Achievement District Test Coordinator
Updates and Reminders - January 13, 2025 |
Achievement District Test Coordinators,
Happy New Year! As we approach the Spring 2025 statewide achievement testing windows, please note the following regarding communications sent to our team.
- Include your district entity number on emails to us. This helps to speed up the research process on our end as we work to get answers to your testing questions.
- Include the name of the assessment you have a question about - AASA, AzSCI, ACT Aspire, and/or ACT.
- Please send questions about AASA to AASA@azed.gov, questions about AzSCI to AzSCI@azed.gov, and questions about ACT Aspire or ACT to Testing@azed.gov. Please send your question to only one of these inboxes. Do not copy all of the inboxes on your email.
Achievement DTC emails for the 2024-2025 school year are published on the Achievement DTC page of our website, under the dropdown for "Achievement DTC Communications - 2024-2025 School Year," for easy access.
Office Hours
The Achievement Assessments team will be holding optional Office Hours sessions on the following dates and topics. To attend, please use the registration links below. A Teams meeting invitation will be sent to all registered attendees prior to each Office Hours session.
Pearson will be hosting the following additional Office Hours sessions. Registration is not required to attend the following sessions. Use the Teams link provided below to join.
January 15, 2025, 9:00-10:00am - AzLMS
Student Uploads for Testing
Reminder: ADE will complete the initial student upload to PearsonAccess Next for each of the statewide achievement assessments: AASA, AzSCI, ACT Aspire, and ACT. After the initial student upload is visible in PearsonAccess Next for each assessment, then you will be responsible for adding any newly enrolled students or any students who were missed in the upload process. Please see the District Test Coordinator Checklist or the Schedule of Events for each assessment for the applicable student upload dates.
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AASA Updates and Reminders
Verify enrollment counts for Grades 3-8 - deadline is January 17
- Enrollment counts have been pre-populated in PAN based on student registrations in AzEDS. DTCs of both computer-based testing and paper-based testing schools must verify enrollment counts, which are used for determining how many copies of Test Administration Directions manuals are shipped to your district, as well as how many paper tests are shipped to paper-based testing schools. This task must be completed for each school.
Select preferred materials delivery week - deadline is January 17
- Two delivery weeks are available. Select Week 1 (March 17-20, 2025) or Week 2 (March 24-27, 2025). If no delivery week is selected in PAN, then the district or charter will be defaulted to Delivery Week 1. This task must be completed at the district level in PAN (not at the school level).
Verify contact information and shipping address - deadline is February 21
- Any changes to contact information and shipping address for AASA must be emailed to ADE at AASA@azed.gov.
Set up user accounts in PAN - ongoing through the test window
- User accounts may be created manually or through an import file for School Test Coordinators, Technology Coordinators, and Test Administrators.
AASA Math Sample Test Update - Grades 3 and 4
An additional item has been added to the AASA Math Sample Tests for Grades 3 and 4. The Sample Test Scoring Guides have also been updated to include the additional item. |
AzSCI Updates and Reminders
The Spring 2025 AzSCI administration will go live in PearsonAccess Next on January 29, 2025. At that time, DTCs can verify their contact information and shipping address for AzSCI and can begin adding user accounts. Please see the AzSCI DTC Important Tasks Checklist for upcoming tasks and deadlines. |
ACT Aspire Updates and Reminders
The Spring 2025 ACT Aspire administration will go live in PearsonAccess Next on January 15, 2025. The Spring 2025 ACT Aspire Test Coordinator Manual, Accessibility Supports Guide, and Room Supervisor Manuals are coming soon. Manuals will be published on the Arizona ACT Aspire Support Page as they are available. Please see the ACT Aspire Schedule of Events for upcoming tasks and deadlines. |
ACT Updates and Reminders
Site readiness tasks, including mock administration, are now available. All sites administering the online ACT are strongly encouraged to complete a mock administration prior to testing.
Initial requests for ACT accommodations and EL supports must be submitted to ACT in the Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) system no later than February 7, 2025. This is a firm deadline, so please submit your requests early!
ACT is hosting Accommodations Office Hours through March 18, 2025. Please visit the ACT Accommodations Office Hours registration page for dates, topics, and registration links.
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Bethany Spangenberg
Deputy Associate Superintendent of Assessment
Arizona Department of Education
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Joseph M. Guzman, Ph.D.
Associate Superintendent of Standards, Assessment, Accountability and Research
Arizona Department of Education |
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