Webinar attendees are encouraged to use the “listen only mode.”
If you are experiencing audio difficulties, please make sure that your speakers are on and that your volume is at a suitable level.
If you are still experiencing difficulties, click the phone icon on the ribbon at the top of your screen, and choose the Dial-out feature. This will link your phone with your user ID.
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Objective: The monthly calls bring together test coordinators and accountability contacts for the purpose of planning for and implementing statewide assessment programs.
Who: District Test Coordinators, Accountability Contacts, and District Technology Coordinators
Topics:
1. Assessment
2. Accountability
3. Technology
Archives: http://www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/library/assessment
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2015-2016 Communication and Support
2014-2015 Assessment and Accountability Reporting
2015-2016 Assessment Administration
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• The 2015-2016 Assessment and Accountability Month-by-Month Checklist:
• Identifies key dates and deadlines for statewide assessment programs and accountability processes
• Provides action steps to ensure readiness for administering statewide assessments
• Recommends resources for district and school staff
• The checklist is organized into the following headings:
• Communication and Support
• Accessibility and Accommodations
• Assessment Preparation and Administration
• Accountability
• Reports
• The checklist is available in the Assessment Library and has been recently updated to include fall ACT and WorkKeys key dates and actions.
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• Review SLTs to ensure appropriate goal setting
• Oct 7: District Planning Call
• Oct 22: Online Test Security Webinar
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• Oct 30: EOC Fall 2015 deadline to finalize IEP, IAP, and LEP accommodations prior to fall
EOC administration
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• DTCs deliver online test security and EOC administration training to School Test
Coordinators (STCs) and other applicable school and district personnel
• Review the EOC Tests Technology Guidelines and ensure that all devices meet the technology requirements and are prepared for Fall 2015 test administration
• Oct 7 (12 pm) : Deadline for TSDL submission for use in preregistration for fall EOC administration
• Oct 8: Understanding and Using ACT WorkKeys Scores Webinar presented by ACT
• Oct 9: EOC deadline to submit data sharing agreements for Fall 2015 test administration
• Oct 12: ACT accommodations videos become available
• Oct 12-23: ACT window to submit establishment information via the Online Testing
Information System (OTIS)
• Oct 15, 22, 28: WorkKeys Test Administration Training for Online Testing Webinar presented by ACT
• Oct 15: DSC and DIBELS reporting deadline
• Oct 23: ACT deadline to submit establishment information via the Online Testing
Information System (OTIS)
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Multiple avenues exist to acquire information and/or receive assistance regarding assessments and accountability.
Assessment@
• All stakeholders are encouraged to email questions and/or concerns to assessment@la.gov
.
Assessment Hotline 1-844-268-7320
• District staff are encouraged to call the hotline with questions that require immediate assistance.
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The Department hosted the first set of Supervisor Collaboration Events and Teacher Leader
Collaboration Events the week of September 14, 2015, and the results were overwhelmingly positive.
Highlights from September:
• Approximately 1,900 educators attended these events which were held in four different locations across the state.
Statement
"The session(s) I attended at the September Supervisor Collaboration Event focused on topics that are relevant to my district.”
"The session(s) I attended at the September Supervisor Collaboration Event will help me in my role.”
“The session(s) I attended at the September Teacher Leader Collaboration Event will have a positive impact on my work as an educator.”
“I have a plan for sharing the information and skills I learned with other educators in my school or district.”
% Strongly Agree or Agree
96%
94%
88%
95%

