Viji Somasundaram, Director

& OSA Team Members

March 16, 2017

OSA Office Hours

Webinar Agenda

• GlobalMeet reminders

• Greetings from Viji and the OSA Team

• Assessment Updates

GlobalMeet Reminders

• Participation Options:

– Chat Box (lower left) - “public”

– Q&A (upper right) - “private”

• Dialogue:

– General in nature

– Constructive

– Short and concise

– Public/recorded

OSA Greetings

• OSA Team Introductions

• General Assessment Updates

WISEdata• A snapshot was taken over the weekend of January 14-15 for “3rd

Friday in September” accountability purposes.

• An additional snapshot will be taken in late May for report cards.

• Snapshots can be viewed in WISEdash under the ‘Advanced Analysis’

tab. This data can help your district detect and rectify any data quality

issues.

• In WISEdash Portal, the Details link will allow you to dig into Errors

and Warnings. On these screens you can determine when your SIS is

pushing to WISEdata, and what WISEdata thinks the value should be.

ASSESSMENT UPDATES

Forward: Updates• Test Administration Manual Update

Please note that we have made a small change on the test administration script located in the Test Administration

Manual. No content has been changed, just the arrangement of a small section. This change applies only to pages 21 and

22. The most updated version of the manual is now available on our website and should be used for testing.

• Listening Scripts Accommodation

We have been getting many requests for the listening scripts accommodation. This accommodation will only be

approved a for very few number of students across the state. As a reminder, listening scripts may be provided to test

administrators working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing that are unable to access the embedded listening

passages via the embedded audio through VSL or closed captioning. The Test Examiner should read the passages aloud

to the student, allowing the student access to view the Test Examiner's face while reading.

• Text Dependent Analysis Checklist

It is important to note that the TDA checklist included in the TDA Sampler will not be available during test

administration. It is important that students review and prepare with this question type in the OTTs and the TDA

sampler ahead of time.

Forward: Student Data

March 13 - May 5

Field can access test setup.

● Test sessions can be accessed and modified, if needed/desired.

● Students can be transferred among districts.

● Any changes to accommodations must be made via the eDIRECT user interface (UI). (Accommodations changes

cannot be made via the MSU file after March 5)

● Districts/schools are responsible for adding new students to ‘test sessions for new students’ added via the UI.

DRC will automatically add students to test sessions if the students are added via the MSU.

Aspire : Test preparation tasks

• DPI loaded student information into the Aspire portal on March 13.

• During March 14-24, test coordinators:1. Confirm that student information is correct and make updates as necessary.

2. Enter Personal Needs Profiles (PNPs). Note: PNPs entered last year should remain in the system and should not need to be entered again if there is no change in students’ accessibility needs.

3. Create paper test sessions for students using Braille, large print, or ASL. Note: Once a paper test session is created, the paper materials orders will be automatically sent to DPI for approval through the portal.

Aspire : Resources

• All resources can be found on the WI Avocet and DPI ACT webpages

• Portal User Guide– p.38 for instructions on adding and deleting students– p. 40 for instructions on transferring students– p. 51 for instructions on adding Personal Needs Profiles

• Accessibility Users’ Guide• ACT Aspire Portal User Guide• Room Supervisor Manual (CBT)• Room Supervisor Manual (PBT)• Technical Readiness Manual• Test Coordinator Manual

Aspire : Resources

• All resources can be found on the WI Avocet and DPI ACT webpages

• Portal User Guide– p.38 for instructions on adding and deleting students– p. 40 for instructions on transferring students– p. 51 for instructions on adding Personal Needs Profiles

• Accessibility Users’ Guide• ACT Aspire Portal User Guide• Room Supervisor Manual (CBT)• Room Supervisor Manual (PBT)• Technical Readiness Manual• Test Coordinator Manual

Tip for using Avocet:

Access the complete documents on this site by scrolling to the top of the page and clicking the “Download” button. Use Internet Explorer 9 or later, Safari 5.1 or later, or Google Chrome 17 if you are having trouble viewing documents.

ACT Aspire : Trainings

Brief, self-paced training videos 1. Go here: https://actaspire.tms.pearson.com2. Enter your email address3. Click on the “Assessment Preparation” category4. Click on the “Launch “ button “Manually Entering and Updating Student Data” 5. Click on the “Launch” button “Updating Personal Needs Profile for Accessibility Features”

Register for more free, live webinars here: http://actaspire.pearson.com/allresources.html

ACT Aspire : WI TrainingsFeb 22 2pm Aspire Technology Readiness for WI

Recorded and posted to the DPI ACT Trainings webpage and the WI Avocet page under “T” for “Trainings”

Mar 30 10am Aspire Test Administration for WIRegister at this linkWill be recorded and posted to DPI and Avocet pages

Self-paced training videos can be found at https://actaspire.tms.pearson.com

Register for more free, live webinars here: http://actaspire.pearson.com/allresources.html

ACCESS for ELLs• WIDA is continuously updating their information regarding the impacts of

last summer’s Standard Setting on this year’s ACCESS for ELLs scores.

