CBT Weekly Updates Call, 1/25/19
- ScorePoint training registration and the agenda are posted on CBT Support:
- Agenda: https://cbtsupport.nysed.gov/hc/en-us/articles/360001137912-What-is-the-agenda-for-the-2019-Regional-CBT-ScorePoint-Training-Sessions-
- Registration: https://cbtsupport.nysed.gov/hc/en-us/articles/360000469352-Registration-Regional-CBT-ScorePoint-Training-Sessions-March-2019
- Registration reports will begin being sent in another couple of weeks.
- Questar will reach out to locations regarding snack needs.
- We have posted a “Quick Link” article for the Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities manual on CBT Support.
- This manual was published in February 2018 by the Office of Special Education and is a “must read” for any CBT school. The Appendices are especially important to review, including the Q&A in Appendix A and Appendix G concerning scribes.
- There are specifics related to testing accommodations and CBT within the manual.
- The Statewide CBT Simulation webinar is this upcoming Wednesday!
- We will focus on how simple the simulation can/should be: there is no rostering of students, no connection to Nextera Admin, and no policing of students testing on the practice tests.
- This will be a valuable experience for all, but it should be simple and low-stress.
- Schools will not have access to the students’ responses: we are “making do” with already-available features and functionality provided by Questar.
- Enrollment Reports: we are looking into whether or not we can run another enrollment review before the DEADLINE of FEBRUARY 8 for CBT ELA student data to be uploaded to L2.
- This ensures that students will be populated to Nextera Admin for schools to manage CBT.
- A question about proctoring came to us about how specific a proctor can be when looking at the Review screen with a student and to point out missed test questions:
- “Billy, it looks like you missed #3 and #4.”
- “Billy, it looks like you may have missed some
- A is correct! The proctor may specifically note question numbers they see as unanswered when viewing the Review screen with students who are ready to submit the computer-based test.
- The other week, we launched a helpful discoverability feature on CBT Support by tagging the best articles with resources schools need to know about now for preparing for operational CBT: Greatest Hits.
- We can see in our analytics that this is being used! Please use the search term on CBT Support and see for yourself; you can also use this to promote easy access to the “greatest” (and most helpful) CBT resources.
- This has worked out so well, that we’d like to do something similar with the top FAQs that schools need quick access to—we need suggestions! (B-Sides?)
- Please remind your schools to update their Secure Browsers and confirm they have the latest versions!