Site Readiness DTC Kick-Off Sept 2014

Introductions Collin Bonner- Bonner_C@cde.state.co.us Technology Specialist  Assessment Unit of CDE. Wayne A. Dilworth- wayne.dilworth@pearson.com Program Manager Enterprise Program Management Office at Pearson 2

Congratulations! Over 250,000 students participated in the spring CMAS online administration. 3

Operating Systems Used for CMAS Assessment Projections based on June 13, 2013 snapshot Spring Operating System Used by Students Chromebooks (Chrome OS) 10.3% 21.6% iPad (iOS) 5.4% 1.3% Mac OSX (10.6- 10.9.2) 12.4% 11.8% Windows XP 21.8% 7% Windows 7 48.4% 57.3% Windows other (Vista, Server, 8) 1.7% 1%                 Totals 100% 4

Agenda 2014-2015 Assessment Calendar. Important Site readiness dates for the fall High School CMAS: Science and Social Studies Assessment Administration. Future DTC Meetings. Resources for Technical Site Readiness Training 5

2014-2015 Assessment Calendar Assessment Grade Tentative Windows CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social Studies 12 11/03/14 to 11/21/14 PARCC Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) 3-8, High School 3/09/15 to 4/03/15 4 and 7 (Social Studies) 5 and 8 (Science) 4/13/15 to 5/01/15 CoAlt: English language arts and math 3-11 4/13/15 to 5/15/15 PARCC End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) 4/27/15 to 5/22/15 ACCESS for ELLs® Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening K-12 1/12/15 to 2/13/15  CO ACT Grade 11 Initial Test Date Tues., April 28, 2015 Make-up Test Date Tues., May 12, 2015

CoAlt: Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) English Language Arts and Mathematics Mira Monroe

What is DLM? Replaces CoAlt: Reading, Writing and Mathematics Grades 3 – 11 English Language Arts and Mathematics Consortia – Based at the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at KU Dynamic system adjusts to student responses Designed to assess the 1% of students that cannot be assessed by the PARCC instrument. 8

Online Online for students KITE system May be taken off line, for students who are unable to access a computer Answers entered by the Test Examiner KITE system 9

Important Site readiness dates for the fall High School CMAS 10

Important Fall Technology Dates Key Technology Dates (Tentative) DTC Webinars & Site Visits Upon Request 9/1 - 10/31 iOS and ChromeOS: TestNav8 App Updates 9/5 Practice Tests will be available in the PA Training Center for infrastructure trial 9/22 Quarterly Java Release 10/15 CMAS forms will be available for proctor caching No later than 10/27 DTC Technical phone support open 10/27 - 11/7 11

Upcoming TN Dependent Software Release Dates Date of Release Action Required Firefox 31 July 22, 2014 None at this time Firefox 32 September 2, 2014 Chrome 38 Browser TBD (Aug 2014) Chrome OS 38 Chrome OS 39 TBD (Sep 2014) Java October, 15 2014 12

Future DTC Meetings & Trainings Regional DTC Meetings & Upcoming Trainings 13

Future DTC Meetings DTC Feedback on DTC Regional Trainings Like the opportunity to interact and connect with other DTCs Like to hear how other districts were dealing with common site readiness issues. Did not like the lack of new information and content. Did not like the travel time. Proposal for New Format Webinar format. Organized by assessment environment OS and device types. Can focus on specific issues like Java management or new devices.

Future DTC Trainings Deeper Learning with Pearson Tools Proctor Caching Web Interface More examples of complex TestNav configurations in PearsonAccess. DLM Technology Preparations Webinars will be posted to the DTC Website

Site Readiness Trainings & Materials 16

Challenges From First Operational Assessment Device, operating system, browser and test engine interactions New item types and tools Software updates Customer service and CenturyLink outages Bandwidth

Priorities for Future Administrations Improve TestNav Exit Process Provide infrastructure trial resources that will allow districts to sufficiently test environments Refine PearsonAccess reporting features and status indicators Closely align PearsonAccess training and operational sites

DTC Recommendations Create Device Image with only "bare minimum” OS, Browser, and Java for a clean environment. Create “Kiosk” or GPO for standardized assessment environment. Use System Check (TestNav Verification Test) to validate that TestNav will load on machines. Freeze browser, operating system & Java environment if possible.

CDE Website Webpage District Technology Coordinator Designations Site Readiness Support Site Readiness Technical Training Final CMAS Site Readiness Checklist Community of Practice for Colorado Site Readiness for Online Assessment Site Visits Site Readiness Webinars Technology Readiness Tool 20