○ https://www.wida.us/proficiency

• More rigorous academic content standards means greater linguistic demands, which means the bar for English proficiency is higher.

• ELP growth can’t be measured from last year. Scale Score growth still can be.

• Overall, students will likely show minimal change from last year’s ELP scores.

ACCESS: Important Dates• 3/7 -3/15

o Pre-Reporting Data Validation

• 4/21

○ Districts Receive Reports

○ Able to print ISRs in 40+ languages from WIDA AMS

• 4/21 - 5/4

○ Post-Reporting Data Validation

• Early May

○ WIDA Screener Available

• W-APT or Model historically used for initial EL determination

○ Paper based assessments

○ Speaking scored on the fly, one-on-one

• W-APT

○ Free

• Model

○ District Cost

○ Also used for progress monitoring

ELP Screener Change

WIDA Screener• W-APT for grades 1-12 discontinued this summer

• WIDA Screener (Online & Paper) available early May

○ WIDA Screener (Online) is a shorter ACCESS for ELLs

• WIDA Screener

○ Online - Free

○ Paper - District Cost

• Kindergarten

○ W-APT - Free

○ Model - District Cost

WIDA Screener Training

• Essentially ACCESS for ELLs

○ Shorter

○ Speaking stored in WIDA AMS

○ Writing and Speaking scored after test is complete

○ TA doesn’t have to be EL certified, but Writing/Speaking scorer should be

• https://www.wida.us/assessment/Screener/screener-online.aspx

• Users need WIDA.us account for training

• WIDA-AMS to enter student rosters, print tickets, score

DLM: Important Dates

March 20 - May 5- DLM Test Window for ELA, Mathematics,

Science, and Social Studies

DLM

• Districts should be done loading and validating data in KITE

Educator Portal.

• Test Administrators should also have completed the required test

administration training and accepted the security agreement in

Educator Portal

○ Test administrators will not have access to test tickets until

both of these steps are completed.

DLM

• Test tickets will only appear on March 20th if students have been:

○ Correctly entered into the portal

○ Rostered in a DLM subject for ELA, M, SCI, and SS without a

Course identified

○ Has a completed and submitted PNP/FCS

• Districts should mark ‘Reasons Not Tested’ in the general education

portals.

○ Syble Hopp Secondary and Elementary School of Brown County

and Lakeland School of Walworth County will need to contact

‘districts of accountability’ to mark reasons not tested.

DLM

Student Moves During the Test Window-

• Old district ‘exits’ student from portal, New district must

use Enrollment Template to enroll student OR

• State or DLM Helpdesk will need to transfer the student for

the district

• DO NOT use ‘find student’ feature during the test window.

DLM

• TIPs and Manipulatives Best Practices

• ‘Exit Does Not Save’ feature

• Field Testing-ex. ELA RI.3.4 IP R4943

1% Participation

• Who are Students with the Most Significant Cognitive

Disabilities? presentation now posted at

https://dpi.wi.gov/sped/topics/essential-elements

• Reminder-Justifications are not necessary until the 17-18

school year

Reading Readiness• Reimbursement request forms were sent to District

Assessment Coordinators on March 6.

• Coordinators will need to complete and submit the forms in order to be reimbursed for screening costs.

• Information to include on the reimbursement form will be:○ Amount requested per grade○ # of students screened per grade○ Screener or screeners used in each grade

Reading Readiness• Eligible Expenses

○ Training materials, student materials, scoring guides, online score portals, teacher training costs

• Ineligible expenses○ Teacher salary, IT staff salary, substitute salary,

computers, travel costs

• Deadline for Submission is April 7, 2017

Reading Readiness

• More information can be found at– General information: http://dpi.wi.gov/assessment/reading-readiness– FAQ: http://dpi.wi.gov/assessment/reading-readiness/FAQ

• Department Contact– Duane Dorn: duane.dorn@dpi.wi.gov; 608-267-1069

Discussion & Dialogue

Thank You

Office of Student Assessment

608-267-1072;

osamail@dpi.wi.gov

Next webinar: March 16, 2017