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| 2012 |
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| December 31 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Available Accountability Tour Seating Tomorrow in Oakland County!, 2) Michigan Interim Assessment Pilot - Schools Needed, 3) Spring 2013 Pre-ID and IMOs Closing January 11, 2013, 4) Spring ELPA Manual Now Available, 5) Spring 2013 SBAC Pilot FAQ Now Available, and 6) Fall 2012 MEAP and MEAP-Access Aggregate Date Files Now Available |
| December 17 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) MEAP S.A.F.E. Data Now Online, 2) Recruitment for Pilots of Michigan's New Interim Assessments, 3) Spring 2013 MI-Access Online Answer Document Sign-up, 4) AMAOs Released for 2011-2012, and 5) State Offices Closed 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 1/1/2013 |
| December 17 |
Fall 2012 MEAP and MEAP-Access Student Data Files Now Available! |
Announcement that the MEAP and MEAP-Access Student Data Files are available on the BAA Secure Site to auhtorized users |
| December 10 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Students Not Tested for Fall 2012 Assessments Closes Thursday, December 20 at 11:59 p.m., 2) Science and Social Studies Interim Assessments Review Committee Members Needed, 3) Reminder: Spring 2013 EXPLORE-PLAN Pilot Orders Due Friday, December 21, 2012, 4) MME Test Administration Training for Previously Trained Staff, and 5) Reminder: Michigan's New K-12 Online Interim Assessments-Informational Webinar Scheduled Monday, December 17, 2012 2:00-3:00 p.m.
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| December 3 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Students Not Tested Opens Monday, 2) Fall 2012 Assessment Report Printing Options Due, 3) Spring 2013 EXPLORE-PLAN Pilot Orders Due, 4) MME Day 3 Accommodated Testing Timing Code Errors, 5) Spring 2013 SBAC Pilot, 6) MI-Access Student-Facing Cognitive Laboratory: Participants Requested, 7) ELPA Initial Screening Cycles, 8) Spring 2013 ELPA Schedule Posted, and 9) The November/December 2012 Issue of Smarter News, and 10) New K-12 Interim Assessments Webinar |
| November 28 |
Tested Roster and Students Expected to Test for All Fall Assessments
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Announcement of Tested Roster and Expected to Test being available for fall 2012 MEAP, MEAP-Access and MI-Access
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| November 26 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) MME ACT-Approved Accommodations Due Now, 2) ELPA Exemption Requests Due 2/17, 3) ELPA Screener Cycle II Opens 12/3, and 4) Spring 2013 Assessment Pre-ID and IMOs Open 12/3 |
| November 12 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) 'First Contact Survey' Announcement for MI-Access Coordinators, 2) State Offices Closed - Thursday & Friday, November 22 & 23, 2012
1) 'First Contact Survey' Announcement for MI-Access Coordinators - Click here for Sample District to Teachers Letter for the First Contact Survey
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| November 5 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Fall 2012 MEAP Online Social Studies Pilot "Housekeeping" Ends Friday, November 9, 2012, 2) MI-Access Testing Window Closes Tomorrow, Friday, November 9, 2012, 3) State Offices Closed - Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| November 1 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) The October 2012 Issue of Smarter News Is Now Available, 2) MI-Access Fall 2012 Additional Material Order Window Closing, 3) State Offices Closed - Tuesday, November 6, 2012 4) Fall 2012 MEAP Online Social Studies Pilot Testing Ends Wednesday, November 7, 2012, and 5) Impact of Getting MSDS Data Correct in the Fall General Collection |
| October 29 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) 2012-2013 Best Practices: MSDS Reporting for Trouble-free Accountability Data, 2) Spring 2013 EXPLORE-PLAN Pilot Reminders, 3) Fall 2012 MI-Access Assessment Survey, and 4) MI-Access Early Shipping Deadline for Tested Roster
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| October 23 |
Fall 2012 Assessment Materials Return |
Memorandum with important information to ensure all students who tested receive valid assessment scores |
| October 22 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) 2012-2013 Best Practices: MSDS Reporting for Trouble-free Accountability Data, 2) Spring 2013 EXPLORE-PLAN Pilot Reminders, 3) Fall 2012 MI-Access Assessment Survey, and 4) MI-Access Early Shipping Deadline for Tested Roster
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| October 15 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Committing to the Spring 2013 ELPA Online - NEW Deadline is Friday, October 26, 2012, 2) New from Dynamic Learning Maps Consortium, 3) MEAP-Access Research Code I, 4) MI-Access Fall 2012 Online Answer Document Pilot Window, and 5) MI-Access Early Return Shipping Deadline for Tested Roster
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| October 8 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Fall 2012 MEAP Test Administration Manual Revisions, 2) SBAC Releases Sample Items and Performance Tasks, 3) Committing to the Spring 2013 ELPA Online - Deadline is Friday, October 19th, and 4) Spring 2013 EXPLORE-PLAN Ordering Instructions |
| October 1 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) The September 2012 Issue of Smarter News Is Now Available, 2) 2012-13 Accountability Tour of Informational Presentations, 3) MEAP and MEAP-Access AMO Status, and 4) REMINDER: EXPLORE-PLAN Ordering Begins Monday |
| October 1 |
ELPA Online 2013 Invitation |
Invitation to participate in the online ELPA assessment for spring 2013 |
| September 25 |
BAA Secure Site Alert |
Fall 2012 MEAP AMO and ELPA Screener order pages unablable |
| September 24 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) Spring 2013 EXPLORE/PLAN Pilot Project, 2) 2012-13 Assessment Requirements for District and School Accountability, 3) Pre-ID Barcode Labels for MEAP Shipping Separately, and 4) Title III Contact Information Revised |
| September 24 |
Fall 2012 MEAP Online Social Studies Pilot |
Webcast announcement for schools/districts participating in fall 2012 MEAP online social studies pilot |
| September 20 |
Level I - ELPA Initial Screening Rubric Error |
Minor error involving the scoring for the Letter Writing item on the ELPA Initial Screener |
| September 17 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) Initial Materials Order (IMO) Shipments & Additional Materials Order (AMO) Window Opening |
| September 17 |
Designating a District Title III Administrator |
Memorandum regarind the benefits to designating a District Title III Administrator |
| September 10 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) DLM Consortium Releases CCEEs with Range of Complexity Examples, 2) MOPLS Mathematics Update, 3) Fall 2012 Assessment and Accountability Data Timeline, 4) Fall 2012 Off-Site Testing Requests - Due October 1, 2012, and 5) Assessment Pre-ID After September 11, 2012 |
| September 3 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) Fall 2012 Pre-ID and IMOs Closing - 9/11, 2) 2011-2012 Graduation Rate Appeals Window Closing - 9/12, 3) Assessment Information Sessions in September, and 4) Spring 2013 Michigan EXPLORE/PLAN Pilot Project.
