1. Overview of the 2015–2016 Alternate Assessments: DLM ELA and Math
Administrator/Test Coordinator Training
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2. Topic List
DLM basic information and participation guidelines – slides 4-24
NJ DLM testing policies – slides 25-34
School preparation for instruction and DLM test specifications – slides 35-48
DLM professional development – slides 49-54
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3. Topic List DLM website guidance – slides 55-64
NJ DLM staff responsibilities – slides 65-71
List of training materials and suggested completion time frames – slides 72-85
List of contact information – slides 85-94
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4. DLM Basic Information
Grades 3 – 8 and11are assessed in English Language Arts and Mathematics
NJ students in grades 9 and 10 are not assessed.
Test window is April 11 to May 13, 2016.
The test blueprint is linked to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
DLM is an online, computer based assessment.
NJ is using the Year End model, not the IM model
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5. DLM Computer Adaptive Testing
The assessment is a computer adaptive assessment. The process is:
A student first takes a small set of items, called a testlet, then the system takes into account the level of difficulty of the test items and the students performance (correct or incorrect answers).
Based on the student’s performance another testlet is selected, which contain items that are around the same level, somewhat easier, or somewhat harder than the last testlet (higher or lower level skills are selected).
This is an iterative process until the testlets address all Essential Elements in the YE test blueprint.
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6. DLM vs. APA APA DLM Training modules that do not require post tests
Four training modules range from minutes each along with mandatory post tests completed independently
Testing Periods:
One window - April 11 to May 13, 2016
Computer Generated assessment linked to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Teacher does not design the assessment activities/test items.
No prompting allowed
APA
Training modules that do not require post tests
Collection Periods:
Initial: September 1 – November 13, 2015
Final: December 7, February 12, 2016
Portfolio based Assessment linked to the NJCCCS and CPI links and activities are chosen by the teacher
Prompting based on the APA prompting hierarchy
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7. What is the Purpose of an Alternate Assessment?
To measure performance of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities on the standards, knowledge, and skills that all New Jersey students are learning
To ensure that ALL New Jersey students are included in the accountability system that is required by the USED
DLM in English Language Arts and Mathematics assesses the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
APA in Science assesses the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS)
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8. Which Students Participate in Alternate Assessments?
Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities
Participation guidelines will determine which of the students with significant cognitive disabilities will take the alternate assessments.
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9. Decisions about Who Participates Are Not Based On
Educational environment or instructional setting
Low reading level/achievement level
Anticipated student’s disruptive behavior or emotional duress
Expected poor performance on the general education assessment
Impact of student scores on accountability system
Need for accommodations (e.g., assistive technology/AAC) to participate in assessment process
Administrator decision
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10. Participation Decisions
Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities may only take one assessment per content area.
He/she will usually participate in the alternate assessment in all content areas.
Rarely a student will participate in an alternate assessment in one/some content area(s) and the general assessment with accommodations in the other content area(s). For example, takes ELA alternate but takes math and science general assessment.
Note a student may not take the general assessment and an alternate assessment in the same content area.
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11. Determining Who Participates in the Alternate Assessments
Decisions are made solely by the IEP team.
Decisions may not be made by individuals such as district/school administrators, teachers, parents, etc.
District administrators must ensure the IEP team has all of the information and applicable participation guidelines when making the decision.
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12. IEP Documentation and Participation
Most IEPs were updated last year for
Any reference to the APA, DLM, and/or “participation in alternate assessment” is acceptable.
Both the APA and DLM participation guidelines were available for use and should have been completed and included in the student file.
If this has not been done it must be completed in the near future.
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13. Participation Guidelines
An administrator must sign each form. The DLM form will remain in the student’s confidential file, and a copy of the APA form must be provided in the APA binder.
Usually the sending school administrator sign the forms, but if both sending and receiving school agree on the answers to the questions, then a receiving school administrator may sign the forms. A teacher may not sign the forms.
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14. General Participation Criteria
The following statements are meant to assist in clarifying which students with significant cognitive disabilities participate in alternate assessments. Please keep these statements in mind when answering the questions included in the APA and DLM participation guidelines.
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15. General Participation Criteria
Is the nature of the student’s cognitive disability severe?
The student’s general level of cognitive functioning is significantly below the grade level expectations for his or her same aged peers and the student requires substantial modifications to the grade level curriculum.
The student requires more intensive direct instruction than his or her peers to acquire knowledge and skills in the grade level curriculum.
