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• DLM-AA Corrections Guidance​ (Posted 07/18/19)
• 2019-20 State Assessment Dates​​​
  
• Guidance for 15-year-old students with IEPs in Elementary School Districts​​
  
• Illinois is wanting public comment regarding the state’s waiver for the exceeding the 1%.  Illinois had exceeded the 1% exception by 1.2% as a state.   For this reason, Illinois has requested a waiver from the US Department of Education and the Office of Special Education.   In our letter to the federal government, ISBE has stated our plan of actions, the subgroups identified for disproportionality, and the overall identification of the percentage based on subjects assessed with the alternate assessment.   The public comment period will be from December 12, 2018 to December 26, 2018.   Comments and concerns can be emailed to AltException@isbe.net.
  • View the 1% Waiver letter to th​​e federal government​
• Grade 12 Exemption Documents​
  Submit a grade 12 exemption only for a student who will be scheduled to receive a regular high school diploma before the next administration of the state’s final accountability assessment (i.e., SAT or grade 11 DLM-AA) and hasn’t tested or been identified in SIS as being exempt or for a student whose exemption was not identified through ISBE SIS programming according to the flowchart document​. If your district believes there is evidence in SIS of an exemption, please write to assessment@isbe.net for verification before completing any of the grade 12 exemption paperwork.​
  
• Exemption Request form​
  
• Certification of Request form
  
• Grade 12 SAT and DLM-​AA: Who must test?(Updated 09/11/19)
  
• DLM-AA Scores Corrections Guidance​​​​
  

For additional resources including manuals for coordinators and teachers, technical requirements of the KITE system, and ongoing DLM updates please visit the Illinois DLM website.

• Manuals
  • 2019-2020 Accessibility Manual
    
  • 2019-2020 Assessment Coordinator Manual (for District Test Coordinators)
    
  • 2018-2019 DLM Assessment Correction Review​ ​​
    
  • 2019-2020 Educator Portal User Guide
    
  • 2019-2020 Facilitator Guide for R​equired Test Administrator Training (District Test Coordinators)
    
  • 2019-2020 Guide to DLM Required Test Administrator Training (for Test Administrators)
    
  • 2019-2020 Guide to Practice Activities & Released Testlets
    
  • 2019-2020 Technology Specifications Manual
    
  • 2019-2020 Test Administration Manual​
    
• Interpretive Guides
  • Parent Interpretive ​Guide YE
    
  • Parent Interpretive Gu​ide YE (Spanish)
    
  • Who May Administer​ the DLM-AA
• Essential Elements
  • DLM Essential Elements in English Language Arts
  • DLM Essential Elements in Mathematics
  • DLM Essential Elements in Science
  • Essential Elements Condensed Books
• DLM Participation Guidelines
• DLM-AA Pre-ID ​​​
  

• Special Education Directors' Conference Handouts
  
• Illinois Assessment Update Webinars
• August 30, 2019: Assessments Deep Dive Webinar
  

  The Assessment Department​ will be presenting on topics related to each of the state accountability assessments for the 2019-20 school year.

  The webinar will cover:

  • State accountability assessment updates
  • Changes to the ISA
  • Update on Illinois Assessment of Readiness platform and content
  • DLM-AA Instructionally Embedded
  • ACCESS policy and practice changes
  • SAT/PSAT 10/PSAT 8/9 administration changes
  • Test Window Dates
  • Updating the Entity Profile System (EPS) in IWAS
  • Completing student enrollments in the Student Information
  • System (SIS) in IWAS
  • Finalizing corrections
  • Accommodations

  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

  Join us for a webinar on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:00 AM CST.

• Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment 2017-2018 School Year Kick-Off​
  
• District Test Coordinator Webinar
  
• Presentation
  
• Webinar
  
• Building Test Coordinator Webinar
  
• Presentation
  
• Webinar
  
• Test Administrator Webinar (Teacher Role)
  
• ​Presenatation​
  
• Webinar​
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