Assessment Update

This update contains articles on the following topics: ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS Testing Window Closing, MCA/MTAS Irregularities, Test Security Notification and Test Administration Report, Save the Dates! Balanced Assessment Systems and Assessment Inventory Professional Learning Series, Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: March Q&A Session: General Test Administration, ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS Reminders, Monitoring MCA Test Sessions, and On-Demand Reports in PearsonAccess Next.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Soft Release of the MCA Student Readiness Tools (SRTs), Students Moving Into or Out of the District during Testing, Indicating EL for ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS, Science MCA Test Materials, Verifying Student Information for MCA/MTAS, and Graduation Requirements Records (GRR) System Unavailable.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Reminder: ARC Process Deadline is March 3, Preparing for MCA/MTAS, District Testing Calendar Reminder, Student Data Privacy When Communicating with MDE, Testing Windows and Scheduling Testing, and ACCESS Q&A Webinar.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Soft Release of the MCA Student Readiness Tools (SRTs), ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS Administration, and Test Administration Reminders.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Cell Phone and Device Policy, Common ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS Misadministrations, Updates on the Alternate ACCESS Field Test, Initial Shipment of MCA and MTAS Test Materials, PearsonAccess Next Setup and Preparation, PearsonAccess Next and TestNav Changes for 2023 MCA and MTAS Test Administrations, After Hours Testing, MTAS Administration 2023 Informational Meeting – Recording and Reading Sample Tasks Now Available and Odds & Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: WIDA AMS: Tasks and Resources, Reviewing User Accounts in PearsonAccess Next, Monitoring Training Completion, Medical Excuse Audit Findings, Upcoming Opportunities, and Odds & Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: February Q&A Session: Precode and General Test Administration, ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS Reminders, Updates on the Alternate ACCESS Field Test, MTAS Participation Documentation, Student Participation and Students in Special Circumstances and Situations, Upcoming Opportunities, and Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Preparing for ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS, PearsonAccess Next: New DACs (1–2 years), MDE Review of District Test Security Procedures, and District Monitoring of Test Administration.

This update contains articles on the following topics: ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS Additional Materials, Procedures Manual – Correction, Upcoming Resource Availability for MCA/MTAS, MCA Testing Directions: Online, District Testing Calendar Reminder, WIDA Educator Participation Opportunity, and Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Preparing for ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS, Alternate Assessment Decision-Making and Documentation, Entering Preferred Names for MCA and MTAS, Training Management System (TMS) Dating Issue, and Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: MDE DAC Test Administration Training Participation, Pearson DAC Test Administration Training, Pearson Technology Coordinator Training (Live), MTAS Administration 2023 Informational Meeting, Upcoming Opportunities, Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: January Q&A: Preparing for Test Administration, Verifying Shipping Addresses in MDE-ORG by Jan. 20, Preparing for Statewide Assessments: Selecting Test Administrators and Test Monitors, Odds and Ends, and Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: ACCESS Materials Ordering Closes Dec. 16, Staff Training Requirements, Alternate ACCESS Field Test FAQ Resource, Minnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS) Participation Documentation, October 1 Filter, Upcoming Opportunities.

This update contains articles on the following topics: Register for In-Person Training by Thursday, MCA Testing Directions, MTAS Manual and Forms, Submitting Security Violations to MDE, Spring 2023 MCA Infrastructure Readiness Checklist, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds and Ends, Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: DAC Test Administration Training: Registration, Preparing for ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds and Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: November Q&A Session 2: Pretest Editing, Test Administration Training: Save the Date, December Q&A Session: Save the Date, Preparing for the ACCESS/Alternate ACCESS Testing Window, Pretest Editing in Test WES for MCA/MTAS Preparation, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds and Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: November Q&A Session 2: Pretest Editing, MCA Supports for Students with Dyslexia, Test Security Training: Options and Documentation, Required Distribution of Individual Student Reports (ISRs), WIDA Supported System Requirements, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds and Ends, and Tech Update.

This update contains articles on the following topics: WIDA Accounts, Additional Assessment Data Available, Upcoming Opportunities, and Odds and Ends.

This update contains articles on the following topics: November Q&A Session 1: Training Preparation, Alternate ACCESS Field Test – Test Administrator Manual Updates, Upcoming Opportunities, Odds and Ends.