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11-15-19 | WDE Assessment Updates | Volume 7, Issue 12
Seeking Wyoming Educators
The WIDA Assessment team is looking for educators to participate in the Bias, Sensitivity, and Content (BSC) Review of the new ACCESS for ELLs Writing test content. The purpose of this review is to ensure that test item content is grade-level appropriate and factually accurate, as well as free of material that might favor any subgroup of students over another on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, home language, religion, culture, region, or socio-economic status. This review also helps ensure that test items are free of material that might be upsetting to students. These reviews are conducted during online meetings the week of November 18, 2019, so no travel is necessary to participate.
WIDA asks educators interested in participating to complete a short survey.
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Requesting ACT Fee Waivers
ACT Fee Waivers are available to high schools, active Upward Bound projects, and qualifying not-for-profit assistance organizations. Officials who identify eligible students may contact ACT to order fee waivers. Fee waiver forms are normally delivered within ten working days of receiving the order. Please monitor your fee waiver quantities. Reorder only if needed prior to the registration period for each test date. To order or reorder fee waivers, please visit: www.act.org/the-act/supportmaterials
If you have any questions about placing an order, contact ACT Customer Care at (319) 337-1320.
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Final Week to Correct the October WDE684 Data
WDE684 data collection provides WDE information for accountability and defines the number of students in sub-populations. Fix any data errors by Monday, November 18th. It is important to have the correct data in order to correctly identify Active ELs and determine Monitor Status in each school and district. If you have any questions or issues, please contact Antoinette Hallam at (307) 777-5217 or Antoinette.Hallam@wyo.gov.
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Wyoming Districts Not Prepared for ACCESS Assessment - TSM Configurations and Transition to COS SD Incomplete
LEAs with a TSM still configured in their system who attempt to use WIDA Screener Online will be prompted to transition to COS SD and will not be allowed to administer the ACCESS for ELLs Assessment until the system is installed. All districts must delete the TSM configuration and move to COS SD! Documentation supporting this technology transition can be found in both https://wida.wisc.edu and in the WIDA Secure Portal in the Download Library.
Contact DRC Customer Service for assistance at (855) 787-9615. or wida@datarecognitioncorp.com.
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Order Test Materials By November 25, 2019
All those administering ACCESS for ELLs must place a materials order, regardless of testing mode (online or paper.) Please be advised that if you do not order tests for your school or district during this time frame, you will not receive any materials in the materials shipment. Pre-ID labels will be included in the initial materials shipment regardless of materials ordered.
View the Ordering Materials tutorial in the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs training course. The training course may be accessed on the WIDA Secure Portal by logging in at the top right corner of the homepage or by clicking here. Once logged in, the appropriate training course may be selected.
All ACCESS for ELLs test materials will be ordered from DRC using WIDA AMS. Building Test Coordinators/District Test Coordinators will need to follow the test materials ordering procedures outlined in the WIDA Assessment Management System (WIDA AMS) User Guide which is located on WIDA AMS.
HOW TO ORDER MATERIALS.
- Log in to WIDA AMS.
- Click Materials>Materials Ordering.
- Choose the administration WY ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 2018-2019.
- Click 'Show Materials.'
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Survey Closing December 22, 2019
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) would like to gather feedback from all Wyoming science educators to determine which Benchmarks/Performance Expectations (PEs) should be used for the WY-TOPP Science 2021+ and beyond assessments. Wyoming state statute requires assessing students on the Science Standards in grades 4, 8, and 10. Over the past two years, WDE has had many educator committees weigh in on which Benchmarks/PEs should be used to assess Wyoming students.The 4th grade WY-TOPP science test will cover grade 4 PE's exclusively. The 8th grade test will cover content from the Middle School PEs (grades 6-8). The 10th grade test will cover content from the High School PE's (grades 9-12), focusing on what all students should be exposed to during the first two years in high school.
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