The student requires more extensive systems of support in order to participate in the grade level curriculum.
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16. General Participation Criteria
Is the student’s cognitive disability so severe that the student is not receiving instruction in any of the knowledge and skills measured by the general statewide assessment? 
While all students are to be instructed in the NJ CCCS for their grade level, students with more significant cognitive disabilities typically receive instruction in the knowledge and skills at a less complex level than that measured by the general statewide assessment.
Upon reviewing the sample test forms, if the student is NOT receiving ANY instruction at the same skill level, then the answer to this question is YES.
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17. General Participation Criteria
Is the student’s cognitive disability so severe that the student cannot complete any of the types of questions on the general statewide assessment in the content area, even with accommodations and modifications?
Upon reviewing the sample test forms and questions for each content area of the general assessment, along with the state approved testing accommodations and modifications, if it is determined that the student is NOT able to complete any types of questions even with accommodations and supports, then the answer to this question is YES.
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18. General Participation Criteria
Is the student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) aligned with grade level NJ CCCS through modified expectations?
The student is receiving grade level instruction at a significantly modified and less complex level than their grade level peers.
The student may need more extensive systems of support, as identified in the IEP, in order to access the curriculum.
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19. General Participation Criteria
The answer to all four questions must be YES in order to assess the student with an alternate assessment.
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20. DLM Participation Form
The form is found on the DLM NJ webpage and should have been used when determining who is participating in the DLM this year.
If the IEP team still needs to complete the process, download the form and use it when finalizing the IEP and test participation information.
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21. DLM Guidelines Form - Partial
Participation Criterion
Participation Criterion Descriptors
Agree (Yes) or Disagree (No)?
Provide documentation for each
1. The student has a significant cognitive disability
Review of student records indicate a disability or multiple disabilities that significantly impact intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
*Adaptive behavior is defined as essential for someone to live independently and to function safely in daily life.
Yes / No
2. The student is primarily being instructed (or taught) using the DLM Essential Elements as content standards
Goals and instruction listed in the IEP for this student are related to the enrolled grade level CCSS and DLM Essential Elements, as well as address knowledge and skills that are appropriate and challenging for this student.
English Language Arts:
Mathematics:
3. The student requires extensive direct individualized instruction and substantial supports to achieve measureable gains in the grade-and age-appropriate curriculum.
The student
requires extensive, repeated, individualized instruction and support that is not of a temporary or transient nature and
uses substantially adapted materials and individualized methods of accessing information in alternative ways to acquire, maintain, generalize, demonstrate and transfer skills across multiple settings.
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22. Determining Who Participates in the Alternate Assessments
Using information about the student and the assessments
Test Specifications
Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance/Goals and Objectives
Student Work Samples
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23. DLM Guidelines Kept in Student Folder
A signed copy of the participation guidelines checklist must be placed in the student’s confidential cumulative folder.
It will remain in district, and may be reviewed during an audit or DOE visit.
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24. Participation Decisions
Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities may not take the general assessment and the alternate assessment in the same content area.
A student may not take the PARCC assessment in ELA and the DLM ELA.
A student may not take the PARCC assessment in math and the DLM math.
A student may not take the NJASK/NJBCT assessment in science and the APA science.
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25. High School Students
Students must take the DLM in ELA and Math the first year they are in eleventh- grade and not before.
Do not test grade 9 and 10 students with DLM.
If a student was absent and did not participate, the student must participate in the following year in high school.
In order to access the high school assessment, a student must be listed in the system as grade 11.
Even if the student’s grade in district is grade 12, please list grade 11 in the DLM enrollment file.
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26. LEP ELA Exemption - DLM
If a student has entered the United States after July 1, 2015, AND is currently enrolled in a language assistance program, this student is EXEMPT from the ELA assessment.
This exemption is not allowable for high school students.
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27. Retained Students
Students in high school only take DLM once, regardless of retained status.
Students retained in grades 3-8 will take the DLM test again.
Students in grades 3-8 must take the test for their current grade level only.
Students do not take a test for a previous grade level, even if they missed the test last year.
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28. Homebound and Medical Facilities
If a student is ill and receiving instruction at home or in a medical facility,
AND the district can provide the instructor a laptop or tablet that contains the KITE application, the student will participate in the DLM computer-based assessment.
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29. Homebound and Medical Facilities
If a student is ill and is not receiving instruction at home or in a medical facility
the student will not participate in the DLM.
A student might not be receiving instruction due to a medically fragile state, PVS state, attendance at a psychiatric facility, etc.
This student must be added to the DLM roster and will count as a non-participant in the accountability reports.
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30. Non-Computer Based Testing
A paper and pencil static version of the DLM assessment is under discussion to accommodate circumstances whereby computer access is not available and other specific circumstances.
If one is available in , all students who are homebound, in medical facilities, and those who are placed in nearby states will be required to participate in testing.
More information will be available in Winter
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31. Absent Students
If a student is not receiving instruction for the entire test window for a reason other than illness he/she cannot participate in DLM.
The school must have documentation of the student’s absence for the entire five week testing window.
This student must be added to the DLM roster and will count as a non-participant in the accountability reports.
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32. Students Sent Out-of-State
When a student’s home district is paying tuition for the student to attend a school outside of New Jersey, find out the following:
Is the out-of-state school administering the DLM? If yes the NJ student must participate in the DLM. The attending school teacher will administer the DLM.
Is the attending state administering a different alternate assessment? If so the student this student must be added to the DLM roster, will not test, and will count as a non-participant in the accountability reports.
However if the out-of-state placement is a neighboring state, and the sending district can send someone to administer the DLM, the student will participate.
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33. Testing of Students Receiving Instruction in Unapproved Schools
Students with the most significant intellectual disabilities whose IEP team determines participation in the DLM must be tested.
The sending district must send an educator (teacher, case manager, etc.) to the unapproved school to administer the test.
The sending district must provide a laptop or tablet that has DLM KITE application installed, and must have a teacher login ID/password and the student’s test ticket(s).
The student’s regular special education teacher must assist the sending district educator during the DLM administration. Assisting ensures the student is working with a familiar instructor and that the student receives the appropriate supports based on their needs.
The completion of the First Contact and Personal Needs Profiles will be done by the sending district however they must confer with the attending school to ensure accurate survey responses.
Manipulatives will be provided by the attending school however the sending district may need to assist in the provision of necessary materials.
Districts that were unable to complete this requirement in Spring must implement this policy in
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34. Use of Braille Test
A Braille static version of the DLM assessment is under discussion.
If your student might need one, please contact our office and indicate if your district has a Braille writer.
More information on Braille test availability will be available in Winter 2016.
These students must be added to your enrollment files.
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35. School Preparation
School program staff and district curriculum specialists will assist in the development of instructional plans based on the DLM learning map and YE test blueprint.
Administrators must ensure that all teachers provide instruction that aligns with CCSS and the DLM Essential Elements.
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36. School Preparation
Teachers must be given the name and contact information for the administrator in charge of the DLM.
Teachers questions must be answered in district.
Links to the DLM test blueprints and info on how to use the learning map for student’s instruction/skill selection should be provided in district.
Students taking the DLM should be delivered instruction and activities on a computer or tablet recurrently.
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37. Instructional Program Preparation
The DLM assesses the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and is the alternate assessment companion to the new PARCC assessment.
School program staff must review the Essential Elements (EEs) and Learning Map provided on the DLM website and implement individualized instruction related to the EEs.
The Essential Elements are skill statements written to reflect the CCSS at an appropriate linkage level for students with significant cognitive disabilities
Review of the DLM skill statements in light of the test blueprint will guide the selection of appropriate skills for each student within the specific conceptual areas assessed.
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38. Use of the Learning Map
The map is a network of sequenced targets that show a learning landscape in which multiple skills are related to many other skills.
Use of the learning map, the Essential Elements (skill statements related to the map), and the Year End test blueprint will guide instruction, assist in selecting individualized targeted skills related to the CCSS, and help prepare students for the DLM assessment.
The Essential Elements documents have been available on the NJ DOE and DLM websites since 2014.
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39. Learning Map and Test Blueprint
To obtain the YE assessment blueprint go to the DLM NJ page, then scroll down to obtain the blueprints for each subject.
To obtain the learning maps and mini- learning maps (small sections of the subject map), go to the DLM page, Learning Maps title, then click on Essential Elements.
This page contains the list of nodes and the mini-maps.
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40. Materials for Review
In addition to the DLM test blueprints and Essential Elements documents, teachers should review the:
Math glossary and information provided on the use of manipulatives
Familiar texts and information provided about the writing testlet
Accessibility Manual
Test Administrator Manual
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41. DLM Materials for Review
The math glossary and list of grade-level manipulatives are useful to know as you provide student instruction.
Use of the glossary terms and manipulatives during instruction will help students learn and also help prepare them for the assessment.
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42. DLM Materials for Review
The list of manipulatives for the Spring YE assessment are not yet posted on DLM; districts will be notified when available.
Substitutions may be made when a manipulative is not available or when a manipulative is not appropriate for a student.
This year the Test Information Pages (TIPs) are updated with more details on the required manipulative attributes in order to help when you need to select substitutes.
You may never few a testlet prior to administering it to a student. All information you need to know in order to gather materials for a testlet are provided in the TIPs page.
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43. Accessing Sample Testlets for Student Practice
Practice test items are available and should be utilized prior to April 2016 in order to give the student experience with the online test prior to answering live test questions.
The DLM Guide to Practice Activities and Released Testlets YE, found on the DLM NJ webpage, provides practice student Usernames and passwords for practice testing available in the Educator Portal.
DO NOT use student specific login IDs and passwords as this is NOT how you access sample testlets.
Please note accessing student specific testlets prior to NJ’s operational test window is a security breach.
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44. NJ DLM Web Page Sections
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45. Where to Find EE List
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46. Which EEs are Tested?
resource-page/ELA
Use the educator resources pages for ELA and math to review which EEs are tested on the DLM.
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47. EEs, Nodes, and Mini-Maps
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48. Excel Spreadsheet on DLM
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49. School Preparation
DLM professional development modules support the design and delivery of this instruction.
These modules are different from the mandatory DLM training modules (use to be seven but is now four).
The PD modules contain various instructional information that is useful for classrooms and school programs.
Topics are wide and include information about alternate pencils (writing topic), algebraic thinking, predictable chart writing, place value, etc.
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50. Professional Development Modules
Click on this title on the DLM website main page
Brings you to this website
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51. Professional Development
Modules can be accessed through Domain list or Alpha List
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52. Module Checklist - Partial
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53. Module Checklist - Partial
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54. Obtaining PD Checklist
Link within DLM website
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55. DLM Website Navigation
Hover mouse over “Assessments” to see these subtitles.
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56. Website Navigation
Then select NJ
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57. Website Navigation DLM NJ web page contains important documents.
Some are specific to New Jersey and replace DLM files.
DLM NJ web page: includes required NJ training materials, important forms, manuals, and helpful hint documents.
Note this screen shot may not be current. Also some files on screen are for last year; updated training files will be posted by February 2016.
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58. KITE accesses testlets, Educator Portal has key documents.
Website Navigation
KITE accesses testlets, Educator Portal has key documents.
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59. Has accessibility manual and list of supports allowed.
Website Navigation
Has accessibility manual and list of supports allowed.
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60. KITE versus Educator Portal
“KITE is for Kids”
KITE is only used when obtaining student testlets or practice testlets
“Educator Portal is for Educators”
The portal is where educators obtain important documents.
It is also where the DLM mandatory training post tests are accessed and completed.
Data stewards in district will obtain login IDs for educators needing to use the portal.
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61. Technology Info – Browser Issue
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62. Check each status before logging in to either system.
Technology Info
The status code indicates if the KITE system is operating normally, and if the Educator Portal is operating normally.
Check each status before logging in to either system.
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63. Technology Liaison Info
Use these links to obtain important information about technological requirements.
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64. General Information
The DLM Educator Resource page contains important info including Familiar Texts used for ELA assessment, the math glossary, the total number of testlets for each grade, etc.
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65. Required Training and Staff Roles
Teachers are the Test Administrators. They may not fulfill the other DLM roles:
District/School Test Coordinator
District/School Data Steward
District/School Technology Liaison
Teachers must complete four DLM training modules AND independently complete training post tests.
Test Coordinator’s must review the four modules but do not need to take the post tests.
Data Stewards and Tech. Liaison’s may review the four modules but do not need to take the post tests.
