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Assessment Update
Office of Student Assessment10/20/15
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
The ACTO 11th Grade Only
O Districts MUST administer
O Students who waive their right to participate:O Those for whom there are not
sufficient accommodations availableO Those who refuse or whose parents
refuse for them to participate.
The ACT Student Waiver
OLetter and waiver form will be sent to district
OLetter and waiver form go home to all 11th graders
OThose who waive participation will return waiver form
The ACT Timeline
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
Portal LoginO Infrastructure Site (Trial Site)
O Request Login here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qTdct7ulLItEvgjpnfOKy9bx3jAPWykHaWVzwSxUN-4/viewform?c=0&w=1
O If you are not a member of a co-op pick the one closest to you
O Login will be sent to you around November 2nd
ACT Aspire Portal
COGNOS FileO All students will be loaded via a
COGNOS file from the district level
O Training video is coming
O Technology training will cover all uploads for Aspire
O Find out now who can run COGNOS in your district
ACT Aspire PNPO Personal Needs Profile
(PNP) can be completed through an upload
O Sample collection tool is ready: http://tinyurl.com/AccommodationsPD
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 in a school must test on the same day, or as close together as possible
O Small groups may be neededO http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home
#6482
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 Set up in the same system as the
summative
O PNP information must be loaded prior to setting up periodic sessions
ELPA21OQuestar will give ELPA21
OComputer-based only
OTesting WindowO February 1- March 11
O Training in December and January
O Sample LPAC form: http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learning-services/english-learners/elpa21
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.
Additional Information
O Contact the Office of Student AssessmentO Hope.Allen@arkansas.gov Director
O Susan.Gray@arkansas.gov Test
Administration
O Alex.Pritchett@arkansas.gov Periodic
Assessments
O Jared.Hogue@arkansas.gov Accommodations
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