Testing Update (6/21/2021)

• PPS will be participating in summative assessments during 2021-22 per board directive and to return to compliance with Division 22 requirements.
• DIBELS/IDEL will continue K-1 for the Dyslexia Screener requirement.
• MAP Growth interim assessments will start with a fall window later in September. Starting in 2021-22 per board directive, 2nd graders will be required to participate in MAP Growth testing.
• PPS will be offering the PSAT/NMSQT to all 10th graders on October 13th, 2021 and the SAT to all 11th graders on April 13th, 2022.
• The Oregon Kindergarten assessment is suspended for fall 2021.
• Essential skills requirements are waived for students graduating in 2022.
• easyCBM was discontinued in 2020.

2021-22 Assessment Calendar  

District Testing Window

ODE assessment schedule (PPS testing for ELA/Math grades 3-8 starts after spring break on March 28, 2022)

STC Updates 

Current STC Update is available here.

Click here for the 2020-21 STC Update archive. All STC Updates will be added to this archive throughout the year.

Required OSAS Training Manuals and Assurance of Test Security Forms (Updated by ODE in November 2021)

Pepper TA Course for ELA, Math, Science and ELPA summative (Coming in fall 2021)

Test Administration Manual 

Oregon Accessibility Manual 

STC Assurance of Test Security Form 

TA Assurance of Test Security Form  

Non-TA Assurance of Test Security Form  

Pepper TA Course for ELPA screener (Coming August 2021)

ELPA Screener Administration Manual

ELPA Screener Speaking Scoring Document

Sections 1-4 of the Test Administration Manual

Sections 1 and 6 of the Oregon Accessibility Manual

Ready Schools, Safe Learners Pages 14-33 

TA Assurance of Test Security Form  (If only administering the screener)

Optional ELPA Screener Resources:

• ELPA Screener Online Reporting System module
• ELPA Screener Speaking Scoring Practice Slides
• ELPA Screener Informational Webinar (updated 5/23 and again 8/14)
• Steps to view student results in the OSAS Portal

 ELPA Technology Request

Additional STC Resources

PPS Initial Impropriety Form

OSAS Portal

The Right Assessment for the Right Purpose

TIDE User Guide 

Test Administrator Guide 

Online Reporting System User Guide (OSAS) 

Test Specifications and Blueprints (these are located within the content area on the web page)

Verbatim Scripts  ELPA (English/Spanish Chinese Russian Somali Vietnamese)     Science      Math      ELA

Accessibility Support Protocols and Promising Practices (including scribe and read-aloud protocols, etc.)

Designated Supports Record

Scribing protocol

Read aloud guidelines   (Spanish)

Assistive Technology Manual

Tutorial Videos

Running student-to-test lists (3 mins)

Entering accessibility supports in TIDE Part 1 (3 mins) Part 2 (4 mins)

Running a test progress report in TIDE (3 mins)

Creating a test session (6 mins)

Non-TA training (video 5 mins) / Slide Version

Dashboard

• To get Admin Dashboard access, please fill out the “IT Account Request Form” on the IT Forms webpage (https://www.pps.net/Page/2006).  (You have to log in to see the form.)  Check the box for Dashboard Access Requested (towards the bottom of the form), sign the form, and send to the IT Service Desk.  It can take about a week to process.
• PPS Administrator’s Dashboard User Guide