1. Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call
June 13, 2017

2. Agenda Month-by-Month Checklist 2016-2017 Accountability
Assessment Administration
Assessment Updates
Support and Communication

3. Month-by-Month Checklist

4. 2016–2017 Month-by-Month Checklist
The 2016–2017 Assessment and Accountability Month-by-Month Checklist
identifies key dates and deadlines for statewide assessment programs and accountability processes for next school year;
provides action steps to ensure readiness for administering statewide assessments; and
recommends resources for district and school staff.
The checklist includes information on the following areas:
Communication and Support
Accessibility and Accommodations
Assessment Preparation and Administration
Accountability
Reports
The 2016–2017 Month-by-Month Checklist is located in the Assessment Library.

5. June Month-by-Month Checklist
Communication and Support
June 13: Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call and Webinar
June 14: District Planning Monthly Call/Webinar
Assessment Preparation and Administration
June: Utilize scheduling guidance to determine final Summer EOC test schedules prior
to setting up test sessions in eDIRECT
June: Create test sessions within eDIRECT in preparation for Summer EOCs and print
student test tickets
June 12-June 30: ACT HS Checklists Reports, HS Reports, and Score Labels arrive at the
schools
June 19–23: Administer EOC Summer 2017 tests
Late June: DRC online cleanup in eDirect (Student Corrections System)

6. Accountability

7. eDirect Student Correction System Online Cleanup
The Student Correction System for online cleanup, hosted in eDirect, provides districts and schools with an opportunity to review and edit some data elements for LEAP, LAA 1, ELDA, and EOC assessments.
Student demographics
Impending zeros
The window for accessing the corrections system and submitting updates is scheduled to begin in late June. The user guide will be posted in eDirect to assist with completion of corrections submitted to the system.
It is important that data for students accurately reflect information in SIS that can be matched across years in order to assign progress points this fall and to calculate the SPS growth index in future years.
Final assessment data certification is scheduled for early Fall.

8. Growth to Mastery csv File
In , a new component of the K-8 school performance score will include a Progress Index which represents the growth made by students toward attainment of Mastery on state assessments.  Students will be assigned yearly targets based on the distance between their most recent assessment scaled score in ELA and mathematics and the lowest scaled score for Mastery, as well as the number of years that students have to reach grade 8.
In late June, the LDOE will post a csv file in eDIRECT that provides the data used to calculate the yearly targets.  A Progress Index FAQ will be developed to assist schools and districts with understanding all of the data included on the file, as well as the policy that determines how targets are assigned.  
High school growth to mastery files will be posted later this summer.
For more information on the new school performance score formula for , please see Louisiana’s ESSA Framework.

9. 2016-2017 Assessment Administrations

10. Reporting Timelines

11. Summer EOC Assessments

12. 2016-2017 Assessment Results Timeline
Below is the timeline for when the Department will release school- and school system-level assessment results will be released. School systems should develop a plan for communicating these results to principals, teachers, and families.
Assessment
Reporting Timeline
Location
ELDA/LAA 1
Released
eDIRECT
End-of-Course school reports
This week
LEAP ELA/Math/Science
Late June
LEAP Online Cleanup
(student correction system)
Immediately after release of results
ACT
July
FTP
Advanced Placement
Early August
LEAP Social Studies
Early Fall

13. Summer EOC Dates Action Key Dates TCM and TAM posted in eDIRECT
Available Now
Summer EOC OTTs available
Test Setup becomes available (will show preloaded students)
Window for ordering Braille and Communication Assistance Scripts
June , 2017
Summer EOC testing window
June , 2017
All EOC test ticket invalidations must be completed; Void Notification and Verification forms due to the Louisiana Department of Education
July 2, 2017
All secure accommodated materials returned to DRC including braille instructions
June 27, 2017
All EOC Summer rescore requests are due to DRC
July 31, 2017

