PPT-Automated Test Scoring for MCAS

Special Meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education January 14 2019 Deputy Commissioner Jeff Wulfson Associate Commissioner Michol Stapel 01 Overview of Current MCAS ELA Scoring. for students, schools and districts that took MCAS in spring 2015. (Sept/Oct) . Statewide PARCC scores released. . . (Oct/Nov) . Approx. 81,000 of Massachusetts' nearly 1 million students participate in a . Update on Writing at Upham, Spring 2014. Agenda. Guiding questions and goals. Process & Actions in 2014-2015. Student Writing Samples: Then & Now. Next Steps in 2015-2016. What did we hope to learn this year?. Donna Moy . dxm06u. Test Planning and Preparation. Presentation Content. Introduction to test planning and preparation. Why is planning and preparation important?. Types of Automated Testing. Choosing what to Automate (Automation Checklist). Shedding Some. Light . on . MCAS. 2.0. MCAS 2.0 . ASSESSES. STANDARDS LEARNING. K – 2 Focus:. Phonemic Awareness. Phonics. Reading for Meaning. K – 2 Focus:. Help each child develop Basic. High School Testing Workgroup. Presentation to the BESE Assessment Oversight Committee. Brooke Clenchy, Sr. Associate Commissioner. March 22, 2016. High School Testing Workgroup. PURPOSE. and the . Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Agenda. ESSA and alternate assessments. Commissioner’s memo and attachments posted to . www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/alt/essa. Which students should take MCAS-Alt?. Dan . Wiener. Administrator of Inclusive . Assessment. Schedule . for the Day. Teachers with . no recent or prior. MCAS-Alt experience . should attend:. Introduction to . MCAS-Alt . (8:30 . am. —. Peter W. . Foltz. Pearson. pfoltz. @. pearsonkt.com. www.pearsonkt.com. Overview. What . aspects in T&Es are amenable to automated analysis to improve accuracy . and/or efficiency?. Natural language processing approaches applied to open-ended responses. for Students in Grades 3. 8. Overview of MCAS . Accessibility and Accommodations for . Grades 3. . 8. See the publication . Accessibility and Accommodations Manual . available at . www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/accessibility/. For All . G. rades with a Focus on . H. igh . S. chool Tests/Retests. September 2018. Presenters. Dan Wiener, Administrator of Inclusive Assessment. Robert Pelychaty, . Accommodations and Appeals Coordinator. Submitted by The Learning Center for Deaf Students. Contact Jessica Greenfield at. Jessica_Greenfield@tlcdeaf.org. with questions. . Make-Up Testing. Students who are absent on the date scheduled for testing for any reason (including illness or other medical condition) must be scheduled for make-up testing as soon as they return to school. Make-up tests may be administered at any time after the scheduled testing date and before the end of the test administration window. . Pi-SIBO and RLS. . . Pi-IBS . . IBS . . SIBO FMS. 20% FMS has RLS. . 2005: Could Pi-IBS and RLS be linked with SIBO?. SYNDROMES. SIBO. Mast Cell Man. :. Current . Concepts. Lawrence B. Afrin, M.D.. Division of Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation. University of Minnesota. Wellapalooza. 2016. June 11, . 2016. Learning Objectives & Disclaimers. Diagnosis and Treatment. Leonard Weinstock, MD, FACG. Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Disclosures. Off-label use of medications. No FDA-approved MCAS Rx.