Transcript Feb DAC Meeting - Kentucky Department of Education

2014 February DAC
Meetings
High School Information
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Agenda
 Hot Topics
 Test Security/Data Quality
 Accountability
 SDRR
 K-PREP
 Text-Reader Accommodation
 Alternate K-PREP
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 College/Career
Readiness
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ACT
Compass
KYOTE
Career Readiness
 A Quick Look to the
Future
 RFI
 Fall 2014 Reporting
 CIITS
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K-PREP End-of-Course
ACT QualityCore®
English II
Algebra II
Biology
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U.S. History
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End-of-Course Overview
 EOC assessments establish a common rigor for
core courses.
 Current EOC assessments are for courses which
are high school graduation requirements.
 ACT’s QualityCore® program will link student
performance to national results.
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EOC
Constructed Response (CR) may be
generated and scored locally. ACT
QualityCore resources may be used.
Local school will determine how to
incorporate the CR into a student’s final
grade.
Policy: Students are tested at the completion
of all coursework.
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Test Details
Session
Type
MC1
Paper
Booklet or
CBT
MC2
Paper
Booklet or
CBT
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Questions
Time
35-38 MC
45
minutes
35-38 MC
45
minutes
Student School
Score
Score


Score
Returns

CBT –
Immediately

Paper – 5
days from
ACT receipt
Scale Score = MC1 + MC2 = Accountability
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Score Cuts for
Performance Levels
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STATE-REQUIRED END-OF-COURSE EXAMS
Linking End-of-Course
Test Scores to Classroom
RECOMMENDED LINK TO CLASSROOM LETTER GRADES
Letter Grades (Based on Multiple-Choice Sections)
Subject
A
B
C
D
F
CPE-linked
College Readiness
Benchmark
English
II
175160
159-154
153152
151141
140125
154
Algebra
II
175151
150-148
147143
142138
137125
148
Biology
175157
156-154
153146
145140
139125
154
U.S.
8History
175151
150-147
146144
143139
138125
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EOC Windows
Window
#1
#2
#3
#4
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Choose 10 consecutive days within the
larger window for testing.
Administration Dates (2013-14)
August 1-September 13
October 1-November 15
December 2-January 17
February 3-March 14
(Flexibility possible, contact Maranda Perkins)
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April 1-June 13
#6
June 16-July 15
(CBT only, except for accommodated forms)
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Traditional vs. Non-Traditional
10 Day Traditional
Flexible (Non-Traditional)
 10 consecutive
testing days chosen
within the larger
window.
 May test at any time during
the larger window.
 Each content area
must be completed in
1 day.
 Materials shipped as students
complete tests.
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 Each content area must be
completed in 1 day per
student.
QualityCore® Customer
Service 866/764-7228
 Place Supplemental Order for
additional header sheets.
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Changes to Paper and Pencil
Processing
 Additional school and group headers will be
provided to allow users to return documents for
scoring more frequently.
 Answer documents will be returned with
overnight delivery as tests are completed and
mailed.
 Score reports will be available online within 5
business days if documents are returned per
the directions in the test manuals
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Test Materials Formats
One document per
student per test
 Test booklet pre-printed with
student, teacher name, test
roster name
 Answer sheet pre-filled with
student information
 Answer sheet bound as
perforated sheet into test booklet
One document per Test
Supervisor
 Test Supervisor’s
Manual
 Pre-filled School Header
 Pre-filled Group Header
 Reference Sheet for Algebra II
bound as perforated sheet into
test booklet
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Computer-Based Testing (CBT)
 Review support documents
 Best Practices
 QualityCore Testing Helpful Hints
 Online User Guide from ACT website
 Increase number of proctors in the room for
 Better monitoring
 Quicker starting of tests
 Test Security
Policy: The first computer-based
test must begin at the same time
as the paper based test.
 Computer Testing:
 Multiple testing sessions can be utilized in a single day.
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 Note: A 10-15 minute break is allowed between test sessions.
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CBT Scheduling Tool
 Information needed:
preferred testing date and
time, number of students.
 Time slots- Multiple two
hour time slots will be
available each test day.
 Existing reservations can
be edited/deleted.
