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Assessment Updates for FATA

Office of Assessment

July 21, 2026

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What Went Well

No major technical issues
Great support from K-12 Assessment and vendors
Scores loading quickly for districts/schools/families to access
WIDA ACCESS went well
90% of students in one district were tested by 2^nd week of the window

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District Input

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Grade 3 Summer Windows

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Summer 2026 Tested Numbers

June 22–26: 15,298
July 13–17: 27,009

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Script Updates – Fall 2026

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K–2 Enhancement Requests

Allow undo deactivations on FAST assessments
Text-to-Speech in the platform
Consolidation and upload of accommodations, currently 3 different places
Add a way to note a test attempt was made (for paused tests)
Create a report where it combines Reading and Early Literacy so only students who truly did not participate will appear under “Not Tested”?
Districtwide monitor password, including new users
Option to hide certain reports in the platform

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Discussion Topics

Need for state intervention with Suspected Irregularities/Anomalous Scores
Increased emphasis on school administration monitoring testing rooms
Special Program Students challenges
New student usernames in TIDE
Should DACs approve all Invalidation requests? (or all except Electronic Device)
Improvements to alignment between FRS files and state data files

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Hotline Direct

New system beginning Fall 2026 where districts will have direct access to Troubled Child Alerts.

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Hotline Direct for Alerts

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Questions?

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