Alaska
Measures of Progress
District Test Coordinator Webinar
January 12th, 2015
James Herynk
Webinar Logistics:
• Audio will be streamed through Adobe Connect.
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Audio is also available by calling 877-278-8686 Pin: 961449
— If using the phone as the audio source, MUTE the Adobe connect sound to prevent
feedback. On the phone, press *6 to mute yourself.
• Please hold questions until the end.
• All questions must be asked through the chat box in the bottom right corner.
Agenda
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Review
Four Three Test Types
Resources
What’s New: Dec 19th Release
Local Caching Server (LCS) Release
AMP It Up! Day
Testlets
— Defined
— Rollout
— Setup
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Report Data Extracts
Paper/Pencil, Braille, and Large Print
Heads Up
Upcoming Webinars
Review of Past Topics
• KITE Educator Portal vs. KITE Client
• Upload: Users, Enrollment, Rosters, TEC
• Add Manually: Users, Enrollment, Rosters
• Edit: Users, Enrollment, Rosters
Preface: Four Test Types
• Technology Practice Tests
—Generated by AMP (for all to access)
—Currently available
• Testlets
—Generated by teachers (for rostered students)
—Currently available
• Summative
—Generated by the system (for TEST records)
—March 30th, 2015
• Amp It Up! Day
—Generated by the system
—January, 29th 2015
Resources
akassessments.org
A. KITE Client
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Windows
Macintosh
iPad
Chromebook
B. Educator Portal (Updated Dec. 19)
• Educator Portal Manual
• Educator’s Guide to KITE Client
• .CSV Templates for Users, Enrollment, Rosters, TEC
C. Local Caching Server (Will Update Feb. 6)
• Manuals for Mac, Windows, and Linux
• Request the Local Caching Server (LCS) Software
Resources
akassessments.org
D. Videos vimeo.com/aaimedia
• Teachers
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View and Verify Student Data: Teachers
Assign Students to a Test: Teachers
Access and Edit the PNP
Welcome/Getting Started (COMING SOON)
• District Test Coordinators
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Upload User Template
Upload Enrollment Template
Upload Roster Template
Add User Manually
Add Student Manually
Add Roster Manually
Dec 19th: EP Release, KITE
Updates, Documentation
• Test Record/TEC Report Data Extract
• PNP settings adjustments “Spoken Audio”
—Non Visual (no longer an option)
—Text Only (no longer an option)
—Subject selection for Read Aloud
• Math only
• Math and ELA
—All students will have Read Aloud for directions
• New upload limit of 5k entries
• Chrome is now supported for Educator Portal
• OS 10.10 is now supported
Dec 19th: EP Release, KITE
Updates, Documentation
• Updated Educator Portal Manual
—Change log at the end of each chapter
—Table of contents now links in Adobe
—Report data extracts
• Updated Educator’s Guide to KITE Client
—Change log at beginning of Educator Guide
• KITE Client
—TTS player is now integrated
—Enhanced Notes saves across sections of a test
Local Caching Server (LCS)
• A local computer or server that is set up
to store data from students testing in KITE
Client and then send that data all at once.
• This is how the current LCS functions
• No called “Semi-Offline” mode.
LCS: 2015
• Release planned for February 6th, 2015
• Expansion of the LCS Admin features
—Two Modes
• Semi-Offline
• Fully Offline
• Ability to begin testing with no internet if
tests have been downloaded to the LCS
• LCS-2014 will no longer work once the
LCS- 2015 is available.
LCS: Fully Offline Mode
LCS: Reasons to Use Fully
Offline Mode
• No internet will be available the day of
testing.
• Internet is expected to be unreliable do to
weather, maintenance by your service
provider, or limited bandwidth due to
other local event.
• Remote location with no internet where
testing machines and LCS machine will be
delivered.
• Limited bandwidth
LCS: Semi-Offline vs. Fully
Offline Modes
• We suggest you set up the LCS in one
mode and stick with it throughout testing.
• In most cases, Semi-Offline is sufficient.
—Protection against temporary loss of Internet
—Variable Internet
—Low bandwidth
LCS: Admin Logging In
• Open the LCS Admin Page
—In a browser address bar enter:
• IP address:port number/TDE/admin/index.htm
—Enter username and password from email
LCS: Admin Dashboard
LCS: Admin in Fully Offline,
Fetch Student Tests
AMP It Up! Day
• AMP It Up Day is scheduled for Jan. 29th.
