Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call August 5, 2014

Audio Difficulties 2 Louisiana Believes If you are experiencing audio difficulties, please make sure that your speakers are on and that your volume is at a suitable level. If you are still experiencing difficulties, click the AUDIO button on the ribbon at the top of your screen, and follow the directions to join by phone.

3 Louisiana Believes Objective: These contact calls bring together LEA coordinators for the purpose of planning for and implementing statewide assessment programs within local education agencies. Who: District Test Coordinators, District Technology Coordinators, and Accountability Contacts Topics: 1.Assessment 2.Accountability 3.Technology Archives: Welcome

Methods of Communication 4 As a direct result of feedback from LEA and school leaders following the 2014 Spring Field test, changes have been made to methods of communication for the school year. Overall, leaders asked for more timely communication through established streams and the ability to communicate in real time Methods of Communication Methods of Communication with Traditional LEA’s Newsletter District Planning Calls Webinars Hands-on Trainings for EOC and Field Test Newsletter District Planning Calls Monthly Assessment, Technology, and Accountability Webinars Network-based Hands-on Trainings Network Point of Contact (Data Specialists) and LDOE Point of Contact for scholarships and charters Edmodo Group July and January Planning Meetings Louisiana Believes

Scope and Sequence Projected Call DatesProjected Call Topics August 5, 2014 System Access Summer Administration Results Release Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Data Certification Window September 2, 2014 Enrollment Verification Updates to Assessment Calendar October 7, 2014 School Letter Grades and Related Resources Release Technology Requirements for EOC December Administration November 4, 2014 EOC Fall Administration Training ACT CEA for Retesting Seniors ACT Applications for Accommodations December 2, 2014 ACT Match/No Match Distribution

6 Louisiana Believes Scope and Sequence Projected Call DatesProjected Call Topics January 6, 2015 Pretest Workshop (LEAP series, ACT series, EOC): Key Dates, Test Administration, Test Security, Test Accommodations, and Accountability Coding Training Technology Requirements Pre-Grid Roster Distribution Data Certification: Graduation Rate Statewide Assessment Schedule SY February 3, 2015 Placement Test Materials Return March 3, 2015 ACT Match/No Match Distribution April 21, 2015 LEAP and ACT Series Spring Administration Results Release Exceptions to the High-Stakes Testing Policy May 5, 2015 LEAP Series Spring Administration Results Release Accountability Clean-Up End-of-Year Survey June 2, 2015 Data Certification July 7, 2015 SY Planning Planning Meeting

7 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

Summer 2014 Test Results Release As the Department has communicated, the summer retest scores will be available no later than Friday, August 8. The results will be accessed in LEAPweb, and we will update both district test coordinators and superintendents through the August 5 th weekly newsletter.

9 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

10 Louisiana Believes Accountability contacts and district test coordinators should be updated as soon as possible in order to ensure system access by from superintendent to New contacts are required to complete confidentiality forms prior to access being granted. Forms can be accessed in assessment library.assessment library All system access for should be received in districts by August 18 th via secure and can be distributed to school test coordinators. Assessment System Access

11 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

Placement Tests Placement Materials Receipt Placement tests are administered for applicable transfer students seeking to enroll in grade 5 or 9 who have not participated in the LEAP test in Louisiana. Placement tests were shipped to district test coordinators in late July and are to be returned to the testing contractor mid-February. Students who participate in the spring and/or summer administration of LEAP test and fail to score at the required achievement level(s) are not eligible to take the Iowa Tests for placement purposes. Scoring documents should have been received with testing materials to allow for scoring at LEA level. Louisiana Believes

13 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

All children enrolling in kindergarten for the first time must be screened by September 30, 2014 using the Developing Skills Checklist. Teachers complete all sections of the DSC screen except for the Social/Emotional section. Results are entered through the web site K.OnlineDSC.net and must be entered no later than October 17, 2014.K.OnlineDSC.net Child ID numbers will not be entered as part of the child demographic information this year. Help-desk support is available Monday – Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm eastern time at Option 2. Louisiana Believes Developing Skills Checklist for Kindergarten

Webinars for Developing Skills Checklist Webinar training sessions are being scheduled by Red-e Set Grow for kindergarten teachers and administrators. Visit the website to sign-up for upcoming webinar sessions. Sessions are limited to the first 100 people to sign-up. All sessions are recorded and posted on the website for viewing. This year there will be three (3) sessions for teacher in the month of August and two (2) sessions in the month of September for administrators.

Information about teacher user accounts are included in your district worksheet. The worksheet is currently available for download on the state’s download FTP site for your district. Teachers assigned to classrooms last year will use their same user id and password. New teachers should be added in the columns provided on your districts worksheet. Teachers who are not longer employed in your district should be noted on your districts worksheet. Teachers with changed school or classroom assignment should be listed next to their new classroom/site in the space provided. After all changes are made your district worksheet/roster of teacher users to or by August 19 th. Please insert valid addresses for each teacher account if not present. This is used to validate the teacher account when the “Forgot Password” link is selected from the log-in page. Developing Skills Checklist Teacher Worksheets

Districts may either import or manually enter student and classroom data. Districts interested in importing student and classroom data should contact Dean Caldwell ( ext. 1701) or Matt Bodenheimer ( ext. 1708) at Red-e Set Grow for information on importing student If your district will be importing student records, teachers should not enroll students in their classroom or attempt to enter DSC results prior to the import. LDOE will provide data files to Red-e Set Grow this year in September and again in October for purposes of reconciling student data between the State’s Student Information System (SIS) and the DSC database. Student local id numbers will be inserted into the DSC database as part of the reconciliation process. Developing Skills Checklist for Kindergarten

