1. Weekly Wednesday Webinar

2. AIR Help Desk
Zac Sweeny

3. Technology Updates

4. Chrome OS 47 AIR is working to support Chrome OS 47.
If your county’s testing device package includes Chromebooks, please be aware that WVDE is working with AIR on this issue.
The option to remain at Chrome OS 46 by freezing Chrome updates exists.
Questions regarding Chrome updates should be directed to your WVDE tech contact.

5. General Summative
Assessment

6. General Assessment West Virginia General Summative Assessment ELA
Grades 3-11
Math
Science
Grades 4, 6 and 10

7. P35 – Tactile Graphics
P35  Braille Online Fixed Math (ELA-adaptive)  NEW CODE
This is NOT available for grades 9th and 10th. 
As a reminder for the other grades choosing this option, please make sure the online IEP is amended.
Change of P35 from uncontracted braille to Braille Online Fixed Math (ELA-adaptive).
Counties with 9/10 braille readers:  Barbour, Braxton, Hampshire, Hancock, Jefferson, Mason, Monroe, Putnam, Raleigh, and WVSB
For braille reading students in grades 9 and 10, your options are braille paper form (P03) or online adaptive for ELA and Math in which you will need the tiger embosser for math (P17).

8. TIDE Contact Information
Confirm your contact information in TIDE
Working with AIR to fix missing contact
County
Contact information
Order TAB Active
Boone N
Clay
Grant
Hampshire
Jackson
Kanawha
Mason
Mineral
Morgan
Putnam
Randolph
Tyler
Wayne
Webster
Wyoming

9. TIDE LP and Braille Quantities for Large Print and Braille
In TIDE
Webinar on Ordering
How to confirm QTYs
How to order additional quantities
Projected for February
Once contact information in corrected

10. Accommodations
Please be reviewing accommodations in TIDE and Accoms.14
Not in TIDE but in Accoms.14 – WVDE/AIR
Not in Accoms.14 – County

11. Student Information Successful file transfer
Working to resolve the file transfer  

12. Homebound
Remind principals of the importance of testing homebound students
Should be tested at school of record
Unless approval granted by WVDE   

13. School Test Dates School testing dates
Must be inside district testing dates
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
Last day of testing (including make-ups) should be the last instructional day for students
Scheduled testing should be completed 5 days prior to end of testing
Grade 12 Retest (CCR) 5 days prior to opening of General Summative Test Administration

14. Grade 12 Retest (College and Career Readiness)
School Test Dates
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Grade 12 Retest (College and Career Readiness)
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA Make-up Testing

15. mdmullins@k12.wv.us BY 02.12.2015 School Test Dates
School testing dates must be ed to BY

16. School Test Dates
Please include request for additional days in your with school testing dates.
All schools end testing widow should match the last day of instruction.
You may include known EOY calendar adjustments (not required).
Calendar adjustment spreadsheet will have an early April due date.

17. School Test Dates
If a school needs additional days, please include this request in your with school testing dates.
All schools end testing widow should match the last day of instruction.

18. Date Format YYYY-MM-DD
School Test Dates
DISTRICTID
DISTRICTNAME
SCHOOLID
SCHOOLNAME
RECORDTYPE
D-District
S-School
Y-Nonpublic
Start Date
YYYY-MM-DD
End Date
011
Carrol County D
Larry White Elementary S
Sara Webb Middle/High
Carroll County Home School Y
Date Format YYYY-MM-DD

19. Science Assessment High School Item Development
Item Writing Workshop - Complete
High school science teachers
Life Science
Earth Science
Physical Science (Chemistry/Physics)
Item Content Review Workshop - Complete
Tuesday, Wednesday,

20. Science Assessment Science Item Development
Additional Item Writing, Content/Bias Review, Standards Setting, etc. workshops will be held for future development of items for the new science assessment.
Science educators from all programmatic levels will be needed for this important work. You will receive a nominations form later this week to recommend teachers for these activities.
Please remember to submit you nomination forms ASAP for teacher participation in further science assessment endeavors
Item writing in June

21. Home-Instructed Validation Code for requesting Assessment ID is
WVGSA16

22. Home-Instructed

23. Home-Instructed

24. Home-Instructed

25. Investigations Processing files from 2014 and 2015
Accommodations, Summative vs Interims, etc.
Result
s will be arriving over the next two months
We anticipate process all files prior to 2016 testing

26. Policy 2340 Current policy posted on WVDE website and portal
If signed prior to
New security agreement needs signed
In process of posting all one page Appendices to portal

27. Portal
The WVGSA Portal Resources pages are in revision. Some changes have been completed. Please go look around and let us know if you think something needs changed or additions made.

28. Manuals/User Guides Online Test Administration Manual
Being revised
Will have test-specific scripts as an addendum
Paper-Pencil Test Administration Manuals
ELA
Math
Test Delivery System – Test Administrator User Guide
Has been revised and posted for
Teacher Hand Scoring System User Guide
Under Review
Online Reporting System User Guide
Updated guide awaiting posting
Test Information and Distribution Engine User Guide
NeoSpeechTM Voice Pack Installation Guide
Checklists will be revised

29. Key Events Large Print and Braille Test Booklets County testing opens
Two shipments
Mid-March
Notified of your county’s shipping date
County testing opens

30. DTC Meeting
WVDE Building 7 – Capitol Room Monday Marlena will be re- ing information and registration by mid-January 2016.

31. Questions ?