• EED webinar for Amp It Up Day planned
for Jan. 14th at 3:30.
• How to Prepare?
—Have KITE Client installed on machines where
students will test.
—If using an LCS, have LCS running.
• Only semi-offline mode is available
—Use the same configurations that you intend
to use during summative assessments
Testlets: Assessment for
Learning
• Designed to provide teachers and students
with information to help gauge the level
of students’ understanding.
• 8-10 item testlets with items clustered by
concept for grades 3-10 in ELA and math.
• Teacher selected.
• Immediate feedback to teacher and
student.
• Flexible use: formative tool, pre-test,
check for understanding.
Testlets: Rollout
• Began January 5th, 2015
• 2-3 testlets are available for every grade
and subject.
• Rollout continue through January and
February of 2015.
• Soft expectation to have all testlets
released by the end of January.
• Around 5-6 testlets total for every grade
and subject.
Testlets: Setting Up Test
Sessions as a Teacher
p. 7.2
• Test Session defined
—In Educator Portal, a Test Session is the
combination of:
a single testlet,
students assigned to that testlet,
a name given by the person who creates the session,
tickets generated with the student username and
password, and
• the testlet populating the assigned students’ KITE
Client account.
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• Quick Links
—Add New Test (Testlets)
—Generate Tickets
—Monitor Test
Data Extract Reports in
EP: Summary
• Previous Extract Abilities
— Current Enrollment
— Accessibility Profile (settings by student)
— Roster
— Users
• New Extract Abilities
— Test Records
• Upcoming Extract Abilities, early February
— Test Administration
— Test Tickets
— Accessibility Profile Summary (count by feature,
DLM/non-DLM)
Data Extract Reports in
EP: Reusable
• Previous Extract Abilities
— Current Enrollment
— Accessibility Profile (settings by student)
— Roster
— Users
• New Extract Abilities
— Test Records
• Upcoming Extract Abilities, early February
— Test Administration
— Test Tickets
— Accessibility Profile Summary (count by feature,
DLM/non-DLM)
Data Extract Reports in
EP: Reusable
• Current Enrollment
— Can update/edit/add students, but CANNOT change student ID
• Roster
— Can remove a student from a roster.
— Can add a student to an existing roster, so long as that student is not on
another identical roster.
— If you try to add a student to an existing roster, but either the Roster Name,
Subject, Course, School Identifier, or Educator are different, then the system
will create a new roster.
— If you add a line of data to the .CSV upload, and the exact same line of data
already exists, the system will not duplicate the data. For example, if I have
two lines of data with the exact same student, teacher, subject, roster name
etc, the system only creates/updates 1 record.
• Test Records
— Extract ONLY contains Test Records, NOT all enrollment
Data Extract Reports in
EP: Coming Early February
• Test Administration
• Test Tickets
• Accessibility Profile Summary (count by
feature, DLM/non-DLM)
TEC: Paper/Pencil Test
Record Deadline
p. 3.22
• January 5th was the deadline for
assigning students to a Paper/Pencil
summative assessment through the TEC.
—The PNP (Access Profile) also needed to have
Paper/Pencil, Large Print, Braille, and Read
Aloud checked if being assigned as an
accommodation for summative assessments.
Heads Up
• Known
— Fractions appearing as whole numbers on Chromebooks
(1/2 appears as 1 2 [12])
• Investigating
— Testlet items not appearing after hitting next, only a
white screen.
— System is slow at login when multiple users are logging
in simultaneously.
— Select multiple points not allowing selection of
multiple points.
• Hint
— If a student moves to another district or school . . .
• do a TEC upload to CLEAR any Test Records.
• then do a TEC EXIT to remove the student from your district
. . . or, do an enrollment re-upload to change the school.
Upcoming Webinars
Technology Director
District Test Coordinator
February 12th, 2015
February 17th, 2015
Technology Director
District Test Coordinator
March 12th, 2015
March 17th, 2015
Help Desk
• Hours
—M-F
—5:00 am to 4:00 pm Alaska
—8:00 am to 7:00 pm Central
• Email
—amp_support@ku.edu
• Phone
—785-864-3537
—855-277-9752 (toll-free)
THANK YOU!