Resources

This page is intended to provide the reader with resources to support local activities on communicating information about this topic and to supporting school districts with any potential impacts from the approved waivers.

Fall Assessment Verification

This collection ensures test settings, including alternate designation statuses, are set for meaningful participation in statewide assessments. This collection is important to register eligible English Learner students to the WIDA AMS test delivery system and to ensure the OPI adheres to the 1.0 state cap on students participating in Alternate Assessments. For more information on the 1.0 statewide monitoring, visit the State 1.0 Percent Cap Guidance and Monitoring.

Please see the AIM Assessment Registration Collection User Guide and the NEW AIM State Assessment Test Settings User Guide, along with our AIM Assessment Registration webinar.

If you have questions on where/how to enter the data (for EL or Section 504 students) into Infinite Campus, please call the OPI AIM help desk at 1-877-424-6681.

If you have questions about the type of assessment or accommodation/supports needed, please call the OPI Assessment help desk at 1-844-867-2569.

If you have questions about the data entry screen area inside the IEP for Special Education students, please call Kristie Sears in the OPI Special Education Division at 406-444-0685.

For technical assistance with Special Education questions, contact a member of the School Improvement Unit:

· Marla Swanby, School Improvement Specialist at MSwanby@mt.gov or 406-444-0044

· Christopher McCrea, School Improvement Specialist at Christopher.McCrea@mt.gov or 406-444-3864

· John Gorton, School Improvement Unit Manager at John.Gorton@mt.gov or 406-459-4281

· Or direct questions to your Special Education Monitor.