Transcript of Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call February 3, 2015.
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- Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call February 3,
2015
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- Audio Difficulties 2 Louisiana Believes If you are experiencing
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- 3 Louisiana Believes Objective: These contact calls bring
together LEA coordinators for the purpose of planning for and
implementing statewide assessment programs within local education
agencies. Who: District Test Coordinators, District Technology
Coordinators, and Accountability Contacts Topics: 1.Assessment
2.Accountability 3.Technology Archives:
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Welcome
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- 4 Louisiana Believes 14-15 Scope and Sequence Projected Call
DatesProjected Call Topics February 3, 2015 February Checklist
Follow up from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security
Assessment Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP
Accountability March 3, 2015 ACT Match/No Match Distribution April
21, 2015 PBA EOY EOC May 5, 2015 End-of-Year Survey June 2, 2015
Data Certification July 7, 2015 SY 14-15 Planning Planning
Meeting
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- 5 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- Assessment Monthly Checklist 6 Louisiana Believes To assist
district and school leaders with preparations for upcoming state
assessments, particularly PARCC, the Department created an
Assessment Readiness Checklist. Available in the assessment
library, the Month-to-Month Checklist will: Outline all monthly
action steps to prepare to administer PARCC, as well as other
statewide assessments Link all supporting resources for each step
Recommend resources to share with principals and teachers
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- February Accessibility and Accommodations Louisiana Believes
Feb 13: Deadline to request changes to the preliminary ACT-approved
accommodations roster Feb 13: Deadline to finalize IEP, IEP, PNP,
and LEP forms for PARCC PBA Feb 16-25: Window for ordering
state-allowed accommodations materials online for ACT and WorkKeys
Feb 20: DIBELS mid-year assessment Ensure that accessibility
features and accommodations are being used in classrooms and are
being evaluated for effectiveness in providing additional access
Utilize SER accommodation reports to plan for spring
administrations
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- February Communication 8 Louisiana Believes Feb 3: Monthly
assessment and accountability call for district test coordinators
and accountability contactsMonthly assessment and accountability
call Share regularly the PARCC FAQ (regularly updated with
questions and answers from educators)PARCC FAQ Ensure teachers,
principals, and district leaders participate in PARCC Office Hours
each Thursday at 11 and 4PARCC Office Hours
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- February Assessment Administration 9 Louisiana Believes Jan
26-Mar 6: NAEP testing window for applicable schools Feb 2-Mar 13:
LAA 1 and ELDA testing window Ensure the appropriate number (and
type) of calculators are available for each grade level. Order
additional, if necessary, using state contractsstate contracts
District test coordinators redeliver test administration and
security training for school test coordinators and test
administrators prior to assessment District test coordinators
ensure that test administrators, proctors, and monitors are
appropriately assigned to testing groups
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- Highlighting Best Practices 10 Louisiana Believes Already,
districts and schools across the state are leading the way in
preparing for the new assessments. In St. Landry Parish,
principals, school test coordinators and district leaders are
ensuring readiness on all operations aspects of the test through
hosting weekly meetings to resolve any issues. Administrators use
the Month-By-Month Assessment Checklist to make sure schools are
ready for all processes.Month-By-Month Assessment Checklist to make
sure schools are ready for all processes. District Test
Coordinators from Northeast Louisiana, including Caldwell, East
Carroll, Lincoln, Monroe City, Morehouse, Ouachita, West Carroll
and Richland host monthly collaboration meetings during which they
share and learn best practices from peer districts in order to
ensure readiness for spring assessments.
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- 11 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- Follow Up from Face-to-Face Meetings 12 Louisiana Believes
Face-to-face meetings were held in January in Baton Rouge, Harvey,
and Natchitoches. The following materials are available to support
redelivery of the training for the spring 2015 assessments. In DRC
eDIRECT:DRC eDIRECT Test coordinator and administrator manuals Test
administrator manuals exclude other state specific addendums and
require the use of the separate Louisiana specific addendum Forms
for use in logistics and administration In the Assessment
Library:Assessment Library Powerpoint deck used in trainings Exit
ticket for use in redelivery *Coming Soon
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- Next Steps from FTF 13 Louisiana Believes TaskKey Dates
Redeliver training to school test coordinatorsPrior to assessment
windows Identify total number of IEP, IAP, PNP, and LEP documents
requiring either creation or amendments and track progress toward
completion Feb 13 for PARCC Share PARCC FAQ, Office Hours,
Assessment Guides, practice tests and practice test guidance
materialsPARCC FAQOffice HoursAssessment Guidespractice tests and
practice test guidance materials Ensure the appropriate number (and
type) of calculators are available for each grade level. Order
additional, if necessary, using state contractsstate contracts
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- 14 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- Preparing for PARCC: Communication and Resources Weekly PARCC
Office Hours Background: Dedicated time to answer educator
questions related to the PARCC assessments When: Every Thursday at
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. *New: the afternoon session start time was
moved from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Access: Join the PARCC Office Hours
here.here. Key Resources Available Assessment Guides 2014-15
Louisiana Assessment Calendar PARCC Accessibility and
Accommodations Manual Quick Guide to Accessibility and
Accommodations Frequently Asked Questions Document Limited English
Proficient (LEP) Checklist Personal Needs Profile Form Assessment
Month-by-Month Checklist Parental Supports Practice Test Release
and Guidance*New Practice Test Release and Guidance PARCC Landing
Page *New PARCC Landing Page Test Coordinator and Administrator
Manuals and Louisiana Addendum in eDIRECT *NeweDIRECT
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- Preparing for PARCC: Calculators State contracts can be
utilized for purchasing calculators. However, these are also
available through many other sources. Major retailers including:
Walmart Kmart Dollar Tree OfficeMax/Office Depot EAI Education Bulk
purchase options online including: NewEgg.com (Item#:
9SIA00Y0XY0803) Pricefalls.com Technooutlet.com Student Supply
Company via Amazon.com DollarDays.com (offered a 96 quantity bulk
calculator purchase option)
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- 17 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- Test Security Statement of Assurance Districts should submit
the 2014-15 Statement of Assurance to the Department by February
28. The statement may be submitted by mail or through
assessment@la.gov.assessment@la.gov 2014-15 Monitoring Documents
Monitoring documents for use in internal district assessment
monitoring have been updated and are available in the Assessment
Library in the bottom right hand corner under Test
Security.Assessment Library Testing Schedules When preparing for
testing windows such as EXPLORE and PLAN, districts should be
prepared to submit testing schedules for monitoring purposes. EOC
testing schedules should be submitted to assessment@la.gov by April
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- 19 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
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- Assessment Precode Rosters Assessment precode rosters will be
available in the FTP on Wednesday, February 11 th. Districts and
schools should utilize the rosters to prepare for: Handcoding for
students without precoded documents Accountability coding of
precoded documents Accountability data certification for assessment
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- 21 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- Placement Tests 22 Louisiana Believes District should receive
this week a request for return of placement tests materials. These
materials should be returned as directed by Riverside Publishing.