 Exams must be scheduled
at least 24 hours prior to
test administration
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 Must schedule CBT
exams to be
administered between
4/15-6/27/14
 Tool will be available
online in mid-February
 Additional e-mail will
be sent to DACs with
details from ACT in
early February
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Accommodations
• IEP
• PSP
• 504 Plan (Not in
SDRR)
Order Materials
Online
http://qc.vantage.
com
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100-Day Rule
Accountability
based on
summative
window
Seating Chart
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Accommodated Testing Materials
Paper Only
 R = Reader
 A = Audio
 B = Braille
 LP = Large Print
 Scribe
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Paper and Computer
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

Extended Time
Paraphrasing
Manipulatives
Prompting/Cueing
Behavior Modification
Interpreter (sign
language)
Applies to students with IEP, 504 Plan or PSP
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EOC Materials
Computer-based
Prohibited:
 Notes
 Foreign language or English
dictionary
 Electronic devices and cell
phones
Allowed:
 Scratch Paper-Please collect and
destroy securely.
 Calculators (Algebra II)
 Reference Sheets (Algebra II)
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Pencil/Paper
Prohibited:
 Scratch paper
 Notes
 Foreign language or English
dictionary
 Electronic devices and cell
phones
Allowed:
 Scratch work is to be done in
the test booklet.
 Calculators (Algebra II)
 Reference Sheets (Algebra II)
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English Learners
Participation =
4 MC (minimum)
First year EL students enrolled in a U.S.
school are exempt from accountability.
Students are required to take the Algebra II
and Biology for federal participation rate.
Second year or more EL students fully
participate.
Accommodations are available for students
with a Program Services Plan (PSP).
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Resources
• Kentucky ACT QualityCore Website
www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky
• Kentucky Department of Education
http://education.ky.gov/AA/distsupp/Pages/EO
C.aspx
• ACT QualityCore website
http://www.act.org/qualitycore/qcresources.ht
ml
• ACT Test Security
www.act.ethicspoint.com
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KDE State Course Codes
English II
230110-English 2
230162-Pre-IB English 2
Algebra II
270311-Algebra 2
U.S. History
450809-U.S. History Survey
450812-United States History,
Reconstruction to the Present
450814- AP American History
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Biology
302601-Life Science/Biology 1
302602-Biology II
302611-Biochemistry
302613-Microbiology
302614-Ecology
302623-IB Environmental Systems
302643-Pre-IB Biology
302644-IB Biology 2
302645-IB Biology 3
302646-AP Biology
302680-AgriBiology
302685-Agriscience
All Course Codes
Associated with
EOC Tests
District/school
Review Process
302698-Intro Biology with Earth/Space Science
303010-Astrobiology
303091-Integrated Science I
303092-Integrated Science II
303093-Integrated Science III
302603 - Honors Biology (newly added)
302618 - Medical Science (newly added)
Course used for
required credit and
EOC tests loaded
into SDRR
Contact Information
ACT
KDE
[email protected]
 Assessment Support &
Research
 Phone: (866)764-7228
[email protected]
 ACT Customer Services
 Phone: (502) 564-4394
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College/Career Readiness
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The ACT
ASVAB
ACT Compass
ACT WorKeys
KYOTE
KOSSA
Industry Certificates
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College/Career Readiness Rate
College Ready:
Must meet
benchmarks
on one of the
following:
College Ready
The ACT
ACT Compass
KYOTE
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Career Ready: Must meet
benchmarks for one requirement
in Career Academic area and
must meet one requirement in
Career Technical area
Career Ready
Academic
Career Ready
Technical
Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude
Battery (ASVAB)
Kentucky
Occupational Skills
Standards
Assessment
(KOSSA)
ACT WorkKeys
(Applied Math,
Locating
information,
and Reading
for Information)
Industry
Certificates
Bonus: College AND Career Ready
must meet at least one from each area
College Ready Academic
The ACT or ACT Compass
or KYOTE
NOTES: (1) By meeting the College
Ready Academic definition, the
student does not have to take the
additional tests of ASVAB or Work
Keys for the bonus area.
(2) For accountability purposes, the
bonus shall not allow the readiness
percentage
to exceed 100 percent.
