[Assessment_Advisory_Committee] Testing Before the 66% Instructional Threshold

[Don Staples]

Adult improprieties are a challenge as I am reluctant to penalize the
student, but I don't have an answer as to how to penalize the school
without penalizing the student.

I could live with a 2-week grace window, but not ideal.

In future years, would it be helpful to have a pop-up alert when the TA
logs in that exists only until Spring Break?

Alert Message:  WARNING!  Any tests taken by juniors in ELA or math prior
to the completion of 66% of the school year will be invalidated!  Please
check with your STC or DTC if you are unsure of the allowable start date
for your district.

Don Staples
Newberg



On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:28 PM, HEIDE Jordan - ODE <
jordan.heide at state.or.us> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
> ODE has received a few reports of students testing before the 66%
> instructional day threshold has been met. This testing impropriety is
> outlined in Section  5.2 of the Test Administration Manual where it states,
> “ODE may invalidate tests if school-level test windows do not meet each of
> the following criteria…” For those cases reported to us to date (reflecting
> testing four weeks, three weeks, and one week before the threshold), ODE
> has so far determined to treat these improprieties as “no impact,” meaning
> the tests stand as valid and the students are allowed to continue testing.
> However, we wanted to engage with you to help inform ODE’s policy to ensure
> a systematic, coherent, and consistent approach.  Specifically, we’d like
> your input on the following questions:
>
>
>    - Should there be a cutoff point at which tests should be invalidated
>     (i.e. tests administered more than 4 weeks before the threshold is met)?
>    - If a cutoff is appropriate, what is the appropriate cutoff?
>
>
> Please reply with your input by the end of the day this Monday, March 14.
> Thank you as always for your consideration!
>
>
> *Jordan Heide*
> Administrative Specialist
> Office of Assessment & Accountability
> 255 Capitol St NE | Salem, OR 97310 | É503-947-5905
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