Assessment Update

This update contains articles on the following topics: Deadline this Friday: ACCESS Materials Ordering Closes, Deadline Tomorrow: ACCESS/WIDA Alternate ACCESS Precode File, Staff Training Requirements, Applications Open for Science MCA-IV and Alt MCA Standard Setting, Student Readiness Tools (SRTs), Upcoming Opportunities. Send a test link/sample so the Program Team can review the link before it gets pushed to production.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Additional Assessment Data Available, Verify District Testing Calendar, ACCESS Materials Ordering Closes Dec. 13, Important Date for ACCESS/WIDA Alternate ACCESS Precode File, Learning Management System, MTAS Participation Documentation, Assessment Security Records (ASR) System (Update), Upcoming Opportunities, Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Pretest Editing in Test WES for MCA and MTAS/Alt MCA, DAC Test Administration Training: Registration, Updates to the Assessment Security Records (ASR) System, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds & Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: WIDA Accounts, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds & Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Learning Management System Updates and Overview, Upcoming Opportunities, MDE Employment Opportunities, Odds & Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: WIDA Alternate ACCESS Results Release Update, Early Precode Deadline for ACCESS and WIDA Alternate ACCESS, Upcoming Q&A Sessions, Guidance for Universal Supports and Accommodations for Minnesota Statewide Assessments 2024-25.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Test Results Summary Update, Translated Reporting Resources for Families, District Policies and Procedures for Statewide Assessments Audit, New DAC Orientation Recap, October Q&A Sessions, Final WIDA Alternate ACCESS Results Release (repeat), New Writing Sample Items for ACCESS, Minnesota Data and Assessment Literacy (MnDAL) Modules.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Test Results Summary Update, Final WIDA Alternate ACCESS Results Release, October Q&A Session: DAC Roles and Yearly Overview, WIDA Alternate ACCESS Final Individual Student Reports Delivery, Required Distribution of Individual Student Repots, Correction: ACCESS Online Test Administrator Script Translations.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Embargoed WIDA Alternate ACCESS Summary Results, Deadline for MCA and MTAS Late Score Entry or Rescore Requests, 2024-25 College Entrance Exam Requirement, MDE Newsletters, Data and Assessment Literacy Community of Practice Series, District Testing Calendar Reminder (repeat), Opportunity for District SIS and Data Warehouse Vendors (repeat), Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Procedures Manual for 2024-25, Register for New DAC Orientation, Changes to Statewide Assessments, MDE Seeking Public Feedback on Science MCA-IV and Alternate MCA Performance Level Descriptors – Deadline Friday (repeat), Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Embargoed WIDA Alternate ACCESS Student Results in Secure Reports, Updated District Policies and Procedures for Statewide Assessments Template, Translated ISR Quick Guides, Reimbursements for College Entrance Exams, District Assessment Coordinator , Trainings and Q&A Sessions (2024–25) (repeat), New DAC Orientation – Save the Date, Opportunities for MTAS/ALT MCA Test Administrators and Special Education Staff (repeat), MDE Employment Opportunity: Health Education Specialist (repeat).

This update contains articles on the following topics: Deadline This Friday for ACCESS Requests, Testing Calendar Updates, District Assessment Coordinator Trainings and Q&A Sessions (2024-25), 2024-25 ACCESS Manuals and Redesigned Training Courses Available Now, Opportunity for District SIS and Data Warehouse Vendors, MDE Employment Opportunity: Health Education Specialist, Odds and Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Deadline This Friday: Reimbursement Requests, Student Assessment History Report Availability, Benchmark Reports Now Available, MDE Seeking Public Feedback on Science MCA-IV and Alternate MCA Performance Level Descriptors, Opportunities for MTAS/Alt MCA Test Administrators and Special Education Staff.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Final Assessment Results Release, Final Individual Student Reports Delivery and Video ISRs, Entering Reimbursement Requests in GRR by Sept. 6, Benchmark Reports Coming Soon, Early Student-Level Results for ACCESS (repeat), WIDA and DRC Webinars.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Resources for New District Assessment Coordinators, Early Student-Level Results for ACCESS.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Final Assessment Results Release, Final Individual Student Reports Delivery, MDE Employment Opportunity (repeat), Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Student Assessment History Report Rollover, Entering Reimbursement Requests in GRR, MDE Employment Opportunity.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Assessment Results Remain Embargoed, Accountability Secure Release and Appeals, Updated ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, WIDA Alternate ACCESS Exit Eligibility Notifications.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Embargoed Test Results Summary, ACCESS Alternate Composite Calculations, PearsonAccess Next Reports: Planned Unavailability, Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: ACCESS DSR/SSR Update, Embargoed Test Results Summary, WIDA Accessibility and Accommodations Manual Updated for 2024­­–25, Entering Reimbursement Requests in GRR, Pearson Customer Support Summer Hours, DAC Reporting Training 2.

This update contains articles on the following topics: DSR/SSR Update, New Guidance on Administering WIDA Screener to Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired and/or Deaf/Hard of Hearing, 2024–25 WIDA Screener Online Administration Now Open, Summer WIDA and DRC Webinars, Learning Management System Maintenance, MDE Employment Opportunity, Tech Update.