Spotlight Assessment Updates

Assessment Updates

Online Testing Waivers For Spring 2016, the M-STEP, MI-Access Functional Independence, and WIDA ACCESS 2.0 assessments will be administered online. Schools that are administering online but have individual students who need to use a paper/pencil form due to a disability or for another reason will not need to request an online waiver. These individual student requests will be handled separately, through a materials ordering process.

2016 MME Test Administration Live Webcast Join the MDE, College Board, and ACT staff for a full-day live training presentation on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Approximately 1-2 business days after the live training, the presentation will be posted in chapters on the MI-Streamnet site.

SAT Test Date Updates All students testing in the standard room are required to test on this date. This includes students testing without accommodations and any students testing with accommodations that do not impact timing. Accommodated students who test with school-based accommodations will have April 12, 2016 through April 15, 2016 to complete their testing Please note that students who test over multiple days must test on consecutive days. The College Board and the MDE are reviewing the test dates for students testing with 50% extended time. More information will be shared via Spotlight and the MME Webinar, once available.

PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10 Test Date Updates All participating Michigan 9th and 10th graders testing in a standard room are required to test on either April 12, 2016 or April 13, 2016 Students with school-based accommodations that require separate rooms can test April 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016.

PLANNING FOR APRIL 12th - TEST DAY When planning for test day, we encourage you to first determine if you will test PSAT 8/9 and PSAT 10 on the same day with SAT or a different day. Using the total number of students, you can determine an estimate for rooms and test day staff required. Then, estimate the number of students for each assessment that will require testing in separate rooms. We recommend prioritizing the students testing with school-based accommodations for SAT first, because testing must be completed by April 15, 2016 Please refer to prior Spotlight articles, found on the DAS Student Assessment web page, for more information about Seating Requirements (September 3, 2015) and Staffing Requirements (August 27, 2015).

Please contact Shawna Veit at shawna.veit@oakland.k12.mi.us

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