1. Alaska Measures of Progress District Test Coordinator Webinar Presented by: Ryan Jensen March 8, 2016
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3. Agenda Preparing for the Operational Window How-To Guides
Monitoring Assessments
Special Circumstance Codes
Incident Updates and Resolutions
Upcoming Dates
Upcoming Webinar
Service Desk
Q&A

4. Preparing for the Operational Window
Verify data with extracts
Accessibility Profile
Test Records
Student Login Usernames/Passwords
Exit students if necessary
Ensure LCS and Client are current
Review Daily Access Code process
In system:
In building

5. How-To Guides http://akassessments.org/spring-2016-how-to-guides
Monitor a test session
DTCs, BTCs, and Building Principals
Enter Special Circumstance codes
DTCs and BTCs
Manage student usernames and passwords
DTCs, BTCs, Building Principals, Building Users, and Teachers
Create a test administration extract
End and reactivate a test stage
Retrieve daily access codes
DTCs, BTCs, Building Principals, and Technology Directors

6. Monitoring Assessments
Monitoring in Educator Portal
Select Test Session Name in Test Coordination tab
=answered, =unanswered, **=not assigned (not shown)
GT comment: please point out what Section 1:1 means.
Callout

7. Monitoring Assessments Cont’d
Four possible statuses
Unused—student is ready to begin the selected stage
Pending—student has not submitted previous stage
In Progress—stage has been started but not submitted
Complete—stage has been submitted
GT: Point out that unused will be available to the student in the KITE client.
GT: Can you put the example chart on its own slide and go through each example?

8. Monitoring Assessments

9. Monitoring Assessments
Monitoring with Test Administration extract
Status can be ‘Not started’, ‘In progress’, or ‘Complete’
Pending stages will not appear
GT: Can you please show how to filter an excel sheet and maybe work through one of the examples I gave?

10. Special Circumstance Codes
Used to invalidate entire test
Enter on stage 1
Available codes
Absent (for entire window--should be used rarely)
Student refusal
Parent refusal
Medical waiver
Invalidation
Enter by May 13, 2016—no deadline extensions available
Contact service desk for large uploads

11. Incident Updates and Resolutions
Intermittent reports of uploads and extracts lagging
Development team investigating

12. Upcoming Deadlines
Printed Test Administration Directions will arrive in districts by March 8, 2016.
Paper-based window: March 28-April 8
Paper-based materials shipped to Questar by April 15
Computer-based window: March 29-April 29
Special circumstance codes entered by May 13*
*computer-based only. Codes for paper-based should be marked on returned tests

13. Upcoming Webinar
This testing year’s last webinar will be the Technology Director webinar on Thursday, March 10

14. Service Desk Phone Contact Email Contact Hours of Service
Contact
Hours of Service
Open Monday-Friday, 4:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. AKST
Extended hours: 4:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. AKDT March 28-May 6.
What to include?
Your name and address
Your state, district, and school
An example student if applicable
An assessment name or ID if applicable
Error messages
Operating system and browser
Information about network configuration, firewall, and LCS

15. Service Desk amp_support@ku.edu Toll Free: 1-844-261-6597
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