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66. Roles and Responsibilities
There are four specific roles for district educators in the DLM testing process:
Assessment Coordinator
Point of contact for the field test activity
Oversees and assists teachers in their roles
See DLM site for required training manual
Technology Liaison
Oversees computer and other technology device components to ensure district technology readiness and implementation (IT staff)
Data Steward
District administrator who collects and delivers all necessary data files to DLM and maintains accurate records for others use
Classroom Teacher
Individual teacher administers assessments to students and assists in the selection of accessibility features and necessary supports
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67. Assessment Coordinator Responsibilities
Includes but not limited to:
Schedules training for teachers and is the direct liaison for teacher questions
Ensures the correct students are assessed
Assists in scheduling students for testing
Interacts with District Data Steward and Technology Steward to ensure all tasks are completed
Utilizes DLM website, reviews materials, and disseminates information to staff
Reviews DLM Handbook and any other required documents
Contacts DLM help desk when DLM documents do not provide clear answers to district questions
District point of contact for field test activities
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68. Technology Liaison Responsibilities
Includes but not limited to:
Is responsible for the infrastructure (network, hardware and devices), software applications and technical support as well as understanding how the hardware, software, policies, and procedures fit together in the big picture of the district’s technology implementation.
Ensures district technology readiness and implementation (IT staff)
Interacts with Assessment Coordinator, District Data Steward, and Teachers as necessary to ensure successful completion of testing
Utilizes DLM website, reviews materials, and disseminates information to staff
Reviews DLM Handbook and any other required documents
Contacts DLM technology specific help desk when DLM documents do not provide clear answers to technology issues
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69. Data Steward Responsibilities
Includes but not limited to:
Interacts with Assessment Coordinator, Technology Steward, and Teachers as necessary to ensure successful completion of testing
Creates and uploads data files including:
the Users file (opens DLM user accounts for testing)
Enrollment file
Class roster files
Assigns roles to users which generates user login IDs
Understand and utilize IT/technical expressions contained in the Data Steward Manual in order to prepare files correctly according to specifications
Utilize consistent and appropriate naming conventions and provide clean data for data files in order to successfully upload files as outlined by the Data Steward Manual
Utilizes DLM website, reviews materials, and disseminates information to staff
Reviews DLM Data Steward Manual, and any other required documents
Contacts DLM help desk when DLM documents do not provide clear answers to user account issues, data file upload errors, etc.
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70. Data Steward- Assigning Appropriate Staff
To help districts assign appropriate staff to serve as the Data Steward
View the 2016 Data Steward Manual and the Data Steward webinar =Data
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To make the video larger, click the button that shows 4 arrows next to the Vimeo label in the bottom right hand corner of the video screen.
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71. Data Steward Key Dates
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72. DLM Materials for Review
Four Required DLM Training Modules
Who?
Teachers must review the four required modules and must take the post tests independently.
The school/district test coordinator must decide if you want to
schedule a group training (Facilitated training) or
schedule each teacher to view the modules independently (self-directed).
The Facilitator Guide for Required Test Administrator Training can be accessed via
The guide will provide more details on accessing the training materials and conducting training.
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73. DLM Materials for Review
Four Required DLM Training Modules
Suggested Timeframe
Review by January 2016
Modules must be scheduled and viewed in the following order:
Part 1 – About the DLM System
Part 2 – Accessibility by Design
Part 3 – Understanding & Delivering Testlets in the DLM System
Part 4 – Preparing to Administer the Assessment
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74. DLM Materials for Review
Four Required DLM Training Modules
How?
Whether the test coordinator chooses to conduct group facilitated training or schedule teachers for the Self-Directed training, teachers must independently take a post test for each module using his/her DLM login ID and password.
Please note that in order to pass each post test a teacher must score at least 80%. Teachers may view the modules and take the post tests as often as necessary in order to pass.
A school test coordinator or other district administrator can track the progress of teachers on their completion of the four modules and post tests.
See the Facilitator Guide for information on reviewing teachers’ progress.
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75. How Do I Access the Required Training Modules and Post Tests?
Use the login ID and password you use for the Educator Portal to login into the DLM Moodle training site. A link to this site is provided via DLM’s professional development page: index.php.
Your district data steward will provide your login ID if you do not already have one.
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76. DLM Required Training Part 1 Agenda
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77. DLM Required Training Part 2 Agenda
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78. DLM Required Training Part 3 Agenda
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79. DLM Required Training Part 4 Agenda
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80. Fall DLM Materials for Review
NJ DLM PPT. presentations
Who?
Administrators (this presentation) and teachers (one module available by October 30) are required
Suggested Timeframe
Review January 2016
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81. Fall DLM Materials for Review
Four Required DLM Training Modules
Who?
