1. Site Readiness
DTC Kick-Off
Sept 2014

2. Introductions Collin Bonner- Bonner_C@cde.state.co.us
Technology Specialist  Assessment Unit of CDE.
Wayne A. Dilworth-
Program Manager Enterprise Program Management Office at Pearson 2

3. Congratulations!
Over 250,000 students participated in the spring CMAS online administration. 3

4. Operating Systems Used for CMAS Assessment
Projections based on June 13, 2013 snapshot
Spring Operating System Used by Students
Chromebooks (Chrome OS)
10.3%
21.6%
iPad (iOS)
5.4%
1.3%
Mac OSX ( )
12.4%
11.8%
Windows XP
21.8% 7%
Windows 7
48.4%
57.3%
Windows other (Vista, Server, 8)
1.7% 1%
                Totals
100% 4

5. Agenda 2014-2015 Assessment Calendar.
Important Site readiness dates for the fall High School CMAS: Science and Social Studies Assessment Administration.
Future DTC Meetings.
Resources for Technical Site Readiness Training 5

6. 2014-2015 Assessment Calendar Assessment Grade Tentative Windows
CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social Studies 12
11/03/14 to 11/21/14
PARCC Performance-Based Assessment (PBA)
3-8, High School
3/09/15 to 4/03/15
4 and 7 (Social Studies) 5 and 8 (Science)
4/13/15 to 5/01/15
CoAlt: English language arts and math
3-11
4/13/15 to 5/15/15
PARCC End-of-Year Assessment (EOY)
4/27/15 to 5/22/15
ACCESS for ELLs®
Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
K-12
1/12/15 to 2/13/15 
CO ACT
Grade 11
Initial Test Date
Tues., April 28, 2015
Make-up Test Date
Tues., May 12, 2015

7. CoAlt: Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) English Language Arts and Mathematics
Mira Monroe

8. What is DLM? Replaces CoAlt: Reading, Writing and Mathematics
Grades 3 – 11
English Language Arts and Mathematics
Consortia – Based at the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at KU
Dynamic system adjusts to student responses
Designed to assess the 1% of students that cannot be assessed by the PARCC instrument. 8

9. Online Online for students KITE system
May be taken off line, for students who are unable to access a computer
Answers entered by the Test Examiner
KITE system 9

10. Important Site readiness dates for the fall High School CMAS10

11. Important Fall Technology Dates
Key Technology Dates (Tentative)
DTC Webinars & Site Visits Upon Request
9/1 - 10/31
iOS and ChromeOS: TestNav8 App Updates
9/5
Practice Tests will be available in the PA Training Center for infrastructure trial
9/22
Quarterly Java Release
10/15
CMAS forms will be available for proctor caching
No later than 10/27
DTC Technical phone support open
10/ /7 11

12. Upcoming TN Dependent Software Release Dates
Date of Release
Action Required
Firefox 31
July 22, 2014
None at this time
Firefox 32
September 2, 2014
Chrome 38 Browser
TBD (Aug 2014)
Chrome OS 38
Chrome OS 39
TBD (Sep 2014)
Java
October, 12

13. Future DTC Meetings & Trainings
Regional DTC Meetings & Upcoming Trainings 13

14. Future DTC Meetings DTC Feedback on DTC Regional Trainings
Like the opportunity to interact and connect with other DTCs
Like to hear how other districts were dealing with common site readiness issues.
Did not like the lack of new information and content.
Did not like the travel time.
Proposal for New Format
Webinar format.
Organized by assessment environment OS and device types.
Can focus on specific issues like Java management or new devices.

15. Future DTC Trainings Deeper Learning with Pearson Tools
Proctor Caching Web Interface
More examples of complex TestNav configurations in PearsonAccess.
DLM Technology Preparations
Webinars will be posted to the DTC Website

16. Site Readiness
Trainings & Materials 16

17. Challenges From First Operational Assessment
Device, operating system, browser and test engine interactions
New item types and tools
Software updates
Customer service and CenturyLink outages
Bandwidth

18. Priorities for Future Administrations
Improve TestNav Exit Process
Provide infrastructure trial resources that will allow districts to sufficiently test environments
Refine PearsonAccess reporting features and status indicators
Closely align PearsonAccess training and operational sites

19. DTC Recommendations
Create Device Image with only "bare minimum” OS, Browser, and Java for a clean environment.
Create “Kiosk” or GPO for standardized assessment environment.
Use System Check (TestNav Verification Test) to validate that TestNav will load on machines.
Freeze browser, operating system & Java environment if possible.

20. CDE Website Webpage District Technology Coordinator Designations
Site Readiness Support
Site Readiness Technical Training
Final CMAS Site Readiness Checklist
Community of Practice for Colorado Site Readiness for Online Assessment
Site Visits
Site Readiness Webinars
Technology Readiness Tool 20