Student Assessment UpdatesNovember, 2017

Judy Pugh, Coordinatorjpugh@alsde.edu

334-242-8038

NAEP• November- December 2017• Since all School Coordinators/schools

have registered, the NAEP Field Staff will be contacting School Coordinators in preparation for NAEP 2018.

• On December 4, 2017, all School Coordinators will have access to “Prepare for Assessment” in MyNAEP.

ACCESS for ELLs 2.0It’s Online Training Time!

State ChecklistThe Alabama State

Checklist is now available and posted on the WIDA website.

WIDA HomepageSelect Alabama

State Checklist

The State Checklist is a document that provides the: System Test Coordinator Building Test Coordinator Test Administrator

with a list of tasks that need to be completed Before, During, andAfter the administration of ACCESS for ELLs 2.0.

New Resources

New TutorialWIDA has posted a new tutorial: Additional Materials Orders that offers training on managing and placing additional orders.

Supplemental Training Materials

Although annual retraining is not required, for those Test Administrators who will administer the paper based test, a refresh is strongly encouraged.

WIDA offers Supplemental Training (in addition to online training) for the Speaking test. The supplemental training includes:• speaking tasks from this year’s test• model responses• student responses at all score points for all grade level clusters • Test Administrators have the opportunity to rate student responses and check

score explanations to build their confidence as they prepare to administer and score this year’s Speaking test

• continued training helps maintain rater reliability

Supplemental Speaking Training: https://www.wida.us/ACCESSTraining/paper/speakingpractice.aspx

Time to Order

The ordering window for ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is: November 13 – December 8 You should have received an email from DRC on November 6th with detailed

instructions. You will order materials at: www.wida-ams.us. You will order by school, so begin collecting order numbers now. You must place an order for both online and paper. If you do not order during this window, you will not receive materials in the initial

order. You will have to order in the Additional Materials window which is January 9 – March 16, 2018.

Pre-ID labels will be printed. Now is the time to update the information in INOW. The pull will take place on November 15th.

View the Ordering Materials tutorial at: https://www.wida.us/ACCESSTraining/online/modules/OrderingMaterials/presentation_html5.html

Scantron Performance Series

• Fall testing window closes this Friday (November 10).

• Braille and large print were delivered last week.• Winter testing window opens December 1 and

closes on February 21.– Testing is optional.– No accommodations (including Braille and large-

print forms) will be provided because this is an optional administration.

Scantron Performance Series

• Preparation for spring administration:– Chalkable/iNOW issues and students in the

Scantron site– Ed Dir issues and teachers in the Scantron site

• Change in roles for spring administration—Only System Test Coordinators will be assigned as Location Controllers

Scantron Performance Series• How will paper and Braille tests be scored?

– Scored the same as online exams– Using an external scoring program—same

computations• How will growth be measured if computer in

fall and paper/Braille in spring?– The same as computer—computer– The Item Response Theory (IRT) methodology

used for scoring ensures scores are comparable across administration windows and delivery modes.

Alabama Alternate Assessment (AAA)

Updates

eDIRECT Online EnrollmentsNovember 13-28, 2017

DRC email-November 9, 2017

AAA Updates• eDirect Enrollment Process - Example

• Log into eDIRECT• Navigate to Materials > Enrollments.• Select Administration from Dropdown.• Select District and School from Dropdowns.• Select Show Enrollments button.

AAA UpdatesCompleting the Enrollments Grid

• Enter the number of students that need each type of paper material in the Enrollments Grid. Order only the number of materials needed. 10% overage will be added to the final shipment.

• Click the Complete button when all the enrollment information has been entered.

• Click the Save button to save the information that has been entered and continue working at a later time.

• All enrollments must be marked Complete by the end of the Enrollment window, even if no materials are needed. Boxes may be left blank – “0”s do NOT need to be entered when no materials are ordered.

• All Braille orders will also include a corresponding set of general materials.

AAA Updates• The Alabama Enrollment site is still under development, so here

is an example of the style of the enrollment page, as it appears in eDIRECT.

AAA Updates• The contents of the AAA grid will appear

like this:

AAA Updates

AAA Achievement Level Descriptors

• Posted on the AAA Webpage under Student Assessment• Reading, Mathematics and Science• These should assist educators when reviewing the

performance of students assessed on the AAA

http://www.act.org/content/act/en/act-events/college-and-career-readiness-webinars.html

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Any site can go to https://act-prod.taocloud.org/tao/Main/login

• If using an incorrect operating system or browser - will get a message indicating such and their demo assessment will not launch.

• There is essentially the same check available directly from Validus

Note: Users will never use this URL to log into the TAO system to deliver assessments. ALL WorkKeys TOA delivery is initiated via the Validus system.

System Check

Select guest to access and a demo test will appear.

Judy Pugh, Coordinatorjpugh@alsde.edu

Alabama Department of EducationStudent Assessment

334-242-8038

Susan Beard, Education Specialist —ACCESS 2.0 for ELLs, Alternate ACCESS for ELLs, WIDA Screener Online, Special Populations – sbeard@alsde.edu

Kanetra Germany, Education Specialist—National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – kgermany@alsde.edu

Maggie Hicks, Education Administrator—ACT WorkKeys, ACT with Writing, AHSGE, PSAT/NMSQT – mhicks@alsde.edu

Kathy Padgett, Education Specialist—Scantron, New Assessment, Specialized Treatment Centers – kpadgett@alsde.edu

Nannette Pence, Education Specialist—Alabama Alternate Assessment (AAA), Special Populations – npence@alsde.edu