Alaska Measures of Progress District Test Coordinator Webinar

1. AlaskaMeasures of ProgressDistrict Test Coordinator Webinar Webinar Logistics: • Audio will be streamed through Adobe Connect. • Audio is also available by calling 877-278-8686 Pin: 961449 • If using the phone as the audio source, MUTE the Adobe connect sound to prevent feedback. On the phone, press *7 to mute yourself. • Please hold questions until the end. • All questions must be asked through the chat box in the bottom right corner. • October 21, 2014 • James Herynk

2. Overview • District Test Coordinator Role • KITE™ System • Educator Portal • Data Upload • Organization and Roles • Adding Data • Editing Data • Test, Exit, Clear (TEC) Template • Technology Practice Tests • Technology Director: LCS and KITE Client Install • Educator: PNP and Technology Practice Tests • Dynamic Learning Maps • Upcoming Webinars • Important Points • Help Desk

3. District Test Coordinator Role • The District Test Coordinators (DTCs) are presumed to be at the district or school level (Building Test Coordinator). • District Test Coordinators (DTCs) play an important role in delivering the new assessments for Alaska Measures of Progress via KITE. The key duties of the DTCs are to upload data for • Users/Educators • Enrollment/Students • Rosters/Student-teacher pairing • TEC/Test, Exit, Clear • The DTCs also oversee the assessment process, including manage user roles and responsibilities, develop a schedule for test implementation, monitor and support test preparations and administration, and develop a plan to facilitate communications with parents and staff.

4. Three Types of Tests • Technology Practice Tests • Generated by AMP • Universal usernames and passwords • Testlets, Assessments for Learning, Formative • Generated by teachers for their rostered students • Unique usernames and passwords • Summative • Generated by the system through TEC record • Unique username, password, and ticket number

5. KITE™ System • KITE™ is a platform developed to meet the needs of the next generation of large-scale assessments. • KITE Client • Delivers assessments to students • Download and install from the AMP website

8. KITE™ System • KITE™ is a platform developed to meet the needs of the next generation of large-scale assessments. • KITE Client • Delivers assessments to students • Download and install from the AMP website • Educator Portal • Manage student, user, and assessment data • educator.cete.us

9. Educator Portal (EP) • Introduction • Technical • Supported Browsers • Firefox 24.3 ESR (recommended) and above, Safari 6.0.5, and Internet Explorer 8 and above • Google Chrome is NOT supported • Clearing cache • Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete, Check Top 4-5, Delete, Okay • Getting Started • Logging in • Forgot Password • Security Agreement • My Profile • My Organizations and Roles • Overlays

10. Uploading Data • Create .CSV Templates akassessments.org • Documentation • Organization Codes • Templates • Upload on the Configuration Tab • Users (window opened Oct. 6) • Students • Enrollment (window opened Oct. 17th) • TEC (window open) • Rosters (window opened Oct. 17th)

11. Organization and Role • Organization >>> (Go to Organization tab) • Think of levels • School • School Building • District • District Name • State • Alaska • Role >>> (Go to Rolestab) • Think of permissions • District Test Coordinator • Add and modify data • Teacher • View students

12. Adding Data in EP • Users/Educators • Add User Manually • Upload User Template • Enrollment/Students • Add Student Manually (NOTE: School Entry Date) • Upload Enrollment Template • KEY to Overwrite: State_Student_Identifier (Col. K) • Rosters • Create Roster Manually • Upload Roster Template

13. Editing Data in EP • Users/Educators • View User, Modify User • Enrollment/Students • Re-Add Student Manually (NOTE: School Entry Date) • Upload Corrected Enrollment Template • KEY to Overwrite: State_Student_Identifier (Col. K) • Access Profile (Personal Needs and Profile or PNP) • Rosters • View Roster, edit by select and deselect • Upload Roster Template

14. Test, Exit, Clear (TEC) • “Exit” • to remove a student from Educator Portal when a student moves out of the district. • “Test” • to assign a student to a summative assessment by subject. • “Clear” • to unassign a student from a summative assessment while keeping the student’s enrollment record intact. • Documentation: akassessments.org

15. Assign Roles and Add Organizations MM/DD/YYYY GN P TEST EXIT CLEAR Same Student ID Organization Code 01907 01908 01909 M ELA 2015 M= Mathematics ELA = English Language Arts TEST = Student assigned to summative assessment by subject EXIT = Student removed from Educator Portal, unavailable to assign CLEAR = Student unassigned from summative assessment by subject NOTE: for leading zeros format cells to text. GN = General P = Paper/Pencil

16. Technology Practice Tests • AMP Website: www.akassessments.org • Front Page: Technology Practice Tests • “Follow these directions” • “Guidance for teachers with ideas on how to introduce students to the Technology Practice Tests”

17. Technology Practice Tests • Features to review with students • Show how to navigate • Model the flag feature • Read the directions for each question • Final review

38. Technology Practice Tests • ELA passage and question navigation • Questions • Drop Down • Page Layout • Passage and Questions • Questions Only • Passage Only • Question Layout • View One • View All

47. Technology Practice Tests • Features: • TOOLBOX • Tags • Highlighter • Strikethrough • Eraser • Pointer • Search • Notes • Calculator • Accessibility Features • Activate by Default set on PNP (Access Profile) means the feature will not need to be turned on in the toolbox.