NOW

1. CONFIRM - eDirect username and password by attempting to login

• eDirect Site

2. UPLOAD (OPTIONAL) - Multiple students' accommodations file (This must be completed between February 17th and February 28th. Accommodations can alternately be entered for single students after this window)

• Excel - 2020 Multiple Student Upload (MSU) File Layout for eDIRECT
• Google - 2020 Multiple Student Upload (MSU) File Layout for eDIRECT

After March 9th:

1. REVIEW - eDirect Users' Guide

• Managing Students and Testing Users' Guide (eDirect Users' Guide Pg. 14)

2. CONFIRM - Accuracy of all student data in eDirect with your School Assessment Coordinator(s)

• Directions for downloading student information file (District Wide)
• Directions for downloading student information file (Specific School)
• Editing student demographic information

3. SUPPORT - Your District Assessment Coordinator in knowing which students have moved into your district/school after January 22nd and updating eDirect.

• Check your list for students who have moved into your school from within the district, from outside of the district but within Wisconsin, and from outside of Wisconsin. Your DAC will be able to help you add students as needed.
  • Scenarios involving student moves and whether they should be tested by your district
• Multi-Student Transfer Templates
  • Excel - Template
  • Google - Template

4. FYI - Be aware of the students who left your district. You will not transfer them out, the receiving district will do that. If the student is not transferred out near the end of the testing window, your District Assessment Coordinator will code the student correctly as having left your district.

5. ENTER - Accessibility Features for students (All accommodations must be entered before printing the test ticket.)

• Directions for Single Student Accessibility Feature Entry

6. MANAGE - Test Sessions (Test sessions are automatically created. They can be changed if desired.)

• Directions for Viewing Student Test Session Information
• Directions for Adding or Removing Students in an Existing Test Session
• View Test Sessions and Create New Test Sessions

During Testing

1. PRINT - Test Tickets (In many districts, this will be the role of the School Assessment Coordinator)

• Directions for printing test tickets

2. VERIFY - Student accessibility features are properly listed on test tickets

• Accessibility Codes

3. MONITOR - Student testing progress and come up with a plan to assess all students.

• Directions for accessing eDirect Student Progress Dashboard, Viewing Test Sessions Status and Exporting Test Session Details
• Viewing Test Sessions Status and Exporting Test Session Details and Identifying Students not in Test Sessions
• Scenarios involving student moves and whether they should be tested by your district

3. REQUEST TO UNLOCK - Student tests when deemed necessary

• Determining whether to unlock a test (Only your DAC can unlock a test)

After Testing

1. CONFIRM - All students have tested.

2. UPDATE CODES - Work with your District Assessment Coordinator to be sure that students who did not assess are coded as "not assessed."

• Not Tested Codes