Assessment WebinarFebruary 26, 2013

Office of Career and Technical Education

Current Assessments

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New Assessments

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Law and Public Safety Update

The Criminal Justice Assessment cut score is 55%.

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• The General Management Assessment is a Pathway assessment and the cost is $10.00.

• All other NOCTI assessments are $19.00.

Business Management and Administration Update

National Health Science Assessment Update

The initial cost to order this assessment is $15.00. Districts will be reimbursed $3.00 per assessment when invoiced.

RemindersProgram Completers and Concentrators

• To be identified as a completer the student will have completed, with a grade of 2.0 or better, course sections which covered all 12 segments.

• To be identified as a concentrator, the student will have completed, with a grade of 2.0 or better, course sections covering seven or more segments

• Information on completers/concentrators will be posted on the CTE Skills Assessment website.

RemindersProgram Completers/Concentrators

• Students are not considered as a completer until they have taken a program assessment.

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RemindersMichigan Test for Teacher Certification Registration

• If districts are using paper registration, code 97 should be entered in section 8 of the registration form.

• If districts are registering online, there is a “drop-down” list of institutions that shows institution names but no codes. Students should select “Michigan CTE Education Program”.

RemindersData Capture for NOCTI Assessments

• The next data capture will be on March 26, 2013.

RemindersClarification of NOCTI Data Upload Tool

• Instructions for assigning user codes:–Click the “assign” button.

–Select a CTE Program from the drop down menu to access the uploaded student information.

RemindersClarification of NOCTI Data Upload Tool

• Choose the students to be assigned to the available online testing user codes.

• Click the “Assign Selected Names” button to complete the process.

RemindersClarification of NOCTI Data Upload Tool

For questions about assigning user codes, contact NOCTI technical support at 800-334-6283.

For questions about the data pulled from CTEIS, contact PTD Technology at 517-333-9363.

RemindersTesting Deadline Date

• Testing in school districts should be completed by May 20, 2013.

• If there is any issue with this date, please contact us.

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RemindersTip Sheets & Surveys

• All tip sheets are on the CTE Skills Assessment website.

• Survey evaluations for proctors, teachers, and students for Law and Public Safety, Information Technology and ASE Student Certification Automotive assessments are on the CTE Skills Assessment website.

• Survey links for proctors and teachers have also been added to NOCTI’s Michigan page.

http://nocti.org/StateCustomized-MI.cfm

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Feedback

Questions?

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Contact Information

Assessment Implementation and Administration:

Valerie Felder(517) 335-1066FelderV@Michigan.gov

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