Slide 1 of 17 April 2015 DAC Update Presentation by: Office of Student Assessment Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction April 30, 2015

Slide 2 of 17 April DAC Update Overview In this DAC Update: — Slide 2: Overview — Slides 3 – 7: Badger — Slides 8 – 12: ACT — Slides 13 – 16: ACCESS for ELLs — Slide 17: General Contact Information Total Length w/Audio: — approximately 11 minutes

Slide 3 of 17 Badger Exam Updates April 2015 Viji Somasundaram Assessment Coordinator

Slide 4 of 17 Test Window Badger Exam test window goes until 05/29/2015

Slide 5 of 17 Badger Exam Testing Status Around 60 % of testing completed As of April 29th *668,440 cumulative tests have been completed *1,564 unique schools have begun testing (88% of all schools)

Slide 6 of 17 Test Status Report District users now have the Test Status Report available under the Reports tab. This report is updated nightly and can help monitor the testing status of all students. Schools may contact their DAC to review this report.

Slide 7 of 17 Badger Exam Reporting DACs will be notified in late May or early June regarding the timelines for the Badger Exam results and aggregate reports. TOMS Reporting Suite’ will provide permissioned users with interactive and cumulative online private reports for mathematics and English language arts (ELA) at state, district, school, and student level.

Slide 8 of 17 DAC Updates: ACT High School Assessments April 2015 Peggy Roush College and Career Readiness Assessment Coordinator

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Slide 10 of 17 Aspire ACT Aspire Early High School Frequently Asked Questions ACT Aspire Early High School Frequently Asked Questions Wisconsin Summative Important Testing Updates Wisconsin Summative Important Testing Updates DPI Guidance: Special Testing Situations for ACT Aspire Early High School DPI Guidance: Special Testing Situations for ACT Aspire Early High School ACT Aspire Opt-Out Communication Summative Test Session Creation for 10 th Grade Summative Test Session Creation for 10 th Grade ACT Aspire Infrastructure Trial Guide

Slide 11 of 17 ACT/WorkKeys Reports

Slide 12 of 17 Peggy Roush College and Career Readiness Assessment Coordinator WI DPI Office of Student Assessment

Slide 13 of 17 DAC Updates: ACCESS for ELLs® April 2015 Audrey Lesondak Assessment Coordinator

Slide 14 of 17 ACCESS for ELLs® Reminders Score Reports have been sent to districts. Contact MetriTech directly if your district: — Administered the ACCESS during the test window but has not yet received score reports — Has any changes to the reports — Needs translations of reports into other languages — Would like access to a data file of your district’s ACCESS for ELLs score report data Sample cover letters to accompany score reports have also been translated into many languages. These are housed on WIDA’s website at: —

Slide 15 of 17 ACCESS for ELLs Updates The Testing Window is December 7, February 5, 2016 Training for the new online system will be available beginning late summer/early fall of Resources regarding the new assessment can be found at the link below. This site will continue to be updated over the next few months. —

Slide 16 of 17 ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Headset Requirements ACCESS 2.0 will require headsets (headphone and microphone combination) A list of some headset options can be found at: — uments/Headset-specifications.pdf uments/Headset-specifications.pdf

Slide 17 of 17 THANK YOU! For questions or assistance: — Visit the Office of Student Assessment’s website: — us at: — Connect with an OSA team member: