Question of the Week
Q: Are new resources available on Kentucky’s school accountability system?
A: Yes. The Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA) is proud to release accountability trainings. This set of PowerPoint presentations and videos includes an overview of Kentucky’s school accountability system and details on the various indicators.
To view the training videos on the current accountability system, please visit KDE Media Portal.
The available training topics are as follows:
Accountability Overview
Reading and Math and Science, Social Studies and Writing Indicators
Quality of School Climate and Safety Indicator
English Learner Proficiency Indicator
Graduation Rate Indicator
Postsecondary Readiness Indicator
Please take advantage of these resources to enhance your understanding and preparation for the upcoming accountability release.
All items can be found on our Meetings and Trainings Page.
Reminder: ACT State Testing Office Hour - Aug. 21, 2024
OAA and ACT will host an office hour session on Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. ET, which will focus on the Select Test Dates and Verify Enrollment tasks. The session will be hosted via a Microsoft Teams meeting. While the content will be focused on highlighting those activities, OAA and ACT encourage testing staff to attend and ask any questions they may have at this time. Please be sure to provide testing staff with this Microsoft Teams Link for the session. Attendees will not have to register for office hours specifically but will want to mark the time on calendars to avoid any scheduling conflicts.
If you have any questions, please contact Christen Roseberry.
Reminder: ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Select Test Dates Deadline
For the ACT fall 2024 optional senior state administration, ACT needs to know what the testing plans for schools within your district are. Please ask your schools to sign into ACT’s PearsonAccessnext (PAN) system and complete the Test Date Selection task by Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Schools will make selections that will notify ACT if schools are testing or not and provide verification that the shipping address is correct. Step 1 of the ACT-hosted website contains comprehensive information about this task and includes helpful resources, such as the PAN User Guide and step-by-step training tutorials.
Please ensure testing staff involved with selecting test dates, choosing shipping dates, verifying shipping addresses, and managing testing staff user accounts are aware that this task should be completed by Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact Christen Roseberry.
Reminder: ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Deadline
ACT and OAA strongly encourage schools and districts to verify that the list of students enrolled is accurate in PAN by Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. On that date, ACT will use the student information in PAN to produce personalized non-test instructions for all students, no matter if they are testing online or paper, and barcode labels for students who have been approved to test on paper. It is important to keep accurate enrollment information in PAN as enrollment information will also influence what is printed and shipped to schools prior to testing.
Step 2 of the ACT-hosted testing website contains information about verifying enrollment counts and how to enroll or unenroll students if lists are not accurate. This includes helpful resources such as the PAN User Guide and Enroll/Verify/Update Students in PAN training tutorial. If you have any questions, please contact Christen Roseberry.
ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Deadline
ACT and OAA strongly encourage schools and districts to verify that the list of students enrolled is accurate in PAN by Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. On that date, ACT will use the student information in PAN to produce personalized non-test instructions for all students, no matter if they are testing online or paper, and barcode labels for students who have been approved to test on paper. It is important to keep accurate enrollment information in PAN as enrollment information will also influence what is printed and shipped to schools prior to testing.
Step 2 of the ACT-hosted testing website contains information about verifying enrollment counts and how to enroll or unenroll students if lists are not accurate. This includes helpful resources such as the PAN User Guide and Enroll/Verify/Update Students in PAN training tutorial.
WIDA Assessments
Check out the What to know: WIDA assessments in 2024-25 school year news article to learn about what’s new with WIDA Screener, ACCESS for ELLs and WIDA MODEL. Plus, WIDA tells staff what can be done to make sure testing counts and how to stay in the know about all things WIDA.
For questions about the article, please contact WIDA Client Services Center.
Upcoming WIDA Webinar on ACCESS for ELLs and WIDA Alternate ACCESS
Join WIDA on Aug.28 from 10-11:15 a.m. CT for ACCESS or Alternate ACCESS. If school and district staff are wondering if an English learner should take ACCESS for ELLs or WIDA Alternate ACCESS, this is the webinar to attend. WIDA experts will walk school and district staff through the decision-making process based on examples of student characteristics. School and district staff will leave the webinar with newfound insights and strategies that staff can take back to colleagues. Register to attend on the WIDA Webinars page.
WIDA MODEL
WIDA MODEL will be moving to a new platform in 2025. Starting in June of 2025, the MODEL Online testing platform will be hosted by Pearson. The Pearson Test management platform and test delivery application will include many of the features MODEL users have been requesting, such as additional rostering capabilities, enhanced reporting options, embedded universal tools and other accessibility features. The MODEL Online test content will not change as a part of the transition.
WIDA created a WIDA MODEL Is on the Move webpage on the WIDA website where educators can learn about the upcoming change, how to prepare and the transition timeline.
For questions about WIDA MODEL, please contact WIDA Client Services Center.
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 2023-2024 International Baccalaureate (IB) Scores to districts beginning on Tuesday, Aug. 20.
Please email KDE data services inbox with any questions.
CTE Reminders – Upcoming Sept. 1 Deadlines:
2024-25 CTE EOP Assessment Coordinator Account Registration due Sept. 1
A list of last year’s (2023-2024) Career and Technical Education (CTE) End-of-Program (EOP) Assessment Coordinator and E-SESS administrative accounts were sent to District Assessment Coordinators (DACs) to verify the accounts for 2024-2025 renewal. Any necessary CTE EOP Assessment Coordinator assignments or E-SESS administrative account updates (e.g., revisions, additions, deletions) are requested by Sept. 1.
- One CTE EOP Assessment Coordinator assignment/renewal is required for each secondary school offering CTE courses and planning to administer the CTE EOP Assessment or Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment (e.g., Carpentry, Electrical, Welding) in 2024-2025.
- The 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment and TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment testing window is Feb. 24 - March 28. Schools MUST meet CRITICAL DEADLINES for students to test.
Please refer to the school information and registration instructions provided in the 2024-25 CTE EOP Assessment Coordinator Account Registration email to DACs on Aug. 15, 2024, or contact Sherri Craig, Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE), for assistance.
Sept. 1 Deadline to Add Pathway in TEDS for 2024-2025 School Year
On Sept. 1, the Technical Education Data System (TEDS) 2023-2024 data will be locked to begin the rollover for 2024-2025. Schools must add any new pathways in TEDS, if applicable, by Sept. 1 for the pathway to be available in TEDS during the 2024-2025 school year. Students are not required to be enrolled in the new pathway by Sept.1, but schools must add the pathway if the pathway does not already exist in TEDS for their school. Work with your TEDS Coordinator at your school to verify all applicable pathways already exist in TEDS or have been properly added by Sept. 1. Refer to the TEDS instructions Request to ADD or REMOVE a Pathway and the TEDS webpage for more details.
CTE End-of-Program (EOP) Assessment and Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment test tickets will be generated using TEDS data. Schools should ensure all applicable pathways already exist in TEDS or have been added in TEDS by the Sept. 1 deadline in preparation for 2025 spring testing. Refer to the CTE EOP Assessment webpage for more information.
Contact Claude Christian, Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE), for assistance related to TEDS, and contact Sherri Craig, OCTE, for questions related to CTE EOP Assessment.
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