A DTC Virtual TourPresented by:

Celani Dominguez, Ph.D.

DTC, Southwest ISD

Oh! the places you will go!

T-Snap

http://www.tsnap.org/home.html

The purposes of this organization are listed below. • Share information about testing in educational settings; • Encourage the appropriate use of testing in educational

settings; • Improve the applications of measurement to students and

educational programs; • Encourage research in the area of elementary and

secondary school testing and measurement. • Develop communication network to assist with

implementation, improvement and maintenance of statewide testing program.

Region 20 – Accountability/Accreditation

http://portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/esc20public/accountability

The Center provides technical assistance to districts and/or campuses receiving an accountability/accreditation visit with AEIS analysis, assistance with district/campus planning, and district/campus presentations required during the visit.

Incident Reporting

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=3274&menu_id3=793

This form is designed to provide district testing coordinators or their designees an easy and efficient means to report testing irregularities via an online submission process.

Online ARF

http://www.txetests.com/acc/choosedistrict.asp

Online Accommodation Request Form

PEARSON GENERAL ACCESS:

http://www.pearsonaccess.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=Pearson/QuickLink/tx

• Access information and online sites for the TAKS, TAKS-M, TAKS-Alt, TELPAS, EOC, and TAAS assessment programs. (administrators)

• Access online training, online testing, TAKS study guides, and associated information. (educators)

• Access learning resources to help your children on state assessments. (parents)

NCS Pearson Schoolhouse site:

https://secure.ncsschoolhouse.com/schoolhouse/Login

Pearson provided you with your User ID and Password for NCS SchoolHouseTM Web Site.

1. Enter your User ID and Password in the fields below. 2. Check the "Remember my User ID" if you want that field to always default to your User ID. 3. Click the Login button.

Online Testing

http://etest.pearson.com/Customers/Texas/index.htm

Texas State Assessments online testing program to access online testing services

TAKS-ALT Administrative SITE:

https://www.taksalt.com/

This is the online system for collecting and reporting assessment information for the TAKS-Alt.

In order to begin, you must log in with your user name and password at the top of the page.

TAKS-ALT and TELPAS Training Site:

https://texas.pearson.desire2learn.com/

This site currently offers access to the online training system for TELPAS raters and TAKS-Alt users. Region, district, and campus testing coordinators (or their designees) also have access to this site for their administrative use.

TAKS Out-of-School Registration:

https://k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/taksoos/

Register for TAKS EXIT Level tests for students that are not in school, have their course credits, but need to register and pass a TAKS subject test(s).

Projection of Education Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009062

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

Regional Education Laboratory

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southwest/

REL Southwest at Edvance Research serves the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas by conducting rigorous applied research that provides reliable information for evidence-based decision making

School Data Direct

http://www.schooldatadirect.org/app/content/q/mtype=Overview.shtml/mlvl=0/site=pes

SchoolDataDirect is an online service of the State Education Data Center.