Your monthly update on all things MS-CPAS!
January 2018 Issue
Off with the old... On with the new!
  

With the start of every year, we reflect on the past year's accomplishments and look to improve in certain areas. With the new version and requirements of MS-CPAS, the assessment team is continuing to look through an educator's lens with a growth mindset toward improving everything we do to help Mississippi students. I would like to use this month's newsletter to extend our gratitude to every administrator, counselor, teacher, and testing administrator as we improve our processes. Without your collaborative cooperation, these achievements would not be possible.

 

Here are a few reminders of some news and events upcoming this spring: 

  1. Standard Setting, Scaling, and Equating Webinar Available - Upon request from a few CTE leaders across the state, we have created a 30-minute webinar explaining what the implementation of these processes means to our CTE programs moving forward. You can download the presentation here.
  2. Spring Test Coordinator Training - We are continuing our annual training event for test administrators this year. Participants will choose to attend one of the three days offered (Feb. 19-21). In response to numerous requests for an alternative to a face-to-face training, we are also offering this training in an archived webinar format this year. We will post archived webinars of each session on the RCU's website the week of the training.
  3. Other Important Dates - The exact dates for other testing-related events through the summer of 2018 are available in a single-page format here.
 

Thank you again for everything you do for the students and communities of Mississippi!


Sean Owen, PhD
Assessment Manager


Key Contacts
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PBA .........................................................
IAD Meetings ...........................................
National Certification ...............................

IAD Meeting Dates

SEC 2017 Law and Public Safety - Jan. 16-17
SEC 2018 Ag and Natural Resources - Jan. 18-19
SEC 2018 Aquaculture Technology - Jan. 22-25
SEC 2017 Transportation and Logistics - Jan 29-30
SEC 2018 Engineering - Jan. 31 - Feb. 1
SEC 2018 Teacher Academy - Feb. 5-6
Performance-Based Assessment Update
  
Revised PBA scenarios and rubrics for architecture and drafting, polymer science, and simulation and animation design are drafted and the validation process is under way. Digital media technology will extend the writing process into SY '18-'19 and will take a PBA for SP '18 as in past years. Updated PBA manuals for sunset and revision programs are available on the RCU's website.

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