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PAIUCC PVAAS UpdateMarch 2015

PVAAS STATEWIDE TEAM FOR PDE

Update TopicsNEW: Projections to ACT/PSAT/SAT – Released!NEW: PEERS – Released!PVAAS Roster VerificationPVAAS Login Page: https://pvaas.sas.comRedesign of PVAAS Login PageRedesign of EVAAS Methodology DocumentNEW: Help Management System

SY15-16 Professional Development PlanQuestions/Feedback?

NEW: Projections to ACT/PSAT/SATRELEASED FEBRUARY 19, 2015

NEW: Projections to ACT/PSAT/SAT

Example: Projection to SAT Math - 500

Benchmarks - ACT

• ACT – According to ACT, Inc., students who reach these benchmarks have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher, or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in corresponding credit-bearing first-year college course.

Benchmarks - PSAT

• PSAT – According to the College Board, students who reach these benchmarks when they test in 10th or 11th grade should be considered on track to be college ready.

Benchmarks - SAT

• SAT – According to the College Board, students who reach these benchmarks have a high likelihood of success in their freshman year of college.

Which Students Have Projections?

Projections to ACT, PSAT, and SAT• Resource document: Accessing and Using PVAAS Student Projections to

ACT, PSAT, and SAT◦ Available via link included on Help Menus for Student Search, Custom

Student Report, and Student Projection Report

• Access is now via the Student Search

• Can be exported

• Next release: Plan to include Projection to ACT, PSAT, & SAT Summary reports

Projections to ACT, PSAT, and SAT

Archived webinar available (10 minutes in length) on the PVAAS site, under e-Learning!

NEW: PEERSRELEASED MARCH 2, 2015

PEERS• Released on March 2, 2015

• March 10 webinar◦ Recording will be available on the PVAAS

login page soon!

• Resources on PVAAS Login Page:◦ PEERS Demonstration PowerPoint slide deck◦ FAQ ◦ PEERS Getting Started Guide for Evaluators

PEERS• PVAAS District Admin account holder has unique role:

provides oversight and management of the entire PEERS workflow

Managing Access

Completing Rating Tools

Releasing to

Educators

• If an LEA wishes to revisit who holds their District Admin account, please have them contact the PVAAS Statewide Team: pdepvaas@iu13.org

We want to ensure LEAs understand that role/access of the District Admin so that the account is assigned appropriately.

PEERS – DEMO ACCOUNTS• Access PEERS demo through existing Admin demo accounts provided for IUs and LEAs this fall for teacher-specific reporting• Use this to explore the features and functionality of PEERS

• District Admin• Username – da.Superintendent14• Password – DemoSite2014• PPID – 123456

• School Admin• Username – sa.Principal14• Password – DemoSite2014• PPID – 123456

PEERS• PEERS Help Menu System (HMS)

PEERSSupport is Available!

System and Technical Support

For questions or support related to:

• The system and its functionality

• PVAAS accounts

• Managing PEERS access

Please refer to the online help. If you still have questions, contact PVAAS Technical Support (SAS® EVAAS®) via the “Contact Us” link, found at the top right of the PVAAS site.

PA Policy and Act 82 Support• For information on the Educator Effectiveness

Project and the Administrative manual, visit http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/educator_effectiveness_project/20903

• For support information related to Act 82, please see the bulletin available here: http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol43/43-25/43_25_rr.pdf.

• For questions or support related to PA Act 82, Educator Effectiveness, and Pennsylvania policy, please contact PDE at ra-edeff@pa.gov.

PVAAS Roster VerificationPIMS FILE DUE MARCH 25, 2015

RV SYSTEM OPENS APRIL 27, 2015

PVAAS Roster Verification PLEASE, Email and Remind your LEAs!!!!!• PIMS Staff-Student-Subtest collection will be used for

prepopulating the roster system (NOT Course HQT!)

