Post on 22-Oct-2021
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Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM ®)
New Hampshire Training
January 5 & 7, 2021
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Overview of New Hampshire
Statewide Assessments
Each year, New Hampshire public schools are required by state law and federal accountability laws to assess students. The following are the required assessments:
General Assessment
• NH Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS)
• SAT School Day
Alternate Assessment
• Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM®)
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What is Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM®)?• NH offers the DLM as our alternate assessment for
students with the most significant cognitive disabilities
• The alternate assessment is used for accountability in
place of the general statewide assessments (NH SAS
and the SAT)
• Students are tested in English language arts,
mathematics and science
• Computer-based and adaptive
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DLM Alternate AssessmentStudents with the most significant cognitive disabilitiesparticipate in the DLM alternate assessment, as designed intheir active individualized education program (IEP).
Spring 2021 DLM Testing Window:
March 8, 2021 – June 11, 2021
Alternate Assessment Grades Content
Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) 3rd-8th and 11th English Language Arts, Mathematics
DLM 5th, 8th and 11th
Science
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NH Participation Guidelines for the
Statewide Assessments• The student’s IEP team makes the determination on
whether student will participate in the general statewide assessment with or without accommodations, or in the alternate assessment
• Annually, IEP team reviews and completes the Decision-Making Worksheet for Participation of Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessments:
https://www.education.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt326/files/files/inline-documents/decisionmakingworksheetassessment.pdf
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DLM Student Registration• What grades are assessed for the DLM?
• Grades 3-8 and 11: ELA and Math
• Grades 5 & 8 and 11: Science
Off-grade testing is not allowed. The State of NH must pay for all students
who are tested.
• The i4see coordinator registers students for the DLM via i4see by
including them in the DLM Assessment Roster. DTC or designee
provides a DLM student registration list by December 31
(recommended).
• School districts register out-of-district (OOD) students.
• Student must have an IEP to participate in the DLM.
• Student data is transferred overnight from i4see to the Kite Educator
Portal. Educator portal manages student, user and test data for the
alternate assessment.
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DLM Student Score Reports• Individual student score reports,
student bundled reports and aggregate reports are available mid-July from the spring testing window.
• Test administrators receive their
Individual Student Score Reports from
their district or building test
coordinator
• Schools send out Individual student score reports to parents
• Access to student score reports from prior years (beginning 2015-2016)
• Helpful Resource - starting on page 88 of Educator Portal Guide
• To access score reports:
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DISTRICT TEST COORDINATOR DATA
RESPONSIBILITIES
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DTC Responsibilities
• To gather, edit, and upload data in Educator
Portal for
• users: educators, test administrators, staff
• rosters: assigning students to educators
• To monitor in Educator Portal for
• completion of requirements for student to test
• completion of student testing
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Kite Educator Portal
Staff and educators have accounts in Kite Educator Portal• Educator Portal is where staff and educators manage student, user
and test data
• Access via Internet: https://educator.kiteaai.org
Note:All users will have to reset password when first signing into Educator Portal
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Annual Security Agreement
Annually, Kite Educator Portal users read, agree to, sign
electronically and save Security Agreement
• DLM assessments are secure tests
• Assessments are not to be saved, shared or reproduced
• Educators are encouraged to use resources provided, including
practice activities and released testlets
• Do not share Kite Educator password with anyone. This may
cause unauthorized access to private student information.
• The Security Agreement can be found on the Home screen by
selecting “My Profile”
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Users
Users remain in the system from year to year.
• DTCs can add or edit
– District Users
– Building Test Coordinators
– Building Users
– Teachers
• DTCs should inactivate any user no longer in the
district or needing access to student data.
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Data Management Tasks: Users
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Educator Portal: Adding Users
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Adding a User Manually
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Edit a User Manually
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Adding or Editing Users with an Upload
• When having several users to add or edit use a
template and upload.
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Data Management Resources
• Data Management Manual
• District Staff Training Resources: Helplets
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Kite Educator Portal Rosters
• A roster links students to educators and allows a student
to receive a testlet for each subject area (ELA,
mathematics and science)
• Rosters are created in Educator Portal
• Roles of District Test Coordinator, District and Building
Level Users have the ability to create rosters
• If a test administrator is not able to see their student(s)
in Educator Portal, roster may not have been created or
could be another factor(s)
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Roster Students
• Rosters may be created manually or with an upload.
