1. Assessment Update Office of Student Assessment

3. The ACT O 11 th Grade Only O Districts MUST administer O Students who may choose not to participate: O Those for whom there are not sufficient accommodations available O Those who refuse or whose parents refuse for them to participate. O ADE has a form ready

4. The ACT O Children or relatives of the ACT testing coordinator are not eligible to test O From ACT: *Relatives and wards include children, stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, siblings, in-laws, spouses, and persons under your guardianship O You may not supervise the administration of the ACT or have access to secure test materials, if any relative or ward will be testing on the same test date at any test center in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or Canada. Relatives and wards include children, stepchildren, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, siblings, in-laws, spouses, and persons under your guardianship

5. The ACT O Test Administrators must be employed by the district O Technology O http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/TechnicalRequireme nts.pdf http://www.act.org/aap/pdf/TechnicalRequireme nts.pdf O Chromebooks and iPads cannot be used O Accommodations O ACT will approve O http://www.actstudent.org/regist/disab/ http://www.actstudent.org/regist/disab/

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. Students Grades 3-10 Alternate NCSC for Math and ELA Grades 3-8 and 11 Science Portfolio Grades 5,7 and 10 only ACT Aspire Math, English, Writing, Reading and Science

9. ACT Aspire O Grades 3-10 O Math, English, writing, reading and science yearly O Accountability will be calculated at grade 10 only for the high school O Window to administer: April 11 th – May 13 th O Schools set their schedule O Test Administrators must be licensed by ADE

10. Shift in Thinking O ACT Aspire is shorter O Allows for more time to teach O Focus on the CCSS and teaching them well O ACT Aspire has questions above and below grade level O Foundations and prediction O Overviews- https://actaspire.tms.pearson.com/ https://actaspire.tms.pearson.com/

11. Scheduling

12. 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 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/ho me#6482 http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/ho me#6482

13. ACT Aspire Resources O www.actaspire.pearson.com www.actaspire.pearson.com O Technology Specs O Chromebooks will work O iPads may be a supported device but not sure as of today O Training Modules O Note: some administration procedures may change to align with state policy O Exemplars O Manuals

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#658 5 http://actaspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home#658 5 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 Fixed forms for both Interim and Classroom O Set up in the same system as the summative

18. 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

19. Alternate Assessment O Significantly Cognitively Disabled Students Only O NCSC for ELA and Math grades 3-8 and 11 O Science portfolio for grades 5, 7 and 10 O Training is currently taking place in Little Rock O Traditional portfolio O Optional online collection and storage

20. ELPA21 O English Language Proficiency Assessment O All EL students not exited from ESL O Grades K-12 yearly O Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening O Computer-based only O Testing Window O February 1- March 11

21. IOWA Assessment O Grades 1 and 2 only O Window April 4 th – 15 th O Grade cohort must test at the same time O Will include Math Computation O Adds 25 minutes overall O Schools will receive CCSS domain scores

22. 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

23. PARCC Scores O Understandthescore.org Understandthescore.org

24. 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.

25. Thinking Forward O Letter home to parents about PARCC Scores O College and Career Readiness O Consider giving all 10 th graders PSAT

26. 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