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We will begin at 1:00 p.m. CT

October 29, 2010

October 29, 20101:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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• Welcome and Introductions• Upcoming Meetings

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Date Time Meeting

January 25, 2011

DTC Pretest Workshop (Face to Face)•Location 1: Rapides Parish School Board Office

• District Technology Meeting – Technology related topics will be discussed immediately after lunch.

January 26, 2011

DTC Pretest Workshop (Face to Face)•Location 2: Instructional Resource Center, EBR School Board Office

• District Technology Meeting – Technology related topics will be discussed immediately after lunch.

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• Upcoming Meetings (Continued)

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Date Time Meeting

April 26, 2011 1 – 3 p.m.

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Today’s objectives• To update participants on EOC assessment and

curriculum policies • To provide participants with important

information for successfully administering the EOC Tests in an online environment.

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Assessment PoliciesAssessment Policies

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End-of-Course (EOC) TestsEnd-of-Course (EOC) Tests

• End-of-Course (EOC) testing is a recommendation of the High School Redesign Commission and is an increasingly common practice in many other states.

• End-of-Course tests help ensure consistent and rigorous instruction and expectations throughout the state.

• EOC tests are gradually replacing 9th grade iLEAP, 10th grade GEE, and 11th grade GEE.

Implementation ScheduleImplementation Schedule

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iiLEAP and GEE Phase OutLEAP and GEE Phase Out

• In 2010-2011, 9th grade iLEAP will be discontinued.

• In 2011-2012, 10th grade GEE will be discontinued (except for retesters).

• In 2012-2013, 11th grade GEE will be discontinued (except for retesters).

Implementation ScheduleImplementation Schedule

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EOCs in High School EOCs in High School Accountability Accountability

• In 2010-2011, the Baseline SPS for high school accountability will be based on iLEAP and GEE (and LAA 1 & LAA 2).

• In order to have an “apples to apples” comparison in 2011-2012, a “transition” baseline SPS consisting of 2010-2011 EOCs will be created.

• The 2011-2012 Growth SPS, used for Growth Labels, will include the same EOC subjects as the 2010-2011 “transition” baseline.

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Assessment PoliciesAssessment Policies

• For questions contact:– Scott Norton, Ph.D., Assistant Superintendent– Office of Student and School Performance– scott.norton@la.gov

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Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Instruction PoliciesPolicies

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Curriculum and Instruction PoliciesCurriculum and Instruction Policies

For incoming freshmen in 2010-2011 and beyond, students must meet the assessment requirements below to earn a standard diploma.

a. Students must pass three End-of-Course Tests in the following categories:

– i. English II or English III;– ii. Algebra I or Geometry;– iii. Biology or American

History

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Curriculum and Instruction PoliciesCurriculum and Instruction Policies

b. Students enrolled in a course for which there is an EOC test must take the EOC test.

i. The EOC test score shall count a

percentage of the student’s final grade for the course.

ii. The percentage shall be between 15% and 30% inclusive, and shall be determined by the LEA.

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Curriculum and Instruction PoliciesCurriculum and Instruction Policies

iii. The grades assigned for the EOC test achievement levels shall be as follows

iv. The DOE will provide conversion charts for various grading scales used by LEAs

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EOC Achievement Level

Grade

Excellent A

Good B

Fair C

Needs Improvement D or F

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Curriculum and Instruction PoliciesCurriculum and Instruction Policies

• For questions contact:– Nancy Beben, Division Director– Division of Curriculum Standards – nancy.beben@la.gov–

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Assessment AdministrationAssessment Administration

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Assessment AdministrationAssessment Administration

• First EOC Cohort, Bulletin 118, §1821 First-time ninth graders in 2010−2011 and all

first-time ninth graders thereafter, must score fair or above on

English II or English III, Algebra I or Geometry, and Biology or American History• EOC Transfer Rules, Bulletin 118, §1829• EOC Emergency Plan, Bulletin 118, §315, B

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Assessment AdministrationAssessment Administration

• In 2010−2011, which tests do the following students take?

