Assessment Daily Update (ADU) December 5, 2017 Paula A. Vanderford, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Assessment Daily Update (ADU)

December 5, 2017 Paula A. Vanderford, Chief Accountability Officer

Office of Student Assessment

Vinnie Segalini, State Assessment Director 601.359.3052

OSA Task Tracker

Task ID Task Name Status Issue(s) 1

QAI and MDE staff will be performing site visits to districts.

November 28- December 15, 2017 2

Internal MDE Call Center Office of Student Assessment 601-359-3052

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Miscellaneous technical issues and student information issues. Questar Customer Service 1.800.644.4054 mscustomersupport@questarai.com Chat feature is available under Help in Nextera.

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Additional Materials Order Window

November 7- December 15

Located under the Help Tab in Nextera

OSA Task Tracker

Task ID Task Name Status Issue(s) 5 MDE Program Contact General MAAP & Math Libby Cook ecook@mdek12.org MAAP ELA & MKAS2 Melissa Beck mbeck@mdek12.org MAAP US History & Biology Tiwari McLain tmclain@mdek12.org Accommodations & MAAP-A Pleshette Smith mcsmith@mdek12.org EL Sharon Prestridge SPrestridge@mdek12.org ACT & NAEP Jennifer Robinson Jennifer.Robinson@mdek12.org

Questar 411

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Task ID Issue Status Response 1 Loss of Connectivity Ongoing Do not move students to another machine. Students may continue to test. Connectivity must be reestablished to submit the assessment. 2 Accessibility and Accommodations Ongoing Accommodations must be set in the Nextera administration site before a student begins testing. 3 Pausing for Breaks Ongoing Direct students to click on the pause/sign-out button in the upper right corner of the screen. If a student is in the review screen they need to exit to pause. 4 Additional Material Orders Ongoing Orders take approximately 4 days to ship to MS. 5 Transcribing the Writing Component Ongoing Students’ responses for all accommodated forms must be transcribed into Nextera. 6 Test Administration Page Online/Offline Status Indicator Ongoing This functionality will be implemented for the spring testing window.

Questar 411

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Task ID Issue Status Response 7 Online Read-Aloud Writing Script Clarification Ongoing “Prompt” is the equivalent to “Question” in Nextera.

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Question Answer Does accommodation 25 require MDE request for approval? No, prior approval is not required from MDE. Accommodation 25 must be included on the student’s IEP, 504 Plan or LSP and marked for the assessment area(s) for which it is used. Which accommodations need MDE approval? Accommodations 98 and 99 must have prior MDE approval, except paper-pencil, extended time, and other previously approved accommodations for the respective assessment. Extraordinary accommodations must have prior approval. How do I document accommodation 23 and 24 in Nextera for extended time? CORRECTION: You do not have to mark in Nextera per Questar’s guidance. What accommodations are available for students with a documented diagnosis of dyslexia? If a student has an IEP or 504 Plan, you must provide the accommodation(s) listed as long as it is allowable and marked for that assessment area. Students with a diagnosis of dyslexia that were evaluated by a licensed psychologist, psychometrist, or speech language pathologist (HB 1031, July 2012) may be afforded the extended time accommodations #20/23, #24, and/or #25.

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Question Answer Is scratch paper allowed for the writing portion

• f the ELA assessment?

Yes If a student proceeds to Prompt 2 or completes Prompt 2 before Prompt 1 time is up, what procedures need to be followed? Test administrators must be vigilant of students clicking to the second prompt before the end of the allotted 75 minutes. Please advise students to wait until instructed to hit the arrow button to move to the next question/prompt. If a student begins on the second prompt before the allowed time period, please follow guidance on page 37 in the TAM regarding students moving to the second prompt.