2. About FACTA  Established September 17, 2008  FACTA-L listserv 243 members 243 members o FCS, BOG, and ICUF  3 members on the P.E.R.T. Technical Work Group  5 members on the P.E.R.T. Change Committee  1 member serving as the NCTA State Liaison Coordinator  Building Professional Ties AFC SDC AFC SDC CSA CSA

3. P.E.R.T. System Outages #DateTimeDuration 1Thursday, May 19, 20111:25 PMseveral minutes 2Thursday, May 26, 20119:32 AM2 hours 3Tuesday, May 31, 20113:40 PMseveral minutes 4Tuesday, June 07, 201111:00 AM30 minutes 5Monday, June 13, 20111:15 PM several times all afternoon and into the evening 6Monday, June 20, 201110:45 AM15 minutes 7Wednesday, June 22, 20114:00 PMseveral minutes 8Wednesday, July 13, 20118:00 AM All day - major issues with branching profiles - move to adaptive math and writing sections 9Thursday, July 21, 20114:00 PM20 minutes 10Monday, August 22, 20119:30 AM several time all day - went down for maintenance at 6pm Dates and times recorded via FACTA listserv *No reported outages since August 22, 2011

4. P.E.R.T. Reliability  Reported outages between May and August represent multiple institutions experiencing the same issue.  Most test products such as ACCUPLACER, COMPASS, and TABE may only experience 1 unscheduled outage during an entire year.  P.E.R.T. experienced 10 reported outages in a 4 month period. However, no P.E.R.T. outages have been reported since August 22, 2011. However, no P.E.R.T. outages have been reported since August 22, 2011. This is a good sign for the product’s reliability. This is a good sign for the product’s reliability.

5. P.E.R.T. Timing  According to FLDOE, the P.E.R.T. is taking 2 hours to complete. This is calculated on a per section report  This does not reflect the time to take the entire battery.  FACTA test administrators use the time estimate on the student score report to calculate average test taking time.

6. What We Still Need  A Coordinators Guide  A Users Guide  Alternate formats of the test P & P, Large Print, and Braille are on the way according to FLDOE (No ETA on completion) Audio version (Not planned at this time)  Lockdown browser needed Vanguard currently in use on McCann’s Measured Success platform for the SOCE (State Officer Certification Examination – FDLE)  A better upload process Uploads in segments currently  An updated average time to take the entire test

7. P.E.R.T. in the High Schools  FACTA played a large role in giving the FCS office information for drafting of the P.E.R.T. FAQ for the high schools  Still waiting on more details from FLDOE and local area school districts.  Changes in P.E.R.T. test volume are expected for FCS schools.

8. P.E.R.T. Diagnostic  Issue to have testing be responsible for hosting diagnostics Time issues Course related o Should use learning labs  Full access to all diagnostics after the student takes the P.E.R.T. Currently, the access to the P.E.R.T. Diagnostic platform must be done using a proctor login. ○ Student not able to login remotely at this time.  Printed diagnostic score report does not include competency descriptions It uses codes instead of words (very confusing)

9. Contact Information  Marc Webb webbm@palmbeachstate.edu (561) 868-3017  Dr. Henri Benlolo benloloh@cf.edu (352) 854-2322 ext. 1430  FACTA http://www.factatesting.org/

10. Thank You!