▪First-time ninth graders in 2010−2011 and thereafter (first cohort of EOC)

▪Repeating ninth graders in 2010−2011 (final cohort of GEE)

▪PreGED (Skills Option) Program ▪Tenth graders ▪Eleventh graders ▪Twelfth graders

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Assessment AdministrationAssessment Administration

• In 2010−2011, which EOC tests do students whose IEP has LAA 2 marked as the state assessment take?

• Backup and Future Plans ▪LAA 2 (grade 10) English Language Arts

and Mathematics ▪LAA 2 (grade 11) Science and Social

Studies

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Assessment AdministrationAssessment Administration

• Testing Irregularities• Accommodations (Tests Read Aloud, Large

Print, Communication Assistance); reports (Students Assigned Accommodations and Students Requiring Accommodations)

• Test Security• Contact Information Leslie Lightbourne, 225-342-3404 leslie.lightbourne@la.gov

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Assessment AdministrationAssessment Administration

• For questions, contact:– Bernadette Morris, Ph.D., Section Supervisor– Assessment Administration– bernadette.morris@la.gov

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Technology UpdatesTechnology Updates

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Tips for Planning Ahead Tips for Planning Ahead

• Review the Technology Guidelines and Testing Manuals

• Ensure that each school is assigned a technology point of contact

• Form a team to ensure district technology coordinators and network administrators work with each school

• Determine how many students are testing at each school and assess bandwidth needs

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Tips for Planning Ahead Tips for Planning Ahead

• Ensure that proxy servers and firewalls allow access to EOC servers

• Ensure that pages from www.louisianaeoc.org are not cached by district/school servers

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Preparing Computers for Testing Preparing Computers for Testing • Make sure the secure browser is downloaded

to lab/classroom computers – This is the same version of the browser that was

used last May (version 2.20.2 for windows and 1.20.2 for Macs)

• Run the compatibility script on lab/classroom computers – Checks to ensure java scripting is enabled

– Checks for the Flash Player and the SVG Viewer

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Preparing Computers for Testing Preparing Computers for Testing

• If images are used to prepare student computers, ensure that the image contains all required EOC settings and software components

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2010 – 2011 EOC Tests System 2010 – 2011 EOC Tests System UpdatesUpdates

• Multi-race and ethnicity now required for students– Ethnicity and race fields are required when

manually entering students or uploading students using CSV files

• Potential EOC retesters will be preloaded to schools – 6th, 7th or 8th grade students that failed the

Algebra I EOC test in the last two years

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2010 – 2011 EOC Tests System 2010 – 2011 EOC Tests System UpdatesUpdates

• Student Testing Interface Changes– Tools and resources have been moved to a

toolbar at the top of the screen

– Undo/redo button was added for constructed-response and essay test questions

– Enhancements have been made to flag server connection errors

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Technology UpdatesTechnology Updates

• For questions contact:– Becky Clifton, Technology Coordinator– Pacific Metrics Corporation– rclifton@pacificmetrics.com

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Network ConsiderationsNetwork Considerations

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Tips for Indentifying Local Network Tips for Indentifying Local Network Issues Issues

• Ping EOC servers to determine application availability

• Complete traceroute to determine possible failure points

• Validate that district or school-level content filtering systems allow EOC test content to be transmitted

• Monitor router, firewall, and content filtering statistics

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Recommendations for Saturated Recommendations for Saturated Networks Networks

• Validate that provisioned bandwidth can be reached

• Provision additional, short-term bandwidth

• Reduce the use of non-essential applications

• Stagger testing throughout testing day and across testing window, if possible

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Network ConsiderationsNetwork Considerations

• For questions contact:– Bill Mistretta, Director of Technology Services– Pacific Metrics Corporation– bmistretta@pacificmetrics.com

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Thank you for attending!Thank you for attending!

• Send comments to:– Dana Maxie, Educational Technology Consultant– dana.maxie@la.gov– (225) 219-4533

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