• Students must be rostered once for each subject area.
• Consider a standard naming convention.
– e.g., teacher’s last name, first name, subject
Subject Area Grades
ELA 3–8 and 11
Mathematics 3–8 and 11
Science 5, 8, and 11
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Data Management Tasks: Rosters
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Educator Portal: Creating Rosters
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Create a Roster Manually
• Type in roster name
• Make selections from dropdowns
• Select search
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Create a Roster Manually
• Select an Educator from the dropdown
• Select students from the table of students enrolled
at the school
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Rostering Students
Students can only be on one roster for a subject.
• A warning message will appear if attempting to add a student to a roster, but the student is already on a roster for the same subject.
• The student will be removed from the old roster and placed on the new roster if the process continues.
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Edit a Roster Manually
• Select Search
• Select Roster Name and edit student or teacher
from tables
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Create a Roster with an Upload
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Data Management Resources
• Data Management Manual
• District Staff Training Resources: Helplets
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Extracts
available in Educator Portal
• under the Reports tab
based on user role
• district users = district-level extracts
• building users = building-level extracts
• teachers = student and class extracts
provided in CSV format for extracts
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Educator Portal: Extracts
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Educator Portal: Extracts
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Current Enrollment Extract
current enrollment information for active students in the selected organization, including
• accountability district and school
• attendance district and school
• student name
• student grade
• student demographic information
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DLM Test Monitoring Extract
tracks completion of assessments in the spring by student and subject area
• number of end-of-year testlets not started
• number of end-of-year testlets completed
• End of Year #Testlets Required
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First Contact Survey File Extract
information for each student in the selected organization, including
• all the responses selected on the First Contact survey
• if the First Contact survey is not started, in progress, ready to submit, or submitted
• date and name of last person who modified the First Contact survey for the student
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PNP Settings Count Extract
number of students in the organization (school or district) for which a particular PNP feature has been selected
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PNP Settings Extract
information for each active student in the selected organization, including
•student name, school, district, and grade
•Personal Needs Preferences Profile selections
•date and name of last person who modified the settings
Note: If a student does not appear on the extract, no PNP Profile settings have been selected.
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Roster Extract
students rostered by teacher and subject, including
• roster name
• teacher name
•student name and grade
•subject
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Security Agreement Completion Extract
lists each user and if the user has accepted or rejected the security agreement
•A teacher who has not accepted the terms of the security agreement will not have access to testlets in the spring window.
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Training Status Extract
determines if users enrolled in Required Test Administration Training completed the training
• username and roles
• school and district
• type of training
• if the user has completed the training
A teacher cannot access testlets in the spring assessment window if the Required Test Administrator Training is not complete.
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User Extract
provides Educator Portal users and their role(s) in a selected organization and the user status
• active: user has an activated account
• pending: user is in the system but has not activated the account
• inactive: user rights have been removed
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New Extract!
Student Roster and First Contact Survey Status Extract
• Extract will provide testing readiness information in one extract
• grade
• rostered subjects
• First Contact survey status and completion date
Enrollment, Roster and First Contact Survey extracts will still be available individually.
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Data Management Resources
• Educator Portal User Guide
• District Staff Training Resources: Helplets
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Statewide Assessment Exemptions
State Approved Special Considerationshttps://www.education.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt326/files/files/inline-documents/specialconsiderationsrequestform.pdf
• Students who are unable to participate
in the statewide assessment due to
rare/unique situations.
• Special considerations’ exemptions that
may be considered: medical
emergency/serious illness, severe
emotional distress, death in the family.
• All required documentation must be
completed with appropriate signatures.
Email request to the Office of
Assessment for approval.
• Document located on the NHDOE Office
of Assessment webpage
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Parent Exemption of Student Participation
in Statewide Assessmentshttps://www.education.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt326/files/files/inline-documents/parentexemptionstatewidetestingform.pdf
• Parents may choose to exempt their child from the statewide assessments RSA 193-C:6.
