1. Assessment Update Hope Allen Hope.Allen@arkansas.gov Director of Assessment

2. The ACT O 11 th Grade Only O Districts MUST administer O Students who may choose not to participate: O Those for whom there are not sufficient accommodations available O Those who refuse or whose parents refuse for them to participate.

3. The ACT O Children or relatives of the ACT testing coordinator are not eligible to test O Materials will ship to the school NOT district O Test Administrators must be employed by the district O Technology O http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/TechnicalRequirements.pdf http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/TechnicalRequirements.pdf O Chromebooks and iPads cannot be used O Accommodations O ACT will approve O http://www.actstudent.org/regist/disab/ http://www.actstudent.org/regist/disab/

4. Scheduling O Paper testing O March 1 st O Makeup March 15 th only O All students will test the morning of the 1 st or 15 th O Online testing O Window March 1 st – 15 th O All sessions must be administered within a single setting O Students may be scheduled to test throughout the window

5. ACT Aspire

6. Students Grades 3-10 Alternate NCSC for Math and ELA Grades 3-8 and 11 Science Portfolio Grades 5,7 and 10 only ACT Aspire Math, English, Writing, Reading and Science

7. ACT Aspire O Grades 3-10 O Math, English, writing, reading and science yearly O Requests for waiver from online testing are due September 25 th O Window to administer: April 11 th – May 13 th O Schools set their schedule O Test Administrators must be licensed by ADE

8. Scheduling

9. Scheduling C omputer B ased T esting O No more than three subject tests per day O There is no order in which the subject tests have to be administered O Grade cohorts must test on the same day, or as close together as possible O Small groups may be needed O http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/ho me#6482 http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/ho me#6482

10. ACT Aspire Resources O www.actaspire.pearson.com www.actaspire.pearson.com O Technology Specs O Chromebooks will work O iPads may be as supported device but not sure as of today O Training Modules O Note: some administration procedures may change to align with state policy O Exemplars O Manuals

11. ADE Staff Training - Aug. 2015 11 http://actaspire.pearson.com

12. Information… Avocet O Online index of ancillaries, manuals, program resources O Only the latest version will be posted O Requires no login O Mobile-ready O http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com 12

13. O Enables convenient self- paced training O Requires email to login O Transcript feature tracks training O Mobile-ready O http://actaspire.tms. pearson.com/ http://actaspire.tms. pearson.com/ 13 Training Management System (TMS)

14. Training Calendar of Events 14 Caution: Not Specific to Arkansas

15. Calculators O Grades 3-5 O NO CALCULATOR - Even as an accommodation O Grades 6-10 O ACT-approved personal calculator OR Online calculator tool O http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#658 5 http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#658 5 O http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html

16. LiveBinder *****BOOKMARK THIS PAGE***** http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=177 0184 O ADE will share and archive information here throughout the year

17. ACT Aspire Periodic Assessments O Available late fall – No official date at this time O Schools will be responsible for managing all data O Fixed forms for both Interim and Classroom O Set up in the same system as the summative

18. Scheduled Trainings O September 30 th – New DTC O October – Pearson/ACT present in state O NWA and Central AR locations O Dates TBD O Co-op Hosted O Technology O Accommodations O Check with Co-op for dates O January O DTC Test Administration

19. Alternate Assessment O Significantly Cognitively Disabled Students Only O NCSC for ELA and Math grades 3-8 and 11 O Science portfolio for grades 5, 7 and 10 O Training invitations have been sent O RSVP by September 10 th even if you are not attending O Traditional portfolio O Optional online collection and storage

20. ELPA21 O English Language Proficiency Assessment O All EL students not exited from ESL O Grades K-12 yearly O Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening O Computer-based only O Testing Window O February 1- March 11

21. IOWA Assessment O Grades 1 and 2 only O Window April 4 th – 15 th O Grade cohort must test at the same time O Will include Math Computation O Adds 25 minutes overall O Schools will receive CCSS domain scores

22. QELI O Final ship date is Friday, September 25 th O Return material are located in the Return Kit

23. Things to Remember O Science portfolios will be completed only by those qualify to take NCSC O Students that do not qualify for NCSC will take ACT Aspire in grades 3- 10 O Schools set their own schedules for Computer Based Testing O Use of COGNOS will be required O Clean data is a MUST O All students test by grade enrolled at the time of testing O Teachers teach the CCSS

24. Additional Information O DTC Advisory Panel O Contact the Office of Student Assessment O Hope.Allen@arkansas.gov Director Hope.Allen@arkansas.gov O Susan.Gray@arkansas.gov Test Administration Susan.Gray@arkansas.gov O Alex.Pritchett@arkansas.gov Periodic Assessments Alex.Pritchett@arkansas.gov O Jared.Hogue@arkansas.gov Accommodations Jared.Hogue@arkansas.gov