05/27/22 | Volume 9, Issue 39
State and Regional Data - Key Findings from SP21 Administration
How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact Wyoming students’ achievement in the assessed content areas? The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is offering two Data Literacy Professional Development opportunities. First, in partnership with the BUROS Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a webinar on June 24, 2022 will provide state- and regional-level findings from the 2020-21 state assessment results. This will include identifying achievement gaps, providing potential hypotheses for the gaps, discussing contextual factors relevant to the interpretation of results, and other key findings and questions to further explore. Register here for this event.
State and Regional Data Dive
In partnership with Marzano Research, the WDE will offer a second opportunity for educators and leaders to come together in a regional session and explore the pandemic effect on achievement. In the session, participants will engage in a facilitated, data-driven, decision-making process with Marzano Research leaders, using rigorously analyzed WY-TOPP/WY-ALT combined data. By the end of the session participants will understand the effect of the pandemic on achievement in core subject areas and generate initial ideas for what to do about it.
Key concepts in the session will include:
- Understanding the purposes and uses of different types of data.
- Framing questions that data can answer.
- Conducting disciplined analysis that lets the data speak.
- Identifying root cause.
- Using multiple sources of data and evidence to make decisions.
Marzano Research will facilitate a follow-up session in the fall designed to support leaders in exploring their own specific questions using local data to develop school improvement plans and goals.
Day 1 Trainings are 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. with a working lunch (provided), for the following dates and locations:
- Monday, July 11, 2022 - SE Region - Cheyenne - Laramie CSD#1 Administration Building, Room 306.
- Monday, July 18, 2022 - SW Region - Green River - Sweetwater CSD#2 Boardroom.
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - NW Region - Lander - Fremont CSD #24 Boardroom.
- Thursday, July 21, 2022 - NE Region - Gillette - Campbell CSD #1 Lakewood Learning Center - Willow Room.
- Friday, July 22, 2022 - Central Region - Casper - Natrona CSD#1 Central Services Facility, Jefferson/East Rooms.
District/school teams must register here. Districts may register multiple teams. When creating teams, consider district/school administrators, teacher leaders from assessed content areas, instructional facilitators, curriculum specialists, assessment coordinator/data specialist, and educators of special populations.
For more information, contact Cat Palmer, WDE Assessment Supervisor, at 307-777-8568 or catherine.palmer@wyo.gov.
Training: “The ACT Test and Your Data”
- The WDE is partnering with ACT to provide training on ACT data. Five 3-hour training sessions will be available at four locations across the state from September 26-30, 2022.
- Registration is open to all school and district staff who will benefit from ACT data training. Locations and times are listed in the registration.
- Register here. Submit the form only once.
- Spring 2022 ACT Reports will be available to districts on July 19. Participants should ensure they have appropriate access to Success in order to view their school’s data. Please bring a laptop to the training.
NEW: Fall 2022 ‘Senior Retakes’
- The WDE is offering ACT Senior Retakes for the next two school years. This is free and optional for students enrolled in the 12th grade.
- Test Window:
- Paper Test Date: October 18, 2022.
- Accommodated Paper Test Dates: October 18-21, 24-28, 2022.
- Online Standard & Accommodated Test Dates: October 18-20, 25-27, 2022.
- The deadline to submit requests for ACT-Authorized accommodations and/or supports is August 26, 2022. Requests can be submitted now. Refer to the TAA User Guide for guidance on submitting requests.
- To use previously-authorized accommodations and/or supports, refer to page 11 of the guide to associate those accommodations and/or supports to the fall window.
- The fall test selection (i.e. Managing Participation) and Verify Enrollment window is from August 1-26, 2022.
For more information, contact Tahnee Hutchinson, WDE Assessment Consultant, at 307-777-5296 or tahnee.hutchinson1@wyo.gov.
Last Chance to Comment on 1% Waiver Request
- Upon review of the 2021-22 identification data, the WDE has determined that participation in WY-ALT Science in grades 4, 8, and 10 may be over 1% of the total number of students assessed in that subject area for the 2021-22 school year.
- The WDE seeks public comment on the One Percent Participation Waiver Request for the Alternate Science Assessment.
- Public comment can be submitted online, or via mail, by 11:59 p.m. on May 29, 2022.
For more information, contact Becca Velikaneye, WDE Assessment Consultant, at 307-777-6804 or rebecca.velikaneye@wyo.gov.
ALT-ACCESS Field Test in Spring 2023
- WIDA is conducting a stand-alone, paper-based field test, which is in addition to the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs test administered each year.
- The field test contains newly developed test items and will ensure that those test items measure what they are intended to measure.
- The field test window will be live from Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to Monday, April 17, 2023.
- Participation in the field test is required for all schools with alternate EL testers in kindergarten through 12th grade.
- This will allow WIDA to create a new ALT-ACCESS assessment and Alternate Screener.
- More details can be found on WIDA’s ALT-ACCESS Field Test page.
For more information, contact Becca Velikaneye, WDE Assessment Consultant, at 307-777-6804 or rebecca.velikaneye@wyo.gov.
Authoring Tool is Now Available
Webinar Recordings
Link to Webinar 1 - Assessment Item Writing Training:
- How to write effective and valid assessment items.
Link to Webinar 2 - Authoring Tool Training:
- How to create and publish online test items and assessment.
- How to create workgroups to share items and assessments.
For more information, contact the Wyoming Help Desk at 888-897-8024 or wyohelpdesk@cambiumassessmet.com.
Notify the WDE of updates to District Test Coordinator (DTC) and Building Coordinator (BC) assignments by completing this form. For WY-TOPP and WY-ALT, also notify the Wyoming Help Desk at 888-897-8024 or wyohelpdesk@cambiumassessment.com.
- September 14-June 17: WY-TOPP Modulars (optional).
- May 24-June 1: ACCESS Post-Reporting Data Validation.
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June 10: WY-TOPP Science C&F Committee Application Deadline.
- June 14-17: WY-TOPP and WY-ALT Science Standard Setting.
- June 17: ACCESS Updated Data Posted in WIDA AMS.
- June 21-23: WY-ALT Content and Fairness Committee Review.
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June 24: Data Literacy PD: Key Findings from SP21 Assessment Results.
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July 11 & 18-22: Data Literacy PD: State & Regional Data Dive with Marzano.
- July 19: ACT Spring 2022 Reports Available to Districts.
- August 1-26: ACT Fall Test Date Selection Window.
- August 11: WY-TOPP Science Content and Fairness Committee Review.
- August 26: ACT Accommodations and/or Supports Requests Deadline.
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