• An exemption form is completed and submitted by the parent to the school. NHDOE does not need a copy.
• No scores or summary of individual student performance will be provided based on the statewide assessment.
• Student will be counted as eligible but did not participate for school accountability.
• Document located on the NHDOE Office of Assessment webpage
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Kite Educator PortalEducators/Test Administrators:
• Manage own profile, i.e., security agreement
• Review students and rosters
• Enter First Contact Survey and Personal Needs data
• Retrieve test information, i.e., student username and password, Test Information Pages (TIPs)
Administrators/Designated
Staff:
• Manage user, students and
roster data
• Monitor First Contact Survey
and PNP
• Monitor test administration
• Retrieve extracts and
reports
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Required Training for Test Administrators
For ALL test administrators, the
training consists of:
• Four modules
• An activity and post-test for
each module
• PD module – Individual
Education Programs Linked to
the DLM Essential Elements
• Online, self-directed or
facilitated course
For Facilitators – those who will be
providing the training to other
educators:
• Must complete the training course
for test administrators
• Upon completion of the course,
the facilitator will access the
resources to conduct training in
DLM Training Site
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Training Content for Test Administrators
• Module 1: Overview of the DLM Alternate
Assessment
• Module 2: Understanding and Delivering Testlets
• Module 3: Test Administration and Scoring
• Module 4: Preparing to Administer the Alternate
Assessment
• PD Module Individual Education Programs Linked
to the DLM Essential Elements
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Required Training Options
• Facilitated Course
– Facilitator will provide the training to educators as a
group
– Educators will complete individual post-tests in Moodle
• Self-directed course (most common)
– Training completed at own pace in Moodle
– Individual post-tests for each module must be completed
in Moodle with a score of 80% or better
• Total training time 3-3 ½ hours to complete
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Required Training Post-tests
• Combination of True/False and multiple-choice
items
• Multiple attempts allowed
• Feedback provided after an attempt
• Completion Certificate is available after
successfully completing all post-tests
• Educators are highly encouraged to save and/or
print completion certificate
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Access to Required Training
• To access training:
https://training.dynamiclearningmaps.org/
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Required Training Initial Log In
• Username is same email address used for Kite Educator Portal
• Initial Password is the first part of your email address before the “@”
All lowercase letters for username and password
For example:Mary Smith’s email address/username: msmith@doe.nh.govPassword is msmith
After logging in for the first time, you will be prompted to change your password
Educator Portal and Required Training
1. Educator must first activate their Kite Educator Portal account
2. DLM training account created within 3 hours of activation
3. Educator can then start the training
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Required Training Completion
Kite Educator Portal
Test Management tab in Educator Portal becomes
available:
• Within 2 hours of a test administrator successfully
completing required training; and,
• Annual security agreement is completed
If any requirements are not yet complete the error
message “RESTRICTED” will appear
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Why Don’t I See Testlets for My Students
in Kite Educator Portal?
Verify that all of the tasks below have been completed:
• Security Agreement in Educator Portal has been read,
agreed to and signed
• Test administrator has completed required training in
Moodle and passed all post-tests with a 80% or higher
• First Contact Survey has been completed and submitted
• Students are rostered to the test administrator for each
applicable subject (ELA, math and science)
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State Specific DLM Webpagehttps://dynamiclearningmaps.org/newhampshire
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DLM NH Website
• User Guides and Blueprints
• Resources for Educators and District Staff
• Parent Resources
• Decision Making Worksheet for Participation of
Students with Disabilities in Statewide Assessments (under Supplemental Resources tab)
• Access to Required Training
• Professional Development Site
• DLM Test Updates – Automatic DLM updates on test
administration activities. Sign up to receive alerts
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NHDOE and DLM
Contact Information
Michelle Gauthier, Program Specialist
Tel. 271-3582 ~ Michelle.Gauthier@doe.nh.gov
Danielle Pelletier, Education Consultant
Tel. 271-3737 ~ Danielle.Pelletier@doe.nh.gov
DLM Service Desk Support:
DLM-support@ku.edu or 1-855-277-9751