ACT 2009-2010

Update 5/12/09

ACT District Choice State Testing (ACT website)

ACT Check List (green texts are our notes and progress)

• February 27, 2009  √

ACT mails select School Districts an agreement to be signed, including a Checklist of Dates, Standard Testing Requirements, and qualifications for testing staff.

• March 20, 2009  √

Receipt Deadline for districts to submit signed agreements with complete list of participating schools with required information. (School name, school’s mailing address, principal’s name, e-mail address and phone number.)
Desi submitted the signed agreements.

• April 28, 2009  √

Implementation Workshops (1st Offering) ACT conducts implementation training webcast for superintendents, high school principals, guidance counselors, and building- and district-level testing staff. Training to include an overview of testing cycle, processes, and responsibilities of testing staff. Districts that are participating in the DCST program for the first time are encouraged to attend this initial offering.
Representatives from Central High, North High, South High, West High, and Fern Ridge attended this first training.

• May 12, 2009 √

Implementation Workshops (2nd Offering) ACT conducts implementation training webcast for superintendents, high school principals, guidance counselors, and building- and district-level testing staff. Training to include an overview of testing cycle, processes, and responsibilities of testing staff. Districts that have participated in the DCST program previously are encouraged to attend this offering.

Representatives from North High, South High, West High, and PACE attended the second training.

Suggestions from our group:

(a) notify students and parents of District Choice ACT;

(b) specifically notify these 14% of populations who historically did not take ACT. Possible groups are students with IEP, African American students who live in the city, students who received free-reduced lunch, etc.

Possible ways to notify parents would be (1) presenting the ACT opportunity to PACCD or PTO leadership groups, (2) VST parent group, etc.

(c) discuss ways that counselors will talk to students about their interest inventory in ACT.

• May 2009

Schools notify students/parents of District Choice State Testing test opportunity.

Public Affairs will notify students/parents about the District Choice ACT opportunity.

• Week of September 7, 2009

Participating schools (principals) receive mailing of establishment materials from ACT. Schools must appoint TS, BU, and TAC. Profile forms for each are included, along with qualifications and responsibilities documents.

• September 25, 2009

Receipt Deadline - Schools must return all establishment documents (TS, BU, TAC profiles and school information sheet).

• December 11, 2009

Receipt Deadline for schools to submit completed proposals for off-site testing arrangements to ACT.

• January 2010

Schools finalize arrangements to meet standard testing requirements (how to train staff, isolate testing from other school activities, create rosters, etc.) and confirm student enrollment figures with ACT.

• Late January/Early February

Newly appointed Test Supervisors, Back-up Test Supervisors, and Test Accommodations Coordinators, participate in required training. (District Assessment Coordinators are invited but not required to participate.)

• February 1, 2010

Receipt Deadline for ACT to receive requests for ACT-Approved Accommodations testing for individual students.

• March 5, 2010

Receipt Deadline for ACT to receive requests for State-Allowed Accommodations testing.

• Approximately 6 weeks prior to test date

ACT ships copies of Supervisor’s Manual (one per 15 students), answer folders, and student pre-test materials to schools.

• Mid-March -April 27, 2010

Window for schools to schedule supervised sessions for students to complete identifying and non-test portions of the ACT answer folder (these sections may not be completed on test day); complete HS code (if applicable).

• April 2010 Test Supervisor and Back-up Test Supervisor train

Room Supervisors and Proctors; Test Accommodations Coordinator trains staff assigned to help with accommodations testing.

• Week of April 19-23, 2010

1. Schools receive secure test materials (addressed to and checked in by Test Supervisor); after check-in, place in locked storage.
2. Schools receive alternate format test materials, such as large type, audiocassette, and Braille (addressed to and checked in by Test Accommodations Coordinator); after check-in, place in locked storage.

• April 28, 2010

ACT District Choice Test day; completed answer folders and test booklets (used and unused) packaged for pickup and return to ACT after testing.

• April 28-May 12, 2010

ACT District Choice Test Accommodations testing window for students approved by ACT for extended time or multiple-day testing, and students testing with State-Allowed Accommodations. Each student must use only the materials assigned to him/her. Package all materials for return pickup on May 13.

• by 5 pm Central Time April 29, 2010

1. Receipt Deadline for schools to fax order form for makeup testing to ACT. Standard time test materials only.
2. Overnight carrier picks up April 28 materials for return to ACT.

•By May 7, 2010

If makeup materials are ordered by deadline above, schools will receive secure standard time makeup test materials (addressed to and checked in by Test Supervisor); after check-in, place in locked storage.

• May 12, 2010

Makeup testing day for students absent on April 28; all makeup materials packaged for return to ACT after testing.

• May 13, 2010

Overnight carrier picks up makeup and test accommodations materials for return to ACT.

• May 28, 2010

Receipt Deadline: All answer documents must be received at ACT no later than this date to be included in scoring. Answer documents received after that date will not be processed and students will not receive scores.

• June 2010

ACT mails ACT reports for students with college reportable scores:
1. To the student—one Student Score Report and interpretive booklet mailed to the address student entered on answer folder.
2. To the high school (addressed to Director of Counseling)—one ACT High School Report and two score labels per student, plus a High School Report Checklist naming the students whose reports are in that mailing. Most schools will receive one large group of reports followed by smaller groups of reports.
3. To colleges listed by students on their answer folders—one College Report per student in the format requested by the college.

• August 2010

1. ACT sends an ACT State Test Profile Report (by district) and CD-ROM to each District Contact, reflecting the performance of all students tested as part of DCST testing (including State-Allowed Accommodations).
2. ACT sends one ACT State Test Profile Report (by high school) per high school to each District Contact for delivery to Principals, reflecting the performance of all students tested as part of DCST testing (including State-Allowed Accommodations).

•August 2010

ACT mails to each Principal score notification letters for distribution to students who tested with State-Allowed Accommodations.

ACT

2008-2009

ACT Home Page Main Website

ACT Preparation

ACT National and State Results (8/15/08)

How to calculate your GPA (website)

College Readiness Standard Benchmark and Data  (word)

College Readiness Standard Benchmark and Data  (pdf)

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ACT

2007-2008

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2006-2007

ACT Home Page

ACT Preparation

Parkway ACT 2006 Analysis (pdf)

District ranking (pdf)

Building ranking (pdf)

School scale scores by subjects (pdf)

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