4/29/19 DAC EMAIL - All Levels

Good morning-

Only one thing in the email to communicate:

OFFICE OF STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY (OSAA) TO CONDUCT SITE VISITS

Staff from OSAA will conduct site visits to selected schools across Kentucky, during the upcoming spring testing windows. District Assessment Coordinators (DACs) will be contacted approximately 30 minutes before the team arrives at the school to announce the visit. DACs are invited to accompany the OSAA team on the visit, if they wish.

During the visit, OSAA staff will interview the Building Assessment Coordinator (BAC) and/or Principal. Staff will focus particularly on the testing environment and will examine posters/classroom materials, placement of students for overcrowding and student work surfaces.

Staff will ask the school to provide:

• 1 copy of a Good Faith Effort Checklist (if used)
• 1 copy of a Seating Chart (any 2 grades, group and individual)
• 1 copy of a testing schedule
• 1 copy of a Medical Non-participation Form (if applicable)
• 1 copy of an Extraordinary Circumstance Form (if applicable)

OSAA staff will ask to take a copy of the Good Faith Effort Checklist, Seating Charts, Testing Schedule, Medical Non-participation Forms and /or Extraordinary Circumstance Forms.

Individualized Education Program (IEPs) or Program Service Plans (PSPs) will be reviewed through the Infinite Campus (IC) student identification system; copies of 504 Plans may be requested by visiting OSAA staff. Alternate Assessment and Accountability Folders (AAAF) will not be requested during these site visits.

The document used by OSAA staff to collect information during the visits has been updated. Please share information about the visits and the document that will be used with your BACs and Principals or other appropriate staff.