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Presentation to District and Alternate Assessment Coordinators

A comprehensive overview and update on the FSAA program for district and assessment coordinators, including a summary of trends, training programs, Learner Characteristics Inventory (LCI) implementation, and reporting.

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Presentation to District and Alternate Assessment Coordinators

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  1. Presentation to District and Alternate Assessment Coordinators August 30, 2018 Larry Ehret, Jennifer Quiet, Alicia Cuttle Measured Progress

  2. Measured Progress Team Introductions • Alicia Cuttle, Director Client Services, Special Education • Jennifer Quiet, Manager Special Education Test Development • Larry Ehret, Program Manager, FSAA Program Lead

  3. Topics for Presentation Today • Service Center trends and training focus recommendations • July training recap and outcomes • FSAA Resources • Update on AAC Requests – what may be coming in FY19 and beyond • Learner Characteristics Inventory (LCI) • Reporting Update, 2018-2019 overview

  4. FSAA Service Center Trends

  5. Performance Task FSAA Service Center Trends

  6. Performance Task FSAA Service Center Trends (continued)

  7. Datafolio FSAA Service Center Trends

  8. FSAA Training Programs – July 2018

  9. FSAA Training Kicked off in July for 2018-2019 Administrations

  10. FSAA Training Kicked off in July for 2018-2019 Administrations Performance Task Train-the-Trainer Sessions • Total of 98 participants for Train-the-Trainer sessions • Full-day session (28), • Two update sessions for returning AACs (70) • *NEW* Also provided Supporting Datafolio Administration for AACs session on Friday for AACs, with 44 participants

  11. FSAA Training Kicked off in July for 2018-2019 Administrations Total of 261 participants Program included 3 sessions Datafolio Administration training Content and Differentiation Training with Project ACCESS Assessment View System (AVS) training Additional training sessions August (195 registered) *NEW* Developing Opportunities for Activity Choices Workshops (4 sessions, 149 registered) Datafolio Administration and AVS Training

  12. Future Goals for FSAA Training • Continue with conference style format to support providing • Comprehensive program in efficient format • Allowing participants to attend PT and Datafolio sessions in tandem

  13. Resources and Key Information for Effective Administration & Support

  14. Key Resources

  15. Key Resources (continued)

  16. Important Dates for 2018-2019: Performance Task

  17. Important Dates for 2018-2019: Datafolio

  18. Update on AAC Requests

  19. Update on Requests from AACs • FSAA—Performance Task online system, working with platform vendor • Reason Not Tested visible on test completion status, working with platform vendor to include information in completion report as well as on screen • Ability for either District 1 or District 2 to initiate Student Transfer • Improving turn around time for requests to reset a completed/submitted test • Ability to see “Last Update” with date and time displayed

  20. Learner Characteristics Inventory (LCI)

  21. Learner Characteristics Inventory (LCI) 2018- 2019 • TAC and 3rd Party Alignment Study results recommended the Department consider collecting student data to inform guidelines which will be used to support students moving along the continuum from Datafolio to Performance Task • LCI will be implemented for both the Performance Task and Datafolio programs • 11 questions related to classroom setting, communication, skills, attendance and engagement

  22. Learner Characteristics Inventory (LCI) (continued) Performance Task Datafolio Teachers will complete survey for each student assessed in 2018-2019; required Survey will be completed in Assessment View System (AVS) Details about the survey provided in the AVS tutorials posted to the Portal • Teachers will be asked to complete the survey for each student assessed in Spring 2019; recommended but voluntary • Survey will be available as an online link hosted by PDS • Details about the survey will be communicated through the BEESS newsletter

  23. Performance Task, LCI Survey

  24. For Datafolio, LCI Survey will be a Tab on Top of AVS Screen

  25. Reporting

  26. 2017-2018 FSAA Reporting Timeline SPRING 2018

  27. Steps for Test Data Verification and Processing • Test data is exported from the online system • Data is received, processed and analyzed • Psychometrics applies scaling and performance levels • Data and performance levels verified by independent 3rd party and approved by the Department prior to publication • Data is used to populate the online and print reports • Production reports are QC’d and approved • Online reports and data files are published

  28. Reporting Look Ahead • Schedule is expected to be similar to spring 2018 • Reports are scheduled to be posted online by June 7, 2019 • Paper reports will ship in July • *NEW* FSAA—Datafolio Individual Student Report (ISR) design • Separate Interpretation Guides for Performance Task and Datafolio

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