Overview of the 2015–2016
Alternate Assessments:
DLM ELA and Math
Administrator/Test Coordinator Training
Updated 10-6-15
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Topic List
DLM basic information and participation
guidelines – slides 4-24
 NJ DLM testing policies – slides 25-34
 School preparation for instruction and DLM
test specifications – slides 35-48
 DLM professional development – slides 49-54
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Topic List
DLM website guidance – slides 55-64
 NJ DLM staff responsibilities – slides 65-71
 List of training materials and suggested
completion time frames – slides 72-85
 List of contact information – slides 85-94
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DLM Basic Information
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Grades 3 – 8 and11are assessed in English
Language Arts and Mathematics
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NJ students in grades 9 and 10 are not
assessed.
Test window is April 11 to May 13, 2016.
The test blueprint is linked to the Common
Core State Standards (CCSS).
DLM is an online, computer based
assessment.
NJ is using the Year End model, not the IM
model
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DLM Computer Adaptive Testing
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The assessment is a computer adaptive assessment.
The process is:
• A student first takes a small set of items, called a testlet,
then the system takes into account the level of difficulty
of the test items and the students performance (correct
or incorrect answers).
• Based on the student’s performance another testlet is
selected, which contain items that are around the same
level, somewhat easier, or somewhat harder than the last
testlet (higher or lower level skills are selected).
• This is an iterative process until the testlets address all
Essential Elements in the YE test blueprint.
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DLM vs. APA
DLM
 Four training modules
range from 20 - 45 minutes
each along with mandatory
post tests completed
independently
 Testing Periods:
◦ One window - April 11 to
May 13, 2016

