Final Data Files After 10-Day Regulatory Data Review
The 10-day regulatory data review period after public release closed on Oct. 14. All approved data review changes have been applied and updated datasets are currently available in Open House. Note: The new 2023-2024 School Report Card (SRC) Dashboard is scheduled for release later this year.
School and District Spreadsheets in the KDE Secure Web Application
Updated spreadsheets that reflect changes approved in the Student Data Review and Rosters (SDRR) application during the 10-day regulatory review are also now available in the KDE Secure Web Application in Student Data Detail. District Zip files are named: SD24_District Number_DataReview_2024_District Name_20241107.ZIP. The zip file includes:
- Accountability
- Assessed
- Calculator
- EL
- Graduation Rate
- Student Data
House Bill 6 (2024) Reporting File
Along with the zip file, a Ranking and Percentages spreadsheet is available in the KDE Secure Web Application in Student Data Detail. District spreadsheets are named: SD24_District Number_HB6_RankingsAndPercentages_District Name_20241107.XLSX. The file contains school rankings along with updated reading and mathematics student performance percentages. Please ensure that the updated student performance percentages are reflected on school and district websites, as required by House Bill 6 by Nov. 26, 2024.
ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) Portal Now Open
ACT’s Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) portal, accessed via success.act.org, is now open for the spring 2025 junior state administration. The deadline to submit initial accommodation requests or associations is January 24. ACT and the Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA) encourage testing staff to request new accommodations and supports, or to associate students who were previously approved for accommodations and supports, before leaving for Christmas break. This will help ensure all key deadlines are met in preparation for the ACT spring 2025 junior state administration.
Step 3 of the ACT-hosted website contains comprehensive information about requesting new or associating previously approved accommodations and supports. This includes helpful resources such as the TAA User Guide and Retesting with Accommodations.
Please ensure testing staff involved with requesting new or associated previously approved accommodations and supports are aware that TAA is open. For questions and assistance, please contact ACT at 800.553.6244, ext. 1788 or email ACTStateAccoms@act.org. Additionally, please also contact Christen Roseberry with any questions, concerns or for assistance.
ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Select Test Dates Process Change
Testing staff should be aware that there has been a minor change to how test dates are selected in PearsonAccessnext (PAN) during the ACT spring 2025 junior state administration. Due to a PAN platform configuration change, the option to select “Not Applicable/Online Testing” for Paper Standard Time Test Date has been removed. Testing staff will now enter the same test date in the Paper Standard Time Test Date dropdown to match the date entered for the Online Standard Time and Accommodations Test Window Start Date and Paper Accommodations Test Window Start Date dropdowns. Step 1 of the ACT-hosted website contains helpful resources about completing the select test date process. This includes the PAN User Guide, within the section titled “Submit Test Date Selection and Materials Receipt Week Data,” and Test Date Selection training tutorial.
With the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE) expectation that schools administering the ACT will use the online mode, entering a date in the Paper Standard Time Test Date dropdown does not mean ACT will automatically ship standard materials to the schools. The test mode is determined by the testing format loaded for the individual student. For the ACT in Kentucky, all students are loaded with the online test delivery mode.
Please Note: If an accommodation necessitates paper-based testing for students, the delivery format will automatically shift to paper. Test Coordinators should not manually alter delivery formats for any students. If the school feels a student requires paper, please email Christen Roseberry at KDE with a detailed reason for the paper request.
For any questions, please contact Christen Roseberry.
Student Level Data for Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Release Items Now Available
The AKSA release items posted on KDE’s website currently contain data associated with the released test items. The student level data for the released items is now available in the KDE Secure Web Application in Student Data Detail .
For questions, please email Krista Mullins.
Nov. DAC Webcast Canceled
The DAC webcast scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14, has been canceled. In lieu of the webcast, the ACT Spring State Administration will be held in Bowling Green on Nov. 14. OAA encourages DACs to attend the Wednesday, Nov. 13: ACT/OAA Spring 2025 Junior State Administration In-Person Training in Lexington (Register) and/or Thursday, Nov. 14: ACT/OAA Spring 2025 Junior State Administration In-Person Training in Bowling Green (Register). The next DAC webcast will be held on Thursday, Dec. 12.
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