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| August 20 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) Fall 2012 Test Administrator Manuals Now Available, 2) Fall 2012 Online Social Studies Pilot Materials Now Available, 3) August 2012 Issue of Smarter News Now Available, and 4) Fall 2012 Assessment Pre-ID - How to Correct Errors |
| August 13 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) ELPA Screener Cycle I Now Open, 2) Fall 2012 MI-Access Online Answer Document Pilot, 3) Fall 2012 MIAccess Schedule Change, and 4) Fall 2012 MEAP Online Social Studies Pilot Update
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| August 6 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) 2012-2013 SEE/S2E2 Application Reminder, and 2) Revised School AER Cover Letter Template |
| July 30 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) ELPA Initial Screening WebEx - Tuesday, August 21, 2) July 2012 Issue of Smarter News, 3) 2011-2012 Graduation Rate Appeals Window, and 4) 2011-2012 Accountability Public Release |
| July 23 |
Assessment & Accountability Announcements |
1) Fall 2012 MI-Access Online Answer Document Pilot, 2) MI-Access and MEAP-Access Social Studies Reminder, 3) Student Demographics and Fall Assessment Pre-ID, 4) Splitting Reading and Writing between MEAP and MEAP-Access, and 5) Accessing the BAA Secure Site |
| July 16 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Fall 2012 MEAP Pre-ID and IMO Reminder, and 2) 2012-2013 SEE/S2E2 Application Reminder |
| June 29 |
BAA Secure Site Access |
Notification of change in URL for BAA Secure Site |
| June 28 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Reminder: Preliminary AYP Appeals Closing Tomorrow, 2) MME PUblic Release - Embargo Lifted, 3) Fall 2012 Pre-ID NOtices, and 4) Required K-12 Educator Evaluation Information Due Tomorrow
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| June 27 |
Embargoed Release of Statewide Results From All Spring 2012 Assessments |
Statewide release of assessment results of all spring 2012 assessments. |
| June 21 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) 2011-2012 Preliminary Michigan School Report Cards, and 2) BAA Item Writers and Review Committee Members Needed |
| June 18 |
2011-2012 Michigan Preliminary School Report Cards Now Available |
Announcement of release of preliminary report cards available for review by schools and districts only. |
| June 14 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) SBAC Item Reviewers Needed, 2) SBAC June Newsletter Released, 3) Spring 2012 MME PDF Reports Now Available, 4) Fall 2012 MI-Access Schedule Change, 5) ELPA Student Data Files Released, 6) Fall 2012 Pre-ID Tips, 7) Kindergarten Entry Assessment, and 8) REMINDER: Check your MEIS Account! |
| June 13 |
Fall 2012 MI-Access Assessment Schedule Change |
Announcement of change in the assessment schedule for fall 2012 MI-Access |
| June 13 |
Spring 2012 MME PDF Reports Now Available! |
Announcement of the spring 2012 MME pdf reports being available to authorized users of the BAA Secure Site. |
| June 7 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) Preliminary Report Card Release, 2) Using the Spring ELPA Data File to Exit LEP Students, 3) DLM Consortium Common Core Essential Elements, 4) Spring 2012 MI-Access PDF Reports Now Available, 5) SBAC Summer Item Writing Update, and 6) Your Feedback Requested - BAA Fall Conferences. |
| June 4 |
ACT Online Prep Program - Reminder to Order and Writing Prompts Update |
Announcement of opportunity for Michigan high schools to receive free ACT Online Prep for students in grades 10 - 12. |
| May 31 |
Assessment and Accountability Announcements |
1) 2012-2013 SEE/S2E2 Application now Available, and 2) NEW! MME Aggregate Data File Now Available. |
| May 29 |
SBAC Item Writing Invitation - Respond by June 4, 2012 |
Invitation to educators be an item writer for SBAC. Click here for attachment. |
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