Computer Generated
assessment linked to the
Common Core State
Standards (CCSS).
◦ Teacher does not design the
assessment activities/test
items.
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APA
 Training modules that do
not require post tests
 Collection Periods:
◦ Initial: September 1 –
November 13, 2015
◦ Final: December 7, 2015 February 12, 2016
Portfolio based Assessment
linked to the NJCCCS and
CPI links and activities are
chosen by the teacher
 Prompting based on the
APA prompting hierarchy
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No prompting allowed
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What is the Purpose of an Alternate
Assessment?
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To measure performance of students with the most
significant cognitive disabilities on the standards,
knowledge, and skills that all New Jersey students
are learning
To ensure that ALL New Jersey students are
included in the accountability system that is
required by the USED
◦ DLM in English Language Arts and Mathematics assesses
the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
◦ APA in Science assesses the NJ Core Curriculum Content
Standards (NJCCCS)
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Which Students Participate in Alternate
Assessments?
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Students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities
Participation guidelines will determine which of the
students with significant cognitive disabilities will
take the alternate assessments.
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Decisions about Who Participates
Are Not Based On
• Educational environment or instructional setting
• Low reading level/achievement level
• Anticipated student’s disruptive behavior or emotional
duress
• Expected poor performance on the general education
assessment
• Impact of student scores on accountability system
• Need for accommodations (e.g., assistive technology/AAC)
to participate in assessment process
• Administrator decision
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Participation Decisions
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Students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities may only take one assessment per
content area.
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He/she will usually participate in the alternate
assessment in all content areas.
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Rarely a student will participate in an alternate
assessment in one/some content area(s) and
the general assessment with accommodations
in the other content area(s). For example,
takes ELA alternate but takes math and science
general assessment.
Note a student may not take the general assessment and
an alternate assessment in the same content area.
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Determining Who Participates
in the Alternate Assessments
Decisions are made solely by the IEP team.
 Decisions may not be made by individuals such
as district/school administrators, teachers,
parents, etc.
 District administrators must ensure the IEP team
has all of the information and applicable
participation guidelines when making the
decision.
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IEP Documentation and Participation
Most IEPs were updated last year for 2015-2016.
 Any reference to the APA, DLM, and/or
“participation in alternate assessment” is
acceptable.
 Both the APA and DLM participation guidelines
were available for use and should have been
completed and included in the student file.
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◦ If this has not been done it must be completed in the near
future.
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Participation Guidelines
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An administrator must sign each form. The DLM
form will remain in the student’s confidential file,
and a copy of the APA form must be provided in the
APA binder.
◦ Usually the sending school administrator sign the forms,
but if both sending and receiving school agree on the
answers to the questions, then a receiving school
administrator may sign the forms. A teacher may not sign
the forms.
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General Participation Criteria
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The following statements are meant to assist
in clarifying which students with significant
cognitive disabilities participate in alternate
assessments. Please keep these statements in
mind when answering the questions included
in the APA and DLM participation guidelines.
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General Participation Criteria
1.
Is the nature of the student’s cognitive
disability severe?
◦ The student’s general level of cognitive functioning is
significantly below the grade level expectations for his or
her same aged peers and the student requires
substantial modifications to the grade level curriculum.
◦ The student requires more intensive direct instruction
than his or her peers to acquire knowledge and skills in
the grade level curriculum.
◦ The student requires more extensive systems of support
in order to participate in the grade level curriculum.
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General Participation Criteria
2.
Is the student’s cognitive disability so severe that the
student is not receiving instruction in any of the
knowledge and skills measured by the general
statewide assessment?
◦ While all students are to be instructed in the NJ
CCCS for their grade level, students with more
significant cognitive disabilities typically receive
instruction in the knowledge and skills at a less
complex level than that measured by the general
statewide assessment.
◦ Upon reviewing the sample test forms, if the student
is NOT receiving ANY instruction at the same skill
level, then the answer to this question is YES.
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General Participation Criteria
3.
Is the student’s cognitive disability so severe that the
student cannot complete any of the types of questions
on the general statewide assessment in the content
area, even with accommodations and modifications?
◦ Upon reviewing the sample test forms and questions
for each content area of the general assessment,
along with the state approved testing
accommodations and modifications, if it is determined
that the student is NOT able to complete any types
of questions even with accommodations and
supports, then the answer to this question is YES.
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General Participation Criteria
4.
Is the student’s Individualized Education
Program (IEP) aligned with grade level NJ
CCCS through modified expectations?
◦ The student is receiving grade level instruction at a
significantly modified and less complex level than their
grade level peers.
◦ The student may need more extensive systems of
support, as identified in the IEP, in order to access the
curriculum.
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General Participation Criteria
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The answer to all four questions
must be YES in order to assess the
student with an alternate
assessment.
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DLM Participation Form
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The form is found on the DLM NJ
webpage and should have been used when
determining who is participating in the
DLM this year.
◦ www.dynamiclearningmaps/newjersey
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If the IEP team still needs to complete the
process, download the form and use it
when finalizing the IEP and test
participation information.
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DLM Guidelines Form - Partial
Participation Criterion
Participation Criterion Descriptors
1. The student has a
significant cognitive
disability
Review of student records indicate a disability or
multiple disabilities that significantly impact
intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
*Adaptive behavior is defined as essential for
someone to live independently and to function
safely in daily life.
2. The student is primarily
being instructed (or
taught) using the DLM
Essential Elements as
content standards
Goals and instruction listed in the IEP for this
student are related to the enrolled grade level
CCSS and DLM Essential Elements, as well as
address knowledge and skills that are
appropriate and challenging for this student.
The student
3. The student requires
a.
requires extensive, repeated, individualized
extensive direct
instruction and support that is not of a
individualized instruction
temporary or transient nature and
and substantial supports
b.
uses substantially adapted materials and
to achieve measureable
individualized methods of accessing
gains in the grade-and
information in alternative ways to acquire,
age-appropriate
maintain, generalize, demonstrate and
curriculum.
transfer skills across multiple settings.
Agree (Yes) or Disagree (No)?
Provide documentation for each
Yes / No
English Language
Arts:
Yes / No
Mathematics:
Yes / No
English Language
Arts:
Yes / No
Mathematics:
Yes / No
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Determining Who Participates
in the Alternate Assessments
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Using information about the student and the
assessments
◦ Test Specifications
◦ Present Levels of Academic Achievement and
Functional Performance/Goals and Objectives
◦ Student Work Samples
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DLM Guidelines Kept in Student
Folder
A signed copy of the participation
guidelines checklist must be placed in the
student’s confidential cumulative folder.
 It will remain in district, and may be
reviewed during an audit or DOE visit.
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Participation Decisions
