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PARCC Field Testing Meeting. January 8, 2014. Introduction and Review of Agenda. Confirmation of PARCC Field Testing sites Upcoming Training offered by NYSED/Pearson GST Computer Services Center Support PARCC Technical Overview PARCC Administrative Overview Next Steps. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PARCC Field Testing MeetingJanuary 8, 2014
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Confirmation of PARCC Field Testing sites
Upcoming Training offered by NYSED/Pearson GST Computer Services Center Support PARCC Technical Overview PARCC Administrative Overview Next Steps
Introduction and Review of Agenda
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Each district should have received an email from PARCC regarding the agreed upon Field Testing sites, subject areas and grade levels
Confirmation of PARCC Field Testing Sites
Full District NameDistrict Contact Name
(First Last) FullSchoolName Grade/Course Subject # of ClassesMode of Admin Component # of Sessions
Addison Central School District JOSEPH DIOGUARDI Tuscarora Elementary School 4 ELA 3 Online PBA 3
Addison Central School District JOSEPH DIOGUARDI Tuscarora Elementary School 6 ELA 3 Online PBA 3
Addison Central School District JOSEPH DIOGUARDI Addison High School 7 Mathematics 4 Paper PBA 2
Addison Central School District JOSEPH DIOGUARDI Addison High School 8 ELA 4 Paper PBA 3
Horseheads Central School District RALPH MARINO Horseheads Senior High School Geometry Mathematics 6 Online PBA & EOY 4
Horseheads Central School District RALPH MARINO Horseheads Senior High School Algebra II Mathematics 6 Online PBA & EOY 4
Odessa-Montour Central School District JAMES FRAME Odessa-Montour Junior/Senior High School 11 ELA 3 Paper EOY 2
Odessa-Montour Central School District JAMES FRAME Odessa-Montour Junior/Senior High School Geometry Mathematics 4 Online EOY 2
Spencer-Van Etten Central School District JOSEPH MORGAN Spencer-Van Etten Middle School 5 Mathematics 4 Online EOY 2
Spencer-Van Etten Central School District JOSEPH MORGAN Spencer-Van Etten Middle School 7 Mathematics 3 Online EOY 2
Spencer-Van Etten Central School District JOSEPH MORGAN Spencer-Van Etten Elementary School 4 Mathematics 4 Online EOY 2
Spencer-Van Etten Central School District JOSEPH MORGAN Spencer-Van Etten Elementary School 3 ELA 4 Online EOY 2
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231 districts across the state will be participating in PARCC field testing (40% paper-based and 60% computer-based)
Confirmation of PARCC Field Testing Sites continued….
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Technical Support Contact ◦ Chuck Stefanini
Administrative Support Contact ◦ Melissa Zelko-Wood◦ Andy Patros
GST Computer Services Center Support
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Administrative Personnel ◦ Data Management Coordination◦ Data Exchange Decisions◦ Test Coordination
Technology Director ◦ Lan Techs
Building Level / Classroom Support ◦ Proctor(s) ◦ Student Log-In’s/Account Creation ◦ Test Monitoring ◦ Lab Mgr., Teaching Assist., IST?
DISTRICT STAFF INVOLVEMENT
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Regional Trainings ◦ If you have not already, you will be receiving notification
of in-person Regional Workshops in your state. ◦ The intended audience for Regional Workshops is district
level staff, including both technical staff responsible for the setup and support of computer-based testing, and administration staff responsible for setting up and managing computer -based test sessions for each student.
◦ These workshops are designed to assist district personnel with training school-level personnel on the administration of computer and paper-based testing.
Upcoming PARCC training offered by NYSED/Pearson
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Tentative Dates and Locations◦ Feb 3 (Buffalo), Feb 5 (Albany) and Feb 6 (Long
Island) Length/Timeframe
◦ 9am-2pm Format
◦ Introduction to PARCC for all attendees◦ 2 Breakout Trainings (Technical and Proctor focus)
Upcoming PARCC training offered by NYSED/Pearson continued…
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PARCC High Level Draft Technical
Overview
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Computer-Based Testing Components◦ TestNav 8◦ Proctor Caching◦ Create TestNav Config◦ SystemCheck
Providing Support During Testing Early Warning System
Student Response File Infrastructure Trial Contacting PARCC
Table of Contents
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A secure, browser–based application used at student workstations to take computer based tests.
