PPT-Administrators Overview Next Generation MCAS

and Students with Disabilities Dan Wiener Administrator of Inclusive Assessment a nd Robert Pelychaty Accommodations amp Competency Portfolio Coordinator CONTENTS 01 Accessibility and Accommodations. in Educator Evaluation. Matt Holloway, ESE . Using MCAS-Alt in Educator Evaluation. MCAS Alternate Assessment (MCAS-Alt). http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/alt/. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 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 . Shedding Some. Light . on . MCAS. 2.0. WHY Common Core . Standards and TEST?. Jeb Bush:. “Born Poor, Stay Poor”. Standards and Assessment of Learning:. Can Needier Students Learn?. 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?. High School Testing Workgroup. Presentation to the BESE Assessment Oversight Committee. Brooke Clenchy, Sr. Associate Commissioner. March 22, 2016. High School Testing Workgroup. PURPOSE. October 2017. Contents. What is the next-generation MCAS?....... . 3. Score release……………………………………. . 6. Parent reports…………………………………... . 9. 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. —. The Office of Student Assessment Services October 3 and November 5, 2018. Presenters. Katie . Bowler, Director of Test Development. ELA Team. Amy Carithers, Administrator for ELA Test Development. Beth Niedzwiecki, grade 10 ELA test developer. Instructions for Using These Slides These slides are intended to assist principals in preparing their school training for test administrators and others involved in MCAS administration (there is no requirement to use these slides). 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. . Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Diagnosis: Mast cell activation syndrome ( MCAS ) is a condition where benign but highly sensitive inflammatory/allergic cells are in a variety of areas of the body an September 17, 2021. Embargoed until 9:30 . a.m. , September 21. Logistics for This Session. Questions about a specific student should be sent by email to . mcas@doe.mass.edu. . . Some questions may be covered during the course of the presentation. .