K-PREP End-of-Course QualityCore® 2012 February DAC Meetings English II Algebra II Biology U.S. History K-PREP End-of-Course QualityCore® KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

End-of-Course Overview 2012 February DAC Meetings 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. Kentucky-Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Choose 10 consecutive days within the larger window for testing. 2012 February DAC Meetings EOC Windows Window Administration Dates # 1 October 1-November 15 # 2 December 1-January 15 # 3 February 1-March 15 # 4 April 15-June 15 # 5 June 16-July 31 EOC TESTING IN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SETTINGS KDE and ACT have responded for the need to support students earning credit in alternative pathways.  A new flexible process has been established for students completing courses in non-traditional settings.  Students completing courses with an EOC assessment may test at any time during the KDE established windows (i.e., December 1-January 15, February 1-March 15, etc.).    A brief training may be accessed at: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/KDE+-+Webex+Information+and+Resources.htm Additionally, the EOC Traditional v Non-Traditional document helps develop the concept of the new process and the EOC Testing Checklist provides the steps to complete the new flexible process. Choose 10 consecutive days within the larger window for testing. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Settings 2012 February DAC Meetings Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Settings 10 Day Traditional Flexible (Non-Traditional) 10 consecutive testing days chosen within the larger window. Each content area must be completed in 1 or 2 consecutive days. All materials shipped on same day. May test at any time during the larger window. Each content area must be completed in 1 or 2 consecutive days per student. Materials shipped as students complete tests. Place Supplemental Order for additional header sheets. EOC TESTING IN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SETTINGS KDE and ACT have responded for the need to support students earning credit in alternative pathways.  A new flexible process has been established for students completing courses in non-traditional settings.  Students completing courses with an EOC assessment may test at any time during the KDE established windows (i.e., December 1-January 15, February 1-March 15, etc.).    A brief training may be accessed at: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/KDE+-+Webex+Information+and+Resources.htm Additionally, the EOC Traditional v Non-Traditional document helps develop the concept of the new process and the EOC Testing Checklist provides the steps to complete the new flexible process. EOC Hand-out QualityCore® Customer Service 866/764-7228 KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Test Details  Session Type Questions Time Student Score School Score 2012 February DAC Meetings Test Details Session Type Questions Time Student Score School Score Score Returns MC1 Paper Booklet or CBT 35-38 MC 45 minutes  CBT – Immediately Paper – 10 days from ACT receipt MC2 Scale Score = MC1 + MC2 CR Paper Book Only 1-3 CR Not a part of student grade Paper – Scores to KDE in Summer Combined Scale Score = MC1 + MC2 + CR = NAPD All materials are ordered through the online system. The number of constructed response booklets are based upon the number of multiple-choice booklets requested. If all parts were completed paper/pencil, there would be three distinct test booklets. All schools will have a paper Constructed Response (CR) booklet. CBT = Computer-based Testing KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Order Materials Online http://qc.vantage.com 2012 February DAC Meetings Accommodations IEP 504 Plan PSP Seating Chart Order Materials Online http://qc.vantage.com 100-Day Rule Accountability based on summative window ORDER MATERIALS ONLINE: Order EOC test materials through the QualityCore® online system. http://qc.vantage.com Special test materials (i.e., Braille, large-print, audio CD and reader’s scripts) ordered by fax. ACCOMODATIONS: Accommodations available based on the student’s current Individualized Education Plan (IEP), 504 Plan or PSP. ENGLISH LEARNERS: First year EL students enrolled in a U.S. school are exempt from accountability. Students are required to attempt Algebra II and Biology for NCLB participation rate. Second year or more EL students fully participate. Accommodations are available for students with a Program Services Plan (PSP). 100-DAY RULE: Students must be enrolled in the school 100 days for the EOC to be accountable to the school. This is based on the district’s accountability date (the summative test window in the last 14 days of the district’s instructional calendar). KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

2012 February DAC Meetings English Learners First year EL students enrolled in a U.S. school are exempt from accountability. Students are required to attempt 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). KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

