1 MI-Access What’s New This Year?

2 Presenter Dan Evans Assessment Administration and Reporting Office of Educational Assessment & Accountability

3 Assessment Windows Fall 2010 Grades 3-8 October 11 - November 19, 2010 Spring 2011 Grade 11 February 14 – March 25, 2011 Spring 2011 Grade 11 February 14 – March 25, 2011

4 What’s New This Year? Student Demographic entry to MSDS  Single source data gathering for secure site  Data updates during Tested Roster restricted to MSDS  Confirm student data correct in MSDS  Simplify entry process and minimize errors

5 What’s New This Year? No Released Items in future  Items in tests will not be released to the public  Helps increase the volume of items currently in our bank  Save money by extending the life of current items  Reduce future development costs

6 What’s New This Year? Class/Group ID Sheets  Replaces the District and Teacher ID sheet  Optional form designed to allow districts and schools to receive reports by class or group  District assigns the codes  One form for each teacher  Instructions for completion in Manual

7 Class/Group ID Sheet

8 What’s New This Year? School Header Sheets  Replaces School ID sheets  Document placed on top of all student answer documents  Requires District and School codes  Requires total number of returning documents

9 School Header Sheet

10 What’s New This Year? School Return Envelope –Replaces the former Teacher Envelope –White envelope with label –Designed to return answer documents with the School Header sheet on top –Should be returned unsealed

11 What’s New This Year? Test Administrator Manual Replaces the former “Coordinator and Assessment Administrator Manual” Test Administrator Manual Replaces the former “Coordinator and Assessment Administrator Manual”

12 Test Administrator Manual

13 What’s New This Year? Missing UIC will invalidate scores Unique Identification Code is assigned to each student UIC is printed on the student barcode label

14 What’s New This Year? Materials Return Kit –Instruction sheet –UPS Return Label –Material Return Label (Tan)

15 What’s New This Year? New “State Model” IEP form OSE-EIS released State Model IEP Form August 23, 2010 Copy available on MI-Access Web page as a link to the form Includes standards-based goals Includes assessment choice fro MEAP-Access when available

16 What’s New This Year? Braille orders placed at state level only –Secure site will not be available to order Braille assessment material –Orders will be placed only by calling option 4 –Orders require a student name to complete order process –Help to reduce cost and waste of unnecessary orders

17 What’s New This Year? MEAP-Access Eligibility Bubble –Bubble on Answer Documents – FI only –Fill in if student would have taken the MEAP- Access assessment if it was available –Information provides framework for data analysis and future development –MEAP-Access Eligibility Criteria located at

18 What’s New This Year? Field testing of item formats in some forms –Field tests items included in some forms –Designed to fulfill item bank needs –Inserted to help future test development –Includes some alternate formats and structured items

19 What’s New This Year? Item Descriptor Booklet posted for FI –Booklets found at MI-Access Web page –Designed to provide analysis on student performance on assessment items

Contact Information Call option 4 Call option 4

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