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Students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities may not take the general
assessment and the alternate assessment in the
same content area.
◦ A student may not take the PARCC assessment in
ELA and the DLM ELA.
◦ A student may not take the PARCC assessment in
math and the DLM math.
◦ A student may not take the NJASK/NJBCT
assessment in science and the APA science.
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High School Students
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Students must take the DLM in ELA and
Math the first year they are in eleventhgrade and not before.
◦ Do not test grade 9 and 10 students with DLM.
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If a student was absent and did not
participate, the student must participate in
the following year in high school.
In order to access the high school
assessment, a student must be listed in the
system as grade 11.
◦ Even if the student’s grade in district is grade 12,
please list grade 11 in the DLM enrollment file.
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LEP ELA Exemption - DLM
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If a student has entered the United States after
July 1, 2015, AND is currently enrolled in a
language assistance program, this student is
EXEMPT from the ELA assessment.
◦ This exemption is not allowable for high school
students.
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Retained Students
Students in high school only take DLM
once, regardless of retained status.
 Students retained in grades 3-8 will take
the DLM test again.
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◦ Students in grades 3-8 must take the test for
their current grade level only.
 Students do not take a test for a previous grade
level, even if they missed the test last year.
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Homebound and Medical Facilities
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If a student is ill and receiving instruction at
home or in a medical facility,
◦ AND the district can provide the instructor a
laptop or tablet that contains the KITE
application, the student will participate in the
DLM computer-based assessment.
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Homebound and Medical Facilities
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If a student is ill and is not receiving instruction
at home or in a medical facility
◦ the student will not participate in the DLM.
 A student might not be receiving instruction due to a
medically fragile state, PVS state, attendance at a
psychiatric facility, etc.
 This student must be added to the DLM roster and
will count as a non-participant in the accountability
reports.
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Non-Computer Based Testing
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A paper and pencil static version of the DLM
assessment is under discussion to
accommodate circumstances whereby
computer access is not available and other
specific circumstances.
If one is available in 2015-2016, all students
who are homebound, in medical facilities, and
those who are placed in nearby states will
be required to participate in testing.
More information will be available in Winter
2016.
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Absent Students
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If a student is not receiving instruction for
the entire test window for a reason other
than illness he/she cannot participate in
DLM.
The school must have documentation of the
student’s absence for the entire five week
testing window.
This student must be added to the DLM
roster and will count as a non-participant in
the accountability reports.
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Students Sent Out-of-State
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When a student’s home district is paying
tuition for the student to attend a school
outside of New Jersey, find out the following:
◦ Is the out-of-state school administering the DLM?
If yes the NJ student must participate in the DLM.
The attending school teacher will administer the
DLM.
◦ Is the attending state administering a different
alternate assessment? If so the student this student
must be added to the DLM roster, will not test, and
will count as a non-participant in the accountability
reports.
 However if the out-of-state placement is a neighboring
state, and the sending district can send someone to
administer the DLM, the student will participate.
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Testing of Students Receiving Instruction in
Unapproved Schools
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Students with the most significant intellectual disabilities whose IEP
team determines participation in the DLM must be tested.
The sending district must send an educator (teacher, case manager, etc.)
to the unapproved school to administer the test.
◦ The sending district must provide a laptop or tablet that has DLM KITE application
installed, and must have a teacher login ID/password and the student’s test ticket(s).
◦ The student’s regular special education teacher must assist the sending district
educator during the DLM administration. Assisting ensures the student is working
with a familiar instructor and that the student receives the appropriate supports based
on their needs.
◦ The completion of the First Contact and Personal Needs Profiles will be done by the
sending district however they must confer with the attending school to ensure
accurate survey responses.
◦ Manipulatives will be provided by the attending school however the sending district
may need to assist in the provision of necessary materials.
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Districts that were unable to complete this requirement in Spring 2015
must implement this policy in 2015-2016.
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Use of Braille Test
A Braille static version of the DLM
assessment is under discussion.
 If your student might need one, please
contact our office and indicate if your
district has a Braille writer.
 More information on Braille test availability
will be available in Winter 2016.
 These students must be added to your
enrollment files.
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School Preparation
School program staff and district curriculum
specialists will assist in the development of
instructional plans based on the DLM learning
map and YE test blueprint.
 Administrators must ensure that all teachers
provide instruction that aligns with CCSS and
the DLM Essential Elements.
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School Preparation
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Teachers must be given the name and contact
information for the administrator in charge of
the DLM.
◦ Teachers questions must be answered in district.
Links to the DLM test blueprints and info on
how to use the learning map for student’s
instruction/skill selection should be provided in
district.
 Students taking the DLM should be delivered
instruction and activities on a computer or
tablet recurrently.
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Instructional Program Preparation
The DLM assesses the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) and is the alternate assessment
companion to the new PARCC assessment.
 School program staff must review the Essential
Elements (EEs) and Learning Map provided on
the DLM website and implement individualized
instruction related to the EEs.
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◦ The Essential Elements are skill statements written to reflect
the CCSS at an appropriate linkage level for students with
significant cognitive disabilities
◦ Review of the DLM skill statements in light of the test
blueprint will guide the selection of appropriate skills for each
student within the specific conceptual areas assessed.
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Use of the Learning Map
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The map is a network of sequenced targets that show a
learning landscape in which multiple skills are related to
many other skills.
Use of the learning map, the Essential Elements (skill
statements related to the map), and the Year End test
blueprint will guide instruction, assist in selecting
individualized targeted skills related to the CCSS, and
help prepare students for the DLM assessment.
◦ The Essential Elements documents have been available on the NJ
DOE and DLM websites since 2014.
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Learning Map and Test Blueprint
To obtain the YE assessment blueprint go to
the DLM NJ page, then scroll down to
obtain the blueprints for each subject.
 To obtain the learning maps and minilearning maps (small sections of the subject
map), go to the DLM page, Learning Maps
title, then click on Essential Elements.
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◦ This page contains the list of nodes and the
mini-maps.
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Materials for Review
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In addition to the DLM test blueprints
and Essential Elements documents,
teachers should review the:
◦ Math glossary and information provided on
the use of manipulatives
◦ Familiar texts and information provided about
the writing testlet
◦ Accessibility Manual
◦ Test Administrator Manual
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DLM Materials for Review
The math glossary and list of grade-level
manipulatives are useful to know as you
provide student instruction.
 Use of the glossary terms and
manipulatives during instruction will help
students learn and also help prepare them
for the assessment.
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DLM Materials for Review

