2017 Assessment and Accountability Data Review and Release Schedule Sept. 29, 2017

2017 Assessment Accountability Data

Review Release Schedule

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*All dates are tentative / Last updated 9/28/2017
Date* / Deliverable / Event / Mode of Delivery /
September 2017
Mid-September / MCAS-Alt portfolios & portfolio feedback forms received by principals / UPS delivery to district offices
October 2017
Early October / Official ACCESS for ELLs results available to superintendents & principals in Edwin Analytics / Edwin Analytics in the Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
October 16 / Official embargoed MCAS student rosters & .csv data files posted electronically for superintendents & principals
·  Grade 10 ELA, Math, & STE, full results
·  Grades 3-8 ELA, Math, & STE, full results (including scale scores, achievement levels, & transitional SGPs)
·  MCAS-Alt, full results in all subjects / DropBox Central in the Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Official embargoed MCAS & MCAS-Alt student results available to superintendents & principals in Edwin Analytics
·  Grade 10 ELA, Math, & STE, full results
·  Grades 3-8 ELA, Math, & STE, full results (including scale scores, achievement levels, & transitional SGPs)
·  MCAS-Alt, full results in all subjects / Edwin Analytics in the Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Official embargoed accountability data for all districts & schools provided electronically to superintendents & principals / Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
October 16,
1:00 p.m. / Next-Generation MCAS reporting webinar to assist district and school leaders in interpreting official Next-Generation MCAS results / Registration required: http://www.doe.mass.edu/conference/?ConferenceID=9674
October 18 / Official district & school-level MCAS & MCAS-Alt results released to the public / Department’s website:
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/
Official accountability reports for all districts & schools released to the public / Department’s website:
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/
October 24 / Printed MCAS parent/guardian reports for students participating in standard MCAS tests & MCAS-Alt received by superintendents / UPS delivery to district offices
November 2017
Late November / School & district report cards available to the public / Department’s website:
http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/

June – August 2017 Schedule (past deliverables/events, for informational purposes)

Date* / Deliverable / Event / Mode of Delivery /
June 2017
June 12 / Portfolio Feedback Forms for students who participated in the MCAS-Alt posted electronically for principals / DropBox Central in the Department's Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Beginning on June 26 / Raw MCAS .csv data files posted electronically for superintendents & principals:
·  ELA, full results for grade 10 (except SGP); selected response results only for grades 3–8 (Note: Next-Generation MCAS scale scores & transitional SGPs not yet available)
·  Mathematics, selected response results only
·  STE, grades 5 & 8, selected response results only
·  MCAS-Alt, full results in all subjects / DropBox Central in the Department's Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Schools may begin contacting the MCAS Service Center with questions about preliminary student results / MCAS Service Center:
1 (800) 737-5103
June 28 / MCAS ELA Composition images for grade 10 posted electronically for principals / MCAS Service Center website:
www.mcasservicecenter.com/
July 2017
July 10 / Raw MCAS Student Rosters posted electronically for superintendents & principals / DropBox Central in the Department's Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Beginning on July 17 / Raw MCAS curriculum & item analysis reports & interactive rosters available to superintendents & principals in Edwin Analytics:
·  ELA, full results for grade 10 (Note: Next-Generation MCAS scale scores & transitional SGPs not yet available)
·  Mathematics, selected response results only
·  STE, grades 5 & 8, selected response results only / Edwin Analytics in the Department's Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
By end of July / MCAS-Alt score appeal results received by principals / Regular mail
August 2017
August 15
/ Preliminary MCAS .csv data files posted electronically for superintendents & principals by end of day (tentative):
·  Grade 10 ELA, Math, & STE, full results (including SGPs)
·  Grades 3-8 ELA, Math, & STE, raw results (Note: Next-Generation MCAS scale scores & transitional SGPs not yet available)
·  MCAS-Alt, full results in all subjects / DropBox Central in the Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Preliminary assessment participation data – aggregated by subgroup & subject – posted electronically for superintendents & principals / DropBox Central in the Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
August 15,
2:00 p.m. / MCAS reporting teleconference to assist superintendents & principals in their review of preliminary MCAS results & in reporting discrepancies / Registration required through the MCAS Service Center website: www.mcasservicecenter.com/
August 15 – August 24 / MCAS discrepancy reporting window. Instructions on how to identify & report discrepancies will be posted at the MCAS Service Center website & in DropBox Central in the Department’s Security Portal. Discrepancies reported after this window closes will NOT be included in MCAS Parent/Guardian Reports or in the public release of official school & district results / MCAS Service Center website:
www.mcasservicecenter.com/
Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
August 17
/ Preliminary MCAS Student Rosters posted electronically for superintendents & principals by end of day (tentative):
·  Grade 10 ELA, Math, & STE, full results (including SGPs)
·  Grades 3-8 ELA, Math, & STE, raw results (Note: Next-Generation MCAS scale scores & transitional SGPs not yet available)
·  MCAS-Alt, full results in all subjects / DropBox Central in the Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
August 21 / Preliminary MCAS curriculum & item analysis reports & interactive rosters available to superintendents & principals in Edwin Analytics:
·  Grade 10 ELA, Math, & STE, full results (including SGPs)
·  Grades 3-8 ELA, Math, & STE, raw results (Note: Next-Generation MCAS scale scores & transitional SGPs not yet available)
·  MCAS-Alt, full results in all subjects / Edwin Analytics in the Department's Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
August 22 / Preliminary accountability data for all districts & schools provided electronically to superintendents & principals by close of business / Department’s Security Portal:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/
Late August / Accountability reporting webinars to assist superintendents & principals in their review of preliminary accountability data / Registration required: http://www.doe.mass.edu/conference/?ConferenceID=9608
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