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Maine Educational Assessments (MEA) 2019-2020 Mathematics and ELA/Literacy eMPowerME and SAT

February 12-13, 2020 Janette Kirk, Interim Director of Assessment Nancy Godfrey, Assessment Coordinator

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Participation Rates Requires >95% Three Years

Combined Participation includes Alternate Assessments

Assessment Participation Rates

Participation percentages include general and alternate assessments. All assessment participation rates for the past 3 years have been above the ESSA required 95% with the exception of Science. This year Maine met the Federal requirement of ensuring less than 1% students participate in alternate assessments. 2

Where to Find Information/Materials

Start with the Maine Comprehensive Assessment System (MeCAS) Homepage https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS

Just as last year, the left hand panel shows the navigation panel and as you are on the MECAS home page the three options are *Test Administration Materials & Training, *Test Results and *Supports & Resources. You can click on these 3 options on the left navigation panel, or in the center on the respective boxes. Under the *3 center boxes/links, you will find:

• The link to Special Consideration Exemption Requests,
• The 2019-2020 MEA Operational Procedures Manual
• A link to NEO Super Search to find who is your District Assessment Coordinator or

DAC 3

Newly Added

https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS

As the assessment team continues to prepare for the 2020 spring administration and supporting you in your roles within the district, the team is now sending out a monthly update with any and all pertinent assessment information. On the right side of the MECAS Home Page, click on *Assessment Monthly Update. That will open the window listing *all monthly updates archived back to September 2019. 4

All MEA Assessment Dates

The calendar of all MEA assessment dates is housed in the tab of Test Administration Materials & Training. 5

Test Administration Materials & Training

When Test Administration Materials & Training is selected, individual *MEA assessments may be selected to obtain specific assessment materials and trainings regarding:

• *eMPowerME
• SAT
• MSAA Alternate Math & ELA/Literacy
• MEA Science
• Science Alternate Assessment (SAA – formerly PAAP)
• WIDA ACCESS for English Learners, and
• National Assessments such as NAEP

If you cannot find the materials for a particular assessment here, please select *Supports & Resources 6

Test Security

When the *Test Security link is selected, the full Maine Test Security Handbook, its Appendices, the 2020 MEA Test Security Webinar, its associated slide deck, and the various Test Security Agreements are visible and available. 7

Newly Added

New Resources

• Communication Toolbox
• Federal Requirements

SAA

In the *Supports & Resources tab you will find expandable accordion boxes for *Communication Toolbox and *Federal Requirements. 8

Communication Toolbox

Expanding the Communication Toolbox you will find *letters to accompany Individual Students Reports (ISRs) translated into 11 languages for both General Assessments (eMPowerME, SAT, MEA Science) and Alternate Assessments (MSAA & PAAP). A parent/family resource includes a recorded *webinar and slide deck describing how to read and understand information contained in the ISR. For districts who use *School Messenger to post MEA results, we include a document

• utlining how to distribute ISRs via Secure Email.

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Federal Requirements

Federal Requirements includes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) assessment requirements. 10

Test Administration Materials & Training

Right Side screenshots

Within Test Administration Materials and Training, select the *eMPowerME, *SAT or *MEA Science, to find the majority of materials in the center of each assessment. The subheadings for each may be different. On the *right hand side of the page for these 3 assessments, are links to join the MEA listserv, a Calendar of Events, and/or an FAQ document if applicable. 11

Test Results

The *Test Results in the left navigation panel displays 5 center labels which accordion expand when selected providing more options.

• *Assessment Results Public
• *MAARS Confidential
• *Legacy Assessment Data
• *NAEP Nation’s Report Card
• *Additional Resources

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Test Results - Reports

*Test Results Reports in the left navigation displays a list of downloadable documents such as standard setting reports, technical reports, alignment studies, and equating reports. 13

eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars

https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/empowerme

Let’s go back to the Test Administration Materials & Training section for eMPower. As in previous years, the majority of guides, manuals, training webinars, and all sample plus 2018 released item documents are housed in a Cognia WordPress site. Let’s focus

• n the first 3: *guides, *manuals, and *training webinars.