14. EOC Summer Test Setup
Districts can complete test setup in the following ways for districts only operating a couple of testing sites:
The DTC creates test sessions at the student's home school and securely transfers the test tickets to the testing site.
The DTC grants district-level access for Summer EOC only to the summer remediation STC.
The home school STCs create the test sessions and securely transfer the test tickets to the testing sites.
Secure transfer of the test tickets can be done in any of the following ways:
Hand delivering the test tickets to the appropriate STC
Sending a password protected to the STC and copying the DTC on the
Placing the test tickets on a limited access shared drive

15. Summer EOC Reminders
School and school system staff should follow the technical assistance reporting protocol if they experience any technical difficulties during testing.  The protocol guidance is located in the Assessment Library under Resources + Forms.
Districts and schools can use the Technical Troubleshooting Tips if technical issues occur during testing. This document is for school sites to use in order to eliminate common errors prior to contacting DRC for technical support.
The Student Status Dashboard allows you to display student testing status by school and administration. You can filter information on the Dashboard by testing status, grade, content area and assessment (or any combination of these). The Student Status Dashboard User Guide is located in eDIRECT.

16. Summer EOC Test Security
Test Security Reminders
Voids must be in eDIRECT by Friday, June 30th.
Test Irregularities should be sent to by Monday, June 26th.
Any questions about the security of the administration should be directed to or the assessment hotline, , immediately.

17. Assessments

18. Technology Readiness

19. TSM Updates
TSM Update
On June 29, 2017 DRC will release an update to all TSMs and INSIGHT clients. TSMs that are not set to automatically update will need to be manually updated. INSIGHT will be updated on the devices once accessed.
New TSM Release
DRC will release a new Central Office TSM during the school year.
The new TSM will offer districts and schools many more tools to manage the TSM and devices during testing.
All TSMs will needed to be updated to the new Central Office TSM by the start of the school year.
More details on this update will be provided this Fall.

20. LEAP 360

22. LEAP 360
The goal of LEAP 360 is to deliver streamlined, high-quality assessments in a comprehensive system for classrooms, schools, and districts.
What is the impact on teachers, principals, and districts?
Teachers will have a more complete picture of student performance.
Principals will identify throughout the system where additional support is needed to focus on the learning that matters most for students.
Districts will reduce overall local testing while helping to monitor progress toward district goals.

23. LEAP 360 The diagnostic assessments are designed to allow teachers to:
Identify the specific prerequisite skills individual students or groups of students need in order
to be successful with grade level content
Understand student performance on:
Readily accessible and moderately complex texts in ELA
Previous grade level content that is a precursor to major content in math
Set meaningful, yet ambitious goal setting for student learning targets
The interim assessments are designed to allow districts, schools, and teachers to:
Use results to make smart instructional decisions to improve student learning
Identify student-specific and classwide patterns in learning and misconceptions
Adjust instruction and target support for students in need
Gauge progress toward end-of-year goals
The K-2 Formative Tasks and the EAGLE item bank are designed to:
Provide quality questions/tasks that target individual skills or texts
Integrate with tasks from teachers’ curriculum
Aid and enhance student learning while allowing teachers to make timely interventions to
adjust instruction throughout the year
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24. LEAP 360 Resources Resource Audience Purpose LEAP 360 Webpage
District supervisors, curriculum and technology coordinators, principals, teachers, students
Houses LEAP 360 resources including links to assessment guides, scoring guidance, webinars, and more.
Non-Summative Assessment Calendar
District Test Coordinators, School Test Coordinators, and principals
Embeds LEAP 360 components into the instructional year in order to streamline assessment
Non-Summative Quickstart Guide
Curriculum and technology coordinators, principals, teachers, students
LEAP 360 Summer Tour
Curriculum and technology coordinators, DTCs, principals, teachers
Training to understand how to administer, score, and analyze student responses to LEAP 360 diagnostic and interim assessments for instructional planning and goal-setting purposes.
September Teacher Leader Collaboratives
District supervisors, curriculum coordinators, principals, teachers
Training to understand how to use reporting features of LEAP 360 assessments to support district, school, teacher, and student goal-setting.