Districts should determine guidelines for nonpublic and home study
entry in grades 5 and 9, which can include use of the placement
tests as well as other evidence of grade level proficiency (e.g.,
transcripts, local assessments). The Department will continue to
provide placements tests for use as needed. New materials will be
delivered to districts in early May.
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- 23 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
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Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
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- EOC May Administration Technology Requirements The same testing
client used in the May and December 2014 administrations will be
used for the May 2015 administration. Technology requirements for
the client are the same as in the previous administrations and can
be found here.here
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- 25 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
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- Coding of Documents ACT assessments for initial testers will be
precoded. WorkKeys assessments will not be precoded. Students not
receiving precoded documents will be assessed with handcoded answer
documents. Districts will need to utilize GUIDs for handcoded
student answer documents. GUIDS can be accessed by using the LEADS
Inquiry (LIQ) system which will display the GUID (labeled as LDOE
Unique ID). WorkKeys Administration For districts administering
online WorkKeys, the only online accommodation for WorkKeys is
extended time. Students requiring additional accommodations will
need to test utilizing paper WorkKeys assessments. Districts
administering the paper WorkKeys may either test on the initial or
makeup test dates. However, materials will need to be ordered for
the makeup date as these will not be automatically generated.
Districts and schools can order additional materials by contacting
ACT directly at 800.553.6244, ext. 2800. ACT and WorkKeys
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- 27 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- FTP Reorganization Due to the volume of data on the FTP site,
it can be difficult to locate the exact file to download. In an
effort to make files easier to access and increase data security,
we will do a refresh of FTP folders in the coming weeks. Timeline
and Next Steps: By February 6, 2015, new usernames, passwords, and
updated FTP policy will be sent to FTP Coordinators; new files will
begin being dropped on this new FTP site February 6 to March 4,
both old and new FTP sites will be available By March 4, 2015, old
FTP site will be deleted; any files that district coordinators wish
to retain MUST be pulled down prior Overview of new policies:
Districts will be notified prior to scheduled drop Files will
expire 30 days after being dropped and will no longer be available
The expiration date of files will be noted when scheduled drop is
communicated Contact LDEData@la.gov with any questions or
concernsLDEData@la.gov Louisiana Believes 28
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- 29 Louisiana Believes Assessment February Checklist Follow up
from Face-to-Face Preparing for PARCC Test Security Assessment
Precode Rosters Placement Tests EOC Testing ACT FTP Accountability
Agenda
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- Accountability Update Cohort Graduation Rate Data Certification
The data certification system is available from January 19 through
February 4 for LEA accountability contacts to review and submit
corrections to 2013-14 cohort graduation data. Data certification
the provides the opportunity for LEAs to verify data for 2013-14
graduation rate used in 2015 high school SPS. Graduation Cohort
Exit Code Reviews For the 2013-14 graduation cohort, a random
sample of all LEAs application of legitimate leaver exit codes are
being reviewed, as part of data certification process.
Documentation for these students should be submitted as part of
data certification. All documentation will need to be submitted by
February 4. 2014-15 SPS Calculator The 2014-15 SPS calculator will
be available later this month on the LDOE website and will be
linked in the weekly newsletter. Louisiana Believes 30
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- For more information, contact assessment@la.gov. Next call:
March 3, 2015assessment@la.gov Louisiana Believes Next Steps
TaskKey Dates Redeliver training to school test coordinatorsPrior
to assessment windows Identify total number of IEP, IAP, PNP, and
LEP documents requiring either creation or amendments and track
progress toward completion Feb 13 for PARCC Share PARCC FAQ, Office
Hours, Assessment Guides, practice tests and practice test guidance
materialsPARCC FAQOffice HoursAssessment Guidespractice tests and
practice test guidance materials Ensure the appropriate number (and
type) of calculators are available for each grade level. Order
additional, if necessary, using state contractsstate contracts