Achievement District Test Coordinator Updates
November 30, 2021 |
Achievement District Test Coordinators,
Please see this week's updates and reminders regarding 2021-2022 Achievement testing below.
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Training Modules
The Achievement District Test Coordinator (DTC) training modules are now available in Pearson's Training Management System: https://azachieve.tms.pearson.com/. From this link, enter your email address, then complete the registration page. Select the button for "District Test Coordinator" to access the training modules.
The following training modules are required to be completed by DTCs but may also be completed by other staff in your district or charter. In addition, DTCs are required to provide the Achievement Test Administration Responsibilities training module to all testing staff. DTCs are responsible for tracking completion of the Achievement Test Administration Responsibilities training module by all testing staff.
- AASA Test Administration - required for all Achievement DTCs with Grades 3-8
- AzSCI Test Administration - required for all Achievement DTCs with Grades 5, 8, and/or 11 (Cohort 2023)
- Accommodations - required for all Achievement DTCs with Grades 3-8 and/or 11
- Achievement Test Administration Responsibilities - required for all Achievement DTCs with Grades 3-8 and/or 11 and for all employees who will administer, proctor, or be in contact with Achievement test materials
Please visit the FAQ page, located on the login page and under the "Help" button, for additional information.
Please note: ADE is in the final stages of creating a presentation about on-demand writing, as mentioned in a couple of the training modules. Once completed, this presentation will be posted on the AASA webpage with the other AASA Writing Resources. |
Reminder - Submit Special Paper Version Test Requests and Additional Accommodations Requests - AASA, AzSCI, ACT Aspire
Special Paper Version (SPV)
SPV test requests (Braille, large print, or regular print SPV tests) should be submitted to ADE as soon as possible for review to ensure that SPV tests are available for students if needed and to allow time for submitting additional documentation if required. For the AASA Writing Stand-Alone Field Test, requests should be submitted by January 13. For the operational AASA test, AzSCI, and/or ACT Aspire, requests should be submitted by February 25.
Additional Accommodations Requests
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AASA Writing Stand-Alone Field Test (SAFT)
Reminder: All students in Grades 3-8 will participate in the AASA Writing SAFT.
Student enrollments have been uploaded and are now visible in the AASA PearsonAccessNext (PAN) platform. (Reminder: the PAN website for AASA SAFT is a different link than the PAN website used for ACT).
- Verify and edit participation counts - Complete by December 3
- Verify contact information and shipping address in PAN - Complete by December 13
- Create user accounts in PAN - ongoing, complete before testing
- Review students in PAN - New students can be added beginning November 30, 2021.
- Paper-based testing schools must add any new students before December 10 to receive Pre-ID labels for paper tests
AASA - Things to Know
- Verifying your district or charter's contact information and shipping address for the AASA Writing SAFT also verifies this information for the spring operational AASA assessment. There will be a separate contact and shipping address verification window later for AzSCI.
- Users uploaded to PAN for the Writing SAFT will remain for the operational AASA. Users will need to be uploaded separately for AzSCI in February.
- ADE will upload students again in January for the operational AASA test to ensure the most up-to-date information has been loaded in PAN prior to the operational AASA.
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AzSCI - Things to Know
- The Spring 2022 AzSCI administration will go live in PAN on February 2. This will be in the same PAN site currently being used for AASA.
- DTCs already in PAN for AASA will automatically have the AzSCI administration added to their accounts. DTCs who do not have Grade 3-8 students will receive an automated email on February 2 with access to PAN.
- Users who were uploaded to PAN for AASA and who will need access to AzSCI will need to be added under the AzSCI test administration in PAN.
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ACT Reminders
- Test Window Selection: If you have Cohort 2023/Grade 11 students and have not yet selected your test window in ACT's PearsonAccessNext site, please do so as soon as possible. The deadline for completing this task is December 3, 2021.
- Any schools that do not select a test window in ACT's PAN system by December 3 will be defaulted to the first ACT test window, which begins on March 1.
- Accommodations Requests: Please continue submitting any requests for ACT accommodations in ACT's Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) system. The deadline for submissions is January 7, 2022.
- ACT's PearsonAccessNext (PAN) site is located at testadmin.act.org.
- ADE will upload cohort 2023 (generally Grade 11) students to ACT's PAN platform. Students will be visible to District Test Coordinators by January 3.
- Updates to student data in PAN must take place by January 14 to receive Pre-ID labels for student paper test booklets.
- On December 6, ACT's training site goes live, and on December 7, sites may begin mock administration for online testing.
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ACT Aspire - Things to Know
- The ACT Aspire PAN site will go live on January 24.
- ADE will upload cohort 2025 (generally grade 9) students to the ACT Aspire PAN platform. Students will be visible to District Test Coordinators on January 31.
- There are no tasks to complete for ACT Aspire at this time.
- On-demand ACT Aspire trainings are coming soon. An update will be provided as soon as possible.
Please bookmark the ACT-hosted website for Arizona (Aspire page) and the ACT Aspire Schedule of Events for more information on upcoming ACT Aspire tasks. |
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