 1/16Schools already registered can add students until 24 hrs. before first testing dayGood learning experience, good interactive demosNo assessment ‘consequences’ for district, school, studentELPA21.org and QuestarAI.comMore info: Phyllis Farrar (pfarrar), Lee Jones (ljones)

Summer Professional Development Opportunities offered by KSDE• Sponsored by the

Learning Services Division

• Replaces summer academies

Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference

June 22-24, 2015 in Hutchinson, Ks

Training in math and science education will be provided by current and past MSP grant coordinators.