March 25, 2008
Illinois Alternate Assessment (IAA) Online Scoring Update
This message is intended for IAA Coordinators, IAA Teachers
and Administrators, regarding the spring 2008 assessment.
If this assessment is not applicable to you, please disregard.
MARCH 21, 2008
Today marks the end of the first week of IAA testing
for the districts and cooperatives using the regular
testing window of March 17 through April 4.
Since online scoring is required this year, Pearson
will be sending out updates regarding the status of scoring
completion based on the scores that have been entered
into the online scoring system. Please take a few minutes
to read the information below and make sure that you
are prepared for this assessment.
Unassigned Students – There are still a significant
number of unassigned students in the online scoring system.
Pre-ID’d students were imported into the online
scoring system, and they should be listed in the Active
Students folder when the IAA Coordinator logs in. For
a student to be considered “Assigned,” they
need to be transferred into a classroom. A coordinator
will need to create a teacher account and classroom for
each teacher that will be entering student scores. Once
that process is complete, the coordinator is responsible
for going into the Active Students folder, and transferring
the students listed into their appropriate classrooms.
Once this is complete, teachers will be able to enter
student scores. Unassigned students cannot be scored.
Coordinators – If there are students in your Active
Students folder that are going to be scored elsewhere,
they need to be transferred to THAT location in the online
scoring system. If it is within your district, you can
complete the transfer. If it is to a location outside
of your district, then you will need to submit a Student
Transfer Request to have the student’s testing
location updated in the online scoring system. If you
need assistance with online scoring, contact Pearson’s
School Success at 888-234-4849 or by e-mail at support@schoolsuccess.net.
Scoring Deadline - April 11th is the last day to enter
your scores. There will not be another opportunity
or method to communicate student scores, so if you have
already administered the test please take a few minutes
to enter your scores. If possible, please do not wait
until April 11.
Teacher’s Rule of Thumb:
BEFORE TESTING – Contact
your coordinator to make sure you have a teacher account
and a classroom created. Log-in
and verify your student list, and if needed, create any
missing students.
AFTER TESTING – All a teacher
should have to do is enter the scores, which should take
less than 2 minutes per
student. All scoring should be complete by the last day
of YOUR testing window.
Pick-Up of Test Books – April 17th is the pre-scheduled
FedEx pick up off IAA materials. All test booklets are
considered secure and must be returned to Pearson. The
pick-up points were determined based on the location
of the initial shipments to the districts. All test booklets
must be returned to these locations to accommodate the
April 17th pick up. Refer to page 17 of the IAA Implementation
Manual for more information.
Resources – For guidance with the online scoring
system, there are two user’s guides available;
a Coordinator User’s Guide and a Teacher User’s
Guide. Both are available on the Resources page of the
online scoring system, or on the ISBE Web site at http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/iaa.htm.
You can also call 1-888-234-4849 for help navigating
the online scoring system.
Have questions? E-mail Pearson at IAA_pearson@support.pearson.com
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