The list of manipulatives for the Spring YE
assessment are not yet posted on DLM;
districts will be notified when available.
◦ Substitutions may be made when a manipulative is
not available or when a manipulative is not
appropriate for a student.
◦ This year the Test Information Pages (TIPs) are
updated with more details on the required
manipulative attributes in order to help when you
need to select substitutes.
◦ You may never few a testlet prior to
administering it to a student. All information
you need to know in order to gather materials for
a testlet are provided in the TIPs page.
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Accessing Sample Testlets for
Student Practice

Practice test items are available and should be
utilized prior to April 2016 in order to give the
student experience with the online test prior
to answering live test questions.
◦ The DLM Guide to Practice Activities and
Released Testlets YE, found on the DLM NJ
webpage, provides practice student
Usernames and passwords for practice
testing available in the Educator Portal.
◦ DO NOT use student specific login IDs and
passwords as this is NOT how you access sample
testlets.
 Please note accessing student specific testlets prior to NJ’s
operational test window is a security breach.
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NJ DLM Web Page Sections
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Where to Find EE List
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Which EEs are Tested?
http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/content/educatorresource-page/ELA
 Use the educator resources pages for ELA and
math to review which EEs are tested on the
DLM.
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EEs, Nodes, and Mini-Maps
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Excel Spreadsheet on DLM
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School Preparation
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DLM professional development modules support the
design and delivery of this instruction.
These modules are different from the mandatory DLM
training modules (use to be seven but is now four).
The PD modules contain various instructional
information that is useful for classrooms and school
programs.
Topics are wide and include information about alternate
pencils (writing topic), algebraic thinking, predictable
chart writing, place value, etc.
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Professional Development Modules
Click on this title on the DLM website
main page
Brings you to this website
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Professional Development
http://dlmpd.com/all-modules-in-alphabetical-order/
Modules
can be
accessed
through
Domain
list or
Alpha List
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Module Checklist - Partial
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Module Checklist - Partial
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Obtaining PD Checklist
http://dlmpd.com/
Link within DLM website
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DLM Website Navigation
Hover mouse over
“Assessments” to see
these subtitles.
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Website Navigation
Then select NJ
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Website Navigation
DLM NJ web page contains important documents.
Some are specific to New Jersey and replace DLM files.
DLM NJ web page: includes
required NJ training
materials, important forms,
manuals, and helpful hint
documents.
Note this screen shot may not be
current. Also some files on screen
are for last year; updated training
files will be posted by February
2016.
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Website Navigation
KITE accesses
testlets, Educator
Portal has key
documents.
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Website Navigation
Has accessibility manual
and list of supports
allowed.
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KITE versus Educator Portal

