The sessions for Day 1 of the STC Workshop Series are listed below. Click on the session title to navigate to session recordings and resources. Presenter biographies and session descriptions are available below the session link.
9:00-10:00
Session Title: Best Practices for Communication with Score Reports
Presenters: Katie Murnion & Austin Waldbillig
11:00-12:00
Session Title: Best Practices for User Roles and Responsibilities
Presenter: Marcy Fortner
1:00-2:00
Session Title: Best Practices on Testing Plans and Establishing Critical Partners
Presenter: Marcy Fortner & Austin Waldbillig
3:00-4:00
Session Title: Best Practices on Establishing Student Need to Determine Eligibility and Participation Expectations in Assessments
Presenter: Marcy Fortner
Session Description:
Objectives: What are the notice requirements? What are the privacy risks? How can the district provide timely access to school results? What strategies are there on delivering score reports?
Session Description:
Objectives: What are the user roles? What is the STC role? What responsibilities does each user role have? What are the MontCAS data privacy policies? What is available on the test delivery portals? Who controls access? How do I set up school system access?
Session Description:
Objectives: What are the state and federal requirements for each testing plan? Who are my critical partners? How do I build a team? What should everyone at the district know about state assessments?
Session Description:
Objectives: What are the policies and procedures for participation in state assessments? How do I know if a student is eligible for an assessment? What is the needs-based approach? What are the procedures for registering our school and students to test? How do I report non-participation?