• Staff-Student-Subtest collection deadline is March 25, 2015 at 11:59 pmoDeadline falls during the PDE Data Summit – LEAs who attend may

need to submit early!

oUse Cognos reports to check on data errors

• SIS meeting needs of PIMS state reporting for LEAs

PVAAS Roster Verification Reminders about Keystone Rosters for your LEAs!• Select the correct roster(s) for Keystones

o Summer 2014 testedo Winter-testedo Spring-tested

• Teachers may have more than one rostero Example: Teacher A teaches 2 semester-long courses in which students

test at the end of the course.o Teacher A will have a Winter-tested roster (semester 1 students) and a Spring-

tested roster (semester 2 students).o Example: Teacher B teaches 2 semester-long courses, as well as a year-

long course.o Teacher B will have a Winter-tested roster (semester 1 students) and a Spring-

tested roster (semester 2 students as well as year-long students).

PVAAS Roster Verification

Substitutes• Remind LEAs about language in FAQ on Long Term Substitutes

Overclaiming and Underclaiming• Over-claimed students are students claimed for more than 100% across

teachers/schools/LEAs.

• All over claiming of students WITHIN a district/LEA must be resolved.

• LEAs are not expected to resolve issues of over claiming of students ACROSS LEAs, UNLESS the LEAs are sharing a student(s) simultaneously (such as an IU and district)

• Under-claimed students are claimed for less than 100% across teachers/school/LEAS.◦ Because underclaimed students are flagged in the system, some LEAs are concerned they

must resolve all instances of underclaiming…

◦ However, underclaiming can be appropriate and accurate. There are legitimate reasons for under-claiming (For example: a student moved into PA/new to PA public schools part way through school year.)

Common Questions We’re Hearing…

PVAAS Roster Verification

Transition to new ELA assessment◦ Remind LEAs that growth can still be measured◦ Remind LEAs each student still should be no more than 100% in

terms of instructional responsibility.◦ Same as with Reading assessment in prior years, which teachers are

providing content-specific instruction of assessed eligible content of ELA assessment?

◦ If more than one, how is 100% of the full/partial instruction shared amongst those teachers?

◦ Document on PVAAS Login Page on PVAAS and Transition of PA Assessment System

Common Questions We’re Hearing…

PVAAS Roster Verification Professional Development and Resources• Support to New LEA admins

• Virtual Learning Module – released in two parts; full module is now available!

• Help Menu System (HMS), Account Type and Context-Specific

• PVAAS Login Page

o FAQ

o Quick Start Guides

o Checklists by Role

PVAAS Roster VerificationVirtual Live Help Desk (Q&A Sessions)

Tuesday Afternoons,2:30-4:00 p.m.

April 28 through June 9, 2015 

Thursday Mornings, 7:30-9:00 a.m.

April 30 through June 11, 2015

Links to join are included in the “RV Training and Resources” document on the PVAAS login page!

PVAAS Roster Verification “Contact Us” for help!

◦ Click the Contact Us link at the top right of the PVAAS site

Redesign of PVAAS Login Page

PVAAS Login Page Changes

• Cleaner view, easy-to-find resources

• List of resources in each gray box can be expanded using the “Training, Resources, & More” drop down menu!

• A gray box for PEERS will eventually be added. (PEERS resources included at top of page currently.)

Redesign of EVAAS Methodology Document

New EVAAS Methodology Document

Access here: http://www.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/en_us/doc/whitepaper1/sas-evaas-k12-statistical-models-107411.pdf

Also found:PDE PVAAS site on Research & Methodology Page

NEW: Help Management SystemREDESIGN

AVAILABLE NOW FOR PEERS AND RV

New Help Management System (HMS)

Old PDF help menus being converted into new HMS◦ Similar to RV and teacher reporting help that is

currently available◦ Purpose is to streamline content so that there is

less duplication of information across report help menus

◦ In addition to help on reports, sections on key concepts and additional features such as data packets, export function, etc.

New HMS

SY15-16PVAAS Professional DevelopmentPLAN DEVELOPMENT FEEDBACK

SY15-16 Professional Development

•Webinar to review plan • April, Specific Date TBD

• Brief online survey after webinar

• Email pdepvaas@iu13.org if you’d like to be part of the IU feedback team

Questions?Feedback?PDEPVAAS@IU13.ORG