From holly.carter at state.or.us Mon Oct 5 10:13:09 2015 From: holly.carter at state.or.us (CARTER Holly) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:13:09 +0000 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Assessment Advisory: October 23rd Meeting Log-in Information Message-ID: Hi all, As a reminder, the first Assessment Advisory Committee meeting for 2015-16 is coming up on Friday, October 23rd. This meeting will be conducted via webinar from 1 - 3:30p.m. Below is the information for logging into the meeting. We'll aim to get an agenda out to you earlier in the week so you can prepare. Fall Assessment Advisory Meeting Fri, Oct 23, 2015 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/779820557 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll-free): 1 877 309 2073 Access Code: 779-820-557 Thank you for your participation. We look forward to speaking with you soon! Holly Carter Interim Director of Assessment Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department of Education Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From renee.ledoux at state.or.us Mon Oct 19 09:02:58 2015 From: renee.ledoux at state.or.us (LEDOUX Renee) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:02:58 +0000 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Support for Mac OS X 10.11 Message-ID: Apple released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on September 30th, and AIR has finished its internal testing and confirmed that everything is compatible with the current Mac secure browser except for the ASL accommodation for the Smarter Balanced ELA test. Given that Mac OS X 10.11 was released after the official support date for 2015-16, AIR is currently blocking users from accessing Oregon tests on a computer that is running Mac OS X 10.11. ODE now seeks your recommendation whether to support testing on Mac OS X 10.11, with a caveat that this operating system is not compatible with the ASL accommodation. So that we can finalize our decision and communicate to the field, we request that you please provide input to Ren?e LeDoux (renee.ledoux at state.or.us) by noon on Monday, October 26th. Thank you for your consideration, Holly Carter Interim Director of Assessment Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department of Education Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stewartw at gladstone.k12.or.us Mon Oct 19 12:45:57 2015 From: stewartw at gladstone.k12.or.us (Bill Stewart) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:45:57 -0700 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Support for Mac OS X 10.11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Holly, I'm generally supportive of using the most current STABLE operating system for testing...as long as it allows all students to access all aspects of the testing system, without requiring extraordinary efforts on the part of the teacher, tech staff, STC or DTC. To be clear, we don't test on MACs, so my opinion is less important than that of some of my colleagues. However it seems essential to allow ASL access, so a district would need to reserve a batch of computers to NOT upgrade...which may or may not be possible/practical. Is there any likelihood that a solution will be found prior to testing? If so....maybe give provisional support with a hard deadline for a final decision (Jan 1?) If not, then I vote to not support it. Bill On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 9:02 AM, LEDOUX Renee wrote: > Apple released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on September 30th, and AIR has > finished its internal testing and confirmed that everything is compatible > with the current Mac secure browser except for the ASL accommodation for > the Smarter Balanced ELA test. Given that Mac OS X 10.11 was released after > the official support date for 2015-16, AIR is currently blocking users from > accessing Oregon tests on a computer that is running Mac OS X 10.11. > > ODE now seeks your recommendation whether to support testing on Mac OS X > 10.11, with a caveat that this operating system is not compatible with the > ASL accommodation. So that we can finalize our decision and communicate to > the field, we request that you please provide input to Ren?e LeDoux ( > *renee.ledoux at state.or.us* ) by noon on *Monday, > October 2**6**th*. > > Thank you for your consideration, > > *Holly Carter* > Interim Director of Assessment > Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department > of Education > Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us > > > _____________________________________________________ > Assessment_Advisory_Committee mailing list > Assessment_Advisory_Committee at listsmart.osl.state.or.us > > http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/assessment_advisory_committee > Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for > content. > Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) > or the sender of the message, by phone or email. > Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800. > > -- Bill Stewart Special Projects Gladstone SD stewartw at gladstone.k12.or.us 503-805-8680 - cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CARLSON_CATHERINE at salkeiz.k12.or.us Mon Oct 19 16:40:14 2015 From: CARLSON_CATHERINE at salkeiz.k12.or.us (Catherine Carlson) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:40:14 +0000 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Support for Mac OS X 10.11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Holly and Renee, I'm supportive of allowing this option as long as ODE is clear that schools will need to provide other options for students who need the ASL accommodation. But like Gladstone, this doesn't apply to our district because we will not be using the Mac browser. Catherine Carlson Coordinator Testing & Evaluation/Student Records Department Salem-Keizer School District 503-399-5590 FAX 503-391-4088 Supporting student achievement through information, professional development, and assessment services From: Assessment_Advisory_Committee [mailto:assessment_advisory_committee-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of LEDOUX Renee Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:03 AM To: 'assessment_advisory_committee at listsmart.osl.state.or.us' Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Support for Mac OS X 10.11 