From cbrown at osrhe.edu Thu Jun 11 18:02:25 2015 From: cbrown at osrhe.edu (Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE)) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:02:25 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] Alternate for EOI Message-ID: <40725C2F1AA6F1439615D767C663D7754D77BCB3@Drake.osrhe.edu> Colleagues and Friends, I interrupt your summer for a matter of high importance! As you know, the PLAN test taken AFTER October 31, 2014 is not valid as an alternate for any End of Instruction test. So what are you to do??? Melissa White, SDE, is working on an agenda item for the June 25 State Board of Education meeting which, if approved, will allow ACT Aspire to be used as an alternate. The reason I am interrupting your summer is that the ABSOLUTE Deadline for ordering for the fall is July 1. I just got word back from ACT that this is the deadline for Oklahoma schools even though the website says June 19. The fall window for ACT Aspire summative testing is October 12 - December 4. Use this link: http://www.discoveractaspire.org/order/ The contact person for ACT Aspire is Andrew Jopling: andrew.jopling at actaspire.org, 817.543.0234. Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation [Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5679 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From cbrown at osrhe.edu Fri Jun 12 08:57:48 2015 From: cbrown at osrhe.edu (Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE)) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:57:48 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] Alternate for EOI In-Reply-To: <003601d0a50d$ff4bf3f0$fde3dbd0$@salina.k12.ok.us> References: <40725C2F1AA6F1439615D767C663D7754D77BCB3@Drake.osrhe.edu> <003601d0a50d$ff4bf3f0$fde3dbd0$@salina.k12.ok.us> Message-ID: <40725C2F1AA6F1439615D767C663D7754D77D14E@Drake.osrhe.edu> 40 lashes with a wet noodle for me!!! I didn't tell you this part: It breaks my heart to tell you but, unfortunately, the State Regents do not have funds available to pay for ACT Aspire. I can tell you a few things that I hope will be helpful: * When you order, be sure to indicate that you are a current customer - that gives you a bit of a discount. * Although I support the comprehensive package of ACT Aspire, all you have to have for use as an alternate EOI is the summative test. * Computer delivered assessment is much cheaper than paper and pencil. * You do not have to use all content areas of the test for it to be scored. Check out the cost per content area versus the student's needs and goals. * As I understand it, the maximum cost of one test if you don't follow any tips, is $28. o You will only pay for those tests that are scored. o You should order tests if you believe you may need them. o There may be a deadline for cancelling your order so do pay attention to that possibility. * There is a lot more information at http://www.discoveractaspire.org * Feel free to contact Andrew Jopling or Judy Trice for more specific information. o Andrew Jopling - andrew.jopling at actaspire.org, 817.543.0234. o Judy Trice - judy.trice at act.org, 319.321.9701 Please know how much your students rely on you and I appreciate your efforts on their behalf, Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation [Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 7:51 AM To: Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE) Subject: RE: [Okepas] Alternate for EOI Any chance that OSRHE will pay for ACT Aspire? [cid:image001.jpg at 01D0A4EA.D4A12EE0] From: okepas-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:okepas-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE) Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 6:02 PM To: 'okepas at lists.onenet.net' Cc: Andrew Jopling (andrew.jopling at actaspire.org) Subject: [Okepas] Alternate for EOI Colleagues and Friends, I interrupt your summer for a matter of high importance! As you know, the PLAN test taken AFTER October 31, 2014 is not valid as an alternate for any End of Instruction test. So what are you to do??? Melissa White, SDE, is working on an agenda item for the June 25 State Board of Education meeting which, if approved, will allow ACT Aspire to be used as an alternate. The reason I am interrupting your summer is that the ABSOLUTE Deadline for ordering for the fall is July 1. I just got word back from ACT that this is the deadline for Oklahoma schools even though the website says June 19. The fall window for ACT Aspire summative testing is October 12 - December 4. Use this link: http://www.discoveractaspire.org/order/ The contact person for ACT Aspire is Andrew Jopling: andrew.jopling at actaspire.org, 817.543.0234. Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation [Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1635 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5679 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From cbrown at osrhe.edu Thu Jun 25 16:29:01 2015 From: cbrown at osrhe.edu (Brown, Cynthia (OSRHE)) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:29:01 +0000 Subject: [Okepas] ACT Aspire as Alternate EOI - State Board Approves Message-ID: <40725C2F1AA6F1439615D767C663D7754D7A2C7F@Drake.osrhe.edu> Happy Summer!! These are the links to the documents you will need to use the ACT Aspire as an EOI Alternate. Alternate Tests and Minimum Cut Scores for Meeting Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Graduation Testing Requirements for each of the Oklahoma End-of-Instruction Exams: ACT Plan/ACT Explore Scale Score Concordance Scale ACT Aspire Score Scale for Writing Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director, Student Preparation [Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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