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<div>Prior to February 4<font size="1"><sup>th</sup></font>, students taking more than 5 minutes to respond to an ELPA test item were bumped off their testing session and had to log in again to continue. Now students have up to 40 minutes to answer a single
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<div>On the afternoon of Wed (2/4), ODE’s ELPA contractor (Avant Assessment) identified a discrepancy in the amount of time a student was allowed to spend on one test item without clicking NEXT. The ELPA application allows up to 40 minutes before terminating
a student’s test session and requiring the student to login again. However, “load balancers” at the data centers were enforcing a five or six minute limit. Avant has changed the settings at the data centers to match the application settings. This fix has
already taken effect for both the operational tests and the practice tests. Some districts have already reported improved ELPA performance.</div>
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<div>Avant and ODE appreciate the assistance of districts with trouble shooting efforts. Thanks for your continued support and patience. </div>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif" size="1">Kathleen Heide Vanderwall, Ph.D.
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Manager, Test Design and Administration <br>
Office of Assessment and Information Systems <br>
Oregon Department of Education <br>
Phone: 503.947-5721 <br>
kathleen.vanderwall@state.or.us </font></div>
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