“KITE is for Kids”
◦ KITE is only used when obtaining student
testlets or practice testlets

“Educator Portal is for Educators”
◦ The portal is where educators obtain important
documents.
◦ It is also where the DLM mandatory training
post tests are accessed and completed.
◦ Data stewards in district will obtain login IDs
for educators needing to use the portal.
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Technology Info – Browser Issue
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Technology Info
The status code
indicates if the KITE
system is operating
normally, and if the
Educator Portal is
operating normally.
Check each status
before logging in to
either system.
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Technology Liaison Info
Use these links to
obtain important
information about
technological
requirements.
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General Information

The DLM Educator
Resource page
contains important
info including
Familiar Texts used
for ELA assessment,
the math glossary,
the total number of
testlets for each
grade, etc.
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Required Training and Staff Roles
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Teachers are the Test
Administrators. They
may not fulfill the other
DLM roles:
District/School Test
Coordinator
District/School Data
Steward
District/School
Technology Liaison
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Teachers must complete
four DLM training
modules AND
independently complete
training post tests.
Test Coordinator’s must
review the four modules
but do not need to take
the post tests.
Data Stewards and Tech.
Liaison’s may review the
four modules but do not
need to take the post
tests.
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Roles and Responsibilities

There are four specific roles for district educators in the DLM
testing process:
◦ Assessment Coordinator
 Point of contact for the field test activity
 Oversees and assists teachers in their roles
 See DLM site for required training manual
◦ Technology Liaison
 Oversees computer and other technology device components to ensure
district technology readiness and implementation (IT staff)
 See DLM site for required training manual
◦ Data Steward
 District administrator who collects and delivers all necessary data files to
DLM and maintains accurate records for others use
 See DLM site for required training manual
◦ Classroom Teacher
 Individual teacher administers assessments to students and assists in the
selection of accessibility features and necessary supports
 See DLM site for required training manual
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Assessment Coordinator
Responsibilities
Includes but not limited to:
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Schedules training for teachers and is the direct liaison for
teacher questions
Ensures the correct students are assessed
Assists in scheduling students for testing
Interacts with District Data Steward and Technology
Steward to ensure all tasks are completed
Utilizes DLM website, reviews materials, and disseminates
information to staff
Reviews DLM Handbook and any other required
documents
Contacts DLM help desk when DLM documents do not
provide clear answers to district questions
District point of contact for field test activities
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Technology Liaison Responsibilities
Includes but not limited to:
◦ Is responsible for the infrastructure (network, hardware and
devices), software applications and technical support as well
as understanding how the hardware, software, policies, and
procedures fit together in the big picture of the district’s
technology implementation.
◦ Ensures district technology readiness and implementation (IT
staff)
◦ Interacts with Assessment Coordinator, District Data
Steward, and Teachers as necessary to ensure successful
completion of testing
◦ Utilizes DLM website, reviews materials, and disseminates
information to staff
◦ Reviews DLM Handbook and any other required documents
◦ Contacts DLM technology specific help desk when DLM
documents do not provide clear answers to technology issues
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Data Steward Responsibilities
Includes but not limited to:
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Interacts with Assessment Coordinator, Technology Steward, and Teachers as
necessary to ensure successful completion of testing
Creates and uploads data files including:
◦ the Users file (opens DLM user accounts for testing)
◦ Enrollment file
◦ Class roster files
Assigns roles to users which generates user login IDs
 Understand and utilize IT/technical expressions contained in the Data Steward
Manual in order to prepare files correctly according to specifications
 Utilize consistent and appropriate naming conventions and provide clean data
for data files in order to successfully upload files as outlined by the Data
Steward Manual
 Utilizes DLM website, reviews materials, and disseminates information to staff
 Reviews DLM Data Steward Manual, and any other required documents
 Contacts DLM help desk when DLM documents do not provide clear answers
to user account issues, data file upload errors, etc.
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Data Steward- Assigning Appropriate Staff
To help districts assign appropriate staff to serve as
the Data Steward
◦ View the 2016 Data Steward Manual and the Data
Steward webinar
http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/newjersey?field_positions_value
=Data
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Data Steward Key Dates
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DLM Materials for Review

