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With the release, OSPI will host three in-person review tours across the state and one GoToWebinar to provide an overview of the draft plan, respond to questions on the process and content of the draft plan, and provide information on how to submit comments on the draft plan, that will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Gil Mendoza, Deputy Superintendent of K–12 Education and Gayle Pauley, Assistant Superintendent of Special Programs and Federal Accountability will facilitate the review tours.

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Three examples from the Student Assessment System Workgroup - Approved by Supt. Dorn to put into Consolidated Plan

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This would require a change in State law.

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The registration window in WAMS for schools to participate in paper-pencil testing instead of testing online closes on October 30th, at 5 pm.

The WAMS Test Site Registration application is designed to assist school districts and community and technical colleges in coordinating the testing of students who cannot participate at their resident school, on the school’s routine testing schedule.

‒ This can include Online School Program and Running Start students. ‒ This site is currently undergoing enhancements to allow districts to identify

sites by administration; including Winter EOC, Spring Smarter Balanced, Spring MSP, and Spring EOC.

‒ Reminder: When establishing your school’s testing schedules, they must align to the state mandated testing window. Make note of the differences in testing windows provided by the state for online and paper-pencil testing.

The registration application for students to test at an alternate site is currently being finalized. This application, like the site registration application, will allow districts or students to register by a specific test administration.

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There has been a change to the availability of Text-to-Speech. The ELA PT Passages, Stimuli, & Items were reported under Accommodation. The ELA PT for Passages, Stimuli, & Items are now considered a Designated Support. We are currently making this update to the TIDE system and user guide, as well as the Guidelines on Tools, Supports, and Accommodations.

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The WA-AIM High School Fall Retakes close on November 18 at 5:00 pm. Prior to closure we ask that you go into Engrade and ensure all student assessments are complete and all student demographics, especially the SSIDs, Date of Birth, students enrolled grade and student name spellings are correct in Engrade.

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The WA-AIM Spring window has kicked off! eDirect is open for test and user management. The Data Collection Platform will open on November 1 for teachers to begin entering assessment information. Showing are documents which have recently posted and their locations on the WA-AIM website.

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If choosing to enter information ahead of time as a means to keep data organized, please note that though an export feature is available from TIDE, there is no guarantee there will be an upload feature to the new test registration system.

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