25. LEAP 360 Reminders
LEAP 360 will be available in full for all Louisiana educators and students at no cost for the school year.
Districts should anticipate a cost for the school year.
To access the LEAP 360 system, districts will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) annually. This MOU has been posted on the LDE website.
Diagnostics and the first interim will be available in August for educator use. Additional interim forms for use during the school year will become available in fall 2017.
In this first year of the system, the LDE welcomes feedback as we work to deepen the content and data results available. The Department will collect user feedback on all aspects of the system through a variety of methods (e.g., surveys, trainings, focus groups, etc.).

26. District Leadership Sessions School Leadership and Teacher Sessions
LEAP 360 Summer Tour
The table below includes WisdomWhere links to register for a Summer Tour session. Information will be posted in the District Newsletter on an additional session: Using LEAP 360 in the Goal Setting Process.
Location
Date
District Leadership Sessions
School Leadership and Teacher Sessions
First Stop
Lafayette
July 26
Session 1 (9:30-11:00)
Session 2 (12:00-1:30)
Second Stop
Jefferson
July 28
Third Stop
Monroe
July 31
Final Stop
Baton Rouge
Aug 1

27. 2017-2018 Summative Assessments

28. LEAP 2025 Assessments
Grades 3-8

29. Grades 3-8 LEAP 2025 Summative Assessments
Subject
Grades
3 through 8
ELA and Math
Same Operational Blueprints
with embedded field test
Science
Field test
Operational test with standard setting
Social Studies
Same Operational Blueprints with embedded field test

30. LEAP 2025 Assessments
High School

31. High School Assessments Transition
Beginning in , Louisiana is transitioning to five-level high school assessments, which include:
Providing an English I exam, rather than English III (which will phase out over time). This allows accurate assessment of ELA success in earlier years, and it also reduces testing in upper grades as students are exploring a variety of pathways.
Reporting a greater differentiation of performance and allowing high schools to earn recognition for three levels of performance rather than two, as is true in elementary and middle schools
Allowing consistent measurement of achievement and growth/progress from grade 3 through high school
Allowing consistency in graduation requirements. The passing score is comparable. The second lowest achievement level is comparable across four and five level tests (Fair or Approaching Basic).
For more information, please refer to the frequently asked questions document available here.

32. High School Assessments Transition
The new LEAP 2025 tests (Algebra I, Geometry, English I, English II, US History) administered in will be reported on the same scale using the same 5-level performance standards as grades 3 through 8.
Similar test designs as those used in grades 3 through 8
Tests will be timed
Practice tests for LEAP 2025 Algebra I, Geometry, English I, English II, and US History will be available this Fall.
The Biology EOC test in remains the same operational design as previous years. The Spring 2018 Biology EOC will include embedded field test items to create the new LEAP 2025 Biology assessment that will be administered in
The English III EOC remains the same operational design as previous years for those students needing English III to meet graduation requirements.

33. High School Assessments by Cohort
Began high school…
Algebra I
Geometry
English I
English II
English III
Biology US
History
Prior to x
In and beyond

34. What Tests Will Be Offered in 2017-2018 and Beyond?
School Year
Algebra I
Geometry
English I
English II
English III
Biology
US History
5 levels
4 levels
4 levels*
District admin
*The only exceptions are for graduating seniors and retesters (not enrolled in the course) who take the US History test in and the Biology test in ; they will be allowed to take the four-level test in order to receive in-window results.

35. When Will Results Be Available?
School Year
Algebra I
Geometry
English I
English II
English III
Biology
US History
Fall results released in January, Spring results released In window
4 to 6 days
Summer 2018 for five levels
4 to 6 days for retesters
In window
Summer 2019 for five levels
District admin

36. 2017-2018 Assessment Resources

37. LEAP 2025 Assessment Guides
Assessment Guides are available in the Assessment Guidance library.
LEAP 2025
ELA, Math, and Social Studies (grades 3-8)
Available Now;
updates coming Fall 2017
Algebra I
Geometry
English I
English II
U.S. History
End-of-Course
English III
U.S. History
Available now
Biology
Available now; updates coming Winter
Spring 2018 Field Test
Grades 3-8 Science
Winter

