ELPA21 Screener Training

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ELP Assessment Update [July 24, 2020]

The season of blue skies and ice cream is upon us and as we look forward to what promises to be a school year that is anything but ordinary. We would like to offer you some continuity in your summer schedule. The ELPA21 Screener will launch on August 3.Click to edit this placeholder text.

ELPA21 Screener Training

We know you are eagerly awaiting the ELPA21 Screener training. It is now available on Moodle and can be accessed from the OSPI website on the ELPA21page. All TAs who plan to administer the ELAP21 Screener is available on Moodle. The training consists of a recorded presentation (35 minutes), a quiz, and a registration survey. To complete training, one must complete all three steps of the training.

A list of test administrators who complete all three steps will be available for district assessment coordinators in WAMS beginning on August 1. The list will be updated multiple times each week through August and less often through the year.

Training link: https://learn.ospi.k12.wa.us/course/view.php?id=125

TIDE

Students will need an SSID issued through CEDARS or a Temporary ID issued through TIDE to take the ELPA21 Screener. The best way to ensure that the screener score stays attached to the student is to use an SSID rather than a Temporary ID. SSIDs are typically managed by your district’s CEDARS Administrator. You’ll want to work closely with your district’s CEDARS Administrator to ensure that students needing to sit for a screener will have SSIDs issued to them at least two days prior to the test. Once those students have SSIDs, you’ll want to work with your District Assessment Coordinator to ensure that the students’ SSIDs are loaded to TIDE at least the day prior to the test.

Detailed instructions on managing student records in TIDE for assessment purposes are contained in the Student Records Management for Assessment and Accountability user guide (https://wa.portal.cambiumast.com/core/fileparse.php/2317/urlt/Student-Record-Management-for-Assessment-Accountability.pdf). This document is useful for any user who would be working with the assessment platform (including ELPA21 Screening), but the target audience is District Assessment Coordinators. Additionally, during the summer and autumn of 2020, a bulk student upload is available in WAMS to populate TIDE once SSIDs have been created for students; records loaded through either the bulk upload or instructions in the user guide will be available for testing the day after they are loaded into WAMS to validate the SSIDs and send to TIDE.

NOTE for incoming students from ECEAP

ECEAP students are issued SSIDs prior to entering kindergarten. Whenever possible, please take steps to ensure students’ SSIDs from ECEAP are preserved as the SSID of record when they enter kindergarten just as you would for students moving between districts or back into the state after being elsewhere.

ALL STUDENTS PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS, CAREERS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

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