EOC Scores to Letter Grades 2012 February DAC Meetings EOC Scores to Letter Grades A psychometric study linking QualityCore® results (scale scores) of multiple-choice score to student class grades was developed. KDE is reviewing the scale score linkage based upon Kentucky scores. EOC Subject Test Course Letter Grade EOC Scale Score Link to CPE-College Readiness Benchmark A B C D F Algebra II 175-149 148-144 143-141 140-136 135-125 144 Biology 175-153 152-148 147-145 144-136 148 English II 175-158 157-150 149-144 143-136 150 U.S. History 147-144 LINKING END-OF-COURSE STUDENT SCORES TO LETTER GRADES KDE has worked with HumRRO and local educators to provide a link between QualityCore End-of-Course (EOC) student scores and letter grades.  KDE is recommending a letter grade for EOC inclusion rather than a percentage because of the great variety of grading scales used in Kentucky districts and schools.  The EOC grading scale has been created using the statistical link between EOC scale scores and the ACT college readiness benchmarks adopted by Kentucky’s Council of Postsecondary Education.  EOC TESTING IN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SETTINGS KDE and ACT have responded for the need to support students earning credit in alternative pathways.  A new flexible process has been established for students completing courses in non-traditional settings.  Students completing courses with an EOC assessment may test at any time during the KDE established windows (i.e., December 1-January 15, February 1-March 15, etc.).    A brief training may be accessed at: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/KDE+-+Webex+Information+and+Resources.htm KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Computer-Based Testing (CBT) 2012 February DAC Meetings Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Best Practices Allocate network band-width during testing times Increase number of proctors in the room for Better monitoring Quicker starting of tests CBT Support Document Read and follow the updated Online User Guide from ACT KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Trainings & Materials For Windows 4/15-6/15 & 6/16-7/31 2012 February DAC Meetings Trainings & Materials For Windows 4/15-6/15 & 6/16-7/31 Live Broadcasts February 16 (9:30-11:00) & February 17 (1:00-2:30) – QualityCore® Test Administration Live Broadcast February 17 (9:30-10:30) – Accessing and Interpreting QualityCore® Score Reports Recorded Trainings available on KDE website Kentucky QualityCore® Specific website http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

College and Career Readiness 2012 February DAC Meetings ACT ASVAB COMPASS KOSSA KYOTE Industry Certificates WorkKeys College and Career Readiness KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

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College Placement Tests 2012 February DAC Meetings College Ready 1 point College Entrance Exam ACT Reading = 20 English = 18 Mathematics = 19 COMPASS Reading = 85 English (Writing Skills) = 74 Mathematics = 36 KYOTE Mathematics = 22 English (Writing) = 6 College Placement Tests KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Career Ready ---OR--- ---OR--- 1 point ACADEMIC TECHNICAL 2012 February DAC Meetings Career Ready 1 point ACADEMIC TECHNICAL WorkKeys = Silver or Above Applied Math Locating Information Reading for Information ---OR--- ASVAB = 55 Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery KOSSA Multiple-Choice = 70 Constructed-Response = 75 ---OR--- Industry Certificate Certification based on industry standards Career information will be added to the TEDS system for inclusion into the accountability system. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

College & Career Ready Academic Technical College Ready Career Ready 2012 February DAC Meetings 1.5 points College & Career Ready College Ready Academic ACT and/or COMPASS and/or KYOTE Career Ready Technical KOSSA or Industry Certificate KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

College/Career Readiness Rate 2012 February DAC Meetings College/Career Readiness Rate College Ready: Must meet benchmarks on one of the following: College Ready ACT COMPASS KYOTE 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) ACT Work Keys (Applied Math, Locating information, and Reading for Information) Kentucky Occupational Skills Standards Assessment (KOSSA) Industry Certificates Bonus: College AND Career Ready must meet at least one from each area College Ready Academic Career Ready Technical ACT or COMPASS or KYOTE KOSSA Industry Certificates 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. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012 16

ACT March 6 Initial Test Day March 20 Make-up Test Day 2012 February DAC Meetings March 6 Initial Test Day March 20 Make-up Test Day March 6-20 ACT Accommodations Window ACT KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Return Standard Materials 2012 February DAC Meetings Important 2012 Dates February 27 March 5 March 6 March 7 Secure Materials Arrive this week Remind Students of Testing STATE TEST DAY Accom-modations Window for ACT begins Return Standard Materials March 7 March 13 – 15 March 20 March 21 Order materials for Makeup by 5 p.m. CST Makeup materials arrive Accom-modations Window for ACT ends STATE MAKEUP TEST DAY Return materials (Makeup & Accomms.) High school test administrator is responsible for taking care of all ACT assessment duties. Provided here are dates listed from materials arriving the week of February 27 through the makeup and accommodation tests shipping March 21. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