Four Required DLM Training Modules
◦ Who?
 Teachers must review the four required modules and must
take the post tests independently.
 The school/district test coordinator must decide if you want
to
 schedule a group training (Facilitated training) or
 schedule each teacher to view the modules independently (selfdirected).
 The Facilitator Guide for Required Test Administrator
Training 2015-16 can be accessed via
http://www.dynamiclearningmaps.org/sites/default/files/Fgtrt_2
015-16_0.pdf
 The guide will provide more details on accessing the training materials
and conducting training.
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DLM Materials for Review

Four Required DLM Training Modules
◦ Suggested Timeframe
 Review by January 2016
◦ Modules must be scheduled and viewed in the
following order:
 Part 1 – About the DLM System
 Part 2 – Accessibility by Design
 Part 3 – Understanding & Delivering Testlets in the DLM
System
 Part 4 – Preparing to Administer the Assessment
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DLM Materials for Review

Four Required DLM Training Modules
◦ How?
 Whether the test coordinator chooses to conduct
group facilitated training or schedule teachers for the
Self-Directed training, teachers must independently
take a post test for each module using his/her DLM
login ID and password.
 Please note that in order to pass each post test a teacher
must score at least 80%. Teachers may view the modules and
take the post tests as often as necessary in order to pass.
 A school test coordinator or other district
administrator can track the progress of teachers on
their completion of the four modules and post tests.
 See the Facilitator Guide for information on reviewing
teachers’ progress.
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How Do I Access the Required
Training Modules and Post Tests?
Use the login ID and password you use
for the Educator Portal to login into the
DLM Moodle training site. A link to this
site is provided via DLM’s professional
development page:
http://training.dynamiclearningmaps.org/login/
index.php.
 Your district data steward will provide
your login ID if you do not already have
one.

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DLM Required Training Part 1
Agenda
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DLM Required Training Part 2
Agenda
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DLM Required Training Part 3
Agenda
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DLM Required Training Part 4
Agenda
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Fall DLM Materials for Review

NJ DLM PPT. presentations
◦ Who?
 Administrators (this presentation) and teachers
(one module available by October 30) are
required
◦ Suggested Timeframe
 Review January 2016
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Fall DLM Materials for Review

Four Required DLM Training Modules
◦ Who?
 Teachers (must take post tests) and all other staff involved in DLM
◦ Suggested Timeframe
 Review by January 2016

NJ DLM PPT. presentations
◦ Who?
 Administrators (this presentation) and teachers (one module available
October 30) are required
◦ Suggested Timeframe
 Review by December 2015

Technology Manual
◦ Who?
 Technology Liaison required
◦ Timeframe
 October 2015

Data Steward Manual
◦ Who?
 Data Steward required
◦ Timeframe
 November 2015
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Fall DLM Materials for Review
Accessibility Manual
 Test blueprints and Essential Elements
documents
 Math glossary and list of grade-level
manipulatives

◦ Appropriate substitutions may be made for
manipulatives
Familiar Texts and Writing FAQs
 Professional development modules
 DLM role specific helpful documents

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Fall DLM Materials for Review

The DLM NJ webpage currently contains
updated manuals and information as well as
some files leftover from last year.
◦ As DLM or NJ revises the manuals you will see a
note to the right of the title with the date of the
updated document.
◦ Please make sure you only access current
manuals, and if need be wait to download some
documents until you see the new version
indication.
◦ For NJ DLM PPT. presentations, some will not be
loaded until winter therefore the three part
“Preparation for…” files are not yet updated.
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Winter DLM Materials for Review

NJ DLM PPT. presentations posted by
February 2016
◦ Who?
 Administrators and teachers are required
◦ Timeframe
 Review by March 4, 2016

