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Riverside Insights

Scoring Services

Preparation

Wendy Freyschlag, Riverside Insights, Assessments Consultant

Denise Piatt, Riverside Insights, Assessments Consultant

Agenda Outline

Preparation for Riverside Scoring Services

Riverside Insights Scoring Services Folder

Scoring Deadline and Test Coordinator Letter

Post Testing Checklist from DAs

Coding of Answer Documents

Class ID Sheet

Building ID Sheet

Order Form for Scoring Services

Optional Printed Reports

Packaging and UPS Directions

Scoring Services Folder

• Sent to Test Coordinator at school

• Sent after Online Enrollment

completed

Folder not received

and OE completed?

Contact

Ryan Cartwright

[email protected]

630.467.6103

Scoring Deadline & Scoring Info Letter

• Scoring Receipt Date: by May 31

• Letter specifies:

– Scoring pricing

– General coding info

– Building & Class ID sheet

completion

– OSS completion

• Order for Scoring Service

– Shipping instructions

Directions for Administration

• Teachers used to administer the assessments, specific to

level and assessment

• Three parts:

1. Info to prepare for testing

2. Instructions for test administration

3. Instructions for scoring preparation

Posttesting Checklist

• Ask your teachers to reference Part 3 in their

Directions for Administration to organize and

scan their students’ answer documents

• Follow steps for verifying that each

student has an answer folder or test

book that is ready for scoring services

– Look over for damage

• tears, creases, or water damage

– If extensive, transfer student info and

answers to a new document or book

• Destroy all scratch paper

Posttesting Checklist, cont.

• Scan for proper marking

– No. 2 pencil used

– Dark response marks made in answer circles

– Changed answers are completely erased

• Erase stray marks

– marks on answer circles that aren’t answers

– marks along the edges and top of page(s)

Student Barcode Labels

• If used, confirm that

student barcode labels

were applied correctly

– Secure

– Aligned in proper space

on back of test book or on

answer document

If Student Barcode Labels are used

Barc

ode

Label

• Embedded Fields (no bubbling)

– Name

– Birth Date

– Gender

• New student, no label?

- Must bubble in information

• Accurately write in or use label

Teacher Name

Grade

School

System – write “ACSI”

City/State of School

(may use a pre-printed label)

Barc

ode

Label

No Barcode Label?Coding – Required Information

• Accurately Write and Bubble

– Student Name

– Birth Date (Month, Day, Year)

– Gender

– Write in:

• Teacher Name

• Grade

• School

• System/District – write “ACSI”

• City/State – for school’s location

Form Coding

• Accurately Bubble

– Iowa Assessment Form

• Form “G” for Grades K-8

• Form “E” for Grades 9-12

– CogAT Level Bubbled Inside

answer folder – Bubble “7”

Optional Coding - Programs

This coding should be done after

testing, by a teacher or administrator

only.

Programs (if qualified):

– IEP = Special Needs (or 504 plan)

– F/RL = Free or Reduced Lunch

– ELL = English Lang. Learner

– T1 L = Title 1 Reading/Language

– T1 M = Title 1 Math

Optional Coding - Omit from Group Averages

OFFICE USE ONLY:

Z – Approval needed from the Test Coordinator at school

• This is where you will mark for any students who are going to be excluded from averages due to a pre-approved situation.

• Student tests will still be scored, but you may use the “Z” code to include or exclude from group reports in DM.

• Degree symbol (°) on reports

Optional Coding – Years in Current School

• How many full years in current

school

– Test Administrator Use Only

– Column A

0 = less than 1 full year

1 = 1 year

2 = 2 years

3 = 3 years

4 = 4 years

5 = 5 years

6 = 6 years

7 = 7 years, etc. up to 9

Optional Coding – Home Reporting

Home Reporting:

• “1” for English

• “2” for Spanish

• If Student Profile Narrative reports are needed in both English and Spanish, then use coding to automate printing.

• If student lives in a home where Spanish is the primary spoken language, code “2”.

• Students coded with a “1”, will have their home report printed in English.

Optional Coding – Ethnicity / Race

.

Please note that Hispanic/Latino is

considered an ethnicity, not a race.

• For Ethnicity – mark only 1 answer

– Hispanic or Latino

(A person who is Cuban,

Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish,

South or Central American or

other Spanish culture or origin,

regardless of race.)

