6.11.07 (email)
TO: Elementary
Principals
FROM: Carolyn
Schmidbauer
Dear Principals,
As discussed at the Spring Principals’
meeting on April 27, we will be entering into a contract with Scantron to begin transitioning our elementary students to
the Performance Series online testing program for the 2007-08 school year. CYSS is currently working out the details of
cost and developing a timeline for training for school personnel for school
year.
1) In the meantime we will need "student,
staff and class" information from you in order to upload to the Scantron site this summer, for fall training and testing in
October. Attached you will find two
spreadsheets: (please email to
-
for student information and classroom teacher(s)
-
for teacher information
Note
that each spreadsheet has a "instruction"
worksheet(s) and a "data" worksheet.
PLEASE read the "instruction" worksheets before entering your schools
data.
2)
We will also attach the specific needs of your technology in order to
support the Performance Seriess online testing
program.
3)
TARGET DATES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR:
TRAINING FOR CORE TEAM PRIOR TO TEST
ADMINISTRATION:
Who:
Principal, tech person and one teacher (should be a teacher who would be
excited to be a part of this effort) When & Where: Half day during the Week of Sept. 10-14. Locations and times will be coming to you in
August
Purpose:
To finalize details for test administration
ARTICLE IN SEPTEMBER CATHOLIC CHRONICLE
& INFORMATION PIECES TO USE WITH PARENTS:
Purpose:
There will be an article in the September Catholic Chronicle with
information about the new testing program and our purpose. Schools will also receive information to use
and share with their school families about the change from TerraNova,
why and purpose of the Scantron test.
TESTING FOR MATH AND
When: Oct. 1-Nov. 2, 2007
How:
Online;
Students should be allotted between 45-90 minutes for each
content area test. Test can be stopped
and started again anytime within a two week window without losing data.
TRAINING FOR TEACHERS ON USING TEST DATA:
Who:
Principal and two teachers who are familiar with technology and would be
able to train other teachers When & Where:
Half day sessions during the week of Nov. 12-16, 200. Locations
to be announced.
Purpose:
To familiarize teachers with how to navigate through the website and
look at the data and begin to use the data to guide instruction.
PLANNING TEAM TO MEET TO DEVELOP NEXT
STEPS OF THE TESTING TIMELINE:
When:
January, 2008
Purpose:
Establish a planning team composed of CYSS Staff, some principals, and
some teachers to determine the next steps in developing the direction,
implementation and timeline of Performance Series and adding the Achievement
Series
SECOND TESTING FOR READING MATH
PERFORMANCE TEST FRO STUDENTS IN GRADES 2-8:
When:
April 28-May 23, 2007
How:
Online;
Students should be allotted approximately 45 minutes for each
content area test. Testing time should
be shorter due to students performance level already
having been identified in the fall.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you for all that you do and have a
great summer!
Carolyn M. Schmidbauer ~
Catholic Youth and School Services -
Diocese of Toledo - cyss.org