Transcript District Assessment Coordinators (DAC) Webinar August 26, 2015 Webinar Topics ● Background/Context for WaKIDS ● DAC Roles in Supporting GOLD™ by Teaching Strategies® Assessment and.

District Assessment Coordinators (DAC)
Webinar
August 26, 2015
Webinar Topics
● Background/Context for WaKIDS
● DAC Roles in Supporting GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® Assessment and Data Reporting
● Student Import Process
● Questions and Answers
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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WaKIDS: A Kindergarten Entry Transition Process
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WaKIDS Assessment
• Uses an online tool, GOLD™ by Teaching Strategies®
• Conducted by trained teachers assessing their own students;
Interrater Reliability (IRR) certification process included in
WaKIDS 101 training (training dates on WaKIDS website)
• Occurs over a period of 2 months; must be completed by
9:00 p.m. on October 31
• Measures strengths in 6 areas of development and learning
• Observation-based; ongoing; embedded in classroom
activities—not a pull-out model
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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WaKIDS Assessment Differs from
Other State Assessments
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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WaKIDS Differs from Other State
Assessments
WaKIDS GOLD™ by Teaching Strategies®
Other State Assessments (Smarter
Balanced, MSP-Science)
Measures development and learning evident at
beginning of school year
Measure knowledge and skills evident at end of school
year or course
Observational
Multiple-choice or constructed response; can be
computer-adaptive
Assesses whole child
Assess knowledge and skills in specific academic
content areas
Conducted while children are engaged in curriculumembedded learning activities
Conducted as a separate testing activity
Not a screening tool
Not screening tools
Ongoing; evidence collected over multiple points of
time within the assessment window
Measure a single point in time
Uses formative data to inform instruction at the
moment collected
Not applicable
Reports summative data immediately after teachers
finish uploading it
Report summative data weeks after students finish
testing
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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New in 2015
• Improvements to Student Import Tool
• Changes to WaKIDS Objectives and
Dimensions
o Online webinar and Q & A describe
the 2014 vs. 2015 differences
• New Webinar and PPT connect WaKIDS
and TPEP
• Updated Reference Guide illustrates
Connections of WaKIDS Objectives and
Dimensions to State Learning
Standards
All resources except the Student Import Tool are available on the WaKIDS website;
the Student Import Tool can be found in WAMS or in GOLD™.
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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Continuing in 2015
• Early Childhood Education and
Assistance Program (ECEAP) spring
scores accessible to kindergarten
teachers in GOLD™
o Available only on teacher pages
o Listed under Reports tab on teacher site
o Only teachers with students formerly in
ECEAP will see the reports
• Common Core State Standards feature
enabled for information purposes
only—not for assessment purposes
• Striving for 100% Interrater Reliability
Certification of teachers
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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Coming in 2016
• 100% State-funded Full-day
Kindergarten (and WaKIDS!)
• Expanded version of GOLD™ that
includes developmental progressions
to third grade
o Pilot in 2015 with 37 kindergarten teachers
statewide to try out GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® Birth Through Third Grade
o Teachers will provide feedback to inform training
to introduce new tool
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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DAC Roles in Supporting GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® Assessment and Data Reporting
● Summer/Early Fall: Learn how the GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® online system works so you can provide
administrative technical assistance.
o Get a user name and password! OSPI has assigned user
names. Watch for an email from
[email protected] (check your junk
mail)
o If you don’t know your user name, contact OSPI at 360-725-
6161 or e-mail [email protected]
● Summer/Early Fall: Sign up any volunteer schools in WAMS.
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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DAC Roles in Supporting GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® Assessment and Data Reporting
● Late August/Early September: Assist with the process of
uploading class lists/student rosters to GOLD™.
o Collaborate with your CEDARS administrator to be sure SSIDs are
assigned by early September to all WaKIDS students.
o The Student Import Tool is located on the GOLD™ Administrator Site
Home Page (accessible when you log in to teachingstrategies.com).
o Teachers would like their class lists uploaded by September 15.
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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DAC Roles in Supporting GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® Assessment and Data Reporting
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September/October: Assist with the
implementation of GOLD™.
