July 16-18, 2019 - Cheyenne

The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) seeks general education, special education, content specialists, academic coaches, curriculum directors, and administrators to participate in standard setting for the WY-ALT assessments in English Language Arts grades 3-10, mathematics grades 3-10, and Science grades 4, 8, and 10. Travel and lodging reimbursements will be offered to panel members traveling from outside of Cheyenne. All applications submitted by 11:59 p.m. on May 1, 2019 will be considered. Please note preference will be given to applicants who apply by March 1, 2019.

Follow this link to apply for consideration to participate

March 21-April 3

The pre-reporting data validation window for ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs for Wyoming starts on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Data validation is an important process of reviewing student test records to identify errors and make corrections before score reports are produced. This is designed to identify student demographic, accommodation, and test result records that could potentially contain errors, as well as provide the opportunity for corrective action before reporting.

Test Coordinators can go to the WIDA AMS User Guide Supplement: Data Validation located in the Download Library in the WIDA Secure Portal. You can also view the training webinars and Q&A sessions schedule posted in the WIDA Secure Portal.

After the close of your data validation window, districts and schools will not have another opportunity to edit student data prior to reports being printed/posted to WIDA AMS.