18 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

19 Louisiana Believes Benefits to Students: Successful completion of ACT WorkKeys assessments in Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information can lead to earning ACT's National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC), a portable credential earned by more than 1 million people across the United States Administered in addition to ACT, not in place of Administration: Online administration in a testing window of 3 weeks in Spring of 2015 Funding available for 11 th graders on career diploma paths After creation of concordance table in this first year, will be used as a part of SPS calculations in Additional information: Technology specifications: WorkKeys

20 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

EAGLE Updates 21 Louisiana Believes Archived Tests ( ) in EAGLE All district-administered tests (DAT) and teacher-created tests will be archived and available to users when the new system enhancements are released in early September. IMPORTANT: The EAGLE item bank is being reviewed now through the end of the year. As a result of this effort, items may shift in grade and standard alignment. All archived tests should be reviewed by district and school users before administering to students. Failure to do so, could result is misaligned tests and missing items.

EAGLE Updates 22 Louisiana Believes EAGLE Maintenance Schedule The EAGLE system will be unavailable on August 1-10, 2014 due to yearly maintenance. If you have any questions, please contact the EAGLE Help Desk at

EAGLE Updates 23 Louisiana Believes Obtaining User Accounts (District/School Level) in EAGLE All accounts from the previous school year will remain active for the school year. Beginning on August 11, 2014 district and school users are encouraged to clean up user accounts in the EAGLE system. District Administrators are encouraged to login and review their list of School Administrators. School Administrators are encouraged to login and review their list of Teachers. Users may use the add, modify, and delete functions in EAGLE to update names and establish account information. A spreadsheet with a list of current EAGLE users for your district can be requested by ing Dana Maxie at An EAGLE User Login template can be used to distribute user names and passwords. The template will be available in Word format and can be downloaded from the EAGLE homepage on August 11 homepage

EAGLE Updates 24 Louisiana Believes Early September Release Improved user interface New item types and teacher resources (printer friendly format) New search functionality with filters Training resources and materials

25 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

Data Certification Timeline Accountability ItemData Certification Window ACT High School Progress Points Dropout Credit Accumulation Index (DCAI) August 6– August 20 Assessment (LEAP/iLEAP/LAA1/LAA2/EOC) K-8 Progress Points August 13 – August 27 As in past years, the data certification process will occur in early fall, to allow districts time to certify, update, and review data used for calculating school performance scores. Any assessment errors that are not corrected during the data certification window shall not be used as grounds for an appeal or waiver request regardless of the source of any errors (Bulletin 111, Section 3107).

Data Certification Grad Cohort Final output file for grad cohort corrections will be placed in district FTP. Files will include final decisions on submissions. Previous Webinar and Supporting Documents Supplementary user guide, accountability codes, and previous webinar are all being uploaded into the Accountability Library.Accountability Library

28 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

School Choice Act 853 expands school choice to D and F schools, not just F schools. Act 853 The LDOE is working with the superintendents association, the school board association, and the bill author on guidance for districts. Local districts should implement these provisions as they have in prior years while the guidance is being finalized. A preliminary “F” list will not be released.

30 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

Technology Technology Readiness Data Submission and Footprint Release The Technology Readiness Tool (TRT) and Network Broadband Survey reopened May 21 for schools to submit and update their device and network data. Submission Deadline was July 23 but was extended through Aug. 7. Districts and schools should update both their device and network data. The TRT is located at: The Summer Technology Readiness Footprint will be released In August If you have any additional questions, please Louisiana Believes

32 Louisiana Believes Assessment Summer Results Release System Access Placement Tests Developing Skills Checklist WorkKeys EAGLE Accountability Data Certification School Choice Technology Technology Readiness Surveys Submission & Footprint Release E-Rate 2.0 Agenda

E-Rate 2.0 The first E-Rate (2.0) modernization order was released late July, the order made significant changes to the E-Rate Program including: New goals and measures Support of internal connections Eliminating, phasing-out, and narrowly defining support for “legacy” services Maximizing cost effectiveness Simplifying the E-Rate process Further notice of proposed rulemaking: Meeting future E-rate funding needs. Ensuring the efficiency of multi-year contracts. Standardizing the collection of NSLP data. Encouraging consortium participation.

E-Rate 2.0 E-Rate Webinars Overview of E-Rate 2.0 Changes - Aug. 12, 9:00 am – 10:00 am Discussion of USAC Training – October 21, 9:00 am – 10:00 am E-Rate Focused Topic Webinars Tuesdays from 9:30-10:00 am alternating with the DTC Call (Aug , Sept. 9, 16, 23, Nov. 18) Face-to-Face E-Rate Rules and Regulation Training dates: October 6 - E-Rate Updates Training - Monroe October 8 - LDE E-Rate Updates Training - Baton Rouge October 16 - USAC applicant workshop - New Orleans (currently there is a waiting list) November 4 – E-Rate Updates Training / Applicant Support – New Orleans November 5 – E-Rate Updates Training / Applicant Support – Baton Rouge November 6 – E-Rate Updates Training / Applicant Support – TBD

Next Steps For more information, contact Next call: September 2, 2014 Louisiana Believes TaskDeadline Administer Placement Tests, as applicableJuly 15-February 15 Data CertificationAugust 6-27 Developing Skills Checklist (K)Within first 30 days Special Education Webinar (option 1) Click here to join the webinar. To dial in by telephone (*no computer*), Room # here August 8 2:00 pm -3:00 pm Special Education Webinar (option 2) Click here to join the webinar. To dial in by telephone (*no computer*), Room # here August 12 9:00 am-10:00 am