Career Ready
Technical
KOSSA
Industry
Certificates
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College Entrance Exam
College Ready
CPE Benchmarks
1
point
The ACT
• Reading = 20
• English = 18
• Mathematics = 19
ACT Compass
KYOTE
• Reading = 85
• English (Writing Skills) = 74
• Mathematics (Algebra) = 36
• College Ready Math= 22
• College Algebra = 14
• English (Writing) = 6
• Reading = 20
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College Placement Tests
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College/Career Readiness Rate
Based on grade 12 students (graduates or
completers with G-Codes in IC)
Includes best score on English, Math and
Reading from all The ACT State and National
Administrations in Kentucky
Data reviewed by schools and districts prior
to fall report
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Must meet
CPE’s ACT
Benchmarks
Use Student
Name from IC
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Opportunities to Demonstrate
College Readiness
 The ACT – Junior year
(required)
 Compass or KYOTE –
Senior year (optional)
 The assigned grade
level shall determine
the state tests to
administer. 703 KAR
5:240
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What If…
Student doing credit recovery
jumps from grade 10 to grade
12 this year. How does this
student demonstrate college
readiness?
Compass or KYOTE
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The ACT
 All grade 11 students, except Alternate K-PREP,
Foreign Exchange and First Year EL.
 Any student retained in grade 11 should
complete The ACT assessment again.
 Administered to all high school juniors in March.
 Confirm that high schools have determined test
site establishment and accommodations
procedures.
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The ACT
Initial Test Day—March 4
Makeup Day—March 18
Accommodations Window—March 4-18
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Infinite Campus Review
Update the Infinite Campus (IC) system
prior to March to make sure each student is
assigned to the correct grade level
KDE uses IC to verify rosters
Errors in IC cause greater cleanup problems
later in the year
Be proactive
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Important Reminders
All answer documents sent to ACT will be
scanned and included in public reporting.
Do NOT submit any blank answer documents
to ACT with the scorable materials.
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ACT Customer Service
800-553-6244
General Questions ext. 2800
Accommodated Testing ext. 1788
www.act.org/aap/state/contact.html
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DAC Responsibilities
 DAC is responsible in SDRR for
 completing official state roster.
 working with Test Supervisor to record non-participation (i.e., who
did not test and why).
 printing copies and/or saving the roster electronically.
 REPORTING
 Student reports will be sent directly to student’s home (3-8
weeks).
 High Schools will receive:
 School reports in late July to high school principals.
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 Labels for transcripts will be sent to the high school counselor
3-8 weeks after testing.
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 DAC will receive all district reports from The ACT in late July.
ACT Reports
 ACT Reports will be based on ACT, Inc.’s new
benchmarks.
 Percentage meeting benchmark will not be
comparable to prior years in reading and science.
Subject
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English
Mathematics
Reading
Science
ACT Previous
Benchmarks
18
22
21
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ACT New Benchmarks
(Effective August 2013)
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22
22
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Accommodations Affect Accountability
The ACT-Approved Accommodations =
College Reportable Score
• Used in Growth calculation
• Used in College/Career Readiness
State-Allowed Accommodations =
Non-College Reportable Score
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• Used in Growth calculation
• Not used in College/Career Readiness (even if
benchmarks met)
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The ACT Rosters
The ACT rosters open in the Student Data Review and Rosters (SDRR)
application on February 27 and close March 27 for new request
changes and final April 3.
Infinite Campus
Changes
Demographics (Name,
SSID, etc.)
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SDRR Changes
 Non-participation
 Annotations
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ACT Compass
[email protected]
College placement test administered through
KDE and available to grade 12 students who
have not met the CPE benchmarks on the
ACT.
College Ready Status File—fall
Compass Training Series and Update
Open August 1—June 15
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ACT Compass & College Readiness
College Readiness will include scores
meeting the benchmarks from:
 KDE’s ACT Compass
 KCTCS’ ACT Compass
 Other Colleges’ scores added during Data Review
All Kentucky public colleges and universities
can access KDE ACT Compass scores.
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ACT Compass Contact Information
KDE
 General Program
Information (OAA)
 Jennifer Stafford
 Pam Powers
(502) 564-4394
 [email protected]
ACT
ACT Compass®
Technical Support
 (800) 645-1992
 Option 2
 Available 24 x 7
 Intervention Information
 April Pieper (NGL)
(502) 564-2106
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KYOTE
 Kentucky Online Testing placement exams for
grade 12 students who have not met the CPE
ACT benchmarks in English, reading or
mathematics.
