Monday DAC Email

April 25, 2022

Question of the Week

Q:  Is the Proctor Read Aloud session a valuable tool for providing a human reader accommodation?

A: Yes. The Proctor Read Aloud is a feature for the human reader accommodation that will provide one proctor ticket per session created in Pearson Access^next. This will allow a proctor to sign into TestNav on their own device and read to one student or a group of up to four students who receive the human reader accommodation. The Proctor Testing Ticket can be used multiple times in concurrent test administrations while the session remains open. It cannot be copied and used by multiple proctors simultaneously. Once a session is stopped, the students not tested must be moved to a new Read Aloud session. For more information about creating a Proctor Read Aloud session, please refer to the detailed instructions beginning on page 13 of the Creating Test Sessions document.

Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) strives to publish student results data in Infinite Campus (IC) as it becomes available.  KDE will publish ACT scores to districts beginning on Tuesday, April 26th. 

Please email KDE data services inbox with any questions on this matter.

K Screen 2022-2023 Staff File Submission Opening Soon

The staff file submission to build the Online Management System (OMS) for the 2022-2023 school year will be available April 29. Districts can submit a staff file (list of those needing access to Brigance OMS) to KDE, which will allow user accounts to be created automatically with the initial Brigance OMS setup. An email will be sent to DACs including directions for completion of the staff file soon. Staff files will need to be reviewed/revised and submitted by June 15.

Please email Lisa Jett with any questions.

Reminder: 2022 CWEC and ESAR Reporting Deadline June 3

As a reminder, the Career Work Experience Certification (CWEC) completion status and the Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) score data reporting deadline is June 3, 2022.

District and school staff must enter the CWEC and ESAR data in the Career Readiness Database (CRD), provided through the Kentucky Alternative Assessment Program (KAAP), for grade 12 students in an alternate high school course of study or alternate assessment who are working towards career readiness.

The ESAR administration must be completed by May 27, 2022. The ESAR is not administered to students with a graduation code. More details are available at the link Working with Exceptional Children in CTE.

For CWEC and ESAR questions, please contact Sherri Craig, Office of Career and Technical Education, at sherri.craig@education.ky.gov.

For technical assistance with the CRD or the Online Training System (OTS), please contact Darrell Mattingly, KAAP, at Darrell.mattingly@uky.edu.

ACCESS for ELLs Score Report Resources

With ACCESS for ELLs score reporting dates drawing near, here are some next steps and key resources:

• Communicate with families: Use customizable ACCESS for ELLs Parent Letters, available in the same 49 languages as the ACCESS for ELLs Individual Student Report (ISR), to share general information about ACCESS for ELLs, in addition to the state or local policy and test administration information. Include the ACCESS for ELLs: Understanding your Child’s Score flyer to help parents understand the Individual Student Report (ISR). Did the students take Alternate ACCESS for ELLs this year? Check out World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA’s) Alternate ACCESS for ELLs: Understanding your Child’s Score
• Communicate with colleagues: Use the ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports and the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports to explain ACCESS scores to the fellow educators. In addition to providing an overview of the various types of score reports, these documents explain how scores are calculated, and how to use proficiency level and scale scores to support the students’ language growth.
• Find more information: Check out the Post-Testing: Interpreting Score Reports webinar recording, located in the WIDA Secure Portal. Districts can also find state-specific information about scores and score reporting on the Kentucky’s member/state page in the ACCESS for ELLs Checklist, located on the WIDA website.

WIDA Speaking and Writing Rubrics

The WIDA Writing Rubric Grades 1-12 and WIDA Speaking Rubric Grades 1-12 serve as a reference for understanding the scores students earn on ACCESS for ELLs, and help educators analyze student performance in the classroom and plan ways to scaffold language learning.

WIDA wishes to better understand how and to what extent educators in the consortium use these rubrics. Please complete a five-minute survey to help WIDA ensure that ACCESS for ELLs ancillary documentation is user friendly, practical, and does not duplicate information educators may prefer to access in other resources. WIDA appreciates the participation and values the feedback!

Assessment Calendar

In This Issue

ACCESS for ELLs Score Report Resources

Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus

K Screen 2022-2023 Staff File Submission Opening Soon

Proctor Read-Aloud Setup and Clarification

Reminder: 2022 CWEC and ESAR Reporting Deadline June 3

WIDA Speaking and Writing Rubrics

Previous Topics

2022 EOP Assessment results and certificates are now available in E-SESS

2022 Spring Testing Site Visits

AKSA Makeup window reminder

Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window 2 Begins Today

April DAC Monthly Webcast

Chrome OS Version 100 and Chrome OS Auto-Updating

Grammarly Application and Browser Extension

K Screen 2022-2023 Brigance Training Materials Website is Now Available

Prior Settings Form for Kindergarten Registration 2022-2023

Read Aloud Sessions in PAN Now Available

Reminder: ACCESS Data Validation

Upcoming Webinar: WIDA AMS Technical Enhancements for 2022-2023

Important Dates

April 18-29:
EOC Test Window 3

April 18-May 27:
AKSA Window Two

April 18-June 3:
SRD open for AKSA Window 2 score entry

April 20-June 15:
Spring Rosters Open in SDRR

April 29:
K Screen Staff Files for the Online Management System available

May 5:
EOC Test Window 3 Return Materials Deadline

May 6:
ACCESS for ELLs Online Reports in WIDA AMS

May 6:
EOC Test Window 3 Scores Released

May 23:
ACCESS for ELLs Printed Reports Shipped to Districts

May 27:
Transition Attainment Record (TAR) Window Closes

June 3:
All AKSA Window 1 and 2 scores and TAR scores must be entered by close of business.

June 15:
Deadline to submit KScreen OMS Staff File

Applications

SDRR
Secure Web App
SRD

PearsonAccess^next
ACT
KSA

@KDE

ACCESS for ELLs
ACT
KSA
Alternate KSA
Kindergarten Screen
DAC Emails
School Report Card
Open House

Helpful Links

ACT
Admin Code Training Registration
KAAC
NAEP
Pearson

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office of Assessment and Accountability
Division of Assessment and Accountability Support
(502) 564-4394

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