Assessment Essentials

THANK YOU! Together, we successfully administered
over 158,000 tests. Thank you for your attention to detail, patience, and dedication
to ensuring accurate test data for all students.

Parental Exclusion- One copy stays with the teacher, one
copy goes into the student’s file and one copy must be sent to the Assessment Department
– ATTN: Terrilyn Lee for K-8 assessments,
ATTN: Dan Del Porto for 9-12 assessments.

Illuminate/Renaissance- Performance Matters will replace Illuminate
at the end of the year. Please see below for more information.

The district Acadience window closes on May 16th.  We are
required by the state to test any student enrolled in the district during the window,
even if they registered after the testing team was at a school.  Please be
aware of these students to ensure we are testing 95%+ of our K-3 students.

Acadience Math Computation and Concepts & Applications scores should be recorded
by classroom teachers in ALO within three days of testing.  Please remember
to administer these indicators to absent students upon their return to class. 
All math scores must be recorded in ALO by Wednesday, May 14th. 
Score entry directions can be found within the TAM packet or linked
HERE.

USBE is offering the following Acadience trainings this summer:

Acadience School Leader Data Analysis (June 2^nd) 9:00
AM-12:00 PM.  Participants will focus on analyzing the EOY Acadience Reading/Math
data at the district, school or grade level.  Intended for school administrators/academic
coaches.   This will be a virtual meeting, here is the link: https://schools-utah-gov.zoom.us/j/81397339038?pwd=r5TkBb3XfXMfmlWS6g1mZgpbSpaq4g.1

Acadience Reading Essentials (June 26^th) grade level
specific times.  Course held online.  Registration through MIDAS Course
#62609.  Intended for those new to Acadience Reading, or those who would like
to update their skills.  Training required prior to administration of indicators
for benchmark and progress monitoring.  There will be a second session offered
on July 25th.  MIDAS registration will be available soon.

4/7 - 5/16 1-2

4/28 - 5/23 Kinder

1&2 EOL—Make sure all offline items are administered before 5/16. Renaissance
has a tile to help monitor completion. Make sure students click submit as they finish
the online portion of the test. Please return the materials, as a school, according
to the instructions on the Packing list.

Kindergarten- If you enter the Math Kinder scores directly into Renaissance, you
do not need to fill out the bubble answer sheets.  Please return the materials,
as a school, according to the instructions on the Packing List.  Kindergarten
Fall testing window starts on July 28.  Materials should arrive in June.

Because of the tight timeline, it is unlikely that SLCSD EOL testing will receive
reports this school year.

6/30

Brittany Dimick

Tests Transfer—If you would like to save any tests you have created,
please view this
video and save them before 6/30.

Crosswalk- This is a
crosswalk document of the two platforms.

If you want to learn more about Performance Matters, please view my
canvas course.

4/21-5/16

District

Brittany Dimick

State

Terrilyn Lee

Please make sure to complete all DLM Testlets by May 23.  If you have questions,
please contact Terrilyn

K-3.  ELAA and MAAA Alternate Assessments (for Acadience) results due May 23. 
Please sent them to Terrilyn via
email or district mail (Terrilyn – Assessment@Beardsley)

WIDA Results are in.  You can find them in Illuminate, Ellevations
and AMS.

Individual Student Reports in multiple languages are in the AMS.  Paper copies
are on their way and should arrive next week.

Please Note: WIDA Screener grades K-12—Remember, eligible students
must be screened within 10 days of enrollment throughout the rest of the school
year.

Students who have previously tested in the state of Utah, either with WIDA ACCESS
or WIDA Screener, do not need to be re-screened.  Please contact Terrilyn
Lee or Mischelle Colby,
to assist in locating student test histories.

All staff administering Spring RISE summative tests, need to complete the following:

1. 
   USBE Standard Test Administration and Ethics
2. 
   RISE Teacher Training & Certification

There are changes to the RISE writing and the RISE ELA Summative tests this year.

1. The new Writing Rubrics are here
   Resources
2. The new ELA blueprints are here 
   ELA Blueprints
3. Due to the changes in both tests, cut scores will need to
   be re-set.   Results will be delayed until Fall 2025

Writing Field Test Window February 18- May 31.  Please participate. 
If there aren’t enough responses to train the scoring engine, Writing Benchmarks
will not be available next year.

Teachers new to the district/changed schools- Fill out theRISE
User Information Survey  

Reminder- When administering ALL RISE tests (Interims, Benchmarks,
and Summative) the
Test Administration Manual must be followed explicitly.

USBE Test Participation & Accommodations

Visit the RISE Portal and the
RISE folder in the District Document Center or contact
Terrilyn

Regular Testing Window open now until May 16^th.

Ordering AP Exams for Students Unable to Test on
Late-Testing Dates:

Exception testing is available if students are unable to
test on the late-testing date due to unforeseen circumstances.

Starting May 5 (the first day of the AP Exam administration),
AP coordinators can order exams through:

AP Registration and
Ordering.

Note: These exams must be administered during the school
day on any of the three exception testing dates:

May 28, 29, and 30.

3/3-5/9 – UA Plus

8/1-6/30 - Benchmarks

Utah
Aspire Plus Resource Center

UTIPS WIKI

Utah Aspire Plus and ADAMImportant Items/Dates:

1. Spring Summative Window – March 3–May 9. All-district testing day was April 23^rd.
2. Student detail reports have been available within roughly
   24 hours of completion.
3. ISRs, Test Scores
   Date File, and Test Events Data File are available May 23, 2025.
4. More information is provided in the Score Interpretation Guide

March 12th was the all-district ACT testing
day.

State and District Testing windows closed as of April 18th

Scores available 3-8 weeks after testing.

Congratulations on an amazing job with AAPPL Testing! 99% (445
of 446) of DLI students completed testing.

Please send score reports to parents within three weeks of the testing window closing.

How to print score reports and certificates

Reports – 2024 Testing data is now available. Click the following
links to ACCESS your DLI testing data:

AAPPL Test Scores Report | Illuminate Education

AAPPL Student Longitudinal Scores Report | Illuminate
Education

Congratulations to all students who earned the Seal of Biliteracy!

2024–2025 Seal of Biliteracy Highlights:

1. 370 students achieved the Seal of Biliteracy
2. 226 graduating seniors will
   receive the Seal of Biliteracy
3. Seals were awarded in 17 different languages
4. 17 students earned the Seal in multiple languages