1. Weekly Wednesday Webinar

2. Have you muted your phone/computer?
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3. 03.22 Today’s webinar is brought to you by the numbers WWW at 2:30
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4. 03.10.2017 - 05.31.2017 WWW w/Audio at 2:30 Place Additional Orders
for
Large Print and
Braille Test Books
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5. System Maintenance Downtime Unable to print reports
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System Maintenance Downtime
10:59pm FRI – 11:00pm SUN
Task Name
Duration (Days)
Start
Finish
March 2
Fri 3/24/17
Mon 3/27/17
April
Fri 4/21/17
Mon 4/24/17
May
Fri 5/19/17
Mon 5/22/17
June
Fri 6/23/17
Mon 6/26/17
July System Downtime
Start Date
End Date
Notes
Friday, July 7, 2017
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Unable to print reports

6. Have you added a testing window
Audio at 2:30
Have you added a testing window
for the Grade 12 CCRA?
Do not use spaces when creating a test window name
A good name for this window –
G12CCRA

7. A student MUST answer items on CAT AND PT to receive a SCORE
WWW w/Audio at 2:30
WVGSA and Grade 12 CCRA
A student
MUST
answer items on
CAT AND PT
to receive a
SCORE
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8. WVGSA@help.k12.wv.us WWW w/Audio at 2:30 Remember to use for ALL
general summative
testing questions
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10. TOPICS (scheduled to date)
Upcoming Webinars
DATE
TIME
TOPICS (scheduled to date)
2:30
Scripts / Calculators / Appeals
3:00
TESTING QUESTION AND ANSWER CALL
Monitoring Testing Tools
 TBD
 ORS Reports

11. Weekly Wednesday Webinar

12. AIR Help Desk
Zac Sweeney

13. General Summative

14. 3:00 Calls Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays Starts Monday, March 20
3:00 P.M.
Informal and Informative
Mondays
Tuesdays
Thursdays

15. Step to WVGSA & ACCM.14 Enrollment Accommodations IEP IEP ACCMs
Nightly Combined File
Service Records
STU.301 Tagging
SAS.ACCM
5:00AM
STU.301 Tagging
504
STU.301 ELL
ELL ACCMs
Right After Enrollment

16. Accommodations If Accommodations are missing from ACCM.14
Verify the Effective Date is
Assessment option is checked
Wait hours for processing
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17. Out of State Transfers
Out of state transfer students are still appearing in TIDE and assigned to the original school.
WVDE and AIR are working to resolve this situation.
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18. Summer System Downtimes
Summer Downtimes
Summer System Downtimes
Start Date
End Date
Notes
Friday, July 7, 2017
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Unable to print reports
Friday, August 04, 2017
Monday, August 07, 2017
System returns for

19. Additional order may be placed
Initial Orders
Initial Orders in TIDE
Processing
Arrive in mid-March
Additional Orders in TIDE
Additional order may be placed –

20. Initial Orders

21. Contact jperdue@k12.wv.us
Home-Instructed
Assessment ID requests received by
are in TIDE
List of IDs ed
Contact
if not in receipt of list
Friday upload of
Assessment IDs –

22. Parent Letter and One Pager

23. Spring 2017 WVGSA / WVASA / CCRA
High School Testing
Spring 2017 WVGSA / WVASA / CCRA
ELA
Math
Science
Grade 12
SAME AS LAST YEAR
Grade 11
YES NO
Grade 10
Grade   9

24. School Test Window School testing window
Must be inside district testing window
Guidelines
Instructional days needed to complete testing
Twenty-five testing days
Five make-up days following 25 days
Last week of school used for make-up test administration
Need more than 25 days (exclusive of 5 day make-up)
Request approval from WVDE
Can use up to 36 days
The last day of the testing window should be the last instructional day for students
Scheduled testing should be completed 5 days prior to end of testing window.
Grade 12 Retest (CCRA) 5 days prior to opening of General Summative Window

25. Science Training Test Grades 5 and 8 Grade 10 Contain two clusters
Group of items associated with one stimulus
Contain simulations
Link via the WV Assessment portal
Receive an later this week when available
Grade 10
Contains one cluster
Process of being revised

26. Testing Dates Testing date are in TIDE Three windows
Summative Tests
Diagnostic Tests
Interim Tests
Must add window for Grade 12
Must change start date and end date
Grade 12 window can overlap all three windows.