Teachers (must take post tests) and all other staff involved in DLM
Suggested Timeframe
Review by January 2016
NJ DLM PPT. presentations
Administrators (this presentation) and teachers (one module available October 30) are required
Review by December 2015
Technology Manual
Technology Liaison required
Timeframe
October 2015
Data Steward Manual
Data Steward required
November 2015
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82. Fall DLM Materials for Review
Accessibility Manual
Test blueprints and Essential Elements documents
Math glossary and list of grade-level manipulatives
Appropriate substitutions may be made for manipulatives
Familiar Texts and Writing FAQs
Professional development modules
DLM role specific helpful documents
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83. Fall DLM Materials for Review
The DLM NJ webpage currently contains updated manuals and information as well as some files leftover from last year.
As DLM or NJ revises the manuals you will see a note to the right of the title with the date of the updated document.
Please make sure you only access current manuals, and if need be wait to download some documents until you see the new version indication.
For NJ DLM PPT. presentations, some will not be loaded until winter therefore the three part “Preparation for…” files are not yet updated.
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84. Winter DLM Materials for Review
NJ DLM PPT. presentations posted by February 2016
Who?
Administrators and teachers are required
Timeframe
Review by March 4, 2016
DLM Test Administration Manual, Accessibility Manual, etc.
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85. Materials Review Timeline for Teachers
April 11 -
May 13, 2016
October -
January
March
February -
March 4
Complete four DLM Required Training Modules and NJ DLM Teacher Module
Review DLM materials including Accessibility Manual, Test Administrator Manual, math glossary, etc.
Review NJ DLM PPT. presentations to prepare to administer the DLM to students.
Assess students with DLM ELA and Math
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86. DLM Information Updates
Administrators and educators must regularly check the DLM NJ webpage for significant information and material updates.
This website contains all training materials and important information regarding district preparation and implementation of the DLM.
NJ presentations can call attention to the mandatory DLM documents district staff must review; our presentations cannot deliver all details needed for DLM.
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87. DLM Information Updates
Administrators and educators should sign up for automatic DLM notifications; see DLM website for the request form.
Note that notifications are not sorted by program types (Year End and IM), therefore you will receive notifications for both the YE model and the IM model.
Caution: Only the YE s are applicable in New Jersey. Do not utilize s regarding the IM program.
If a NJ policy is not aligned with the DLM info, utilize the NJ policy statement. For example, NJ dates for testing are more narrow than DLM YE dates.
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88. Subscribe to Test Updates
operational-testing
Click here to view all updates prior to your subscription
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89. Where To Get More Information?
DLM has various customer support contact information depending on the issue. It is imperative that:
Only those individuals serving as Assessment Coordinator, Technology Steward, and Data Steward contact DLM.
You contact DLM support only after reviewing all pertinent manuals, handbooks, and modules.
You use the specific contact info listed in the applicable manual to ensure your question is directed to the correct individuals.
You provide in your your CDS code (known to DLM as your “Organization”), your name and which of the three positions above you hold, and detail the specific issue/error you encountered.
Questions directed to DLM Support and when necessary NJ DOE must be from either the Assessment Coordinator, Technology Liaison, or the Data Steward.
Questions from other district staff including teachers must be directed to one of the following individuals noted above.
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90. Where To Get More Information?
DLM has various customer support contact information depending on the issue.
Questions about the project should be directed to:
PHONE: FAX:
For questions regarding KITE or Educator Portal, or for additional assistance, please contact the Help Desk
PHONE: (toll free)
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91. Where To Get More Information?
For APA Science questions contact:
Questar Assessment, Inc.,
 Customer Support
PHONE:  
APA documents:
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92. Where To Get More Information?
Assessment Coordinators with general questions about test design, training, test administration, accessibility, etc., contact: Elizabeth Celentano Office of Assessments Please review the APA and DLM materials and specify what pages in the materials your question is in reference to before ing the Office of Assessments in order to facilitate a timely response.
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93. Where To Get More Information?
Data Stewards can find their DLM required documents at
Technology Liaison’s can find their DLM required documents at
After reviewing the required documents, Data Stewards with questions about DLM student data file uploads, login IDs, enrollment files, specific APA Pre-ID files, SDIF, record changes, etc., and Technology Liaisons (position currently open) with questions contact:
Jo-Lin Liang
Office of Assessments
Please review the DLM materials and and specify what pages in the materials your question is in reference to, then contact DLM support for assistance prior to the Office of Assessments. This will facilitate a timely response.
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94. Where To Get More Information?
Office of Special Education (general special education questions) New Jersey Department of Education Department of Education website:
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95. Thank you for taking time to review this material.
Please share this information with district staff that are involved in the APA and DLM.
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