Alaska Measures of Progress District Test Coordinator Webinar Webinar Logistics: Audio will be streamed through Adobe Connect. Audio is also available by calling Pin: —If using the phone as the audio source, MUTE the Adobe connect sound to prevent feedback. On the phone, press *7 to mute yourself. Please hold questions until the end. All questions must be asked through the chat box in the bottom right corner. October 21, 2014 James Herynk

Overview District Test Coordinator Role KITE ™ System Educator Portal Data Upload Organization and Roles Adding Data Editing Data Test, Exit, Clear (TEC) Template Technology Practice Tests Technology Director: LCS and KITE Client Install Educator: PNP and Technology Practice Tests Dynamic Learning Maps Upcoming Webinars Important Points Help Desk

District Test Coordinator Role The District Test Coordinators (DTCs) are presumed to be at the district or school level (Building Test Coordinator). District Test Coordinators (DTCs) play an important role in delivering the new assessments for Alaska Measures of Progress via KITE. The key duties of the DTCs are to upload data for —Users/Educators —Enrollment/Students —Rosters/Student-teacher pairing —TEC/Test, Exit, Clear The DTCs also oversee the assessment process, including manage user roles and responsibilities, develop a schedule for test implementation, monitor and support test preparations and administration, and develop a plan to facilitate communications with parents and staff.

Three Types of Tests Technology Practice Tests —Generated by AMP —Universal usernames and passwords Testlets, Assessments for Learning, Formative —Generated by teachers for their rostered students — Unique usernames and passwords Summative —Generated by the system through TEC record —Unique username, password, and ticket number

KITE ™ System KITE ™ is a platform developed to meet the needs of the next generation of large-scale assessments. —KITE Client Delivers assessments to students Download and install from the AMP website

KITE ™ System KITE ™ is a platform developed to meet the needs of the next generation of large-scale assessments. —KITE Client Delivers assessments to students Download and install from the AMP website —Educator Portal Manage student, user, and assessment data educator.cete.us

Educator Portal (EP) Introduction —Technical Supported Browsers –Firefox 24.3 ESR (recommended) and above, Safari 6.0.5, and Internet Explorer 8 and above –Google Chrome is NOT supported Clearing cache –Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete, Check Top 4-5, Delete, Okay —Getting Started Logging in Logging in Forgot Password Security Agreement My Profile My Organizations and Roles Overlays

Uploading Data 1.Create.CSV Templates akassessments.orgakassessments.org —Documentation Organization Codes Templates 2.Upload on the Configuration TabConfiguration Tab —Users (window opened Oct. 6) —Students Enrollment (window opened Oct. 17th) TEC (window open) —Rosters (window opened Oct. 17th)

Organization >>> (Go to Organization tab)Organization —Think of levels School –School Building District –District Name State –Alaska Role >>> (Go to Roles tab)Roles —Think of permissions District Test Coordinator –Add and modify data Teacher –View students Organization and Role

Adding Data in EPEP Users/Educators —Add User Manually —Upload User Template Enrollment/Students —Add Student Manually (NOTE: School Entry Date) —Upload Enrollment Template KEY to Overwrite: State_Student_Identifier (Col. K) Rosters —Create Roster Manually —Upload Roster Template

Editing Data in EPEP Users/Educators —View User, Modify User Enrollment/Students —Re-Add Student Manually (NOTE: School Entry Date) —Upload Corrected Enrollment Template KEY to Overwrite: State_Student_Identifier (Col. K) —Access Profile (Personal Needs and Profile or PNP) Rosters —View Roster, edit by select and deselect —Upload Roster Template

“Exit” —to remove a student from Educator Portal when a student moves out of the district. “Test” —to assign a student to a summative assessment by subject. “Clear” —to unassign a student from a summative assessment while keeping the student’s enrollment record intact. Documentation: akassessments.orgakassessments.org Test, Exit, Clear (TEC)

Assign Roles and Add Organizations 2015 GN P GN = General P = Paper/Pencil MM/DD/YYYY Organization CodeSame Student ID NOTE: for leading zeros format cells to text. M ELA M = Mathematics ELA = English Language Arts TEST EXIT CLEAR TEST = Student assigned to summative assessment by subject EXIT = Student removed from Educator Portal, unavailable to assign CLEAR = Student unassigned from summative assessment by subject

Technology Practice Tests AMP Website: —Front Page: Technology Practice Tests “Follow these directions” “Guidance for teachers with ideas on how to introduce students to the Technology Practice Tests”

Technology Practice Tests Features to review with students Show how to navigate Model the flag feature Read the directions for each question Final review

Technology Practice Tests ELA passage and question navigation —Questions Drop Down —Page Layout Passage and Questions Questions Only Passage Only —Question Layout View One View All

Technology Practice Tests Features: —TOOLBOX Tags Highlighter Strikethrough Eraser Pointer Search Notes —Calculator —Accessibility Features Activate by Default set on PNP (Access Profile) means the feature will not need to be turned on in the toolbox.

Calculator

A Local Caching Server (LCS) is a local computer that is set up to store data from students testing in KITE Client and then send that data all at once. Technology Directors: Easy Local Caching Server Setup

Installation Resources akassessments.orgakassessments.org 1)Configuring the Properties File Identify the IP address Identify the port 2)Allowing Access through your Firewall Identify the port or application, allowing the testing machines access to the LCS 3)Starting the LCS Open folder or application to run or start Note: may require administrator password Point the KITE Clients toward LCS Easy LCS Setup

Bandwidth Usage Estimates with and without the LCS

Educators: Data, Access Profile, and KITE Client Educator Portal: Quick Links —StudentsStudents PNP, also known as Access Profile (p. 3.30) First Contact Survey (Dynamic Learning Maps only) —RostersRosters KITE Client —Technology Practice Tests documentation —Navigation of Tests and Passages —Features

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) The DLM Consortium consists of 20 states and provides alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities. For grades 3-10 in English language arts and math Dillard Research Associates delivers assessments for science Educators in Alaska access DLM via DatesEvents 9/24/14 and 10/1/14Get Started Webinar for Mentors (and DTCs), 3:30 – 4:30 10/4/14DTCs begin setting up district User (educator) accounts in KITE system 10/6-10/8/14Alternate Assessment Mentor Training 10/13 – 11/19/14Teachers begin entering First Contact Surveys and Personal Needs Profiles for students* 11/10-12/20/14Districts participate in DLM Alternate Assessment Phase B field testing 1/5 - 3/6/15Districts participate in DLM Alternate Assessment Phase C field testing 3/16 – 5/1/15Alternate Assessment Test Window

Upcoming Webinars EducatorNovember 4 th, 2014 Technology DirectorOctober 13 th, 2014 District Test CoordinatorNovember 18 th, 2014

Important Points Locate EP Manual, Templates, and Organization Tables Create and Upload Data —User Template —Enrollment Template —Roster Template —TEC Template Add Users, Students, and Rosters Manually Edit Users, Students and Rosters —Re-upload Students Assign Roles and Add Organizations Be comfortable with Technology Practice Tests Understand the what Educators and Technology Directors will be doing.

Help Desk Hours —M-F —5:00 am to 4:00 pm Alaska —8:00 am to 7:00 pm Central Phone — — (toll-free)

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