– Not Hispanic or Latino

Optional Coding – Ethnicity / Race

Class Identification Sheet - Blue

• Information box

– April 15, 2019 for Test Date

– School name for Building name

– ACSI for System Name

– City where your school resides

• Teacher’s name under Class Name

• Leave Class Code blank

• Grade should reflect same grade as

the students’ answer document

• Indicate correct Form of the Iowa

• Form “G” for Grades K-8

• Form “E” for Grades 9-12

• Answer Document Count for the grade

Stacking Test Books

• For each classroom, stack completed

test books so that the name grids on

the back covers are facing up

• NO need to alphabetize

• Keep Iowa and CogAT separate

• To prevent test book spines from

bending, stack as follows:

– Stack books in groups of 5

– Alternate the direction the spines

face for each stack of 5 books,

keeping name grid facing up

• Place one Grade/Class ID sheet of

top of stack

Stacking Answer Documents

• For each classroom, stack completed

answer documents

• NO need to alphabetize

• Place one Grade/Class ID sheet of

top of stack

• Preferable to place one classes’

answer documents and Grade ID

Sheet in an envelope

• Use a separate envelope for each

class

Building Identification Sheet - Purple

• Use only one

• Included in Scoring Folder

• Place on top of box #1.

• Premarked for your convenience

• Your school code number appears

on this sheet

• Please write this number in your

files (needed for box labels)

Order Form for Scoring Services

• Dataset ID Number is

upper right corner,

assigned to your school

and used to track your

documents

• Critical that you use this

OSS form – Scoring Folder

• Fill in document counts

• Place on top of box #1 with

the purple Building ID

Sheet

• Replacement needed?

Contact Ryan Cartwright

[email protected]

630.467.6103

Reverse Side of OSS

• Order optional printed reports

– Some not available in

DataManager

• Self-Stick Student Folder

Score Labels

• Iowa Class Diagnostic Report

• Iowa/CogAT Combined List of

Student Scores

• Iowa/cogAT Combined Profile

Narrative (parent report)

• Report samples are available at www.purposefuldesign.com under

Assessment Support/Iowa Assessment

Optional Reports – Not Avail. in DM

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Optional Reports – Avail. in DM

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Optional Reports – Avail. in DM

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Optional Reports – Avail. in DataManager

Sample DataManager Reports

Shipping Answer Documents

• Stack all answer docs/test books for each

teacher by grade (no need to alphabetize)

• Keep all docs for class in same box, if not able

then continue in next consecutive box

• Place one Grade/Class ID Sheet (blue) on top

of each group

• Place each teachers’ answer documents in

envelopes with Grade/Class ID Sheet on top

• Top of box #1 - pink OSS & purple Building ID

• Package in sturdy boxes – pack securely to

avoid shifting during transit

• Label each box 1 of ____, 2 of ____, etc.

_____ being total # boxes

UPS Return Service Label InstructionsUSA schools only

• Documents returned via UPS

• 3 white UPS/RS Labels in packet

– Place 1 label on each box

– Second portion is your Return Service

receipt, w tracking info

• Keep this receipt

• Also place 1 of the green “Special

Processing” labels on the outside of

each box

– Fill in School name and code

– Fill in Package ___ of ___ on each

green label

– Check if the OSS is in this box

UPS Pickup (not for international)• Regular/Daily Pickup Service

- Send boxes with regular driver

• No regular pick up? Follow steps:

- Have preprinted label in hand

- Call 1.800.742.5877 on or before

May 22nd (for pickup by May 23rd )

- Follow prompts:

- Select voice option “Send a package”

- Select voice option “Schedule a pickup”

- When asked if want info on nearest location, indicate “No”

- When asked if have tracking #, indicate “Yes”

- Provide required info and # of boxes to be picked up

- Select date, time, and location for pickup

- Verify the details of your request

- You will receive a pickup confirmation and a Pickup

Request number (write this down)

Important Note about DataManager

• If administering the Iowa and CogAT using test books

and answer documents, there is no reason to access

the Assessments portion of DataManager.

• Please do not access this area as it is only used for

online testing. Making changes in this area could

negatively impact every school in the ACSI testing

program, not just your building.

Riverside Scoring Services Pricing Per Student

• Pricing in your letter in the Riverside

Scoring Folder

• ACSI Schools receive student data

online via DataManager for dynamic

web-based reporting

• Riverside will host a webinar on

DataManager reports creation

• Prerecorded webinars on score

interpretation available

• Register at www.purposefuldesign.com

under Assessment Support /

Iowa Assessments / scroll down the

page to Free Informational Webinars

Contact Information

Need additional scoring forms or labels?

Ryan Cartwright, Riverside Insights Project Manager

[email protected]

630.467.6103

Questions about Iowa Assessments or the CogAT Test?

Wendy Freyschlag, Riverside Assessments Consultant

[email protected]

303.517.3579

Questions for Association of Christian Schools International?

Lisa Chubbic, ACSI Assessment Program Coordinator

[email protected]

719.867.0139

Looking For More Information?

For more information about Iowa Assessments and CogAT,

go to www.purposefuldesign.com

Select Assessment Support, then Iowa Assessments

• Materials Pricing Tool

• Scoring Cost Estimation Tool

• Quick Facts

• Product Information Request Form

• Talk to an Expert Request Form

• Program Details

For additional assistance, contact ACSI Member Care

[email protected]

800-367-0798