Apple released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on September 30th, and AIR has finished its internal testing and confirmed that everything is compatible with the current Mac secure browser except for the ASL accommodation for the Smarter Balanced ELA test. Given that Mac OS X 10.11 was released after the official support date for 2015-16, AIR is currently blocking users from accessing Oregon tests on a computer that is running Mac OS X 10.11. ODE now seeks your recommendation whether to support testing on Mac OS X 10.11, with a caveat that this operating system is not compatible with the ASL accommodation. So that we can finalize our decision and communicate to the field, we request that you please provide input to Ren?e LeDoux (renee.ledoux at state.or.us) by noon on Monday, October 26th. Thank you for your consideration, Holly Carter Interim Director of Assessment Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department of Education Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staplesd at newberg.k12.or.us Thu Oct 22 13:23:20 2015 From: staplesd at newberg.k12.or.us (Don Staples) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:23:20 -0700 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Support for Mac OS X 10.11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I too am fine with supporting the use of this update as long as it is clear to the field that it does not support ASL. Don Staples Newberg On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 9:02 AM, LEDOUX Renee wrote: > Apple released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on September 30th, and AIR has > finished its internal testing and confirmed that everything is compatible > with the current Mac secure browser except for the ASL accommodation for > the Smarter Balanced ELA test. Given that Mac OS X 10.11 was released after > the official support date for 2015-16, AIR is currently blocking users from > accessing Oregon tests on a computer that is running Mac OS X 10.11. > > ODE now seeks your recommendation whether to support testing on Mac OS X > 10.11, with a caveat that this operating system is not compatible with the > ASL accommodation. So that we can finalize our decision and communicate to > the field, we request that you please provide input to Ren?e LeDoux ( > *renee.ledoux at state.or.us* ) by noon on *Monday, > October 2**6**th*. > > Thank you for your consideration, > > *Holly Carter* > Interim Director of Assessment > Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department > of Education > Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us > > > _____________________________________________________ > Assessment_Advisory_Committee mailing list > Assessment_Advisory_Committee at listsmart.osl.state.or.us > > http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/assessment_advisory_committee > Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for > content. > Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) > or the sender of the message, by phone or email. > Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From holly.carter at state.or.us Thu Oct 22 16:02:51 2015 From: holly.carter at state.or.us (CARTER Holly) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:02:51 +0000 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] topics for tomorrow's Assessment Advisory Meeting Message-ID: Hi all, Apologies for this late update. As a reminder, we will be having our first Assessment Advisory Meeting of the year tomorrow afternoon, Friday October 23rd from 1 - 3:30 via webex. To help you prepare, we wanted to share a quick preview with you of the topics we'll be discussing on tomorrow's call: * Classroom Activities * ELPA21 K-1 Writing * Kindergarten Assessment DEI Cognitive Lab Design * Kindergarten Assessment Security Policies Thanks, and talk to you all tomorrow! Holly Carter Interim Director of Assessment Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department of Education Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From holly.carter at state.or.us Fri Oct 30 13:33:25 2015 From: holly.carter at state.or.us (CARTER Holly) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:33:25 +0000 Subject: [Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Assessment Advisory: Opt-Out Form Feedback Message-ID: Hi All, As communicated in a numbered memo released on September 10th, ODE will be publishing a combined Opt-Out form and 30-day notice for districts to access on November 9th. To date, ODE has shared drafts of the form with parent focus groups and partners such as OEA, the Chief Education Office, OSBA, Stand for Children, and the Chalkboard Project. Based on feedback from these groups, ODE has made several revisions in order to address concerns about the language, accessibility, format, and content. These changes include, but are not limited to: * Removing redundant or ineffective phrases, like college- and career-readiness * Simplifying page 1 text * Providing additional information about state tests * Encouraging parents to talk to their child's teachers and school principals * Providing links to resources and acknowledging House Bill 2655 * Moving away from overselling the results of Smarter Balanced * Broadening the language for opting out to include Smarter Balanced ELA and math tests and the extended assessments * Remove and soften the language on page 2 about when parents/adult students should return the form * Add the qualifier "may" to the bolded statement above the parent signature Before finalizing the form for publication, we wanted one last opportunity to gather feedback. We value your input, and request that you please send any feedback to Meg Koch (meg.koch at state.or.us) no later than end of day next Wednesday, November 4. Once finalized, we will disseminate the form to schools and districts November 9 as planned. In our message to schools, we will include additional resources to assist them in communicating with parents and students. Thank you, Holly Carter Interim Director of Assessment Office of Learning | Inst., Stand., Asmt, &Acc. Unit | Oregon Department of Education Phone: 503.947.5739 | Fax: 503.378.5156 | *holly.carter at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Opt-Out 10.30.15 - 4.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 84909 bytes Desc: Opt-Out 10.30.15 - 4.docx URL: