Achievement District Test Coordinator Updates and Reminders
December 15, 2021 |
Achievement District Test Coordinators,
Please see this week's updates and reminders regarding 2021-2022 Achievement testing below. This week, information is included for all Achievement tests - AASA, AzSCI, ACT, and ACT Aspire. If you have any questions about the statewide achievement tests, please contact us at AASA@azed.gov or AzSCI@azed.gov. |
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.
- Achievement DTCs with students in Grades 3-8: Please complete the DTC training modules by January 14, 2022.
- Achievement DTCs with high school students only: Please complete the DTC training modules by February 4, 2022.
- All testing staff, including Test Administrators, Proctors, and staff who will handle test materials must view the Achievement Test Administration Responsibilities training module before administering any tests.
- Achievement DTCs are responsible for ensuring that testing staff has received training prior to administering any tests, as well as for tracking completion of the Achievement Test Administration Responsibilities training module by staff.
- Please note there is not a separate training module for the AASA Writing Stand-Alone Field Test (SAFT). Because this field test is only for one content area, we were able to embed the SAFT information within the overall AASA training module.
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Pearson Technology Office Hours
Pearson is offering Technology Office Hours in 15 min., 30 min., or 60 min. sessions for district or school technology personnel responsible for setting up testing devices for online testing for the AASA Writing Stand-Alone Field Test, AASA, and/or AzSCI.
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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.
Districts will receive paper copies of the Test Coordinator's Manual and Test Administration Directions in January for the AASA Writing SAFT.
All students in grades 3-8 are expected to participate in the AASA Writing SAFT. The entire four-week test window is available for both computer-based and paper-based testing schools. Makeup testing is expected and should be scheduled during the test window in order to test all students.
Writing Presentation
An updated writing PowerPoint has been posted on the AASA page of our website, under the "AASA Writing Resources" dropdown. This PowerPoint presentation addresses the writing test prompts, rubrics, and testing times for the AASA writing test and applies to both the Writing SAFT and the writing section of the operational AASA assessment.
Work Requests
When a student transfers into your district or within schools in your district, the District Test Coordinator will need to submit a Work Request within PAN to have the student transferred from the releasing school to the new school. District Test Coordinators also need to check in PAN frequently to see if a Work Request is awaiting approval for any student transferring out of the district. Please see Page 42 of the PAN User's Guide for the detailed steps of this process. |
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AzSCI Item Specifications
Updated AzSCI Item Specifications have been posted on the AzSCI page of our website, under the "AzSCI Resource Suite" dropdown. Updates were made to the Blueprint based on last year's field testing. |
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ACT Accommodations Requests
Reminder: The deadline for ACT accommodations and support requests is
January 7, 2022.
- ACT accommodations and support requests must be submitted through ACT's Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) system.
- It is important that DTCs and schools are aware of the allowable accommodations for ACT. Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text are allowable accommodations even on the reading portions of the test. These must be submitted to ACT for approval.
- For more information about ACT accommodations and supports, please see the ACT-hosted website for Arizona, Step 3: Accommodation.
ACT Student Upload
ADE will upload cohort 2023 (generally Grade 11) students to ACT's PAN platform (testadmin.act.org). Students will be visible to District Test Coordinators by January 3, 2022.
- Updates to student data in PAN must take place by January 14, 2022 to receive Pre-ID labels for student paper test booklets.
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ACT Aspire on-demand trainings for Spring 2022 testing will be available no later than January 7, 2022. We will provide an update on how to access these trainings once they are available.
The ACT Aspire PearsonAccessNext site will go live for Achievement DTCs on January 24, 2022. ADE's upload of students for ACT Aspire will be visible to districts and charters on January 31, 2022.
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