Good morning-
I feel like I have spent the last two days on the phone with either Pearson or KDE to gain some additional clarity around these field tests. Here is some info from our DAC emails. Please read through all of this:
Readjusting students that have moved: I am communicating with KDE about this. The process is overly laborious and it seems that any student who moved from another district would require a phone call to grab the pearson ID plus all of the other work inside PAN to get the student ready to test. I asked Ms. Barr at KDE what happens if they don't test and she hasn't given me a response. When I hear, I will communicate further.
Certification - At the conclusion of the Field Tests, please complete
this and scan to me.
KAS Field Test TAMs
In preparation for the upcoming Feb. 24-March 6 Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) Online Field Test and Operational Quality of School Climate and Safety (QSCS) Survey, the Grades 3-7, 10 and 11 Test Administrator’s Manuals (TAMs) are now available. The TAMs can be accessed electronically on the
PearsonAccessnext (PAN) website under Support Documentation, and will be placed on the
K-PREP page on the KDE website when made 508 Compliant. Grade 8 will be posted soon.
For the KAS Online Field Test, the TAMs are only available electronically. Schools will need to print copies if desired.
Note: Test Proctors administering the paper version of the accommodated kits (Braille, large-print, audio CD/audio flash drive or text reader) will also need to print the TAM/script. A TAM will not be included in the accommodated kits.
The DAC/BAC Manual for the KAS Online Field Test will be forthcoming and available on PAN.
Creating Test Sessions Clarification
Within
PearsonAccessnext (PAN), students taking the survey and online field tests should be placed into test sessions. Students taking paper assessments do not need to be assigned to test sessions.
Quality of School Climate and Safety (QSCS) Survey. The survey is administered online. All students (i.e., students with and without accommodations) in tested grades should be assigned to a test session in
PearsonAccessnext for the QSCS survey.
Online Field Tests. Students taking the online content area field test (i.e., students without accommodations) in tested grades should be assigned to a test session.
Paper-based Field Tests. Student using a paper-based accommodated kit – Braille, large-print, audio CD/audio flash drive, or text reader – should NOT be placed into a content area testing session in PAN
The Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA) wants to be clear on this distinction; it will save school and district staff time and effort.
Seal Codes for the ODW Field Test
As communicated, there is one seal code for students to enter when beginning to take the On-Demand Writing online field test at grades 5, 8 and 11. There is only one 60-minute prompt. However, when school personnel print the seal codes for on-demand writing, two seal codes are being displayed on the printed sheet. Please use the first seal code for students to enter in the seal code box in TestNav when beginning the field test. We apologize for this inconvenience.
Question of the Week
Q:When are accommodated materials for the upcoming field test expected to arrive?
A: Pearson informed the Office of Assessment and Accountability (OAA) that accommodated materials for the upcoming field test are delayed. Generally, testing materials arrive 1-2 weeks prior to the testing window. With the field test window beginning Feb. 24, some paper-based accommodated materials may arrive prior to the field test window; others may arrive during the field test window. At this point, specific arrival dates are unknown. Pearson is working internally and with their vendors to create testing materials to support testing of all students.
Testing students in TestNav, Pearson’s online system, should continue as planned. Only paper-based accommodated materials are delayed.
OAA understands the additional effort of the delay of paper-based materials and inconvenience this causes our District and Building Assessment Coordinators (DACs and BACs).
Pearson apologizes for the delay and any inconvenience this causes. They are working diligently to get all of the accommodated materials created and the kits assembled. They will continue to work closely with OAA and provide delivery dates as soon as possible.
2020 K-PREP Testing Format Items and Times Chart Now Available