The next set of Supervisor Collaboration Events will take place the week of November 16.
Location Date Time Topics
Baton Rouge 11/16 8:30-12:30 • 14-15 PARCC results and
15-15 assessments
Jennings 11/17 8:30-12:30
Monroe 11/18 8:30-12:30 preparation
• Principal Support
• Early Childhood
Jefferson 11/19 8:30-12:30 Education
• Struggling HS Students
• Test administration
• Secure ID
Audience
Head of:
• Curriculum &
Instruction
• Early Childhood
Education
• High School Programs
• Assessments
• Compass
• Additional information about the November Supervisor Collaboration Event, including specific session offerings, will be released in late October.
• Your Network will reach out to you to discuss whom from your district should attend and how to register.
• Contact louisianateacherleaders@la.gov
with questions about these events.
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The next set of Teacher Leader Collaboration Events will take place the week of November
16.
Location Date Time
* Registration opens October 7
Topics
Baton Rouge 11/16 1:30-4:30 • Assessments & Results
Jennings 11/17 2:30-5:30
• ELA, math, and SS instructional strategies
Monroe 11/18 1:30-4:30 • CLASS (early childhood)
Jefferson 11/19 1:30-4:30
Audience
• Teacher Leaders
• School administrators
• District administrators
• Click here for more detailed information about the November TL Collaboration Event including registration, specific locations and session offerings.
• Please encourage Teacher Leaders to attend.
• Contact louisianateacherleaders@la.gov
with questions about the TL Collaboration Events.
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2015-2016 Communication and Support
2014-2015 Assessment and Accountability Reporting
2015-2016 Assessment Administration
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This timeline provides specific dates and weeks at which individual student raw scores, scale scores, cut scores, and skill reports will be created and reported.
Dates LDOE Action
November 2014 Department announces 2015 test score release schedule
March/May 2015 320,000 students take PARCC tests
June – August
Aug –Sept
Individual test questions scored by LEAP vendor
PARCC state “standard-setting” verifies that questions were as challenging as anticipated before students completed test.
Sept. 28 – Oct. 2 Individual student raw scores (total points out of total available) available to requesting districts
Oct. 5 – 9
Oct. 12
Oct. 13
Statewide briefings from technical experts on standard setting, scale scores, cut scores, and comparability among Louisiana and other states, in advance of BESE meeting.
Public release of preliminary statewide scale scores (state-level only; not by LEA level or school level)
BESE considers cut score levels to determine mastery, advanced, basic, approaching basic,
Oct. 14
Oct. 19 – 23
Oct. 26 – 30
Nov. 9 – 13
December and unsatisfactory
Department begins applying cut scores to scale scores
Public release of LEA scores by cut level
Public release of high school performance scores and letter grades (this is the latest date; may be completed earlier).
Individual student reports for LEAs, teachers, and families detailing scores and skills for every student
Elementary and middle school performance scores and letter grades released
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The Department has released the following tools this week to support parents, teachers and principals in the release of PARCC student results for ELA and math in early
November.
Please share these resources with your principals, teachers and parents and use them to guide conversations with parents this month about the upcoming release of student reports.
• PARCC Parent Resource Packet for Districts : quick guide for districts on strategies to disseminate PARCC student results resources to parents
• Parent Guide to PARCC Student Results : guide to help parents read and interpret the
PARCC student reports, with accompanying online resources
• Parent Conversation Guide for Teachers: talking points to help guide teachers’ conversations with parents about the PARCC student reports
• PARCC Results Parent Night Presentation: PowerPoint presentation that schools and districts can use during parent nights in October to preview for parents the student reports and what to expect from them about their child’s performance on the PARCC tests
• Model Parent/Teacher Conference Video: video of a model parent/teacher conference around the PARCC student reports
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Distribution of the 2014-2015 grades 3-8 math and ELA student reports will be based on
2015-2016 SIS enrollment as of the October 1 reporting deadline of October 23, 2015.
Any updates after October 23 will not be included in the data used for the initial distribution and would result in reports being delayed for students.
An export of late submissions would be completed but would result in a delay of report distribution.
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2015-2016 Communication and Support
2014-2015 Assessment and Accountability Reporting
2015-2016 Assessment Administration
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Contracts are currently being negotiated with the following vendors for the development of science, social studies, math and ELA 2015-2016 assessments:
• Science: WestEd
• Social studies: WestEd
• Math and ELA: Data Recognition Corporation
These contracts will be submitted for BESE consideration at the October 13 meeting.
Proposals for the Administration Contract to deliver, score, and report the assessments are under evaluation.
Once contracts are secured, work to communicate the test designs for social studies, math, and ELA will begin immediately.
Assessment Guides, that include sample items, are anticipated to be available in November, while math and ELA practice tests are anticipated to be available in December.
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As indicated below and in the 2015-2016 Assessment Calendar , during the 2015-2016 school year certain assessments will be available as computer-based tests (CBT) while others will be paper-based (PBT) or have paper-based as an option.
Grade Level
Grades 3-8
Grade 8
Grade 9, 10, 11
Grade 11
Grade 9-11
Content
Math and ELA
Science
Social Studies *field test CBT
PBT option for grades 3 and 4
EXPLORE PBT
EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT
WorkKeys
End of Course (EOC)
Format
PBT or CBT
*district decision
PBT
PBT
CBT
CBT
*Additional information on timeline for CBT/PBT administration decision making process available in late Fall.
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The following documents provide details about the ACT State and District testing program and the administering of tests. They are available on your program website: http://www.act.org/aap/louisiana/act.html
• Administration manuals for the ACT and ACT WorkKeys
• Schedule of Events
• Summary of Requirements
• Checklist for Success
• What’s Happening
• Welcome to ACT State and District Testing
Paper Copies of the administration manuals will be available in the last week of October.
School test coordinators will receive one copy at that time for training purposes and additional copies with the test materials shipments.

