Assessment Communication
May 11 , 2020
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KISD Assessment Dept.
NEW for 2019- 2020 The official hashtag of Keller ISD is... (drumroll please...) #CelebrateKISD!
Campus Secure Folders Located in your Google Shared With Me drive.
Website: http://portal.kellerisd.net/functions/learning/assessment/Campus%20Administrator%20Assessment%20Reminder%20Charts/KConnect%20Assessment%20Site%2012-13.aspx
Location: 350 Keller Parkway, Keller, TX, United States
Phone: 817.744.1219
Twitter: @KISDASSESSMENT
Return of STAAR ALT2 Materials
From Kay:
Many of you are wanting to return your STAAR ALT 2 materials. Kay will be at the over the next few weeks if you would like to return your materials. If you are not ready to return the materials, we get them from you in July. To return your materials, please follow the process below:
You will need to scan your materials back into Test Hound making sure that every line turns green in Test Hound. Then box your materials. On the box, make sure that you label them with your campus name and STAAR ALT 2.
Please sign up on the google doc. with the day and time you will bring your materials by the annex.
Once you park at the curb in front of the Annex, (the side you come in for PD and where our secure room is located) you will call Kay on her cell 817-437-4017. She will come out to your car and get your boxes.
4th nine weeks grading instructions
State Assessment Guidance
High School Specifics - National Assessment Resources/ Released exams posted on our site
AP Testing May 11th - 22nd at home for all HS students registered to test.
- Auto-response message for AP teachers and administrators/ counselors needs to include language we discussed on May 5th regarding how students should handle testing issues during the AP testing window at home. KISD teachers and staff may not assist students during testing. Students must submit an online form directly to college board at cb.org/requestmakeup
- May 26 (11:59 p.m. ET) Deadline to indicate students’ fee reduction status in AP Registration and Ordering.
- Friday, May 29, there will also be a manual way/ process for coordinators to see which students tested in the main exam administration window from May 11–22.
- Students who missed the main exam administration window will have their test date updated in AP Registration and Ordering to the makeup date in the first week of June.
- June 8, coordinators will be able to see which students did and did not test.
- June 20 Deadline to confirm the accuracy of student school code
- June 26 Postmark deadline for 2020 AP Exam payment to be sent to College Board.
- Repeat: CTCs continue to record any students who will no longer be taking the AP exam(s) they registered for. Please indicate on your documentation if these students are scholarship recipients so that we will be able to square away accounts at the end of the month.
PSAT COHORT RESUMING!
- May resume virtually and all timesheets must be submitted to marjorie.martinez@kelleris.net and melinda.smith@kellerisd.net by May 29th to ensure payment for teachers. Summer camps TBD. An email was sent to Cohort Teachers, Associate APs, and CTCs on May 5th.
ALBERTio-
ALBERT.io extensive study guide to help prepare for the online AP exams: https://www.albert.io/blog/how-to-study-for-online-ap-exams-coronavirus/ #apexams #apclasses #2020apexams
KU Session Coming!!!
If anyone is needing assistance please feel free to reach to marjorie.martinez@kellerisd.net or suzanne.mcgahey@kellerisd.net or contact your colleagues on other campuses to learn more about how you better utilize this resource!! Attached to this newsletter is a great one page/ 6 step guide to utilizing ALbertio for STAAR prep! This is only a portion of what ALBERTio offers!!!!
REPEAT:
AP Coordinator COVID 19 SITE - Check Regularly for the latest information from CB
Review/forward on to anyone who you feel needs any of this information:
- Playback the 2020 AP Exam Updates with Trevor Packer presentation
- Review the Updates for AP Students and Schools Affected by Coronavirus website including
2020 Exam Schedule | Course-Specific Information | Exam Security/Test Day Protocols - Review the Updates for AP Coordinators at Schools Affected by Coronavirus website
- Students with a Need for Mobile Tools or Connectivity
ACT Results are being mailed home by April 21st to the address students provided on their answer documents. Once students receive the paper score report at home, students will be able to view scores online. https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act.html
- The assessment dept. will upload ACT results as soon as we are able to access the CD that will be mailed to our office. At this time ACT has issued a statement that this will be the only format in which we may receive/ view our results as a whole. If we receive different communication we will notify CTCs/HS campuses.
IGC Revised Projects and Portfolios have been posted: assessment site. If you have a question please contact the content coordinator or our office.
- Revised IGC documents are posted to our site for use the spring
- IGC webinar held on April 2nd is recorded and posted to this page on our assessment site as well.