38. LEAP 2025 Practice Tests
Information regarding the LEAP 2025 practice tests can be found in the Practice Test Library.
Grades 3-4 PBT and CBT answer keys and accommodated forms for ELA, Math, and Social Studies
Available now
Grades 5-8 answer keys and accommodated forms for ELA and math
Grades 3-8 CBT for social studies
Late Summer 2017
Grades 3-8 Social Studies answer keys updated to include sample student responses
Fall 2017
Algebra I, Geometry, English I, English II, U.S. History answer keys and accommodated forms

39. LEAP 2025 Practice Test Resources
The Practice Test Library includes a variety of guides and resources to help with administration of the practice tests.
Available Now
Practice Test Quick Start Guide
Educator Scoring for Computer-Based Practice Tests
Reports for Computer-based Practice Tests
Practice Test Guidance for ELA, Math, Social Studies
LEAP 2025 Social Studies Assessment Framework
Practice Tests Webinar for school systems and teachers

40. LEAP 2025: Additional Resources
ELA rubrics, mathematics equation builder guides and reference sheets, and social studies extended response checklists for the LEAP 2025 assessments are available in the Assessment Guidance library.
LEAP 2025
Literary Analysis and Research Simulation Task Rubric: grades 3, 4-5, 6-10
Narrative Writing Task Rubric: grades 3, 4-5, 6-10
Equation Builder Guide: grades 3-5, 6-8, and high school
Mathematics Reference Sheets: grades 5-HS
Extended Response Checklists: grades 3-5, 6-8, U.S. History

41. EOC: Additional Resources
Additional resources for the remaining EOC tests are still available in the Assessment Guidance Library.
End-of-Course
English III Writer's Checklist
Model Parenthetical Citations Page
English III Writing Rubrics
EOC Key Concepts for U.S. History

42. Online Tools Training (OTT)
LEAP 2025
Math grade 3
ELA grades 3, 4-5, 6-8
Social Studies grades 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
Available now
Math grades 4-5, 6-7, and 8
Summer 2017
Algebra I and Geometry
Fall 2017
English I and II
U.S. History

43. Online Tools Training (OTT)
EOC
Biology
Available now,
Update in Winter
U.S. History
Available now
Will be updated after Summer 2017 administration
English III
Available now as combined English II and III
Will be updated Fall 2017 to be only English III

44. Support and Communication

45. District Support
The Assessment team offers multiple avenues of support to districts, schools, and teachers seeking information or assistance about assessment administration and accountability.
Weekly Newsletters
Assessment and accountability information and deadlines are released each week in the district newsletter.
Weekly Assessment & Accountability Calls
Each Tuesday at 1:00 PM these webinars are held to provide training, updates, and important information to DTCs and Accountability Contacts.
Assessment Library and Accountability Library
The Assessment Library contains resources for DTCs including the Assessment Schedule and the Assessment and Accountability Month-by-Month Checklist. The Accountability Library contains resources for accountability contacts including the School Performance Score (SPS) calculators as well as information on data certification and federal accountability.

46. District Support Monthly Educational Technology Calls
The third Thursday of each month a webinar is held for district technology personnel to provide training, updates, and important information related to technology readiness and digital literacy.
All stakeholders are encouraged to assessment and accountability questions and/or concerns to
Assessment Hotline
For immediate assistance regarding assessment and accountability, district-level staff may call the Assessment Hotline at
All stakeholders are encouraged to technology readiness questions and/or concerns to either

47. 2017-2018 Monthly Assessment and Accountability Calls
The monthly Assessment and Accountability Monthly Calls and weekly Office Hours will be held on Tuesdays at 2:00 PM using the updated webinar information below.
Webinar Link:
Phone Number:
Participant Code:
Monthly Call Dates
Summer/Fall 2017
Winter
Spring 2018
July 11
August 15
September 12
October 10
November 7
December 19
January 16
February 20
March 13
April 17
May 15

48. Next Steps

49. Next Steps Key Dates Action June
Complete the Assessment and Accountability EOY Survey
Register for LEAP 360 Summer Tour sessions
Summer EOC test setup
June 16
All EOC Spring rescore requests are due to DRC
June 19-23
Summer EOC window
Next Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call: July 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM