From cbrown at osrhe.edu Wed Apr 2 11:39:17 2014 From: cbrown at osrhe.edu (Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE)) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 16:39:17 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] FW: Alternative Exam/Demonstrated Mastery application In-Reply-To: <03D9440EE9C9D740884243A5450D71F639691F26@EML-EXA04.agency.OK.local> References: <03D9440EE9C9D740884243A5450D71F639691F26@EML-EXA04.agency.OK.local> Message-ID: <40725C2F1AA6F1439615D767C663D7753CAB26D1@Drake.osrhe.edu> From: owner-counselors at LISTSERV.SDE.OK.GOV [mailto:owner-counselors at LISTSERV.SDE.OK.GOV] On Behalf Of Melissa White Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:47 AM To: COUNSELORS at LISTSERV.SDE.OK.GOV Subject: Alternative Exam/Demonstrated Mastery application Counselors and BTC, Below is the information that was sent to Superintendents. This application is where you would report students that qualify to be exempt from taking an EOI. I have attached a document that list the exempt scores and a brief explanation. As far as what is placed on the transcript.... Law says the highest attained EOI score is to be placed on the transcript. For the students that are exempt you have several options and it is ultimately a local decision. You can place "exempt," "met alt," any other statement or leave the testing area blank. The below application needs to be completed in order to get credit for A-F. As far as CBT.... These students should have been uploaded into a testing session. You are going to carry these students on the roster throughout the testing session. You will apply the exemption just like you do for all your other exemptions. Your 48 hour report will show these students as DNA, but your 2 week preliminary report should reflect the exemption. This process will generate a label and a parent report for these students. Please let me or the Office of Assessment and Accountability (405-521-3341) know if you have any questions. Thanks!!! As far as TLE--- we are working through the process of how these scores will count for the teachers, but they will. Law says the teacher and district will get credit for the scores for accountability purposes. Melissa White, M. Ed, LPC Executive Director of Counseling/ACE Oklahoma State Department of Education 2500 N. Lincoln Blvd OKC, OK 73105 (405) 521-3549 Fax (405)522-0496 Alternative Exam/Demonstrated Mastery application available The Alternative Exam/Demonstrated Mastery Application is now available via your Single Sign-On (SSO) account. This application will allow you to submit alternate exam scores to the SDE for purposes of requesting that a student be exempt from taking the Algebra II, Geometry, English III, and U.S. History EOI as per Senate Bill 559. In order for the student to qualify for an exemption, the score on the alternate test must be at least 10% above the "Proficient" level cutoff according to ACE graduation criteria (please seehttp://ok.gov/sde/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/documents/files/ACE_16_Resources_Alt_List_JB.pdf#page=5 ). In addition, the student must also currently be enrolled in the course and otherwise eligible to take an EOI in order to be exempt. You can access this new application by logging into your SSO account and selecting the "Accountability (A-F Report Card)" application. Once you are on your home screen, you can click the "applications" link at the top of your screen, and then select "Alternative Exams/Demonstrated Mastery." Before you begin, you should ensure that you have all of the required information available. To submit a request, you must have: * The student's name or STN * The date of testing for that student * The test scores * The student's current schedule To add a student to the list, click on the "Add New" link. You will then enter the name or STN of the student in question into the text box to search for the student. Next, you will enter in the test information into the boxes provided, and click on the "Check Scores and Get Results" button. This will provide immediate feedback as to which EOIs the student may be exempted from based on the entered score. Once the possible exemptions are listed, you must let the SDE know if the student is currently enrolled in the specified subject for the current year. If so, you should check the checkbox under the column labeled "Enrolled In This Subject For 2014" in order to claim the exemption. Finally, for submission, you are required to review and certify that the data is correct by clicking in the "Certify" checkbox and clicking on the "Submit" button. You will be taken back to the main page, and will be able to review any previous submissions. Students with an exemption shall be treated as "Proficient" in the A-F Report Card calculations. Uploading documentation of the test score is recommended. However, it is not necessary to do so in order to submit the request. If you do not upload documentation, you must maintain documentation in your own records that can be produced upon request. In order to for the exemption to count appropriately on the A-F Report Card, the request must be submitted by the end of the testing window (May 9). If you have any question please contact the Office of Accountability and Assessments at 405-521-3341 or accountability at sde.ok.gov ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To receive future e-mail notices of new issues of the Campus E-Clips online newsletter directly, subscribe to the Campus E-Clips listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/campus-news/. Sharon Bourbeau Communications Coordinator II Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3603 405.225.9182 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From epas at osrhe.edu Thu Apr 17 13:29:38 2014 From: epas at osrhe.edu (EPAS) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:29:38 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] FW: OK EPAS Scholars Certificates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL epas at osrhe.edu. Reminder: If you have still not requested your OK EPAS Scholars Certificates, please use the link to the survey in the email below to do so. If you have already requested yours and have not yet received them, please send an email to epas at osrhe.edu. At this time, I am completely caught up. Valarie Autry Staff Assistant II - Student Preparation Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9462 vautry at osrhe.edu "If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing." ~Will Rogers From: Autry, Valarie On Behalf Of EPAS Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:20 AM To: 'okepas at lists.onenet.net' Subject: OK EPAS Scholars Certificates PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL epas at osrhe.edu. Oklahoma Colleagues: OK EPAS Scholars, now in its fourteenth year, is a State Regents' program aimed at recognizing students for their collegiate preparedness as early as the eighth grade. We encourage you to consider the delivery of these certificates at a special event in your school-either by giving them as part of your awards ceremonies this spring, or through other special venues. Your OK EPAS Scholars' roster will include students who scored at or above the College Readiness Benchmark in any subject area on the EXPLORE or PLAN test. These scores indicate whether students, based on their performance on EXPLORE or PLAN, are on target to be ready for first-year college-level work when they graduate from high school. The ACT College Readiness Benchmarks are: EXPLORE PLAN ACT English 13 15 18 Mathematics 17 19 22 Reading 16 18 22 Science Reasoning 18 20 23 PLEASE NOTE: Because of limited resources and staff time we will not print the certificates. You will have to print them. THIS IS THE PROCESS FOR 2014: o Click on the following link and fill out all of the information asked. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/scholarscertificates This will allow us to know to whom we need to send the information. o Once we receive the list from ACT: * An email will be sent to the contact person that was listed in the survey results. Attached will be an Excel file of your student roster AND a Word copy of the certificate. * Emails will be prioritized by the date of your awards assembly. o If you have any questions please direct your email to epas at osrhe.edu. Thank you for your support of students through EPAS and for your leadership on your campus, Cindy Cynthia N. Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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