Assessment Newsletter (Volume 4 Issue 19)

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June 10, 2016  |  WDE Assessment Updates  |  Volume 4, Issue 19

NEW ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM (PAWS)

WDE is pleased to offer a new online reporting system for PAWS results. While this reporting system does not provide official results for accountability, it will give schools a preliminary look at their performance along with detailed information to support school improvement. Building Coordinators and District Coordinators may access this new system through the Test Operations Management System, TOMS. Here are the instructions for finding these reports:

  1. Log into TOMS: https://wy-toms.caltesting.org/mt/login.htm
  2. On the left side of the screen, find and click on Reports
  3. On the left side of the screen, find Reporting Suite and click there
  4. Click on the blue View Reporting Suite button
  5. Select the grade and subject you would like to review

For further information about these reports, the following link will take you to the archived training video for the ORS:


https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7162697405723813890


Please remember that these are initial results and, as such, may not exactly match the results WDE will post to Fusion in the third week of June. 


RELEASE OF ASSESSMENT RESULTS

Grades 3 - 8

PAWS/Wy-ALT

  • June 24 (Tentative): WDE will release PAWS/WY-ALT confidential student-level data, through Fusion, for the 2-week review period (preliminary).
  • Late June: Wy-ALT student score reports are mailed to schools.
  • Early-July: PAWS student score reports will be mailed to schools.
  • Mid-July: WDE will publicly release PAWS/Wy-ALT school-and district-level data.

Grades 9 - 11

ACT/ACT Aspire/WY-ALT

  • July 15 (Tentative): WDE will release ACT/ACT Aspire/Wy-ALT confidential student-level data, through Fusion, for the 2-week review period (preliminary).
  • Late-June: Wy-ALT score reports are delivered to schools.
  • Late-July: WDE will publicly release ACT/ACT Aspire/Wy-ALT school- and district-level data.

PREPARE FOR ONLINE REPORTS

The WDE expects to release assessment data for confidential district review beginning on June 24 (Grades 3-8) and July 15 (Grades 9-11). These reports contain confidential student information and will be posted to the 'Assessment Confidential' folder of the Data Reporting tab, in Wyoming Fusion. To find the reports after June 24 (or July 15):

  1.  Navigate to the Wyoming Education Fusion Portal and log in. 
  2. Click on the Data Reporting icon at the top of the screen. 
  3. Click on the Assessment Confidential link on the left. (Assessment Confidential is a secure site; only authorized users have access. Authorized users are Superintendents, Business Managers, WISE Coordinators, Assessment Coordinators and approved users with the Assessment Confidential role.)

 


IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

  • June 24 (Tentative): Confidential PAWS/Wy-ALT Data Release
  • July 15 (Tentative): Confidential ACT/ACT Aspire Data Release