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01-27-20 | WDE Assessment Updates | Volume 7, Issue 20
Cambium Learning has acquired AIR Assessments
Cambium Learning has acquired AIR Assessments and our vendor for WY-TOPP and WY-ALT is now Cambium Assessments. Although the name has changed, all contact numbers and information will remain the same; however, please be aware that some documentation will show the Cambium brand. This transition does not change the assessment or the processes for the assessments. This is primarily a name change.
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ACT Building Test Coordinators
The WDE has received many questions about ACT assessment administration options. To help prepare schools, the WDE will collect and verify the dates and modes of testing selected by schools for this year’s ACT administration. This will serve two purposes: to verify school test date selections within the PANext system and to ensure schools and districts receive what they need for testing. Take a moment to fill out a brief survey.
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Attention: K-12 Teachers, ESL Teachers, Administrators, Community Program Teachers, and Graduate Students Involved in Teaching English as a Second Language
The 5th Annual Wyoming English as a Second Language Conference will be held in Casper on April 24-25, 2020. The conference features a robust selection of break-out sessions and many opportunities for networking.
Registration will not open until early 2020. If you are interested in attending the conference, sign up for our mailing list.
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The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) staff will conduct quality assurance visits during the 2020 ACCESS for ELLs and ALT-ACCESS test administration window. WDE staff look forward to visiting schools and meeting Test Coordinators, Test Administrators, and school staff in person. The WDE will answer any questions about the statewide assessment and will use this time to monitor test administration and/or observe test security practices.
Please review the Quality Assurance Checklist the WDE staff will use when conducting test protocol visits. The test protocol visit should be with the person who coordinates the test administration but may include other persons who are knowledgeable about all test protocols.
Thank you for providing your testing schedules. Chosen schools will be contacted prior to the visit.
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Antoinette Hallam and Jessica Fancher held an English Learner (EL) Quarterly webinar on Thursday, January 9, 2020. The webinar Powerpoint is available. These webinars are designed for Wyoming educators to discuss topics on serving ELs. Q&A sessions occur at the end of each webinar. The next quarterly meeting will be scheduled for early May. |
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January 23: WY-ALT Test Administrator Training - Online
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January 28: Wyoming ACT Administration Webinar 4:30 PM MST
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February 27:Wyoming ACT Administration Webinar 4:30 PM MST
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March 3-April 22: WY-ALT Assessments
- March 10-March 11: WIDA Educator Collaboration Workshop in Afton
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March 24: ACT Paper Test (option 1)
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March 24-March 26, 31, April 1-2: ACT Online Test (option 1)
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April 7: ACT Paper Test (option 2)
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April 7-9, 14-16: ACT Online Test (option 2)
- April 7: WIDA “Lesson Planning” Workshop in Laramie (registration coming soon)
- April 8: WIDA “Writing with Multilingual Learners in the Elementary Grades” Workshop in Laramie (registration coming soon)
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April 21: ACT Paper Test (option 3)
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April 21-23, 28-30: ACT Online Test (option 3)
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April 20-24: WorkKeys
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April 14-May 8: WY-TOPP Summative Assessments and Spring Interims
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April 29: SAER System Exemption Request Window Closes
- May 19: WIDA “Score Reports for Instruction” workshop in Casper (registration coming soon)
- May 20: WIDA “Score Reports for Instruction” workshop in Riverton (registration coming soon)
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