Presentation to District and Alternate Assessment Coordinators

1. Presentation to District and Alternate Assessment Coordinators August 29, 2019 Larry Ehret, Kelly Ickes, Jake Goldsmith

2. Measured Progress Team Introductions (Cognia) • Larry Ehret, Program Manager, FSAA Program Lead • Kelly Ickes, Director Content Development • Jake Goldsmith, Vice President Operations

3. Topics for Presentation Today • Measured Progress – Cognia • System Enhancements • FSAA Service Center Trends • Make-Up Test Administration • FSAA—PT Practice Test Refresh • Resources and Key Information for Effective Administration & Support • Update on AAC Requests • Cognitive Processing Survey • Reporting 2019–2020

4. Measured Progress – Cognia

5. New Company Name

6. Our new name, Cognia, was adapted from the Latin word cognitio, or knowledge. This name speaks to our belief that knowledge is key to reaching aspirations—no matter a person’s circumstances or background. • E-mail addresses, URLs, and references will change. There are redirects in place.

7. System Enhancements

8. AVS Enhancements 2018–2019

9. Performance Task System Enhancements 2018–2019

10. Performance Task – System Enhancement 2019–2020

11. FSAA Service Center Trends

12. Service Center – Performance Task

13. FSAA Service Center Trends Performance Task

14. FSAA Service Center Trends (continued) Performance Task

15. FSAA—Performance Task Online System User Guide FSAA Portal

16. FSAA Service Center – Datafolio

17. FSAA Service Center Trends Datafolio

18. FSAA—Datafolio Teacher Resource Guide FSAA Portal

19. Make-Up Test Administration(New for Fall 2019)

20. Make-Up Assessment • The Florida Standards Alternate Assessment (FSAA) program will be offering a make-up administration window for the FSAA—Performance Task English Language Arts (ELA) 2 and Algebra 1 assessments. • A student can be considered eligible to participate in the fall make-up administration if he or she has completed the course(s) and either (a) should have been but was not assessed during a previous administration or (b) did not pass the assessment(s) AND the individual educational plan (IEP) team has determined that he or she must retake the assessment(s) to receive a passing score to meet graduation requirements.

21. Make-Up Assessment

22. Make-Up Assessment Key Dates • Reminders: • Students and users from the Spring 2019 administration will already be in ART • Test included in administration: ELA 2 & Alg 1 (Form A from Spring 2019 admin)

23. FSAA—PT Practice Test Refresh

24. Practice Test Refresh

25. Resources and Key Information for Effective Administration & Support

26. Key Resources

27. Key Resources (continued)

28. Important Dates for 2019–2020: Performance Task

29. Important Dates for 2019–2020: Datafolio

30. Update on AAC Requests

31. Update on Requests from AACs FSAA—Performance Task Online System • Reason Not Tested visible on test completion status • The ability to have multiple AACs for a district • Ability for either District 1 or District 2 to initiate Student Transfer • E -mail notification when a transfer request is entered. The functionality is being evaluated.

32. Coginitive Processing Survey

33. Cognitive Processing Survey Survey Overview: • Intended as a large-scale survey for educators, about 20–40 min to complete survey • Will include some released items for educators to consider as they are providing their responses to the survey • Purpose of survey • Gather evidence of student thinking (e.g., understanding, reasoning, problem-solving) as they process, understand, and respond to FSAA—PT performance tasks • Determine, to the degree possible, what cognitive processes students undertake when they respond to items in FSAA—PT performance tasks

34. Reporting

35. Reporting Look Ahead • Schedule is expected to be similar to Spring 2019. • Reports are scheduled to be posted online by June 12, 2020. • Paper reports will ship in July. • There will be separate Interpretation Guides for Performance Task and Datafolio. • There will be report shells in Haitian Creole and Spanish.