Complete requirements for TestNav 8 can be found at: ◦ http://PARCC.Pearson.com/TN8Requirements◦ TestNav does require Java in order to run properly.
Uploads student responses to PeasonAccess and saves encrypted backup file (student response files – SRF) as the student moves through the test.
TestNav 8
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A machine that stores a local cache copy of the test content to be delivered to students.
Saves District/school bandwidth usage and quickly loads tests.◦ Test content can be 20-35 MB per test (with
Audio).◦ Without audio, tests are approximately 10 MB or
less. Proctor caching hardware requirements can
be found at:◦ http://PARCC.Pearson.com/TN8Requirements
Proctor Caching
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You must pull tests from PearsonAccess once the tests become available. ◦ This is not an automatic process.
You can have multiple proctor caching machines.◦ Caching machines can be installed in multiples
but if caching machine fails, the tests do not auto fail over to another proctor caching machine.
Proctor Caching cont’d
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Diagram of Proctor Caching
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The Configure TestNav menu can be selected from the homepage PearsonAccess website with the appropriate login and technology role rights.
TestNav Config is used to:◦ Manage Proctor Caching settings. ◦ To manage TestNav Client settings.
Such as setting the primary and secondary temporary student response save locations.
Create TestNav Config
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First step to determine if you are ready for Pearson online testing.
Validates that testing workstations meet the minimum requirements needed to run TestNav 8.
Provides the ability to run bandwidth speed checks to help plan for online testing capacity.
Will not run on iPads or Chromebooks.◦ App coming to launch TestNav on these devices.
SystemCheck
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Learn more about using SystemCheck by visiting http://PARCC.Pearson.com/Support and selecting the SystemCheck training module.
Launch SystemCheck from:◦ http://PARCC.Pearson.com/SystemCheck
SystemCheck cont’d
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Integrated functionality that gives TestNav a high degree of fault tolerance and provides additional fail-safes in the event of unexpected disruptions during computer-based testing.◦ Power management software on laptops warning
of low batteries.◦ Screen savers.◦ Loss of network connectivity.◦ E-mail with auto message notification.◦ Energy saving features.
Early Warning System
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The Early Warning System writes continuously in the background to the student response files (SRF).◦ Both the Primary and Alternate files are written to at the same time.
The SRF file has a response data threshold that, once reached, triggers TestNav to send response data to Pearson servers.
Uploading of response data is continuous. ◦ If an upload to the Pearson servers fails, student responses continue
to be saved locally and TestNav cycles and attempts another upload. If the response data upload is successful, TestNav creates a
new empty SRF file and begins the process again. ◦ TestNav only deletes an SRF file once it is successfully uploaded to
the Pearson servers.
Early Warning System cont’d
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• An Infrastructure Trial is a “dress rehearsal” of a computer-based assessment. It does not use real student information.
• This is low-stakes, dry run for final confirmation that:
TestNav is configured correctly.Devices can successfully run TestNav.Network will bear the full load.Participating staff know what to do for computer-
based assessment.
Infrastructure Trial
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Phase 1: Bandwidth & Hardware Verification
Phase 2: Assessment Environment Configuration
Phase 3: TestNav Configuration in PearsonAccess
Phase 4: Infrastructure Trial
Phase 5: Pre-administration Checklist
Technology Activities: Phases for Site Readiness
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PARCC Draft Administrative
Overview
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Several states have a minor adjustment in their testing window, due to special circumstances in their state. Recruited districts (LEAs) in these states were notified of this difference in their recruitment letters.
PARCC field test administration window
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The first step for all districts will be to gain access to PearsonAccess, PARCC’s single consolidated online system for managing the PARCC Field Test.
