September 20, 2017 | WDE Assessment Updates | Volume 5, Issue 31
Here is a list of useful assessment webpages for educators who train and/or work with state assessments. Please click on the name and you will be taken the specific website.
All test administrators and proctors who plan to administer the WY-TOPP assessment during the 2017-2018 school year must complete the online Test Administrator Certification course. The course is approximately 30 minutes long and the Wyoming Department of Education will ask Building Coordinators to keep documentation of completion for their staff. The course will be available starting October 3, 2017. Please follow this link to the AIR Wyoming Assessment Portal and you will find the Test Administration Certification button in the top row and second column. The button will be grayed out until October 3rd.
Wyoming Department of Education content specialists will host blueprint webinars for the new ELA, Math, and Science WY-TOPP blueprints. To log in to the webinar, please select the appropriate link below by the webinar start time.
Please see the link to the WDE assessment training webpage to register for assessment trainings or for webinar login information. Here is the link to the WY-TOPP Summative Assessment blueprints.
 The WY-TOPP modular assessments are optional online formative assessments that will be available on October 23, 2017 for grades 3-11* and can be administered on-demand throughout the school year. Results from the modular assessments will be available immediately after students complete the assessment. Participating in modular assessments can help instructors inform instruction and help students and teachers gain familiarity with the online test platform and tools. All of the WY-TOPP assessments will be administered through the same platform. Please click on the following links to find the modular assessment topics that are available and question number breakdown.
Link to Math modular assessment topics
Link to ELA modular assessments topics
Here is the link to the WY-TOPP blueprint webpage. The webpage includes Modular, Interim, and Summative blueprints.
*Grade 11 students will not participate in the WY-TOPP summative assessment. Grade 3-11 modulars are available for teachers to use with students in any grade.
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For grades 3-10*, the WY-TOPP interim assessments are optional online adaptive assessments. Math, Reading, and Writing interim assessments will be available during the Fall Interim window, October 23, 2017-November 17, 2017, and during the Winter Interim window, January 16, 2018-February 9, 2018. Science interim assessments for grades 4, 8, and 10 will be available during 2018-2019 school year. The expected completion time for interim assessments is 30-60 minutes per subject. The interim assessment results are available immediately after students complete the assessment. Please click on the following links to find the blueprints for the interim assessments.
Here is the link to the WY-TOPP blueprint webpage. The webpage includes Modular, Interim, and Summative blueprints.
*WY-TOPP will have fixed form interim assessments for grades K-2. K will have a Spring reading interim and grades 1 and 2 will have a Winter and Spring interim that includes math and reading.
 Writing is assessed on the WY-TOPP summative assessment in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9. The writing assessment will be a segment within the ELA summative assessment. The writing assessment will include 1 stand alone prompt. Because of the adaptiveness of the exam students in grades 3 and 5 will be presented with an opinion or an informative/explanatory prompt. Students in grades 7 and 9 will be presented with an argumentative or an informative/explanatory prompt.
Writing is available to be assessed on the optional WY-TOPP interim assessments in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9. The same breakdown of prompt types apply to the interim as the summative.
Writing is also available for grades 3-10 on the optional modular assessments. Grades 3-5 writing modulars will include opinion and informative/explanatory prompts. Grades 6-10 writing will include argumentative and informative/explanatory prompts.
*Writing rubrics will soon be available.
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ETS will be closing the Wyoming TOMS system for PAWS at the end of September so please collect any data needed for your files. Please follow this link to log in to TOMS.
Starting this 2017-2018 school year, the state will no longer administer the PAWS assessment. School accountability will be measured using the WY-TOPP assessment for grades 3-10.
For support, please contact ETS Customer Service at 877-327-9415 or Wyoming-support@ets.org.
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 The Wyoming Department of Education will send a document to all ACT Building Coordinators to record an official campus decision on the which ACT test date option their campus will use for the 2017-2018 ACT administration. Please register by clicking on a specific training date below.
November 9, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. - Accommodations Q&A
January 29, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. - Standard Administration Q&A
February 28, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. - Standard Administration Q&A
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October 3: WY-TOPP Online TA Certification Course is open (30 minutes)
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October 3: WY-TOPP TIDE is open
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October 9-13: WY-TOPP Regional Trainings
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October 11: DESMOS Calculator Webinar @ 4 p.m.
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October 11-12: Casper - Phase III The Art and Science of Teaching, Unit 1
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October 18-19: Green River - Phase III The Art and Science of Teaching, Unit 1
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October 23: WY-TOPP Assessment Viewing Application is open
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October 23: WY-TOPP AIR Ways Reporting is open
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October 23: WY-TOPP Modular assessments are available (Grades 3-10)
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October 23-November 17: WY-TOPP Fall Interim window (Grades 3-10)
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November 9: ACT Accommodations Q&A webinar at 3:30 p.m.
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January 16-February 9: WY-TOPP Winter Interim window (Grades 1-10)
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January 29: ACT Standard Administration Q&A webinar at 3:30 p.m.
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January 22-23: Casper - Phase I & II Literacy and Formative Assessment Workshop
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January 29-30: Casper - Phase III The Art and Science of Teaching, Unit 2
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February 1-2: Green River - Phase III The Art and Science of Teaching, Unit 2
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February 26-March 28: WY-ALT testing window (Grades 3-11)
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February 28: ACT Standard Administration Q&A webinar at 3:30 p.m.
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March 20: Option 1 - ACT paper test day
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April 3: Option 2 - ACT paper test day
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April 3-5 and 10-12: Option 3 - ACT online testing window
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April 16-May 11: WY-TOPP Interim Spring window (Grades K-2)
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April 16-May 11: WY-TOPP Summative testing window (Grades 3-10)
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April 17-May 1: WorkKeys testing window (Grades 11-12)
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