1/21/20 - DAC Email (ALL LEVELS)

Good morning-

Pearson should be open and running for you to review.

Jan. 14 Training Recording Now Available

The Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA) and Pearson held a joint Skype training session Jan. 14 concerning the Online Field Test. The training focused on activities completed by the District and Building Assessment Coordinators (DACs and BACs), such as how to print student test assignments, test session setup details, student transfers, seal codes, testing tickets and much more.

The PowerPoint and the Recording are available from the K-PREP page, which includes other online testing resources, such as the Online Testing Toolbox. The PowerPoint is also available from this Google Drive.  

Online Field Test Tutorials and Practice Tests Now Available

Tutorials and practice tests are available from the PearsonAccess^next landing page or by clicking on the Practice Test and Tutorials direct link.

The tutorials are available for two levels – Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-HS. Please choose the appropriate level for the students to learn to use the online tools and navigate the site. These tutorials run in a browser environment. TestNav does not have to be installed to run the tutorial. OAA encourages all students to use the tutorial to gain a better understanding of how to take an online test in TestNav.

Mathematics, reading and science practice tests are also available. Although, science for grade 11 is not a part of the field test, a practice test is available for grade 11 students to practice using the tools for the online operational test. Writing and editing & mechanics practice tests will be available soon. The Desmos calculator, the equation editor and other tools are available for students to become more comfortable with the system as they take a practice test. The same practice tests will be available in a secure format through TestNav soon. The largest difference between the browser version and the TestNav version is that the TestNav version more closely resembles test day, since seal codes and student logins are used.

IF YOU PLAN ON DOING SOME PRACTICE TESTS, PLEASE NOTIFY JESSE MORGAN.  HIS TEAM WANTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WORKING PROPERLY.

1/9/20 - DAC Email and Field Testing

Good morning-

You should be able to login to Pearson and see the tests that each student is assigned to take.  By going to "Testing" and then "Student Tests" you should be able to see this.  YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LOGIN UNTIL 1/15/20!

Then, you will want to determine the number of accommodated materials that you will need based on who is taking which test.  You will put those numbers in HERE.  I will not be able to order accommodated materials until February 10th so you have some time.

Thank you all for your leadership!


Chase