2012 February DAC Meetings Who is Tested? All grade 11 students, except Alternate Assessment, foreign exchange and first year EL. Any student retained in grade 11 should complete the ACT assessment again. Any grade 12 student who has not had the opportunity to take the ACT, may take the assessment. Grade 12 students who enter Kentucky public schools as seniors that have transferred from another state or from private schools may take the ACT state administration. Submit listing of these students prior to testing to dacinfo@education.ky.gov. Guiding Philosophy-All students should have the opportunity to take every test. Reference that if a student is in grade 10 at the beginning of the year, they are expected to graduate at the end of the school year. They should have the opportunity to take the ACT. They would need to be listed on the roster as a grade 11 student when the ACT roster is pulled. A grade 12 student who missed as an 11th grader can be added to the roster and then complete the test. ***New for 2012*** Seniors new to Kentucky public schools may take the ACT state administration in March.  Students who enter Kentucky public schools as seniors that have transferred from another state or from private schools may take the ACT state administration.  Foreign exchange students are exempt from ACT testing.   Please complete the spreadsheet from the 11/28/2011 DAC Monday E-mail if your high school(s) have seniors who will be testing and return to dacinfo@education.ky.gov prior to testing.  KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Accommodated Testing ext. 1788 2012 February DAC Meetings 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. ACT Customer Service 800-553-6244 General Questions ext. 2800 Accommodated Testing ext. 1788 kytest@act.org Any blank documents submitted will count as a 0 and be included in public reporting. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

ACT Accommodations Options 2012 February DAC Meetings ACT Accommodations Options College Reportable Score No Accommodations ACT Allowed Accommodations Non-College Reportable Score State-Allowed Accommodations Used in Growth calculation Not used in CCR State allowed accommodations must be requested before mid-February 2012. Non-college reportable scores are not included in the college/career readiness (CCR) rate, even if a student meets the benchmarks. To be college ready, a student must meet the ACT benchmarks only with ACT-approved accommodations. These students would be eligible to take the COMPASS or KYOTE to demonstrate college readiness. ACT scores from the state-administered test are used to predict growth in the accountability model. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

DAC Responsibilities ROSTERS DAC will REPORTING 2012 February DAC Meetings DAC Responsibilities ROSTERS DAC will be responsible for official state roster (SDRR). work with Test Supervisor to record nonparticipation (i.e., who did not test and why). print copies and/or save the roster electronically. Submit to KDE a spreadsheet with grade 12 students new to Kentucky public schools who take the ACT prior to testing. 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. Labels for transcripts will be sent to the high school counselor 3-8 weeks after testing. DAC will receive all district reports from ACT in late July. For additional details see the EXPLORE, PLAN, & ACT DAC Guide. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

COMPASS® http://compass.act.org/eCompass 2012 February DAC Meetings College Placement Assessment for Seniors COMPASS® http://compass.act.org/eCompass KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

COMPASS ® College Placement 2012 February DAC Meetings COMPASS ® College Placement Course Placement for colleges and universities NOT College Admissions COMPASS ® will not replace ACT as an admissions exam. For College Admission requirements, contact the individual institution. COMPASS® is NOT a college admission test.  Kentucky colleges and universities will not use COMPASS® scores for replacement of the ACT to admit a student to their institutions. The COMPASS® computer-adaptive college placement test helps colleges evaluate incoming students' skill levels in Reading, Writing Skills (English) and Mathematics and place students in the appropriate level college course.  KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Colleges & Universities 2012 February DAC Meetings COMPASS® Overview Students Demonstrate College Readiness Scores accepted at all KY public colleges & universities Colleges & Universities Less remediation of incoming students KDE COMPASS Scores shared ‘real-time’ with colleges Schools Increase College and Career Readiness Rate Not a mandatory assessment COMPASS® is NOT a college admission test.  Kentucky colleges and universities will not use COMPASS® scores for replacement of the ACT to admit a student to their institutions. The COMPASS® computer-adaptive college placement test helps colleges evaluate incoming students' skill levels in Reading, Writing Skills (English) and Mathematics and place students in the appropriate level college course.  KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

