1. Weekly Wednesday Webinar

2. AIR Help Desk
Zac Sweeny

3. General Summative
Assessment

4. Tactile Graphics

5. TIDE Contact Information
P35  Braille Online Fixed Math (ELA-adaptive)  NEW CODE
This is not available for grades 9th and 10th. 
As a reminder for the other grades choosing this option, please make sure the online IEP is amended.
Change of P35 from uncontracted braille to Braille Online Fixed Math (ELA-adaptive).
Counties with 9/10 braille readers:  Barbour, Braxton, Hampshire, Hancock, Jefferson, Mason, Monroe, Putnam, Raleigh, and WVSB
For braille reading students in grades 9 and 10, your options are braille paper form (P03) or online adaptive for ELA and Math in which you will need the tiger embosser for math (P17).

6. TIDE Contact Information
Remember to confirm your contact information is correct in TIDE
Send changes to

7. TIDE LP and Braille Quantities for Large Print and Braille TIDE.
Quality checks for TIDE ordering system are being completed.
Webinar on Ordering
How to confirm QTYs
How to order additional quantities
Projected for first week in February

8. Labels Labels shipped Labels will be packaged by school
Envelopes sorted by school ID
Labels will be sorted by
Grade
Student last name
Student first name  

9. School Test Dates School testing dates
Must be inside district testing dates
Guidelines
Instructional days needed to complete testing
Twenty-five testing days
Five make-up days following 25 days
Last week of school used for make-up test administration
Need more than 25 days (exclusive of 5 day make-up)
Request approval from WVDE
Can use up to 36 days
Last day of testing (including make-ups) should be the last instructional day for students
Scheduled testing should be completed 5 days prior to end of testing
Grade 12 Retest (CCR) 5 days prior to opening of General Summative Test Administration

10. Grade 12 Retest (College and Career Readiness)
School Test Dates
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Grade 12 Retest (College and Career Readiness)
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA
WVGSA Make-up Testing

11. mdmullins@k12.wv.us BY 02.12.2015 School Test Dates
School testing dates must be ed to BY

12. School Test Dates
If a school needs additional days, please include this request in your with school testing dates.
Information required to be included with requests for additional testing days will be provided later this week.

13. Date Format YYYY-MM-DD
School Test Dates
DISTRICTID
DISTRICTNAME
SCHOOLID
SCHOOLNAME
RECORDTYPE
D-District
S-School
Y-Nonpublic
Start Date
YYYY-MM-DD
End Date
011
Carrol County D
Larry White Elementary S
Sara Webb Middle/High
Carroll County Home School Y
Date Format YYYY-MM-DD

14. Science Assessment High School Item Development
Item Writing Workshop - Complete
High school science teachers
Life Science
Earth Science
Physical Science (Chemistry/Physics)
Item Content Review Workshop - Scheduled
Tuesday, Wednesday,

15. General Assessment West Virginia General Summative Assessment ELA
Grades 3-11
Math
Science
Grades 4, 6 and 10

16. Science Assessment Science Item Development
Additional Item Writing, Content/Bias Review, Standards Setting, etc. workshops will be held for future development of items for the new science assessment.
Science educators from all programmatic levels will be needed for this important work. You will receive a nominations form later this week to recommend teachers for these activities.

17. Home-Instructed Validation Code for requesting Assessment ID is
WVGSA16

18. Home-Instructed

19. Home-Instructed

20. Home-Instructed

21. Investigations Processing files from 2014 and 2015
Accommodations, Summative vs Interims, etc.
Result
s will be arriving over the next two months
We anticipate process all files prior to 2016 testing

22. Chrome OS 47 AIR is working to support Chrome OS 47.
If your county’s testing device package includes Chromebooks, please be aware that WVDE is working with AIR on this issue.
The option to remain at Chrome OS 46 by freezing Chrome updates exists.
Questions regarding Chrome updates should be directed to your WVDE tech contact.

23. Policy 2340 Policy effective date If training prior to 01.19.2016
New security agreement needs signed

24. Portal
The WVGSA Portal Resources pages are in revision. Some changes have been completed. Please go look around and let us know if you think something needs changed or additions made.

25. Manuals/User Guides Online Test Administration Manual
Being revised
Will have test-specific scripts as an addendum
Paper-Pencil Test Administration Manuals
ELA
Math
Test Delivery System – Test Administrator User Guide
Has been revised and posted for
Teacher Hand Scoring System User Guide
Under Review
Online Reporting System User Guide
Updated guide awaiting posting
Test Information and Distribution Engine User Guide
NeoSpeechTM Voice Pack Installation Guide
Checklists will be revised

26. Key Events Large Print and Braille Test Booklets County testing opens
Two shipments
Mid-March
Notified of your county’s shipping date
County testing opens

27. WWWebinars
Wednesday,
Regular

28. DTC Meeting
WVDE Building 7 – Capitol Room Monday Marlena will be re- ing information and registration by mid-January 2016.

29. Questions ?