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ACT Compass® Update Training

2014-15

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Agenda◦ Welcome and Introductions◦ Overview of ACT Compass® Testing◦ College and Career Readiness Rate◦ New This Year◦ Site Administration Renewal

Unbridled Learning: College and/or Career Ready for All

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Opportunity for Seniors who have not met CPE benchmarks in: Writing Skills (English)-18 Mathematics-19 Reading-20 State or National Assessments NOT a Mandatory Assessment Seniors may test TWICE

Overview of Program

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Seniors may take each eligible assessment twice.Steps:

◦ Students receive intervention◦ First ACT Compass administration◦ Students who did not met benchmarks completed

an additional intervention (MINIMUM FIVE DAYS)◦ Second ACT Compass administration

Second Administration

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The assigned grade level shall determine the state tests to administer. 703 KAR 5:240

Students classified as Grade 12 in Infinite Campus (IC) take the ACT Compass administration

Students Eligible to Test

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Update IC system prior to administration to make sure each student is assigned to correct grade level

KDE uses IC to verify graduates Errors in IC cause greater cleanup problems later

in the year Be proactive

Infinite Campus Review

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College Ready Status– Early November Cover Sheet—The cover sheet has critical information about the

use and limitations of the file. Please read carefully.

College Ready—Students on this list have met the college benchmarks and are NOT eligible for COMPASS or KYOTE.

NOT College Ready—Students on this list have not met the college benchmarks and may be eligible for COMPASS or KYOTE.

Unknown—Students on this list are Kentucky students for whom OAA does not have linked assessment data. They may be eligible for COMPASS or KYOTE.

College Ready Status File

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No testing window restrictions

ACT Compass® Testing Dates

Open through

June 15, 2015

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College/Career Readiness RateCollege Ready:

Must meet benchmarks on one of the following:

College ReadyACT

COMPASS

KYOTE

Career Ready: Must meet benchmarks for one requirement in Career Academic area and

must meet one requirement inCareer Technical area

Career Ready Academic Career Ready Technical

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

ACT WorkKeys (Applied Math, Locating information,

and Reading for Information)

Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment

(KOSSA)

Industry Certificates

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Bonus for College AND Career Ready

Bonus: College AND Career Ready must meet at least one from each area

College Ready Academic Career Ready Technical

ACT or COMPASS or KYOTE KOSSA

Industry Certificates

NOTES: (1) By meeting the College Ready Academic definition, the student does not have to take the additional tests of ASVAB or ACT WorkKeys for the bonus area. (2) For accountability purposes, the bonus shall not allow the readiness percentageto exceed 100 percent.

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Based on graduates or completers with G-Codes in IC, including early graduates (i.e. Excellence for All pilot)

Includes best score from all ACT State and National Administrations in Kentucky

Receive KCTCS Compass Scores

College/Career Readiness Rate in Accountability System

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ACT Compass® Cut Scores for Kentucky

SubjectACT Compass

Score (at or above)

CPE ACT Benchmarks

English (Writing Skills)

74 18

Mathematics (Algebra)

36 19

Reading 85 20

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Seating Charts Students may test only TWICE

◦ Offenders of this rule 1st Offense—Written Warning to DAC 2nd Offense

Testing System Turned Off for School Appropriate Practice/Use Form Completed and returned

to KDE before system reactivated 3rd Offense

Testing allegation Removal of individual(s) from system

Reminders

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Provide oversight and adherence to guidelines Ensure staff is trained

◦ New Administration Code and Inclusion of Special Populations Regulations Training

◦ Compass On-demand Training Series Documentation is kept

◦ Administration Code and Inclusion of Special Populations Training Signature Forms

◦ Seating Charts◦ Irregularity Reports (if applicable)

DAC Responsibility for ACT Compass

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New This YearKDE Calculator PolicyCompass 5.0 Pilot

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Students shall not use any calculators with a computer algebra system (CAS), software programs or applications, on tests administered as part of Kentucky’s assessment and accountability system.

New KDE Calculator Policy

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New for 2015-16Compass 5.0

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2014-15 No changes for Kentucky 2015-16 Switch to Compass 5.0

◦ Web-based assessment environment ◦ Proctor and site management tools ◦ Ability for students to start tests with Admission Ticket # ◦ Administrative reports ◦ Graphically intuitive Individual Student Reports

ACT Compass 5.0 - Next Year

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Pilot new system in spring 2015 Develop training and support materials Training will be available early August

ACT Compass 5.0

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Tips from CollegesWriting Skills Discussion

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Writing Skills (English)Give Writing Skills assessment first or by itself. (Use practice PDF file on Compass website.)

Thoroughly cover directions with students.

Highlight each sentence.

Re-read passage from the beginning.

Better results on Writing Skills

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Postsecondary Collaboration

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Postsecondary institutions who have entered into agreements with KDE have instant access to student scores.

Representatives may access student scores only if the student has shown an ‘academic interest’ in the institution.

Collaboration with Postsecondary

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Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)

SSID and/or SSN to KCTCS when applying KDE receives a file from KCTCS To assist with matching, please provide SSIDs

to students and encourage their use.

KCTCS and SSIDs

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Testing at high school and postsecondary allowed◦ Follow guidelines at each

Score report for postsecondary◦ Electronic access at admission office◦ Paper copy from high school

Collaboration with Postsecondary

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Compass Site Administration

http://compass.act.org/eCompass

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Staff Changes Changing Passwords Forgotten Password Training for New COMPASS Administrators Workstation Setup Administrator Tests

Site Administration

http://compass.act.org/eCompass

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Compass School Registration Form Compass Staff Update Form Compass Test Irregularity Spreadsheet E-mail Dacinfo@education.ky.gov

Compass Forms

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Recommended each yearhttp://compass.act.org/eCompass

Changing Passwords

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Existing staff who have forgotten their passwords must contact:

ACT Compass Support(800) 645-1992

Forgotten Password

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Administration Code and Inclusion of Special Populations Regulations

New staff must view the On-demand Training Series located at, http://education.ky.gov/AA/Assessments/Pages/COMPASS.aspx

Training for COMPASS Administrators

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For Technical Staff

Workstation Setup

http://www.act.org/compass/tech

ACT Technical Support(800) 645-1992

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Using Admin Tests◦ 11111 and any combination of five numbers◦ Once the number/name combination is used, keep

using the same combination ◦ NOT for students

Administrator Tests

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Contact InformationKentucky Department of EducationACT

General Program Information

Jennifer Stafford (OAA)Pam Powers (OAA)

(502) 564-4394

Intervention InformationApril Pieper (NGL)(502) 564-2106

Compass Support(800) 645-1992