DLM Test Administration Manual,
Accessibility Manual, etc.
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Materials Review Timeline
for Teachers
Complete four
DLM Required
Training Modules
and NJ DLM
Teacher Module
Review DLM
materials
including
Accessibility
Manual, Test
Administrator
Manual, math
glossary, etc.
Review
NJ
DLM PPT.
presentations
to prepare to
administer the
DLM to
students.
April 11 May 13,
2016
Assess
students
with DLM
ELA and
Math
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DLM Information Updates

Administrators and educators must regularly
check the DLM NJ webpage for significant
information and material updates.
◦ www.dynamiclearningmaps.org/newjersey
This website contains all training materials
and important information regarding district
preparation and implementation of the DLM.
 NJ presentations can call attention to the
mandatory DLM documents district staff
must review; our presentations cannot
deliver all details needed for DLM.

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DLM Information Updates

Administrators and educators should sign up
for automatic DLM email notifications; see
DLM website for the request form.
◦ Note that email notifications are not sorted by
program types (Year End and IM), therefore you
will receive notifications for both the YE model
and the IM model.
 Caution: Only the YE emails are applicable in
New Jersey. Do not utilize emails regarding the
IM program.
 If a NJ policy is not aligned with the DLM info, utilize the
NJ policy statement. For example, NJ dates for testing
are more narrow than DLM YE dates.
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Subscribe to Test Updates
http://www.dynamiclearningmaps.org/content/
operational-testing
Click here to view all updates
prior to your subscription
Click here to subscribe
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Where To Get More Information?
DLM has various customer support contact information
depending on the issue. It is imperative that:




Only those individuals serving as Assessment Coordinator,
Technology Steward, and Data Steward contact DLM.
You contact DLM support only after reviewing all pertinent
manuals, handbooks, and modules.
You use the specific contact info listed in the applicable manual to
ensure your question is directed to the correct individuals.
You provide in your email your CDS code (known to DLM as
your “Organization”), your name and which of the three positions
above you hold, and detail the specific issue/error you
encountered.
◦ Questions directed to DLM Support and when necessary NJ DOE
must be from either the Assessment Coordinator, Technology Liaison,
or the Data Steward.
 Questions from other district staff including teachers must be
directed to one of the following individuals noted above.
KITE-support@ku.edu
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Where To Get More Information?
DLM has various customer support contact information
depending on the issue.
Questions about the project should be directed to:
PHONE: 785-864-7093
FAX: 785-864-3566
E-MAIL: dlm@ku.edu
For questions regarding KITE or Educator Portal, or for additional
assistance, please contact the Help Desk
PHONE: 1-855-277-9751 (toll free)
Email DLM-support@ku.edu
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Where To Get More Information?
For APA Science questions contact:
Questar Assessment, Inc.,
Customer Support
E-MAIL: NJAPACustomerSupport@QuestarAI.com
PHONE: 866-690-4733
APA documents: https://nj-servicepoint.questarai.com/
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Where To Get More Information?
Assessment Coordinators with general questions about test design,
training, test administration, accessibility, etc., contact:
Elizabeth Celentano
Office of Assessments
609-984-0107
elizabeth.celentano@doe.state.nj.us
Please review the APA and DLM materials and specify what pages in
the materials your question is in reference to before emailing the
Office of Assessments in order to facilitate a timely response.
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Where To Get More Information?
Data Stewards can find their DLM required documents at
http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/newjersey?field_positions_value=Data
Technology Liaison’s can find their DLM required documents at
http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/newjersey?field_positions_value=Technical
After reviewing the required documents, Data Stewards with questions about DLM
student data file uploads, login IDs, enrollment files, specific APA Pre-ID files, SDIF,
record changes, etc., and Technology Liaisons (position currently open) with
questions contact:
Jo-Lin Liang
Office of Assessments
609-633-6884
dlmnjtech@doe.state.nj.us
Please review the DLM materials and and specify what pages in
the materials your question is in reference to, then contact
DLM support for assistance prior to the Office of
Assessments. This will facilitate a timely response.
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Where To Get More Information?
Office of Special Education (general special
education questions)
New Jersey Department of Education
609-292-0147
http://www.nj.gov/education/specialed/
Department of Education website:
www.state.nj.us/education
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Thank you for taking time to review this material.
Please share this information with district staff that
are involved in the APA and DLM.
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