27. TIDE Testing Window

28. Delivery Scheduled for
326 Forms
326 Forms
Delivery Scheduled for
Mid-week
Week of

29. WVGSA Online Test Administration Manual Scripts

30. Test Administration Manual

31. Test Administration Manual Scripts
Programmatic Level Scripts
Three booklets ES MS HS
Contain scripts for the following at each grade level
ELA CAT
ELA PT
Math CAT
Math PT
Science (when applicable)
Contain TAM Sections 8.0 – 11.1

32. Test Administration Manual Scripts

33. Test Administration Manual Scripts

34. Test Administration Manual Scripts

35. Test Administration Manual Scripts

36. Test Administration Manual Scripts

37. Test Administration Manual Scripts

38. Test Administration Manual

39. GENERIC Test Administration Manual Script
Generic Script
One booklet
Contains ONE generic script for all grades, content areas, and test
Has blanks to be filled in for test name
Some portions of the script apply to certain tests or content areas and do not have to be read for all tests
Contain TAM Sections 11.0 – 11.1

40. GENERIC Test Administration Manual Script

41. GENERIC Test Administration Manual Script

42. GENERIC Test Administration Manual Script

43. TAM Scripts Test Administration Manual Scripts Programmatic Level
Specific information for each grade/content/test
Lots of pages
Contains additional sections of the TAM for TAs to have close at hand during testing
GENERIC
Fill in the blank script, not specific
Not many pages
Only contains the section of the TAM applicable to the day of testing

44. Mathematics Guidelines for Inclusion of Measurement Conversions and Formulas

46. No Reference Sheets for Math
Conversions or formulas allowable for a particular question will be given either in the item stem or in the stimulus for a performance task.

47. No Reference Sheets for Math
The following conversions will NOT be included in any question:
1 foot = 12 inches
1 yard = 3 feet
1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
1 liter = 1000 milliliters
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 week = 7 days

48. No Reference Sheets for Math
The following conversions will be given only in Performance Tasks. They will NOT be included in any question on the CAT:
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces [Grade 4+]
1 mile = 5280 feet [Grade 5+]
1 mile = 1760 yards [Grade 5+]
1 pound = 16 ounces [Grade 4+]
1 pint = 2 cups [Grade 4+]
1 quart = 2 pints [Grade 4+]
1 gallon = 4 quarts [Grade 4+]

49. No Reference Sheets for Math
The following formulas will NOT be included in any question:
Perimeter or area of a rectangle
Perimeter or area of a parallelogram
Perimeter or area of a trapezoid
Perimeter or area of a square
Perimeter or area of a triangle
Circumference or area of a circle
Arc length
Area of a sector of a circle
Sum of interior angles of a polygon
Measure of one interior angle of a regular polygon
Surface area of a rectangular prism
Surface area of a cube
Surface area of right pyramids with a rectangular or triangular base
Volume of a right rectangular prism
Volume of a cube
Quadratic formula
Pythagorean Theorem

50. No Reference Sheets for Math
The following formulas will be given only in Performance Tasks. They will NOT be included in any question on the CAT:
Volume of a cone [HS]
Volume of a sphere [HS]
Volume of a cylinder [HS]

51. No Reference Sheets for Math
The following angle measures and ratios will NOT be included in any question:
Number of degrees in a circle
Sum of interior angles of a triangle
Side length ratios in a triangle
Side length ratios in a triangle
Trigonometric ratios for sin, cos, and tan

