ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations Reconsideration Deadline Approaching
ACT will reconsider requests for accommodations authorized by ACT or English learner supports that were not initially approved. Reconsideration requests must be made prior to the deadline, which is Friday, Jan. 31. Please use ACT’s Test Accessibility and Accommodations System (TAA) system to submit additional documentation.
Step 3 of the ACT-hosted testing website contains helpful resources about requesting reconsiderations, including the TAA User Guide and its section titled “Reconsideration Requests.”
For questions and assistance, please contact ACT at 800.553.6244, ext. 1788 or email ACTStateAccoms@act.org.
Additionally, for any questions or assistance, please contact Christen Roseberry.
ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Period Open
Testing staff should be aware that the opportunity to verify enrollment began on Jan. 14. ACT and the Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA) strongly encourages schools and districts to verify that the list of students enrolled is accurate in PearsonAccessnext (PAN) by Friday, Jan. 31. On that date, ACT will use the student information in PAN to produce personalized non-test instructions for all students, no matter if the students 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.
For questions and assistance, please contact Christen Roseberry.
Critical Deadline Feb. 1: 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment and TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment
The 2024-2025 Career and Technical Education (CTE) End-of-Program (EOP) Assessment and Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment testing windows are Feb. 24 – Mar. 28. Schools have selected a consecutive two-week school testing window to conduct the assessment administration. All 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment and TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment testing must be completed by Friday, Mar. 28. These assessments are available in person and must be proctored in person in accordance with 703 KAR 5:080, Administration Code for Kentucky’s Educational Assessment Program and 703 KAR 5:070, Inclusion of Special Populations in the State-Required Assessment and Accountability Programs.
REMINDERS:
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Feb. 1 is a critical deadline to identify students eligible to test in the CTE EOP Assessment and/or TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment. Schools must meet CRITICAL DEADLINES for students to be eligible to test.
- For the CTE EOP Assessment, a student must be identified as a concentrator in Infinite Campus AND have at least two valid credits for the pathway on their official home high school transcript, AND that data MUST be imported to TEDS before Feb. 1 to be eligible to test in 2024-2025. Run the EOP Test Ticket Report in TEDS to verify students’ registration prior to Feb. 1.
- For the TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment, a student must be identified as a concentrator in Infinite Campus AND have at least four valid credits in the specific TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship pathway, AND that data MUST be imported to TEDS before Feb. 1 to be eligible to test in 2024-2025. Run the TRACK Test Ticket Report in TEDS to verify students’ registration prior to Feb. 1.
- Refer to the latest TEDS Monthly Notes - Kentucky Department of Education for additional information regarding TEDS data.
- Test tickets will be generated in E-SESS after Feb. 1 using the data from TEDS. Assessment coordinators will be notified mid-Feb. once the test tickets are available in E-SESS for assessment administration preparations.
- The complete list of 2024-2025 Valid CTE End-of-Program (EOP) Assessments is available on the CTE EOP Assessments webpage and are aligned to Career Pathway Standards.
- All individuals participating in the administration of the CTE EOP Assessment shall comply with 703 KAR 5:080, Administration Code for Kentucky’s Educational Assessment Program and 703 KAR 5:070, Inclusion of Special Populations in the State-Required Assessment and Accountability Programs. Assessment Regulations Training must be completed by all individuals participating in the administration of the assessments prior to testing at the local level. Nondisclosures and Group Signature Sheets verifying training should be kept on file locally.
RESOURCES:
Please visit the CTE EOP Assessment webpage for more information and contact KDE EOP Support at kdeeopsupport@education.ky.gov or Sherri Craig, Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE), at 502-564-4286 ext. 4226 with any questions.
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