All Things Assessment

Most Amazing CTCs,

Please be sure to forward this newsletter to anyone on your campus who supports you with testing. This will help everyone get the timely information they need to accomplish their assigned duties.

Take care,

JL

CTCs will receive TEA's Calendar of Events tomorrow via interoffice mail. Please share these calendars with those who support you with testing. Remember that deadlines listed are district deadlines and that campus dates for receiving or returning materials may be different. Any dates that differ from this calendar will be clearly communicated to you through this newsletter and in CTC trainings.

HS CTCs do not need to read any further. The rest of this newsletter is dedicated to MAP testing. :)

Update - Engineers implemented a solution on 9/17/20, and all testing indicates that the connectivity issues are resolved. We recommend that you continue testing. We will update this page by 8:00 AM EDT Monday (9/21/20).

• Download the Pre-Test Proctor Checklist and the Proctor Slide Deck
• Only MISD employees can access resources linked to the newsletters and slide decks. You will need to download them in order to share them with your parents.
• Stacie Wallace has pushed out the NWEA lockdown browser to all devices that have been turned on and connected to the district internet. You may need to restart the device to see it.
• Any students who enrolled on or after September 8th will need to be added by the CTC. Refer to Creating a Student Profile for instructions on how to do this.

1. K/1 students at school on iPads: Use the NWEA app pushed out from Central Office. There is one app for Growth and a separate app for Fluency.
2. K/1 students at school on laptops: – NWEA lockdown browser
3. 2nd grade and up on laptops at school – NWEA lockdown browser
4. K-1 students at home on ipads – use the testing website link https://test.mapnwea.org
5. 2nd grade and up at home on ipads - If at all possible, this is not recommended.
6. K-8 students at home on laptops – use the testing website link https://test.mapnwea.org

• Kinder - 1st Grade - Bilingual classrooms will give MAP in Spanish
• 2nd Grade - Bilingual classrooms will give MAP in Spanish unless the student scored Advanced High on TELPAS the prior year.
• 3rd—5th Grade - Any student who is projected to take Spanish STAAR or is a Beginner or Intermediate on TELPAS will also take MAP in Spanish.

1. K-2 students at school on iPads: Central Office is pushing out the Fluency app today. There is one app for Growth and a separate app for Fluency. It should be there in the morning when you log in to the devices.
2. K-2 students at school on laptops: – Use the testing website link - https://student.mapnwea.org
3. K-2 students at home on ipads – Use the NWEA MAP Reading Fluency app
4. K-2 students at home on laptops – Use website link - https://student.mapnwea.org

For In-Person Testing:

• Download the MAP Reading Fluency Quick Start Guide and access supporting links in NWEA Help Center.

For Remote Testing:

• Download the Remote Testing Administration Guide for MAP Reading Fluency
• Consider testing one student the first time to give proctors confidence and more familiarity with the assessment.

The trainings are linked to the McKinney ISD MAP Weebly. Please feel free to share this information to anyone on your campus who may need it.

Question: What do we do about students who are not using school devices? How do they get the Lockdown Browser if they are testing in person?

Answer: These students will need to click on the link below and download the NWEA Secure Testing Browser. I would strongly encourage this to be done prior to the day of testing.

https://community.nwea.org/community/partner-support/technical-resources

How to download the NWEA Secure Testing Browser:

1. Navigate to the Technical Resources page in NWEA Connection.
2. Under Downloads, find the link to the appropriate version.
3. Click PC Secure Browser or Mac Secure Browser to download the installer to your computer.

• October 22, 2020 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
  This webinar training will provide an overview of the STAAR online test platform including a review of accessibility features used for during testing. Register HERE

Assessing where students are in order to adjust instruction has never been more critical in this changing world. We will show best practices in designing assessments for your classroom, whatever your classroom looks like. This series is designed for all grades/all content areas, though STAAR grades/subjects are emphasized.

Assessment Design Series

• Sept 16 - Oct 16 ~ BOY MAP Reading Fluency Window
• Sept 21 - Oct 16 ~ BOY MAP Window
• Oct 10 ~ Credit by Exam (CBE)

• Sept 21 - Oct 16 ~ BOY MAP Window
• Oct 10 ~ Credit by Exam (CBE)

• Oct 10 ~ Credit by Exam (CBE)
• Oct 21~ HS CTC Annual STAAR/EOC Training
• Nov 20 ~ Campus EOC Test Administrator Training Deadline
• Dec 8-11 ~ Dec EOC

In the event I need to get information to you quickly, I will send it out first through Remind and then will follow up with an email. I will also use Remind to remind you of important deadlines.

• Elementary CTCs - @e2ea62

• Middle School CTCs - @2hadcc

• High School CTCs - @geg4db

• District & Campus Coordinator Resource
  

• McKinney ISD Assessment Weebly

• Texas Education Agency

• Texas Assessment (TAMS/ETS) website

• Pearson Access Next

• TestHound

• NWEA
  
  
• Calendar of Events
  

Coordinator of Student Assessment

Email: jlittle@mckinneyisd.net
Website: misdassessment.weebly.com
Location: 1 Duvall Street, McKinney, TX, USA
Phone: 469-302-7712
Twitter: @jenniferhlittle