Virginias Standards of Learning Webbased Assessments Fall 2004 Regional Assessment Workshop Septembe

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Virginias Standards of LearningWeb-based
AssessmentsFall 2004 Regional Assessment
WorkshopSeptember 29, 2004
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Announcements

• Data purge on October 15, 2004
• Must request overnight reports NO LATER THAN
  October 14, 2004 and retrieve them on October 15,
  2004
• Summer 2004 ATPs due October 15, 2004
• Important to have all record changes completed at
  that time
• Fall 2004 Online Testing Participation Survey due
  September 30, 2004
• Fall 2004 Online Testing Training Registration
  Survey

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Online Tests Administered
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Divisions Administering Online Tests
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SOL Technology Initiative Timeline1
Full implementation of Elementary School Online
Testing
Middle School and Elementary School Readiness
Certification begins
All EOC SOL Tests available online (excluding
English Writing)
Begin Middle School Online Testing implementation
Begin Elementary School Online Testing
implementation
Fall 2003
Spring 2004
Winter 2004
Spring 2009
Spring 2005
Spring 2006
High School Readiness Certificationcontinues
EOC Online Testing implementation continues
Field Tests for Gr 6 7 Math and Reading
available
Full implementation of Middle School Online
Testing
Field Tests for Gr 4, 6 7 Math and Reading
available
1Timeline is subject to change.
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New for Fall 2004

• Updated version of TestNav for all tests,
  including audio tests
• New hosting facility for eMeasurement Services
• Audio tests available for all subjects (except
  1995 history tests)
• Additional ePAT subjects introduced
• Changes in Mass Load
• Electronic pass/fail report in online system
• Online data alert reports available at the school
  level
• Changes in assessment data

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New for Fall 2004

• Middle schools loaded into hierarchy in Training
  Center and live side
• Color of Training Center changed to red
• Test Administration and Authoring will not appear
  on eMeasurement home pages
• Improved interaction between Student Data
  Management (SDM) and Test Session Management
  (TSM)
• Move and/or copy students from one group to
  another quickly

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Updated TestNav Software

• Available after October 17, 2004 under Test
  Delivery at Virginia eMeasurement home page
• Version 4.11 (previously using v 4.9)
• Same software for Audio Tests and Standard Tests
• Different hardware requirements for Audio Tests
• New update process

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TestNav Upgrade vs Install
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TestNav Update What if

• we are installing TestNav for the first time?
• we already have TestNav v4.9 installed?
• we already have TestNav installed but its a
  lower version than 4.9 or we dont know the
  version ?
• we didnt use the upgrade feature, but we were
  supposed to?
• we plan to test on Macintosh computers with OS X?

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New eMeasurement Hosting Facility

• Move from Cable Wireless to ATT
• Similar geographical location
• Addition of IP addresses and domain names
• Updates needed to firewalls, proxy servers,
  Internet content filters, DNS servers
• Always refer to current Infrastructure Guidelines

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Online Tests Available in Fall 2004

• VA US History (2001)
• World History I (2001)
• World History II (2001)
• World Geography (2001)
• VA US History (1995)
• World History I (1995)
• World History II (1995)
• World Geography (1995)

• English Reading
• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Earth Science
• Biology
• Chemistry

All available as Audio Tests except for 1995
History Tests
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New Mass Load Procedures

• Completed locally
• Requires division level access in eMeasurement
• Same process used by PEM (Tracey)
• Processed in the off-hours queue with email
  notification to check the log file
• Error log will be produced in the pre-processing
  step and will need to be resolved
• Requires a CSV (comma separated values) file
• Excel template will be provided as a tool
• Mass load directions will be expanded
• Assistance will be provided by PEM and DOE

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New Mass Load Procedures
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Sample Mass Load Error Log
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Electronic Pass/Fail Report

• New report to replace Expedited Retake
  Eligibility Report
• Request through eMeasurement Reporting
• Downloadable CSV file with the following 12
  fields
• Asterisk to indicate scaled score between 375
  and 399
• Student Last Name
• Student First Name
• Student Middle Initial
• Student Number
• School Name
• Group Name
• Grade
• Test Level (always 11 for EOC tests)
• Subject
• Proficiency
• Scaled Score

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Student Data Management and Mass Load
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Student Data Management and Mass Load
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Student Data Management and Mass Load
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Changes in Career Technical Education Data
Coding

• Economically disadvantaged is collected via
  N-code (No longer needed under CTE data)
• CTE answer document codes do NOT match CTE
  Student Record Collection (SRC) data codes

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Career and Technical Education Data Coding
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Change in eMeasurement home page
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Test Administrations

• Fall 2004 Administration
• Fall 2004 Expedited Retake Administration
• Forms Matrix
• Earliest possible online testing date is
  November 15, 2004

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Test Session Management (To verify, look for the
_at_ sign next to the students name in Online List
Reports)
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Test Session Management (Need to assign the
Read-aloud form)
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Read-aloud Examiner Tickets(for Examiners ONLY)
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Summer 2004 ATPs due October 15, 2004 (same day
of the online data purge)
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• NO change in procedures for completing
  online record changes
• Pre-ATP online record changes completed
  by appropriate division personnel
• For Post-ATP online record changes, VDOE
  must be contacted

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Questions?
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Contact Information

• Pearson Educational Measurement
• Va_online_at_pearson.com
• Help Desk
• 1-888-597-1103, 700 AM 600 PM Eastern, M-F
• Virginia Department of Education
• Sarah Susbury, 804-786-5823, ssusbury_at_mail.vak12ed
  .edu
• Ellen Kozlowski, 804-225-4386, ekozlows_at_mail.vak12
  ed.edu
• esol_at_mail.vak12ed.edu