 Trainings are available in August.
 Program details are available from the user
manual and the training sessions.
 NEW: Irregularity Report Spreadsheet
 ZoomMath cannot be used on KYOTE
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KYOTE
Available through University of Kentucky and
Northern Kentucky University
Contact Information:
Paul Eakin
Steve Newman
(859) 257-6798
(859) 572-5332
[email protected]
[email protected]
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College/Career Readiness Rate
College Ready:
Must meet
benchmarks
on one of the
following:
College Ready
The ACT
ACT Compass
KYOTE
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Career Ready: Must meet
benchmarks for one requirement
in Career Academic area and
must meet one requirement in
Career Technical area
Career Ready
Academic
Career Ready
Technical
Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude
Battery (ASVAB)
Kentucky
Occupational Skills
Standards
Assessment
(KOSSA)
ACT WorkKeys
(Applied Math,
Locating
information,
and Reading
for Information)
Industry
Certificates
Bonus: College AND Career Ready
must meet at least one from each area
College Ready Academic
The ACT or ACT Compass
or KYOTE
NOTES: (1) By meeting the College
Ready Academic definition, the
student does not have to take the
additional tests of ASVAB or Work
Keys for the bonus area.
(2) For accountability purposes, the
bonus shall not allow the readiness
percentage
to exceed 100 percent.
Career Ready
Technical
KOSSA
Industry
Certificates
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Opportunities to Demonstrate
Career Readiness
 Career Measures – Throughout high school
 Career academic (ASVAB or WorkKeys)
 Career technical (KOSSA or Industry certificates)
 While the tests are optional, students must have
these measures to be CCR.
 Unless CTE Preparatory Student, ASVAB and
WorkKeys does not increase your CCR.
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Preparatory Students
Student who has completed two career and technical
education credits in a preparatory program and is
enrolled in the third credit course(s) in the same career
pathway.
What If…
A student is enrolled in welding for 2 credits and takes
nursing for another credit. Is this student considered a
Preparatory Student?
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No. Student must be enrolled in third credit
of the same career pathway.
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Career Ready
1 point
ACADEMIC
TECHNICAL
 ACT WorkKeys = Silver
or Above
 KOSSA
 Applied Math
 Locating Information
 Multiple-Choice = 70
 Constructed-Response = 75
 Reading for Information
---OR-- ASVAB = 50
 Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude
Battery
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---OR-- Industry Certificate
 Certification based on
industry standards
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ASVAB
Score = 50
 Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
 Available through local Military Entrance
Processing Station (MEPS)
 Districts are responsible for entering data into
TEDS.
 Contact:
Glenn N. Stegemann, Program Mgr.
(502) 582-5921, Ext. 2241
[email protected]
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ACT WorkKeys
 Job Skills Assessment
Silver or
Higher
 Administered February 3- March 31
 Available through KDE to all schools directly
through ACT, Inc.
 Student data should be entered into TEDS.
 Contact:
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Angie Fischer
(502) 564-3472 ext. 4236
[email protected]
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KOSSA
Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards
Assessment
Administered February 3- March 31
KDE Contact:
Pamela Moore
(502) 564-3472 ext. 4215
[email protected]
Data is entered by KDE into TEDS.
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Industry Certificates
 KDE accepted Industry Certificates listed on KDE
Website.
http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Career+
and+Technical+Education/Skill+Standards+and+Assessments/Indu
stry+Certificates+for+College+and+Career+Readiness.htm
 Career and Tech Staff—KDE contact or local TEDS
Coordinator
Program Consultant
Office of Career and Technical Education
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(502) 564-3472
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College & Career Ready
College
Ready
Academic
Career
Ready
Technical
0.5
point
• The ACT and/or
• ACT COMPASS and/or
• KYOTE
• KOSSA or
• Industry Certificate
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Division of Support and Research
 Rhonda Sims, Director
 Bridget Stanfield, Branch Manager
 Joy Barr, Program Consultant
(502) 564-4394
 Cindy Greer, Program Consultant [email protected]
 Kathy Moore, Program Consultant
 Kevin O’Hair, Program Consultant
 Pam Powers, Systems Consultant IT
 Chris Williams, Program Consultant
 Teresa King, Support Staff
 Maranda Perkins, Support Staff
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