2012 February DAC Meetings COMPASS® Eligibility Current high school Seniors that did not meet the CPE Benchmarks on the ACT in one or more areas: Writing Skills (English) – 18 Mathematics – 19 Reading – 20 Students that have completed an intervention in English, Reading and/or Mathematics. Students may test a second time, if: A second intervention has been completed, and It has been longer than 5 days from the first test. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, an intervention is required prior to COMPASS testing. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

COMPASS® Benchmarks 2012 February DAC Meetings Reading Score At or Above 85 English Score At or Above 74 (Writing Skills) Math Score At or Above 36 (Algebra & Pre-algebra) The above Cut Points were set by the Council on Post-Secondary Education. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Eligible Student File https://apps.kde.state.ky.us 2012 February DAC Meetings https://apps.kde.state.ky.us Eligible Student File Eligible Have not met CPE benchmarks on the ACT. Eligible_Career_Ready (New) Students on this list have earned the components to be identified as Career Ready, but have not met the benchmarks on the ACT in English, mathematics or reading.  NOT_Eligible Met the CPE benchmarks on the ACT No_Match No match to Infinite Campus (IC) information for either the Kentucky ACT administration or a national ACT administration. The COMPASS® Student Listing File was uploaded in October to the Secure Website (https://apps.kde.state.ky.us) in a Zip file format. Inside this Zip file are individual Excel spreadsheets for each high school in the district and a district spreadsheet (new) with all of the students in the district. The DAC may download and disseminate these files at any time. The data used to identify students is the state and ACT National Test data.  Note: The student pool was based upon 2010-2011 State ACT rosters and seniors listed in Infinite Campus (IC). COMPASS® assessments are only available to grade 12 students through the KDE COMPASS® system.   Eligible_Career_Ready (New Tab) – Students on this list have earned the components to be identified as Career Ready, but have not met the benchmarks on the ACT in English, mathematics or reading.  The students on this list are eligible for the COMPASS assessment.  School personnel and students should discuss the option of taking the COMPASS®. The complete district list file (new) provides one list of all students in the district with the same four tabs each school file contains. For districts with one high school, it contains the same names as the school file. For districts with multiple high schools, the district file contains names from each high school. To access the zip file, go to the Secure Website (https://apps.kde.state.ky.us) and choose Student Data Detail (Excel and PDF). Once there, look under the Other File Formats for the file with this naming convention: SD12_###(Your District Number)_Compass Student Listing_Dist Name.ZIP KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

Accommodations (No Special Forms) 2012 February DAC Meetings COMPASS® Computer Adaptive Accommodations (No Special Forms) 2 Score Reports Interventions Seating Charts Computer Adaptive Testing sessions are untimed and begin with a question of medium complexity. If the student answers correctly, then a harder level question will appear. If the student answers incorrectly, an easier level question will display. This back and forth approach continues until the program determines the level of the student with 90% accuracy. Two score reports will print immediately-one for the student and one for the school. ACCOMMODATIONS: All accommodations will be according to IEP, 504 Plan or PSP. No Large Print, Braille or Special Forms All test and non-test portions may be completed with the use of projectors and readers. INTERVENTION: Prior to administration. Type of intervention determined by school. SEATING CHART: Required for all state assessments. Can use a sign-in sheet for one-to-one testing. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

2012 February DAC Meetings Heightened Protocols Students may only test TWICE with a 5-day break between administrations First Offense Written Warning to DAC Second Offense Testing System Turned Off for School Appropriate Practice/Use Form Completed and returned to KDE before system reactivated Third Offense Testing allegation Removal of proctor(s) from COMPASS® system These protocols were added in 2011-2012 school year after the decision was made to allow a second test administration. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

COMPASS WebEx Training 2012 February DAC Meetings COMPASS WebEx Training Web-based training under-development for new administrators. Additional live trainings will be held in late summer or fall for new personnel and a shorter update session for existing administrators. Registration information will be available in the DAC Monday Email. These sessions are filled on a first come basis. COMPASS Training is mandatory for all new personnel. KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012

2012 February DAC Meetings COMPASS® Contact Information KDE ACT General Program Information (OAA) Jennifer Stafford Pam Powers (502) 564-4394 Intervention Information April Pieper (NGL) (502) 564-2106 Technical Support (800) 645-1992 Option 2 COMPASS® Technical Support Available 24 x 7 KDE:OAA:DSR: 2/3/2012