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METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24 , 2014 James Mason, Director

METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24 , 2014 James Mason, Director Walt Drane, Assistant Director. MKAS 2 Mississippi K-3 Assessment Support System www.mde.k12.ms.us/mkas2 Point of Contact: Richard Baliko 601.359.5245.

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METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24 , 2014 James Mason, Director

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  1. METLA Update Office of Student Assessment April 24, 2014 James Mason, Director Walt Drane, Assistant Director

  2. MKAS2 Mississippi K-3 Assessment Support System www.mde.k12.ms.us/mkas2 Point of Contact: Richard Baliko 601.359.5245

  3. Component 1: Universal Screener and Diagnostic Assessment • MDE will provide STAR for K-3 students in 50 Literacy Target schools • STAR will be screener and diagnostic (Reading, EL, Math) • All other schools choose their screener and progress monitoring tool • Beginning of Year Screening, Middle of Year Screening, End of Year Screening

  4. Component 1: Universal Screener and Diagnostic Assessment • August 11 – September 19, 2014: Initial Screener Assessment testing window • January 5 – 30, 2015: Middle of Year Assessment testing window • April 27 – May 22, 2015: End of Year Assessment testing window

  5. Component 2: Kindergarten Readiness Assessment • Pilot Test spring 2014 • Pre-K students participating in an Early Learning Collaborative and public Pre-K schools will be assessed • Starting August 11, Pre-K students will take pre-test in the fall and a post-test in the spring • All Kindergarten students will take a K-Readiness assessment in the fall, and an end of year Kindergarten assessment in the spring

  6. Component 2: Kindergarten Readiness Assessment • April 23 – May 23, 2014: K-Readiness Pilot test for Participating Pre-K Programs • August 11 – September 19, 2014: K-Readiness testing window • April 9 – May 13, 2015: End of Year K-Assessment testing window

  7. Component 3: 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment • Spring 2014 • Technology Readiness Trial ~ April 24-May 23 • Voluntary Participation • Getting familiarized with system and assessment type • MDE encouraged every district to sign up to promote a smooth implementation • Spring 2015 • All students participate • Testing window ~ April 10 – 23 “Pre-Decisional - Not Yet Approved”

  8. Component 3: 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment • April 24 – May 23, 2014: 3rd Grade Reading Technology Readiness Trial • April 10 – 23, 2015: 3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment Operational Window • May 18 – 22, 2015: 3rd Grade Reading Assessment 1st Retest Window • June 29– August 7, 2015: 3rd Grade Reading Assessment 2nd Retest Window

  9. Questions • If there are any questions with the components of MKAS2, please contact the following: • Component 1 (Universal Screener & Diagnostic Assessment) • Kymyona Burk – kymyona.burk@mde.k12.ms.us • Tenette Smith – tenette.smith@mde.k12.ms.us • Component 2 (Kindergarten Readiness Assessment) • Robin Lemonis – rlemonis@mde.k12.ms.us • Component 3 (3rd Grade Reading Summative Assessment) • Richard Baliko – rbaliko@mde.k12.ms.us

  10. PARCC Field Test Update www.mde.k12.ms.us/parccft Point of Contact: Walt Drane 601.359.2111

  11. PARCC Field Testing - Spring 2014 • Over 1.2 million students from PARCC states are participating • Approximately 85,000 Mississippi students from 140 districts and 513 schools will participate • 92% of Mississippi schools identified in the initial sample volunteered to participate • 80% of students will only take the PBA or the EOY in either ELA or math

  12. Media Conversation on PARCC/SBAC

  13. Media Conversation on PARCC April 8, 2014

  14. Positive Tweets

  15. PARCC Practice Tests • PARCC Practice Tests are now available for both ELA and mathematics • Answer keys and scoring rubrics are provided • Fall 2014 – PARCC will release another practice test; the computer will score these automatically • Linked off of the MDE Student Assessment home page and below • http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/

  16. Technology Readiness Grants Point of Contact: Melissa Hall 601.359.5115

  17. Technology Readiness Grants - Spring 2014 • SBE approved the Technology Readiness Enhancement Grants of April 18th. • Purpose is to improve technology readiness to support online learning and testing • Similar to the universal screener grants • $5 per student K-10 (Jan. 2014 enrollment) • One-page plan required (template provided and emailed to Superintendents, DTCs and Technology Coordinators on April 22nd.

  18. Technology Readiness Grants - Spring 2014 • The signed agreements must be received back from districts no later than Friday, May 9, 2014.  • Request for reimbursement of all expenses must be made no later than Friday, June 20, 2014. • Payment will be sent to your district via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) process during July 2014. 

  19. Office of Student Assessment Contacts James Mason, Director jmason@mde.k12.ms.us Walt Drane, Assistant Director wdrane@mde.k12.ms.us 601.359.3052

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