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Work with principals to manage the placement of students
(transferring across classes or schools within district;
adding students) and monitoring progress
Never delete a student from the system! Instead, archive
students who have left the district. When in doubt, call the
WaKIDS office. 360-725-6161
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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DAC Roles in Supporting GOLD™ by Teaching
Strategies® Assessment and Data Reporting
• Fall/ Winter/ Spring: Play a leadership role in maximizing
the use of WaKIDS school and district data.
• Become familiar with GOLD™ reports to analyze building and districtlevel student strengths
• Prepare reports to seed conversations with local early learning
providers
• Help consider ways to integrate WaKIDS data into the district report
card to communicate with families about their children’s strengths
• Share resources that connect WaKIDS with other state initiatives, such
as state learning standards and TPEP
• Winter/Spring: Analyze district data available from OSPI in
January 2016 through WAMS and State Report Card
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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Student Import Process
• Uploading online
• Adding students
manually
Thanks to OSPI’s Assessment Data Analysts: Lucas Snider, Alisa Rogers, Brad Howe and
Teaching Strategies Staff: Ben Terrett
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
Using the WAMS Pre-Populated Student List
to Import Students Into GOLD™
• To simplify the import process for DACs, we have created a
download that pulls pre-formatted files in the GOLD™ student
records import template. To access this list, go to EDS >
WAMS > WaKIDS, and select WaKIDS Download
• The file includes all students from SSID issuance when:
o School and grade were provided
o Students' grades are 'KG‘
o SSID was issued after 5/1/15
• You will need to modify the file as necessary (add classID;
remove unnecessary records), and save in .csv format for
upload to GOLD™
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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District CEDARS Administrators and SSID
Issuance
• Students must have State Student Identifiers (SSIDs) to be
entered into GOLD™ by Teaching Strategies®
o Generally the creation of SSIDs occurs through a CEDARS
submission. Since districts don’t usually send CEDARS
submissions early in the school year, school districts may use
the CEDARS SSID Issuance processes instead.
• We communicated 8/24 with District CEDARS Administrators
through the SIMON distribution list to alert them that they
must obtain SSIDs by using SSID Issuance as soon as possible
but before 9/15.
o Records sent through issuance must include the grade and
school or they will not flow into the WAMS application that
DACs will use to retrieve pre-populated student templates.
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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Locating the Student Import Tool in GOLD™
by Teaching Strategies ®
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Enter your user name and password to log into GOLD™ at
http://teachingstrategies.com
2.
Go to your Administration Tab -> Manage Children -> Student Import.
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
Manually Adding Students to GOLD™
Rationale
• Districts that have only
a few students to add
may find it easier to
add students manually,
forgoing the import
process
What You Need to Know
• SSIDs are required!
• Go to your
Administration Tab ->
Manage Children ->
Children - > WaKIDS –
View Children. Click
Add New Child.
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
Questions? WaKIDS Resources
GOLD™ by Teaching Strategies technical support:
• Call 1-866-736-5913
• Hours: Monday through Thursday 5:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
• E-mail: [email protected] with a description of your concern and your username
OSPI and ESD support, contact:
• Susan Swanberg (360-725-6161 or [email protected]) for questions regarding usernames,
transferring users, accessing GOLD™, resetting passwords
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Nancee Alvord (360-725-6180 or [email protected]) for questions regarding training, teacher or
principal support, ESD contact information
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Kathe Taylor (360-725-6153 or [email protected]) for questions about overall implementation and data
questions
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OSPI Assessment Data Analysts ([email protected]) for technical questions about student
uploads and data
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Your regional ESD WaKIDS Coordinator for technical classroom and curriculum assistance and regional
support; see list at: http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/Contacts.aspx
WaKIDS website: http://www.k12.wa.us/wakids
2015 SF FDK/WaKIDS memorandum
2015 WaKIDS Implementation Grant memorandum (available only to SF FDK schools newly-funded in 2015-16)
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx
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Thank You!!
DAC Webinar
on Using
GOLD™ data
in mid to late
October—
Date TBA
http://www.k12.wa.us/WaKIDS/default.aspx