Achievement District Test Coordinator Updates
April 11, 2023
General Testing Reminders

Testing Tickets
Students must have their secure testing tickets in order to sign into their assessment in TestNav. Verify student information before issuing secure testing tickets. The use of an incorrect secure testing ticket during testing is a test security violation and will result in the student's AASA, AzSCI, or ACT Aspire test being invalidated.

Opening Test Units - AASA
Be careful when unlocking test units. Ensure the Test Administrators are opening the approved testing unit.

Students taking the same test within the same school are not required to test on the same day. Students do not have to take all test units on the same day. No more than two test units, plus the ELA Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) test unit for Grade 3, can be administered in a single day. It is recommended to take Unit 1, followed by Unit 2, for ELA Reading and Math tests, although this is not required. When two test units are scheduled on the same day, there must be a significant break between units. Do not start a test unit if there is not sufficient time to complete the test unit by the end of the regularly scheduled school day.

Work Requests
Please continue to check daily for Work Requests (transfer requests) that may need your attention for AASA, AzSCI, and ACT Aspire. These transfers need to be completed in a timely manner so that students may be set up for testing after they have transferred to a new school. Please also note that if a student arrives on testing day and you need to submit a Work Request to transfer the student to your school, you will need to wait for the releasing school to approve the request.

Operational Reports
The following Operational Reports available in PearsonAccessNext can assist with determining which students still need to be tested as we approach the close of the testing windows.

Students Tests that have been Assigned but have not yet Completed - This report generates a list of all students who are registered for an online test administration and have a student test assigned to them, but the test has not yet been completed. Access this report in PearsonAccessNext under Reports > Operational Reports > Students & Registrations.

Session Roster - This report shows the status of each individual online test unit. This report is located in PearsonAccessNext under Reports > Operational Reports > Online Testing. The test status is located in Column J of the report and will display the following statuses: 
  • Testing = In Progress
  • Assign = Not Started
  • Attempt = Complete
Testing Materials
For AASA, AzSCI, and ACT Aspire, secure testing tickets and used scratch paper must be securely destroyed after testing is complete. For ACT, student test tickets and scratch paper must be returned to ACT after testing.

Test Administration Directions and Test Coordinators Manuals are not considered secure testing material and may be discarded locally. They do not need to be returned to Pearson or ACT after testing.
AASA

Upcoming Deadlines - Paper-Based Testing Schools
April 12 - AASA paper-based testing window closes for all AASA test units, including the Grade 3 Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) telephone test.
  • Any paper-based testing schools must have responses from Special Paper Version (braille or large print) tests entered in TestNav by 5:00pm.
April 13 - Paper test booklets must be returned to Pearson. Please see details about packaging and shipping test booklets, including scorable and nonscorable test booklets, in the AASA Test Coordinator's Manual.
  • Box Grade 3 scorable test booklets separately from Grades 4-8 scorable test booklets when returning to Pearson.
  • A Materials Return Inventory Sheet is available in PearsonAccessNext under Support > Documentation.
Upcoming Deadlines - Computer-Based Testing Schools
April 14 - AASA Writing test unit closes for computer-based testing schools. 
  • Writing unit responses from Special Paper Version (braille, large print, or regular paper) tests must be entered in TestNav by 5:00pm.
April 28 - AASA computer-based testing window for ELA Reading, Math, and Grade 3 Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) test units closes.
  • Student responses from Special Paper Version (braille, large print, or regular paper) tests (ELA Reading and Math units) must be entered in TestNav by 5:00pm.
AzSCI

Upcoming Deadlines
April 14 - AzSCI test window closes.
  • Student responses from Special Paper Version (braille, large print, or regular paper) tests must be entered in TestNav by 5:00pm.
April 18 - Return Special Paper Version materials to Pearson as nonscorable materials.
  • A Materials Return Inventory Sheet is available in PearsonAccessNext under Support > Documentation.
ACT Aspire

Upcoming Deadlines
April 12 - ACT Aspire paper-based testing window closes, including for all Special Paper Version (Braille, large print, and regular print) tests for both paper-based testing schools and computer-based testing schools.
April 12 - Pack and return paper test materials. 
April 19 - Deadline for ACT to receive all paper testing materials for ACT Aspire in order for them to be included in scoring.
ACT

This is the final week of testing for ACT. Any Cohort 2024 students who have not yet been administered the ACT may take the test online April 11, 12, or 13 only.

All standard paper-based testing materials should have now been returned to ACT for scoring. These materials must be received by ACT no later than April 12. Any paper-based accommodated test booklets, answer documents, and test administration forms must be received by ACT no later than April 24. Late-arriving answer documents will not be scored.

Return materials from online testing, including test administration forms, to ACT no later than April 18.
For questions about AASA, please contact us at AASA@azed.gov.
For questions about AzSCI, please contact us at AzSCI@azed.gov.
For questions about ACT Aspire and ACT, please contact us at Testing@azed.gov.
Audra Ahumada
Deputy Associate Superintendent of Assessment
Arizona Department of Education
Joseph M. Guzman, Ph.D.
Associate Superintendent of Standards, Assessment, Accountability and Research
Arizona Department of Education