Question of the Week
Q: When does the window open to request accommodations for the Spring 2023 Junior ACT Administration?
A: The window in which testing staff can request accommodations and supports for students testing during the spring 2023 junior administration opened today, Monday, Nov. 14. Testing staff can submit requests in ACT’s Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) system, which is accessible at success.act.org. Testing staff can find additional information and supporting documentation and resources within step 3 of the ACT-hosted website.
ACT and KDE recommend that testing staff submit requests for accommodations and supports soon to ensure any additional documentation or information requested to secure accommodations and supports can be provided to ACT prior to key deadline dates outlined within the Schedule of Events.
Please ensure that staff responsible for requesting accommodations and supports for examinees will have the opportunity to participate in a training webinar with content focused on accommodations. The accommodation session will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Testing staff is encouraged to register for this training opportunity. For questions, please contact Shara Savage.
Additional Released Items Now Available
Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) released items for on-demand writing for grades 5, 8 and 11, are now available at KY | Released Items (mypearsonsupport.com). Items are presented in a test booklet format and may be used to help familiarize test examiners and students with the assessment and item format. In addition, the test booklet format for social studies is now available.
Additional assessment items for all content areas including detailed scoring results will be released on the KY Portal in the upcoming weeks. DACs will be informed as items are released in Monday DAC emails.
Kentucky Alternate Assessment Program- Career Ready Database (CRD) Opens Nov. 14
The Career Readiness Database (CRD) opens Nov. 14. The CRD is used for score entry for the Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) and status of completion or attainment entry for the Career Work Experience Certification (CWEC). The CRD will close for data entry on June 2, 2023.
Districts and schools should continue to maintain supporting evidence for ESAR and CWEC in the Career Ready Alternate Assessment Folder (CRAAF). Refer to the Working with Exceptional Children in CTE web page on the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) website for additional resources, including ESAR and CWEC Administration Guides and District CWEC Checklist.
The ESAR and CWEC trainings and quizzes are now open. The CWEC opened on Sept. 9, and the ESAR quiz opened on Oct. 14 in the Online Training System (OTS). Please visit the Kentucky Alternate Assessment Program (KAAP) website for access to trainings and quizzes. The ESAR and CWEC quizzes will close on Dec. 23. The last day to administer the ESAR is May 30, 2023.
For any questions regarding the career readiness opportunities for alternate assessment students, please contact Sherri Craig in the Office of Career and Technical Education. For assistance with the Career Ready Database (CRD), contact Darrell Mattingly with the University of Kentucky.
Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment Window 1 and SRD Open Nov. 14
The AKSA testing window to administer Attainment Tasks (AT) will begin on Monday, Nov. 14. Content standards for reading, mathematics, science, social studies and writing will be assessed. Instruction may continue into the testing window if the content provided is not derived from the actual ATs being administered. Once task administration begins, all instruction for that standard should cease until after the task administration has been completed. The testing window will end on Friday, Dec. 16. DACs may collect school-level materials and destroy them; however, original DAC binders, score sheets, etc., must be retained through the end of the school year. Student score entry through the Student Registration Database (SRD) will be available between Nov. 14 and Dec. 23. For questions about the testing window, please contact Devon Avery.
We Have the Data, Now What? Webinar Recording Available
Curriculum Associates and the Office of Assessment and Accountability presented a webinar on October 25, 2022 titled We have the data, now what? focusing on analyzing K Screen data and ideas on how to approach planning instruction for each child based on BRIGANCE outcomes. A recorded version of this webinar is now available on the BRIGANCE Training Site. The webinar is embedded in the BRIGANCE Materials for District Trainers (Password Protected) portion of the BRIGANCE Training Site. The password for this section is BRIGANCEtrainers2022. Please contact Lisa Jett with any questions.
November Monthly DAC Webcast
The Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA), Division of Assessment and Accountability Support (DAAS), hosted its live monthly DAC Webcast on Thursday, Nov. 10. The meeting was hosted by Jennifer Stafford, Director in the Division of Assessment and Accountability Support. She was joined by consultants Devon Avery and Shara Savage. The agenda topics included:
- Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) Released Items
- Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment- Window 1
- ACT Spring 2023 Junior Administration Reminders
The November DAC Webcast PowerPoint and the DAC Webcast Video links are available on the right-hand side of the KDE Meetings and Trainings webpage. The recorded session is posted on the KDE Media Portal. Future broadcasts are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month at 11 a.m. ET.
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