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eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars

2019-2020

The following *guides will be posted for *2020 eMPowerME administration here as they are finalized:

• Accessibility Guide
• Kiosk User Guide
• Kiosk Installation Guide
• Portal User Guide, and
• Technology Guidelines – this document is updated regularly as technological and
• perating system edits become available. Please make sure you have the most

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eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars

2019-2020

In the *Testing Materials tab, the School Test Coordinator (STC) Manual, the Test Administrator Manual (TAM), and the eMPowerME STC and TA/Proctor Security Agreements are posted for 2020 eMPowerME administration here. 16

eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars

2019-2020

In the *Training tab, webinars, and short, quick start videos are posted here. Topics include:

• Administration Portal
• Kiosk Information & Demo
• Test Administrator Essentials
• Class Creation
• Site Readiness
• Generating Missing Student Logins
• User Management

When finalized, all 2020 training demos, including the required Test Security Webinar, will be posted here. 17

eMPowerME 2020 Administration Tools

https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/empowerme

As this training is specific for eMPowerME, let’s go back to the Assessment Administration Materials & Training section for eMPower. Now let’s look at all sample plus 2018 released item documents are housed in a Cognia WordPress site. Let’s focus on *Sample Items, and *Released Items. 18

eMPowerME Sample Items

https://maine.onlinehelp.cognia.org/sample-items/

You can link directly to here,

• r from DOE assessment pages

From the Maine Onlinehelp Cognia site, click on Sample Items. 19

eMPowerME Sample Items

2017-2018 2016-2017

Default is Sample Items from 2017-2018. Historical Information will bring you to sample items from 2016-2017. The first category is *Materials by Grade – All Content Areas. The *Student tab shows Sample Item Booklets by grade level for student practice. When you click on the *Educator tab, Sample Item Support Materials by grade level are listed. 20

eMPowerME Sample Items

The center category of the Sample Items, you will find *Materials by Content Area. You can toggle between tabs of *Mathematics, *Reading, and *Writing & Language. 21

eMPowerME Sample Items

The bottom category of the Sample Items is *Educator Resources have 4 tabs. Directions includes administering sample items (paper-pencil), and Directions for Administering the Student Tutorial 2018-19. Other related sample item documents are found in the Scoring, Essay Supports (previous year’s Essay Rubrics), and Other. 22

https://maine.onlinehelp.measuredprogress.org/released-items/

eMPowerME Released Items

The spring 2018 eMPowerME assessment administration included *released items which are actual assessment items, scoring guidance, and sample student work. There are no new released items from the 2019 eMPowerME administration. 23

eMPowerME Released Items

When in the *Student tab on the Cognia WordPress site, individual PDFs for paper- based grade level practice sets are available for download. When in the *Educator tab, the individual PDFs for paper-based grade level support materials may be downloaded. These include:

• The standard to which the items is aligned
• The answer key
• The scoring rubric for items other than 1-point multiple choice
• Scoring or training notes
• Exemplary responses
• And actual student sample work with scoring annotations

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eMPowerME Materials

https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/empowerme

Back to the eMPowerME Assessment Administration Materials & Training page, we have already covered the *left box of administration tools. Please review the list of documents in the *Additional Materials box. If it is highlighted in blue, it is a 2020 updated link. Visit this page often as materials links will become live as they are posted. 25

Math & ELA/Literacy eMPowerME 2020

Six (6) assessment sessions for 2020 assessment administration: 1. Reading Session 1 2. Reading Session 2 3. Mathematics Session 1 4. Mathematics Session 2 5. Writing & Language Session 1 (all multiple choice) 6. Writing & Language Session 2 (all multiple choice) 7. NOTE: No Essay assessment session for the 2020 administration * No required order of administration for content areas – logic says give session 1 before session 2

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Math & ELA/Literacy eMPowerME 2020

