11/26/2018 A SSESSMENT D AILY U PDATE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 Paula A. Vanderford, Chief Accountability Officer Office of Student Assessment Dr. Jackie Sampsell, State Assessment Director 601.359.3052 PROGRAM CONTACTS 601-359-3052 STUDENT ASSESSMENT State Assessment Director Dr. Jackie Sampsell jsampsell@mdek12.org MAAP Math & General MAAP Information Libby Cook ecook@mdek12.org MAAP ELA & MKAS2 Melissa Beck mbeck@mdek12.org MAAP Science, US History & Biology Dr. Jackie Sampsell jsampsell@mdek12.org Accommodations Request Forms & MAAP-A Pleshette Smith mcsmith@mdek12.org EL Assessment Questions & LAS Links Assessment Sharon Prestridge sprestridge@mdek12.org ACT & NAEP Jennifer Robinson jennifer.robinson@mdek12.org Test Security Michael Martin mcmartin@mdek12.org DISTRICT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE (ACCOUNTABILITY) Director of Accountability Services Alan Burrow aburrow@mdek12.org 1
11/26/2018 OSA Task Tracker Task Task Name Status Note(s) ID MDE Call Center/ 1 Office of Student Assessment 601-359-3052 ASSESSMENT DAILY The ADU slides will be posted Weekly throughout Test in SharePoint daily at this link. UPDATES (ADU) 2 Window (Monday – Thursday) @ 4:00 PM TESTING ISSUES Questar Customer Service DRC Customer Service Miscellaneous technical issues and 1.800.644.4054 1.888.476.0264 student information issues; Contact mscustomersupport@questarai MSHelpDesk@datarecognitionc 3 FIRST in order to establish a customer .com orp.com support case number. Chat feature is available under Help in Nextera. SITE VISITS November 26 – December QAI and MDE staff will be performing 4 14, 2018 site visits to districts. MATERIALS ORDER November 12 – December 5 Additional Materials Order Window 10 (both Questar and DRC) OSA Memos – EOC Fall 2018 Question Answer 1 What tests will be English II and Algebra I are timed; https://districtaccess.mde.k12.ms.us/studentassessment/Public%20Access/Statewide_Assessment_Programs/MAAP- timed? Mississippi%20Academic%20Assessment%20Program/Assessment%20Guidance/MAAP%20Testing%20Times Biology and U.S. History are not timed 2 Does accommodation 25 No, prior approval is not required from MDE. This accommodation must be included in the student’s IEP, 501 Plan or LSP in order to be provided. require MDE approval? 3 Can any student have No, Only students with the read aloud accommodation on their IEP, 504 Plan, or LSP are allowed the read aloud accommodation on MAAP assessments. the read aloud accommodation? 4 What if I have a student Students with a Temporary Physical Disability Resulting from an Illness or Injury Districts must complete the Accommodation Request Form and attach substantiating that breaks their dominant documentation signed by a licensed medical doctor (MD or DO) on official medical arm or injures their wrist stationary. The accommodation(s) requested must be appropriate to the type of temporary before they are scheduled disability that resulted from the injury or illness (i.e. scribe) to test and cannot type or Document this information in the Student Profile for the assessment. (Refer to the MAAP write? Can they have Test Coordinator Manual.) Since the Office of Student Assessment (OSA) must approve the specific accommodation(s) for a student, it is recommended that the district use the OSA accommodations? approval for official documentation. Path: Public Access – Special Populations – Accommodations - Accommodation Request Form Link: https://districtaccess.mde.k12.ms.us/studentassessment/Public%20Access/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder= %2Fstudentassessment%2FPublic%20Access%2FSpecial%5FPopulations%2FAccommodations&FolderCTID=0x0 120008C41041A907A304BA89A4587F88962BC&View=%7B5FB78E06%2D9076%2D48F4%2D9A3B%2DC02F43 3B41D0%7D 4 2
11/26/2018 Questar Reminders Task Topic Status Update 1 Accessibility and Informational Accommodations must be set in the Nextera administration Accommodations site before a student begins testing. 2 Pausing for Breaks Informational 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. 3 Transcribing the Writing Informational Students’ responses for all accommodated forms must be Component transcribed into Nextera. 4 Additional Material Informational The AMO window is open and orders may be placed via Orders Nextera. 5 International Key Board Informational Ensure the US keyboard is selected to ensure proper assessment functionality. 6 Computer Internal Clock Informational Ensure that the internal computer clock is accurate and set to Central Standard Time. 5 DRC Reminders Task Topic Status Update 1 Accessibility and Informational Accommodations must be set in the INSIGHT administration site before a student Accommodations begins testing. 2 Pausing for Breaks Informational If a student needs to leave the computer lab/classroom for a short break, the student should select the Pause button. A countdown, beginning with 20 minutes, appears on the screen notifying the student of the time left before the system automatically exits the test. If the test is not resumed within 20 minutes, the student must log back in using the information on his/her student test ticket to finish the test. 3 Transcribing Tests Informational After a student completes testing, the transcriber will copy the student responses from the accommodated edition of the test book into DRC INSIGHT. All responses must be transcribed into the online system. For more information, please see page 42 in TCM or pages 42-43 in TAM. 4 Online Tools Training (OTT) Informational It will be very helpful for students to explore the OTT prior to testing. OTTs can be accessed via this link using a Google Chrome browser: https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MS/portals/ms/. Accommodated versions of the OTTs can be accessed by launching DRC INSIGHT. 5 Text-to-Speech Informational The Central Office Service Device (COS) must be installed to offer text-to-speech. For help, call customer service at 1-888-476-0264 6 Test Reset Process Informational See supplement “DRC MAAP DTC supplement - unlock tests” found in SharePoint: DTC Resources/2018-2019 Assessment Vendor Resources/DRC-MAAP/DTC info_Unlock tests 6 3
11/26/2018 Questar Testing Data – Nov. 26, 2018 District Enrollment and Analytical Data Review Total Projected Percentage of Percentage Total Completed Assessment Previously Tests Tests of Test Testing Tests to date Tested Remaining Remaining Completed Algebra I 8,000 84 0 7,916 99.0 1.0 English II 11,273 33 0 11,240 99.7 0.3 Total 19,273 117 0 19,156 99.4 0.6 *Numbers reported by Questar as of 2:00 pm November 26, 2018. A completed test is defined as a student completing both sessions in Algebra I, or all three sessions in Eng II 7 DRC Testing Data – Nov. 26, 2018 District Enrollment and Analytical Data Review Total Projected Percentage of Percentage Total Completed Assessment Previously Tests Tests of Test Testing Tests to date Tested Remaining Remaining Completed Biology 7457 19 0 7438 99.7 0.25 7610 0 0 7610 100.0 0.0 US History 15,067 19 0 15,048 99.9 0.1 Total *Numbers reported by DRC as of 2:00 pm November 26, 2018. 8 4
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