A number of key actions are required this fall to prepare for the spring ACT administration.
Timeline for the required actions is included below.
Date Key Activity
Oct 12
Oct 12- 23
Accommodations videos become available
Window for STC to submit establishment information to ACT
Nov 4 and 10 Accommodations Q & A sessions
Nov 20 Deadline to submit requests for ACT-approved accommodations via online system
Nov 23- Feb 10 Window for ACT to receive ACT-Approved Late Consideration Form
Nov 30 Deadline for submission of cooperative endeavor agreement to LDOE
Jan 29 Deadline to submit reconsideration of ACT-Approved accommodations requests in TAA

To submit your establishment details to ACT, school test coordinators will need to take the following steps in the Online Testing Information System (OTIS).
• Go to http://statetesting.act.org/testcoordinator/
• Log in with the emailed credentials
• Complete the profile information according to the instructions
• Submit the online form.
A confirmation email will be received after submission. ACT must receive the establishment profile form by October 23 rd , 2015.

As in prior years and as defined in the ACT Test Accessibility and Accommodations User Guide, the following types of test accommodations are available:
• ACT-approved accommodations
• Non-college reportable accommodations
• Locally-provided accommodations
ACT is now using the Test Accessibility and Accommodations online System (TAA) to receive requests for ACT-approved accommodations. School test coordinators will access TAA for as the trusted agent. Each school participating in testing must have one trusted agent. The trusted agent:
• submits requests for ACT-approved accommodations
• manages the status of these requests in preparation for testing
• Ensures that submissions are aligned with data privacy laws (limiting PII for districts without a data sharing agreement to first letter of first name, first three of last name and birth day)
ACT must authorize the trusted agent in TAA before STCs can submit any ACT-Approved
Accommodations requests. Instructions are available in the Test Accessibility and
Accommodations User Guide. The deadline to submit ACT-approved accommodations requests using TAA is November 20, 2015.

A number of key actions are required this fall to prepare for the optional WorkKeys administration. All high schools in Louisiana will be set up with online testing realms at no cost to the LEA. Timeline for the required actions is included below. Webinars include multiple dates and times for ease in scheduling.
Date Key Activity
Oct 8, Nov 11,
Nov 30
Oct 15, Oct 22,
Oct 28, Nov 10,
Nov 23
Early Nov
Understanding and Using ACT WorkKeys Scores Webinar; Register
ACT WorkKeys Test Administration Training for Online Testing Webinar;
Register here : here
Schools will receive access to the online WorkKeys testing realms for administration
Nov 5 and 19 Batch Loading Webinar; Register here :
Nov 30 Deadline for submission of cooperative endeavor agreement to LDOE
:
Additional information and training materials are available here .

Date
Early Oct
Oct 7
Oct 9
Oct 22
(12 pm)
Late Oct
Key Action
EOC technology guidelines available in the Assessment Library
Deadline for submitting first-time December testers to the TSDL system
Deadline for submission of data sharing agreement for fall EOCs
Online test security webinar (for anyone not attending September collaborative training)
EOC test coordinator and administrator manuals available via www.louisianaeoc.org
Deadline for changes to accommodations prior for fall EOC administration Oct 30
Nov 9-20 Registration via www.louisianaeoc.org
and submission of EOC test schedules to assessment@la.gov
Nov 30-Dec 16 Assessment administration window
Braille EOC Accommodated Materials Update:
• The fall EOC administration will include provision of Braille materials but will not include
UEB materials in order to align with current student needs as reflected in SER.
• Please email assessment@la.gov
with any related concerns prior to October 15, 2015.

As noted in the student privacy guidebook one requirement of R.S. 17:3914 is that LEAs must have a contract or data sharing agreement in place when sharing data with external entities. For services delivered under state contracts where personally identifiable student data is shared, LEAs can become a party to existing data sharing agreements via an
Louisiana Secure ID (eScholar)
SER (CAI) iSTEEP
EAGLE (Pacific Metrics)
Teaching Strategies Gold (Teaching Strategies)
DSC (Red-e Set Grow)
DIBELS (University of Oregon)
End-of-Course Exams (Pacific Metrics)
AEPSi (Brookes)
Forthcoming : ACT
Districts should download the addendums here and sign, scan, and email the signed copy to LDEData@la.gov
. Districts should NOT enter data into a system unless they have an agreement in place.
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Action
District Planning Call
Deadline for submission of EOC data sharing agreement for use in fall administration
Deadline for submission of DSC and DIBELS data
Online Test Security Webinar
Deadline to submit ACT establishment information
Deadline for Fall EOC accommodations decisions
ACT accommodations Q and A
EOC registration window
Key Dates
Oct 7
Oct 9
Oct 15
Oct 22
Oct 23
Oct 30
Nov 4 and 10
Nov 9-20
For more information, contact assessment@la.gov
. Next call: November 3, 2015
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