Assessment Newsletter (Volume 5, Issue 12)

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March 31, 2017  |  WDE Assessment Updates  |  Volume 5, Issue 12


Exemption Requests

The deadline to submit exemption requests for ACT and Aspire is April 19, 2017.

Consistent with last year’s practice, WDE will be accepting exemption requests in the following three categories:

  • Students who are expelled (or suspended pending expulsion) but still receiving services from the district,
  • Students who are served in out of state placements, and
  • Students who are ELLs who have been in US schools for less than a year (students must participate in the ACCESS in order to receive the exemption, and they are still required to participate in math (and science, if applicable)

The updated WDE673 form can be found here. To ensure confidentiality of these sensitive materials, the only method for submission of the WDE673 form and associated documentation is via the Wyoming Transcript Center. Faxes and mail are not acceptable methods of submission. Step-by-step instructions for the upload process can be found here.  


ACT Aspire: Administration Webinar

Please see the Wyoming Avocet Website to print administration manuals and to access resources for the ACT Aspire administration. 

If you were unable to attend the ACT Aspire administration webinar last week, please click here for the PowerPoint and click here for the recorded webinar.


ACT Aspire: Important Dates

March 31: Deadline to conduct online readiness testing
April 3 - 7: (paper/pencil) Campuses receive paper accommodated materials
April 7: Last day to create Online test sessions and set up Proctor Cache
April 10 - May 3: Administration Window Open                   May 12: Deadline for ACT Aspire to receive paper materials

View the ACT Aspire administration Checklist for Success


ACT: Important Dates

March 13 - April 14: Approved accommodations late consideration window
April 3 -7: Campuses receive initial shipments of secure and non-secure material
April 3 - 18: (paper/pencil) window to conduct pretest sessions and proctor training
April 3 - May 8: (online) window to conduct pretest sessions
April 12: (online) Deadline for Tech Coordinator to perform final system check
April 14: Accommodations late consideration deadline
April 14 - May 3: (online) Window to precache test content before test day
April 19: (paper/pencil) Administration Day             
April 19 - 21: Window for test coordinator to submit makeup orders   
April 19 - May 2: Window to conduct pretest sessions for makeup test date 
April 19 - May 3: (online) Administration Window Open 
April 20: Test Coordinators return initial test date material       
April 24 - 26: Window to add additional students to PAnext
April 28: Deadline for ACT to receive answer documents form initial test date
May 3: Deadline for schools to create and assign test sessions for online testing


ACT: Announcements

  1. Materials will be delivered on March 27th or April 3rd depending on your choice in PAnext
  2. Prearranged material pick-ups are scheduled on April 20th and May 4th depending on your scheduled test date.
  3. Students should complete the pre-test section prior to the scheduled test date. 
  4. Student data was pulled from PAnext on March 16.
  5. Call Jeremiah Barnhart 1-319-337-1386 if you have issues with the ProctorCache software.
  6. If you want to change a student from paper testing to online testing, please call Jeremiah Barnhart 1-319-337-1386. 
  7. 2017-2018 Test Dates
    -Paper Testing Date April 3
    -Online Test Dates April 3 - April 12 (Tues, Wed, Thur. only)

WorkKeys: Important Dates

April 3 - 7: (paper/pencil) Campuses receive paper materials
April 12: Deadline to place a late order of testing materials (must call in orders 1-800-967-5539)
April 10 - May 3: Testing Window
May 4: (paper/pencil) Test coordinators return paper test materials


IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

  • March 13 - April 14: ACT Approved accommodations late consideration window
  • March 31: ACT Aspire deadline to conduct online readiness testing
  • April 3 - 7: ACT Aspire (paper/pencil) Campuses receive paper accommodated materials
  • April 3 -7: ACT Campuses receive initial shipments of secure and non-secure material
  • April 3 - 7: WorkKeys (paper/pencil) Campuses receive paper materials
  • April 3 - 18: ACT (paper/pencil) window to conduct pretest sessions and proctor training
  • April 3 - May 8: ACT (online) window to conduct pretest sessions
  • April 7: ACT Aspire last day to create Online test sessions and set up Proctor Cache
  • April 10 - May 3: ACT Aspire Administration Window Open
  • April 12: ACT (online) Deadline for Tech Coordinator to perform final system check
  • April 12: WorkKeys Deadline to place a late order of testing materials
  • April 14: ACT Accommodations late consideration deadline
  • April 14 - May 3: ACT (online) Window to precache test content before test day
  • April 19: (paper/pencil)ACT Administration 
  • April 19 - 21: ACT Window for test coordinator to submit makeup orders
  • April 19 - May 2: ACT Window to conduct pretest sessions for makeup test date    
  • April 19 - May 3: (online) ACT Administration Window Open 
  • April 20: ACT Test coordinators return initial test date material
  • April 24 - 26: ACT Window to add additional students to PAnext
  • April 28: Deadline for ACT to receive answer documents form initial test date
  • May 3: ACT (online) Deadline for schools to create and assign test sessions for online testing
  • May 4: WorkKeys (paper/pencil) Test coordinators return paper test materials
  • May 12: Deadline for ACT Aspire to receive paper materials