Office of Assessment and Curriculum

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• Office of Assessment and Curriculum
• Online AssessmentProtocol
• ACTE
• Summer 2008

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Presentation Outcomes

• Identifying and using the WETest Website
• Tour of the online assessment system
• Registering and Testing Information
• Trouble Tickets and Special Policies

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Summary of Activity

• Each year 35-70 course assessments are delivered
• Arkansas assessments are written by public school
  teachers and validated by industry professionals

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Curriculum Assessment Success

• Once completed course frameworks are put online
• Frameworks updated every 5 years
• Tens of thousands of student tested each year
• All assessment questions linked to framework
  standards

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WETest Website

• Many functions of the DWE Office of Assessment
  and Curriculum are administered from the WETest
  website
• http//WETest.k12.ar.us
• New teachers should become familiar with this
  website

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WETest Website
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Online Assessment

• IMPORTANT REGISTRATION UPDATE
• Starting with the 2008-09 Academic year the CTE
  online registration system will
• NO LONGER be using SSNs to register students
• Teachers will be required to enter student 10
  digit State Triand number when registering
  students

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Links for Using Triand

• The Department of Education has links to using,
  understanding, and accessing the Triand system on
  their website
• http//arkansased.org/tech_resources/triand.html
• Every school should have a Triand point of
  contactconsult this person for additional
  questionsplease note, the Triand system is
  administered by ADE not DWE

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Online Assessment

• Enhanced Teacher Options
• Personal Teacher Accounts
• Simplified Registration/Student Management
• Sortable Score List Reports
• Archived Score List Reports
• Sensitive Data Security Features

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Adapted and Customized to Meet the Needs of
Arkansas Teachers

• Lets take a tour!

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Before You Begin

• Go to the WETest website and select menu item
  Register Students
• http//wetest.k12.ar.us/
• After clicking Register Students you will be
  directed to a page of helpful links designed to
  help you understand the State Triand system
• Starting with the 2008-09 academic year, the CTE
  online assessment registration system will no
  longer use SSNs to register students
• You will then be directed to DWEs Ethical
  Testing Acknowledgement Form. Read the form
  entirely, scroll to the bottom, enter your name
  and school, click I agree and submit the form

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Custom Portal Tour

• Teacher Login
• You can use an existing password
• You can login as a new teacher
• At the beginning of each academic year ALL
  TEACHERS will need to select new teacher
• PLEASE NOTE This is NOT the same login as the
  Teacher Information System

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Custom Portal Tour

• Entering the system
• Classes are created from pre-populated pull-down
  menus
• Students are registered using secure unique
  identifiers10 digit State Triand number

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Custom Portal Tour

• Running Teacher Reports
• Teachers can filter by academic quarter, course
  name, and period
• Teacher Score List Reports are generated for
  teacher records

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Custom Portal Tour

• Trouble Ticketing System
• DWEs Consulting Team designed a custom error
  reporting system for the portal
• This trouble ticketing system allows for the
  immediate identification and resolution of
  technical difficulties

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Special Policies

• Special Needs Students
• All students need to test unless they are
  portfolioed
• This is a state law

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Special Policies

• Roster Changes
• Rosters cannot be created after registration
  deadline
• Certain manipulations can be made
• What to do when a student drops or transfers
  in/out?

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Special Policies

• Triand Number
• This number must be used. Any other number will
  not be reported correctly
• A representative at your school should be able to
  access the Triand System

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Helpful Resources

• Arkansas Department of Workforce Education
• http//dwe.arkansas.gov
• WETest Website
• http//wetest.k12.ar.us/
• Office of Assessment and Curriculum
• assessment_at_arkansas.gov