Spotlight Updates

Question from OAKLAND COUNTY: Is this an option for IEP teams to choose pencil and paper for students with any disability? Are there guidelines for making this decision?

Answer from BAA: You can use paper/pencil for any student at your discretion, it does not need to be an IEP or 504 Plan. You can change the student to paper/pencil testing in the student demographic screen on the Secure Site. You can order M-STEP materials from the Additional Material Order page of the Secure Site during the designated dates. You can find the dates for additional material orders in last week’s Spotlight communication.

Tina Foote

Division of Accountability Services

Michigan Department of Education

ONLINE PRACTICE: Educators and students can access the online Sample Item Sets at school using a Chrome browser https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/ott1 Computer Adaptive Test Videos for ELA and mathematics demonstrate how to navigate the computer adaptive tests (CAT), which is different than how the ELA and mathematics tests functioned last spring. (www.michigan.gov/mstep) Help Your Students Prepare for the Online M-STEP (Share with teachers!) Online Assessment Tutorials are posted on eDirect (https://mi.drcedirect.com)

SAT ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS : If you missed the deadline or have a new student, please submit the accommodation request as soon as possible. Requests are worked in the order they are received and while we can’t commit to having the review complete by the April 12, 2016 test date since it is after the deadline, the sooner the request is submitted the better chance it might be. For requests approved after the deadline, the SSD Coordinator will need to call or email the SSD support line (844-255-7728) to request a supplemental shipment of materials to receive all the necessary materials.

PLANNING & SCHEDULING HELP FOR SAT TEST DAYS http://goo.gl/i9Eljv