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METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24 , 2014 James Mason, Director Walt Drane, Assistant Director. MKAS 2 Mississippi K-3 Assessment Support System www.mde.k12.ms.us/mkas2 Point of Contact: Richard Baliko 601.359.5245. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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
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
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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
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
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