1. 2012-2013 Colorado Procedures Manual Revision

2.  Contacts  New roles and responsibilities for Assessment Unit staff  Changes  Procedures that are different for 2012-2013  Clarifications  Procedures that have been updated to reflect actual procedures and practice  Reorganization  Procedures that have been moved into more logical groupings in the Procedures Manual What’s New 2

3.  Some new staff members, some new responsibilities  TCAP and TCAP logistics  Jason Clymer  Data  Jessica Allen  ACCESS for ELLs® and WIDA  Heather Villalobos Pavia  New assessment development  Glen Sirakavit and Mira Monroe  Accommodations  General accommodations for TCAP: Jason Clymer  Non-standard accommodations for TCAP: Mira Monroe  Linguistic Accommodations: Heather Villalobos Pavia Contact Updates 3

4.  ACCESS for ELLs® replaces CELApro  Same student demographic data variables, testing environment, security and student enrollment/data requirements as other assessments  Different examiner and administration procedures than other assessments  Foreign exchange students must be assessed in 2012-2013  Verification of District Testing Window separated from Verification of District Training  Physical Disability Category reporting updated Changes 4

5.  Use this procedure only if your district is identifying this new data  For a physical disability, shade Primary Disability 7; Physical Disability and shade only one of the following…  State Use 7: Orthopedic Impairment  State Use 8: Other Health Impairment  State Use 9: Physical Disability Physical Disabilities Categories 5

6.  The Testing Environment(Section 10)  Posted Materials Guidelines now include name tags  Study carrels (described under “seating” in Section 10.1)  Students reading upon completion of a test session Section (14.8)  Secure test materials that may be reproduced by the DAC (Section 6.3)  Non-secure test materials, Section (6.4)  When a testing window is “almost over” CoAlt and ACCESS for ELLs (Sections 13.4 and 13.5) Clarifications 6

7.  Personnel and training information are now combined into one section  Test materials location and handling are now combined into one section  All administration procedures, before, during, and after the assessment are combined into one section  Security and Misadministrations have been separated into their own sections Reorganization 7

8. Please send me your questions at clymer_j@cde.state.co.us Thank You! 8