METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24, 2014 James Mason, Director Walt Drane, Assistant...

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METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24, 2014 James Mason, Director Walt Drane, Assistant Director

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METLA Update

Office of Student Assessment

April 24, 2014

James Mason, Director

Walt Drane, Assistant Director

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MKAS2

Mississippi K-3 Assessment Support System

www.mde.k12.ms.us/mkas2

Point of Contact: Richard Baliko601.359.5245

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Component 1: Universal Screener and Diagnostic Assessment

• MDE will provide STAR for K-3 students in 50 Literacy Target schools

• STAR will be screener and diagnostic (Reading, EL, Math)

• All other schools choose their screener and progress monitoring tool

• Beginning of Year Screening, Middle of Year Screening, End of Year Screening

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Component 1: Universal Screener and Diagnostic Assessment

• August 11 – September 19, 2014: Initial Screener Assessment testing window

• January 5 – 30, 2015: Middle of Year Assessment testing window

• April 27 – May 22, 2015: End of Year Assessment testing window

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Component 2: Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

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• Pilot Test spring 2014• Pre-K students participating in

an Early Learning Collaborative and public Pre-K schools will be assessed

• Starting August 11, Pre-K students will take pre-test in the fall and a post-test in the spring

• All Kindergarten students will take a K-Readiness assessment in the fall, and an end of year Kindergarten assessment in the spring

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Component 2: Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

• April 23 – May 23, 2014: K-Readiness Pilot test for Participating Pre-K Programs

• August 11 – September 19, 2014: K-Readiness testing window

• April 9 – May 13, 2015: End of Year K-Assessment testing window

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Component 3: 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment

• Spring 2014• Technology Readiness Trial ~ April 24-May 23• Voluntary Participation• Getting familiarized with system and assessment

type• MDE encouraged every district to sign up to promote

a smooth implementation

• Spring 2015• All students participate• Testing window ~ April 10 – 23

7“Pre-Decisional - Not Yet Approved”

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Component 3: 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment

• April 24 – May 23, 2014: 3rd Grade Reading Technology Readiness Trial

• April 10 – 23, 2015: 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment Operational Window

• May 18 – 22, 2015: 3rd Grade Reading Assessment 1st Retest Window

• June 29 – August 7, 2015: 3rd Grade Reading Assessment 2nd Retest Window

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Questions

• If there are any questions with the components of MKAS2, please contact the following:

• Component 1 (Universal Screener & Diagnostic Assessment)• Kymyona Burk – [email protected]• Tenette Smith – [email protected]

• Component 2 (Kindergarten Readiness Assessment)• Robin Lemonis – [email protected]

• Component 3 (3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment)• Richard Baliko – [email protected]

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PARCC Field Test Update

www.mde.k12.ms.us/parccft

Point of Contact: Walt Drane601.359.2111

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PARCC Field Testing - Spring 2014

• Over 1.2 million students from PARCC states are participating

• Approximately 85,000 Mississippi students from 140 districts and 513 schools will participate

• 92% of Mississippi schools identified in the initial sample volunteered to participate

• 80% of students will only take the PBA or the EOY in either ELA or math

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Media Conversation on PARCC/SBAC

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Media Conversation on PARCC April 8, 2014

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Positive Tweets

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PARCC Practice Tests

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• PARCC Practice Tests are now available for both ELA and mathematics

• Answer keys and scoring rubrics are provided• Fall 2014 – PARCC will release another practice

test; the computer will score these automatically

• Linked off of the MDE Student Assessment home page and below

• http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/

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Technology Readiness Grants

Point of Contact: Melissa Hall601.359.5115

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Technology Readiness Grants - Spring 2014

• SBE approved the Technology Readiness Enhancement Grants of April 18th.

• Purpose is to improve technology readiness to support online learning and testing

• Similar to the universal screener grants• $5 per student K-10 (Jan. 2014 enrollment)• One-page plan required (template provided and

emailed to Superintendents, DTCs and Technology Coordinators on April 22nd.

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Technology Readiness Grants - Spring 2014

• The signed agreements must be received back from districts no later than Friday, May 9, 2014.

• Request for reimbursement of all expenses must be made no later than Friday, June 20, 2014.

• Payment will be sent to your district via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) process during July 2014.

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Office of Student Assessment Contacts

James Mason, [email protected]

Walt Drane, Assistant [email protected]

601.359.3052