1. Assessment Update Office of Student Assessment 10/20/15

2. Upcoming Trainings DateTitleLocationWhoRequired October 23 rd ACT Aspire Accommodations* Little Rock Those making decisions about PNP No View Recording Here November 2 nd & 3 rd ACT Overview2 nd – Little Rock 3 rd - Springdale 2 persons per district No November 3 rd – 20 th ACT Aspire Technology Co-op or Little RockAnyone involved in setting up testing No, but highly encouraged January 11 th - 28 th Test Administration Training Co-op or Little Rock Commissioner's Memo DTC and one other per district Yes – DTC Required +1 - Optional December 2 nd - 1pm ELPA21 Technology Virtual Webinar Anyone involved in setting up testing Required for those that have ESL students that will test January 7 th - 1pm ELPA21 Test Admin Virtual Webinar DTC plus anyone they choose to invite Required for those that have ESL students that will test * Accommodations trainings are currently going on at coops. ** All trainings, except the November 2 and 3, will be recorded and housed at http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learning-services/assessment/webinar-recordings http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learning-services/assessment/webinar-recordings

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

4. The ACT Student Waiver O Letter and waiver form will be sent to district O Letter and waiver form go home to all 11 th graders O Those who waive participation will return waiver form

5. The ACT Timeline

6. 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

7. ACT Aspire

8. Portal Login O Infrastructure Site (Trial Site) O Request Login here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qTdct7ulLItEvgjpnfOKy9bx3jAPWykHa WVzwSxUN-4/viewform?c=0&w=1 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qTdct7ulLItEvgjpnfOKy9bx3jAPWykHa WVzwSxUN-4/viewform?c=0&w=1 O If you are not a member of a co-op pick the one closest to you O Login will be sent to you around November 2 nd

9. ACT Aspire Portal

10. COGNOS File O All students will be loaded via a COGNOS file from the district level O Training video is coming O Technology training will cover all uploads for Aspire O Find out now who can run COGNOS in your district

11. ACT Aspire PNP O Personal Needs Profile (PNP) can be completed through an upload O Sample collection tool is ready: http://tinyurl.com/Accom modationsPD http://tinyurl.com/Accom modationsPD

12. Scheduling

13. 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 in a school 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/home#6482 http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#6482

14. Live Binder O http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/1851411# http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/1851411#

15. 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/ 15 Training Management System (TMS)

16. 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#6585 http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#6585 O http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html http://www.actstudent.org/faq/calculator.html

17. ACT Aspire Periodic Assessments O Available December 1 st O Schools will be responsible for managing all data O Set up in the same system as the summative O PNP information must be loaded prior to setting up periodic sessions

18. ELPA21 O Questar will give ELPA 21 O Computer-based only O Testing Window O February 1- March 11 O Training in December and January O Sample LPAC form: http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learnin g-services/english-learners/elpa21 http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learnin g-services/english-learners/elpa21

19. PARCC Scores O Webinar - November 13 th at 8:30 a.m. O Decisions about who must be remediated will be determined at the next State Board Meeting ReportHigh SchoolGrades 3-8 Electronic ISRs available for authorized users 11/2/1511/28/15 Printed reports in District 11/03 - 11/2011/30 - 1/9 Electronic Roster and Summary Reports available for authorized users 11/16/1511/28/15

20. PARCC Scores O Understandthescore.org Understandthescore.org

21. Levels LevelDescription 1The student performance demonstrated at this level did not yet meet academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course. 2The student performance demonstrated at this level partially met academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course. 3The student performance demonstrated at this level approached academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course. 4The student performance demonstrated at this level met academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course. 5 The student performance demonstrated at this level exceeded academic expectations for the knowledge, skills, and practices embodied by the standards assessed at their grade level or course.

22. Additional Information 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