52. Calculators

53. In January, we switched to the DESMOS calculator.
Already used in many mathematics classrooms
Requested by teachers
Endorsed by Middle/Secondary Learning
Good online resources,
Practice calculators,

54. Appeals

55. Terms Appeals Definition Reset Allows student to start new test
Invalidation
Not scored; no retest
Reopen
Continue with an expired test (PT)
Restore
Reinstates a reset test
Grace Period Extension
Extends the 20 minute pause rule 55

56. Reset Student(s) administered summative test incorrectly
WHAT?
Allows student(s) to start a new test
WHERE?
CAT or Performance Task
WHEN?
Student(s) administered summative test incorrectly
Student settings are incorrect
HOW?
SC documents need for reset and informs DC
DC enters appeal for reset in TIDE

57. Invalidation Eliminates test and test is not scored
WHAT?
Eliminates test and test is not scored
Retest is not administered
WHERE?
CAT or Performance Task
WHEN?
Security situation
HOW?
SC documents situation and informs DC
DC enters appeal for invalidation in TIDE

58. Reopen WHAT? Allows re-access to a performance task WHERE?
WHEN?
Performance Task expired or accidently submitted
HOW?
SC documents need for reopen and informs DC
DC enters appeal for reopen in TIDE

59. Restore WHAT? Returns a reset test to prior status WHERE? Reset tests
WHEN?
Test inadvertently or inappropriately reset
HOW?
SC documents need for restore and informs DC
DC enters appeal for restore in TIDE

60. Grace Period Extension
WHAT?
Extends the 20 minute pause
Allows students to review items in current segment
WHERE?
CAT paused for more than 20 minutes
WHEN?
An unforeseen, uncontrollable testing disruption preventing students from reviewing items in a test paused or interrupted for more than 20 minutes (e.g., loss of power or internet, school-wide emergency)
How?
SC documents disruption and calls DC for approval
If DC approves, DC contacts WVDE for extension

61. Terms Incident Definition Impropriety Low impact on student(s)
Irregularity
Impacts student(s)
Breach
Threat to validity of test 61

62. Impropriety WHAT? Low impact on student(s)
Low risk of affecting student performance
WHO?
School Coordinator
District Coordinator
HOW?
Document on Test Security Incident Log
Corrected and contained at the local level

63. Irregularity WHAT? Impact on students
Risk of affecting student performance
WHO?
School Coordinator
District Coordinator
WVDE, if online appeal is required
HOW?
Document on Test Security Incident Log
Online appeals system, if necessary
Corrected/contained at the local level

64. Breach WHAT? Poses a threat to the validity of the test WHO?
School Coordinator
District Coordinator
WVDE
HOW?
Document on Test Security Incident Log
DC contacts WVDE
Online appeals system, if necessary

65. Test Administrator Notifies
Requesting Appeals
Test Administrator Notifies
School Coordinator
Event happens during test administration Test Administrator observes event Notifies School Coordinator Notifies District Test Coordinator Notifies WVDE
Event happens during test administration
Notifies
District Coordinator
(files appeal online)

66. Requesting Appeals
School Coordinator
Notifies Test Administrator
If approved, student restarts/resumes testing based on type of appeal
Event happens during test administration Test Administrator observes event Notifies School Coordinator Notifies District Test Coordinator Notifies WVDE
Notifies
District Coordinator
(after notification of appeal status change, DC reviews appeal in TIDE)

67. Pending Appeals
Students with pending appeals will not be able to access any test within the content area of the test being appealed.

68. Creating Appeals Who can create an appeal? Where is an appeal created?
Only the DC
Where is an appeal created?
Appeals are created in TIDE
What is TIDE’s appeal system used for?
Create appeal(s)
Check status of appeal(s)
View outcome of appeal(s)
School Coordinators and TA’s can view outcome of an appeal

69. Test Security Incident Log

70. QUESTIONS???

71. Daily Calls
3:00

72. Weekly Wednesday Webinar
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Questions