You will use this site to access on-demand training materials, user guides, and to conduct the pre-administrative activities.
PearsonAccess user accounts will be setup by each state starting in January 2014. If your district has not received a PearsonAccess user ID by January 17th, please contact the New York State Education Department at [email protected].
PearsonAccess
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PearsonAccess, serves as the entry point to all Pearson services used by school districts participating in the PARCC consortium.
PearsonAccess is used to create, deliver, score, report, and analyze summative, formative, and alternative assessments as well as manage the student data.
Create, Deliver, Score, Report, Analyze◦ View and send student data◦ Manage participation counts◦ Register students for testing
What is PearsonAccess?
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Learn about the PARCC Field Test◦ The most important thing you can do prior to
administration is to learn more about the PARCC Assessment and, in particular, the PARCC Field Test.
◦ The PARCC website is a valuable resource for the latest news and developments related to the PARCC Assessment.
◦ General PARCC information: www.parcconline.org◦ PARCC Task Prototypes and Sample Items:
http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes
◦ PARCC Policies and information related to the Spring 2014 Field Test: www.parcconline.org/field-test
◦ Frequently Asked Questions about the Field Test: www.parcconline.org/field-test
What can I do prior to getting a PearsonAccess user account
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We would like to propose GST pull the data directly from Level 1 Datawarehouse◦ Data pulled from Level 1 would be based off the
requirements provided by Pearson/PARCC/NYSED ◦ Data used would come from the following eScholar
templates Demographic, enrollment, program fact, staff student course
GST would load the student data to the PearsonAccess system on behalf of the participating school districts
School districts would be responsible for verifying the accuracy of the data that was loaded into PearsonAccess and managing the data from that point forward
How does student data get into the PearsonAccess System?
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For paper based assessments, Pearson will provide preprinted materials for the PARCC Field test based on the data that is loaded.
For online based assessments, students data loaded will drive the creation of an online assessment for each student.
NYSED/Pearson have indicated that January 21, 2014 all student data must be loaded into PearsonAccess◦ This will require Testing Coordinators to work with
District Data Coordinators to ensure the appropriate student data has been load to the Level 1 Datawarehouse
Student data continued…
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The PARCC PearsonAccess website may be accessed at http://PARCC.Pearson.com
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How Do I Access PearsonAccess?
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PearsonAccess Home Page
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Resources
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The Training section helps you locate tutorials, manuals, documents, etc.
Training
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•Manage staff user accounts Administrative Management
•Review organization contacts Organizations
Student Data
Test Setup
Test Administration Tasks PearsonAccess Tabs
Test Management
•Send student data files•Filter and sort students•Add, delete, or change student data
•Order additional materials and track shipments•Configure TestNav
•Register students•Manage test sessions
•View extracted reports Test Results
PearsonAccess Tabs
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PARCC Customer Support agents may:◦ Reset passwords◦ Unlock accounts for LEA/District Test Coordinator accounts◦ Update email addresses for LEA/District Test Coordinator
accounts Agents may not:
◦ Create accounts◦ Lock/unlock accounts for non-LEA/District Test Coordinator
accounts◦ Update email addresses for non-LEA/District Test
Coordinator accounts◦ Delete/undelete accounts
Agent Authorizations
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Student Data refers to student demographic data and other testing-specific information about individual students.
Student Data
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Test Setup activities help you to prepare for both paper and online testing.
Test Setup
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Test ManagementThe primary test management activities are registering students and managing
test sessions.
• Register Students allows you to manually assign students to paper & online tests, update student demographic data before testing, and view student counts by administration.
• Managing Test Sessions is one of the main activities for computer-based testing.
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PearsonAccess User AccountCreation ◦ January 17, 2014, Email to Superintendent◦ Superintendent Identify District Staff Access
Regional Training ◦ Identify Attendees and Loction
Technical Configuration ◦ District Technology Coordination work with CSC
Bldg #4 (Chuck) Other
Next steps…