Transcript PowerPoint slides - Colorado Department of Education

Site Readiness
DTC Kick-Off
Sept 2014
Introductions
 Collin Bonner- [email protected]
 Technology Specialist Assessment Unit of CDE.
 Wayne A. Dilworth- [email protected]
 Program Manager Enterprise Program Management Office at
Pearson
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Congratulations!
Over 250,000 students participated in the spring CMAS
online administration.
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Operating Systems Used for CMAS
Assessment
Operating System
Projections based on June Spring Operating System
13, 2013 snapshot
Used by Students
Chromebooks (Chrome OS)
10.3%
21.6%
iPad (iOS)
5.4%
1.3%
Mac OSX (10.6- 10.9.2)
12.4%
11.8%
Windows XP
21.8%
7%
Windows 7
48.4%
57.3%
Windows other (Vista, Server,
8)
Totals
1.7%
1%
100%
100%
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Agenda
 2014-2015 Assessment Calendar.
 Important Site readiness dates for the fall High School CMAS:
Science and Social Studies Assessment Administration.
 Future DTC Meetings.
 Resources for Technical Site Readiness Training
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2014-2015 Assessment Calendar
Assessment
CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social
Studies
PARCC Performance-Based
Assessment (PBA)
Grade
Tentative Windows
12
11/03/14 to 11/21/14
3-8, High School
3/09/15 to 4/03/15
CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social 4 and 7 (Social Studies)
Studies
5 and 8 (Science)
CoAlt: English language arts and
math
PARCC End-of-Year Assessment
(EOY)
ACCESS for ELLs®
Reading, Writing, Speaking and
Listening
CO ACT
Grade 11
4/13/15 to 5/01/15
3-11
4/13/15 to 5/15/15
3-8, High School
4/27/15 to 5/22/15
K-12
1/12/15 to 2/13/15
Initial Test Date
Tues., April 28, 2015
Make-up Test Date
Tues., May 12, 2015
CoAlt: Dynamic Learning Maps
(DLM)
English Language Arts and Mathematics
Mira Monroe
What is DLM?
 Replaces CoAlt: Reading, Writing and Mathematics
 Grades 3 – 11
 English Language Arts and Mathematics
 Consortia – Based at the Center for Educational Testing and
Evaluation at KU
 Dynamic system adjusts to student responses
 Designed to assess the 1% of students that cannot be assessed
by the PARCC instrument.
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Online
 Online for students
 May be taken off line, for students who are unable to access a
computer
 Answers entered by the Test Examiner
 KITE system
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Important Site readiness dates
for the fall High School CMAS
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Important Fall Technology Dates
Key Technology Dates (Tentative)
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DTC Webinars & Site Visits Upon Request
9/1 - 10/31
iOS and ChromeOS: TestNav8 App Updates
9/5
Practice Tests will be available in the PA Training Center for
infrastructure trial
9/22
Quarterly Java Release
10/15
CMAS forms will be available for proctor caching
No later than 10/27
DTC Technical phone support open
10/27 - 11/7
Upcoming TN Dependent Software
Release Dates
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Software
Date of Release
Action Required
Firefox 31
July 22, 2014
None at this time
Firefox 32
September 2, 2014
None at this time
Chrome 38 Browser
TBD (Aug 2014)
None at this time
Chrome OS 38
TBD (Aug 2014)
None at this time
Chrome OS 39
TBD (Sep 2014)
None at this time
Java
October, 15 2014
None at this time
Future DTC Meetings &
Trainings
Regional DTC Meetings & Upcoming Trainings
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Future DTC Meetings
 DTC Feedback on DTC Regional Trainings
 Like the opportunity to interact and connect with other DTCs
 Like to hear how other districts were dealing with common site
readiness issues.
 Did not like the lack of new information and content.
 Did not like the travel time.
 Proposal for New Format
 Webinar format.
 Organized by assessment environment OS and device types.
 Can focus on specific issues like Java management or new devices.
Future DTC Trainings
 Deeper Learning with Pearson Tools
 Proctor Caching Web Interface
 More examples of complex TestNav configurations in
PearsonAccess.
 DLM Technology Preparations
 Webinars will be posted to the DTC Website
Site Readiness
Trainings & Materials
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Challenges From First Operational
Assessment
 Device, operating system, browser and test engine interactions
 New item types and tools
 Software updates
 Customer service and CenturyLink outages
 Bandwidth
Priorities for Future Administrations
 Improve TestNav Exit Process
 Provide infrastructure trial resources that will allow districts to
sufficiently test environments
 Refine PearsonAccess reporting features and status indicators
 Closely align PearsonAccess training and operational sites
DTC Recommendations
 Create Device Image with only "bare minimum” OS, Browser,
and Java for a clean environment.
 Create “Kiosk” or GPO for standardized assessment
environment.
 Use System Check (TestNav Verification Test) to validate that
TestNav will load on machines.
 Freeze browser, operating system & Java environment if
possible.
CDE Website
 Webpage
 District Technology Coordinator Designations
 Site Readiness Support
 Site Readiness Technical Training
 Final CMAS Site Readiness Checklist
 Community of Practice for Colorado Site Readiness for Online
Assessment
 Site Visits
 Site Readiness Webinars
 Technology Readiness Tool
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