Same as previous years, the *extra 10 minutes for each of the assessment sessions is automatically included in the overall assessment session times. Makeup assessments, for sessions that were missed, must be completed within the assessment window by the end of day on April 10, 2020. The *assessment sessions do not need to be given in any particular order. The chart is

• nly a recommendation of order for administration. However Math, Reading, and

Writing and Language sessions can be given in any order. It is recommended to give Session 1 before Session 2, but this is not required. 27

Accessibility: Tools/Supports/Accommodations

Full Accessibility Guide: https://maine.onlinehelp.cognia.org/guides/

For eMPowerME accessibility, there are 3 levels and are either embedded or non- embedded:

• 1. Universal Tools available to all students;
• 2. Supports that require a school-level team documented decision; and
• 3. Accommodations that require IEP or 504 documented decision.

On this Quick Guide *red indicates changes from previous year.

• A new Universal Tool includes Answer Eliminator. The student is able to cross out (or

eliminate) answer choices when this tool is selected (for multiple choice items only).

• A new Support includes Disable Visual Distractors (formerly called Turn Off Universal

Tools) which would disable sketch and highlight tools, screen Zoom, and the reverse contract tool. Please refer to the full Accessibility Guide for more detail. The Portal supports and accommodations upload process, whether in bulk or manually, is outlined in the Portal User Guide. 28

Enrollment Changes, NEO & Synergy

Confirm your enrollment in NEO/Student Data Dashboard – https://neo.maine.gov login – Click “Student Data” module – Click “Student Reports” module

Be sure to confirm your enrollment in the NEO Student Data Dashboard

• Click on *NEO URL
• Click on *Student Data
• Click on *Student Reports

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Enrollment Changes, NEO & Synergy

– Select Reporting Area Assessment - eMPowerME – Select View Report

Select Reporting Area *Assessment, look for *eMPowerME, and select * View Report. 30

Enrollment Changes, NEO & Synergy

How this will work in eMPowerME Portal

eMPowerME Daily Enrollment Changes Process

• Enrollment data from 1/17/20 is uploaded to the

eMPowerME Portal - available on 2/10/20

• Daily updates to eMPowerME Portal occur daily

2/10 through 4/10

• Ensure SIS updates are completed each day by

noon

The first snapshot capture of grade 3-8 eMPowerME student enrollment was taken on January 17th. This roster of students was uploaded into the eMPowerME MEA Portal on February 10th. As in past years, daily enrollment change files will be captured in Synergy/NEO, send to Cognia, and uploaded into the portal by eMetric every afternoon starting on February 11th through the assessment window April 10th. The district’s SIS must be updated and pushed to the Synergy State enrollment system by NOON every day for those changes to appear in the portal by the following morning. Any changes after 12:00 noon will appear an additional day from time of upload. For example:

• SIS/Synergy changes made by noon on a Monday will take effect in the portal on

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• SIS/Synergy changes made after noon on a Monday will take effect in the portal on

Wednesday

• SIS/Synergy changes made by noon on a Friday will take effect in the portal on

Monday

• SIS/Synergy changes made after noon on a Friday will take effect in the portal the

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How To Stay Updated

1. District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) email list 2. MEA listserv – subscribe! https://mailman.informe.org/mailman/listinfo/mea 3. DOE Updates: http://mainedoenews.net/

Select ‘Subscribe’ Fill out the required fields & select ‘Subscribe to List’ For past announcements, select ‘Browse by Category or Month’ – scroll down to find Assessment

• 1. *If you are a DAC, you should be on the email list for messages coming directly from

Janette Kirk. If the DAC in your district needs to be changed, speak to your superintendent as NEO login credentials are needed for staff changes through the Staff Module/Certification Report.

• 2. *Please subscribe to the MEA listserv if you are not already
• 3. *Subscribe to the DOE Newsroom Updates

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Contacts

COGNIA SERVICE CENTER 855.652.8929

• Mon-Fri 7:30AM-4PM EST
• MaineServiceCenter@cognia.org

For questions regarding administering the eMPowerME assessment, please the Cognia Service Center. For all other assessment questions please contact me, *Nancy Godfrey, at the phone/email listed on this slide. 33