State and District Assessment Supports

This page includes information for School Test Coordinators and Test Administrators.

2021-22 Assessment Calendar  

District Testing Window

ODE assessment schedule

STC Updates 

Current STC Update is available here.

Click here for the 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 PA1021 for ELA, Math, Science and ELPA summative/screener

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  

ELPA Screener Resources:

• ELPA Screener Speaking Scoring Document
• ELPA Screener Centralized Reporting System module
• ELPA Screener Speaking Scoring Practice Slides
• ELPA Screener Informational Webinar

Additional STC Resources

OSAS Portal

The Right Assessment for the Right Purpose

TIDE User Guide 

Test Administrator Guide 

Reporting System User Guide (OSAS) 

Releasing Print Jobs - PPS PaperCut Portal

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

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

Scribing protocol (summative)

Scribing protocol (ELPA)

Read aloud guidelines (English)    (Spanish)

Assistive Technology Manual

Tutorial Videos

Running student-to-test lists

Entering accessibility supports in TIDE

Creating a test session

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