MCAS Reporting Information, Spring 2010

For those who were not able to participate in the MCAS Reporting teleconference yesterday, I thought I'd post the exciting highlights.

• Preliminary student results for ELA (including scaled scores and performance levels) as well as Math (multiple choice results only) are NOW available through DropBox Central in the Security Portal. Reports will begin to be available in the Data Warehouse on June 24, with ELA growth reports available on June 25.
• Preliminary math and STE data will be available in early August (DropBox), with Data Warehouse reports available starting August 13 (August 17 for growth data)
• Official MCAS results will be accessible via DropBox by districts on September 8, schools on September 9, with public release of data following shortly thereafter.
• The ELA long composition data and MEPA reports will continue to be posted at the MCAS Service Center for now.
• The folks at the ESE would like to know ASAP if you are missing any data, or if there are major issues with the data you have received. The electronic discrepancy reporting period (through www.mcasservicecenter.com) will be from August 6 through August 12.
• Please note that students may appear twice in your data file, if there are SASID issues, but these will be resolved over the summer and do not need to be reported at this time.
• This year, scaled scores will be reported for Grade 3 tests.
• This year, some students who took MCAS-Alt and scored at the "Progressing" level will receive 75 CPI points rather than 100, due to changes in federal guidelines.
• This year's parent reports will include information about student growth, which will likely highlight longitudinal (3 year) student data along with growth numbers for the student, the school, and the district (for both ELA and Math). More information/guidance will be distributed to districts prior to the release of the data in September.

Please remember that there is an embargo in place for the preliminary data. While it may be used for instructional planning, it may not be discussed with the public or press.