
All Things Assessment
November 4 , 2019
"We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience." -John Dewey
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.
JL
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December EOC - Additional Materials Order Form
Please complete the Additional Materials form by 3:00pm on Friday, November 8th. If you do not need additional materials, please shoot me an email and let me know. This helps to verify that I am not missing a campus.
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STAAR Test Administrator Manuals
The 2019–2020 STAAR test administrator manuals for grades 3–5, grades 6–8, and EOC have been posted to http://TexasAssessment.gov/administrators. Hard copies will be delivered to districts November 18–22, 2019. ETS will ship one manual per 15 students based on participation counts from spring 2019. Districts will also receive a 10% overage amount. The test administrator manuals are also linked to MISDAssessment.weebly.com and available on TEA’s website at https://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/staar/manuals/.
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A Message from Test Hound
Training Dates for November and December
Hello TestHound Users!
We are excited to post our TestHound Mini Trainings sessions for the months of November and December. Our trainings will run 15-30 minutes and focus on specific topics based on what’s happening on the testing calendar. The mini trainings will be hosted via Zoom and you can register for them using the connected links. We will end the month of December with a FAQ style session where we will discuss and review the big topics you’ve brought our way. We will post a new schedule each month with new available sessions.
TestHound Mini-Session Schedule November:
11/6 1:30 CTC TestHound Webinar: Test Setup 101
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gAweH4HfQyG2BxkPwIBoeA
11/12 1:30 CTC TestHound Webinar: Inventorying 101
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_euLLTO4bTyOWGruOfKILpA
11/14 1:30 CTC TestHound Webinar: Makeup Testing Tutorial
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__tUIQczMT32vtkVOjcpvxQ
11/21 10:00 CTC TestHound Webinar: Overview of Reports
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8Td8v2juToScrn8-UbxHpw
TestHound Mini-Session Schedule December:
12/5 10:00 CTC TestHound Webinar: Wrapping Up a Testing Session
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DYj1-dO6RkqMeZodT3G7dg
12/10 10:00 CTC TestHound Webinar: Balancing Manual Entry and Auto Pilot Accommodations
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1bi7S6vGSA-8n2Yg_dMutQ
12/19 10:00 TestHound Webinar: F.A.Q. Round Table
https://educationadvanced.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H-j675UURD-H-3URicmOjw
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Tasks to Complete
- Register in Eduphoria for Annual CTC training
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Looking Ahead
High School
- Nov 8 ~ Dec EOC Additional Materials order due
- Nov 22 ~ Deadline to Complete Annual Campus STAAR/EOC Training
- Dec 2 ~ HS receive Dec EOC Materials & Test Administrator Manuals
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Remind
- Elementary CTCs - @e2ea62
- Middle School CTCs - @2hadcc
- High School CTCs - @geg4db
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Helpful Links
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Jennifer Little
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