Maine Educational Assessments (MEA) 2019-2020 Mathematics and - PDF document

Maine Educational Assessments (MEA) 2019-2020 Mathematics and ELA/Literacy eMPowerME and SAT February 12-13, 2020 Janette Kirk, Interim Director of Assessment Nancy Godfrey, Assessment Coordinator 1

Assessment Participation Rates Participation Rates Requires >95% Three Years Combined Participation includes Alternate Assessments Participation percentages include general and alternate assessments. All assessment participation rates for the past 3 years have been above the ESSA required 95% with the exception of Science. This year Maine met the Federal requirement of ensuring less than 1% students participate in alternate assessments. 2

Where to Find Information/Materials Start with the Maine Comprehensive Assessment System (MeCAS) Homepage https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS Just as last year, the left hand panel shows the navigation panel and as you are on the MECAS home page the three options are *Test Administration Materials & Training, *Test Results and *Supports & Resources. You can click on these 3 options on the left navigation panel, or in the center on the respective boxes. Under the *3 center boxes/links, you will find: • The link to Special Consideration Exemption Requests, • The 2019-2020 MEA Operational Procedures Manual • A link to NEO Super Search to find who is your District Assessment Coordinator or DAC 3

Newly Added https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS As the assessment team continues to prepare for the 2020 spring administration and supporting you in your roles within the district, the team is now sending out a monthly update with any and all pertinent assessment information. On the right side of the MECAS Home Page, click on *Assessment Monthly Update. That will open the window listing *all monthly updates archived back to September 2019. 4

All MEA Assessment Dates The calendar of all MEA assessment dates is housed in the tab of Test Administration Materials & Training. 5

Test Administration Materials & Training When Test Administration Materials & Training is selected, individual *MEA assessments may be selected to obtain specific assessment materials and trainings regarding: • *eMPowerME • SAT • MSAA Alternate Math & ELA/Literacy • MEA Science • Science Alternate Assessment (SAA – formerly PAAP) • WIDA ACCESS for English Learners, and • National Assessments such as NAEP If you cannot find the materials for a particular assessment here, please select *Supports & Resources 6

Test Security When the *Test Security link is selected, the full Maine Test Security Handbook, its Appendices, the 2020 MEA Test Security Webinar, its associated slide deck, and the various Test Security Agreements are visible and available. 7

Newly Added SAA New Resources Communication Toolbox • Federal Requirements • In the *Supports & Resources tab you will find expandable accordion boxes for *Communication Toolbox and *Federal Requirements. 8

Communication Toolbox Expanding the Communication Toolbox you will find *letters to accompany Individual Students Reports (ISRs) translated into 11 languages for both General Assessments (eMPowerME, SAT, MEA Science) and Alternate Assessments (MSAA & PAAP). A parent/family resource includes a recorded *webinar and slide deck describing how to read and understand information contained in the ISR. For districts who use *School Messenger to post MEA results, we include a document outlining how to distribute ISRs via Secure Email. 9

Federal Requirements Federal Requirements includes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) assessment requirements. 10

Test Administration Materials & Training Right Side screenshots Within Test Administration Materials and Training, select the *eMPowerME, *SAT or *MEA Science, to find the majority of materials in the center of each assessment. The subheadings for each may be different. On the *right hand side of the page for these 3 assessments, are links to join the MEA listserv, a Calendar of Events, and/or an FAQ document if applicable. 11

Test Results The *Test Results in the left navigation panel displays 5 center labels which accordion expand when selected providing more options. • *Assessment Results Public • *MAARS Confidential • *Legacy Assessment Data • *NAEP Nation’s Report Card • *Additional Resources 12

Test Results - Reports *Test Results Reports in the left navigation displays a list of downloadable documents such as standard setting reports, technical reports, alignment studies, and equating reports. 13

eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/empowerme Let’s go back to the Test Administration Materials & Training section for eMPower. As in previous years, the majority of guides, manuals, training webinars, and all sample plus 2018 released item documents are housed in a Cognia WordPress site. Let’s focus on the first 3: *guides, *manuals, and *training webinars. 14

eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars 2019-2020 The following *guides will be posted for *2020 eMPowerME administration here as they are finalized: • Accessibility Guide • Kiosk User Guide • Kiosk Installation Guide • Portal User Guide, and • Technology Guidelines – this document is updated regularly as technological and operating system edits become available. Please make sure you have the most current version 15

eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars 2019-2020 In the *Testing Materials tab, the School Test Coordinator (STC) Manual, the Test Administrator Manual (TAM), and the eMPowerME STC and TA/Proctor Security Agreements are posted for 2020 eMPowerME administration here. 16

eMPowerME Guides/Manuals/Webinars 2019-2020 In the *Training tab, webinars, and short, quick start videos are posted here. Topics include: • Administration Portal • Kiosk Information & Demo • Test Administrator Essentials • Class Creation • Site Readiness • Generating Missing Student Logins • User Management When finalized, all 2020 training demos, including the required Test Security Webinar, will be posted here. 17

eMPowerME 2020 Administration Tools https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/empowerme As this training is specific for eMPowerME, let’s go back to the Assessment Administration Materials & Training section for eMPower. Now let’s look at all sample plus 2018 released item documents are housed in a Cognia WordPress site. Let’s focus on *Sample Items, and *Released Items. 18

eMPowerME Sample Items https://maine.onlinehelp.cognia.org/sample-items/ You can link directly to here, or from DOE assessment pages From the Maine Onlinehelp Cognia site, click on Sample Items. 19

eMPowerME Sample Items 2017-2018 2016-2017 Default is Sample Items from 2017-2018. Historical Information will bring you to sample items from 2016-2017. The first category is *Materials by Grade – All Content Areas. The *Student tab shows Sample Item Booklets by grade level for student practice. When you click on the *Educator tab, Sample Item Support Materials by grade level are listed. 20

eMPowerME Sample Items The center category of the Sample Items, you will find *Materials by Content Area. You can toggle between tabs of *Mathematics, *Reading, and *Writing & Language. 21

eMPowerME Sample Items The bottom category of the Sample Items is *Educator Resources have 4 tabs. Directions includes administering sample items (paper-pencil), and Directions for Administering the Student Tutorial 2018-19. Other related sample item documents are found in the Scoring, Essay Supports (previous year’s Essay Rubrics), and Other. 22

eMPowerME Released Items https://maine.onlinehelp.measuredprogress.org/released-items/ The spring 2018 eMPowerME assessment administration included *released items which are actual assessment items, scoring guidance, and sample student work. There are no new released items from the 2019 eMPowerME administration. 23

eMPowerME Released Items When in the *Student tab on the Cognia WordPress site, individual PDFs for paper- based grade level practice sets are available for download. When in the *Educator tab, the individual PDFs for paper-based grade level support materials may be downloaded. These include: • The standard to which the items is aligned • The answer key • The scoring rubric for items other than 1-point multiple choice • Scoring or training notes • Exemplary responses • And actual student sample work with scoring annotations 24

eMPowerME Materials https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/empowerme Back to the eMPowerME Assessment Administration Materials & Training page, we have already covered the *left box of administration tools. Please review the list of documents in the *Additional Materials box. If it is highlighted in blue, it is a 2020 updated link. Visit this page often as materials links will become live as they are posted. 25