Office of Educational Accountability
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Calendars:
This page is a comprehensive look at important dates and events for assessment and accountability. This includes the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE), Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities (WAA-SwD), Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) / Accountability, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and Assessment of English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELL®).
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
| 2012 | January | 9 | Pre-recorded Record Editing System Training webcast available |
| January | 11-20 | Record Editing System by DACs |
| February | 17 | Phase I Test Results shipped by |
| March | 9 | Phase II and III Test Results available online |
| March | 27 | Optional Products Order Deadline |
| March | 27 | WSAS 2010-11 Press Release |
| October | 22 | Testing window opens |
| November | 23 | Testing window closes |
| 2013 | October | 28 | Testing window opens |
| November | 29 | Testing window closes |
| 2014 | October | 27 | Testing window opens |
| November | 28 | Testing window closes |
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
| 2011 | September | 16 | WAA-SwD Testbook Order Deadline |
| September | 26 | WSAS Pre-Test Workshop webcast available online |
| September | 27 | WSLS Updates by Districts completed |
| October | 3-7 | TCK arrives in districts |
| October | 3-7 | Test Materials arrive in districts |
| October | 10-14 | DACs Distribute Test Materials to SACs |
| October | 17-21 | DACs Report Test Materials Shortages to CTB |
| October | 18 | 1st shipment of Pre-Id Labels in Received in Districts |
| October | 24 | Testing window opens |
| November | 25 | Testing window closes |
| November | 23 | ISES and WSLS Data Updates |
| November | 29 | Deadline for SACs to return test materials to DACs |
| December | 5 | Deadline to sign up for retrieval of test materials |
| December | 7 | Deadline for CTB to pick up test materials |
| 2012 | January | 9 | Pre-recorded Record Editing System Training webcast available |
| January | 11-20 | Record Editing System by DACs |
| February | 17 | Phase I Test Results shipped by |
| March | 9 | Phase II and III Test Results available online |
| March | 27 | Optional Products Order Deadline |
| March | 27 | WSAS 2010-11 Press Release |
| 2012 | October | 22 | Testing window opens |
| November | 23 | Testing window closes |
| 2013 | October | 28 | Testing window opens |
| November | 29 | Testing window closes |
| 2014 | October | 27 | Testing window opens |
| November | 28 | Testing window closes |
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
| 2012 | March | 12 | Districts receive AYP alternate determination forms for schools without tested grades (SWINT) or with very small numbers of Full Academic Year students enrolled in the tested grades. |
| | April | 6 | AYP alternate determination forms due for schools with fewer than 10 tested students (SWINT). |
| | May | 1-18 | DPI conducts data analysis and individual reviews of AYP for WI districts and schools |
| | May | 21 | Early notification of preliminarily DIFI, SIFI, and/or missing AYP sent only to schools or districts that did not meet AYP goals. Preliminary Annual Review of AYP decisions are embargoed until June 7th. |
| June | 7 | Public release of Preliminary DIFI, SIFI and/or districts/schools missing AYP posted |
| June | 22 | Deadline for districts and schools to prepare appeals and request reconsideration of their Preliminary DIFI, SIFI, or AYP designation |
| June | 30 | AYP status is electronically available for every Wisconsin school and district review. Three-year AYP Review Summary |
| July | 1-30 | DPI processes DIFI, SIFI, and AYP reconsideration requests and notifies districts and schools of the results of these requests |
| July | 31 | Final SIFI, DIFI, and AYP Status posted at http://dpi.wi.gov/oea/acct/aypdata.html |
Terms:
- DIFI = District Identified for Improvement
- SIFI = School Identified for Improvement
- AYP = Adequate Yearly Progress
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
| 2011 | January | 3-21 | Participating schools conduct Pre-Assessment Visit with NAEP Field Staff |
| January | 24 | NAEP assessment window opens |
| March | 4 | NAEP assessment window closes |
| May | 1-31 | Notification to districts and schools selected to participate in NAEP 2012 |
| June | 1-30 | Participating schools notified of NAEP 2012 assessment date |
| September | 1-30 | Participating schools receive NAEP 2012 informational packets |
| October | 10 | Long-Term Trend age 13 assessment window opens |
| October | 15 | Provide/update school information on MySchool |
| November | 1 | Deadline for submitting e-file student list for National/pilot assessments |
| December | 16 | Long-Term Trend age 13 assessment window closes |
| 2012 | January | 9 | Long-Term Trend age 9 assessment window opens |
| January | 23 | Grade 12 Economics, Reading, and Mathematics pilot assessments and Grade 4 writing pilot assessment window opens |
| March | 2 | Grade 12 Economics, Reading, and Mathematics and Grade 4 Writing pilot assessment window closes |
| March | 16 | Long-Term Trend age 9 assessment window closes
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| March | 19 | Long-Term Trend age 17 assessment window opens |
| May | 1-31 | Notification to districts and schools selected to participate in NAEP 2013 |
| May | 25 | Long-Term Trend age 17 assessment window closes |
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
| 2011 | October | 3-21 | Districts Order Test Materials |
| November | 23 | Districts Receive Test Materials |
| December | 1 | Testing Window Opens |
| December | 9 | DPI sends MetriTech Public School Student Data file for Pre-ID labels |
| December | 9 | Districts send MetriTech Private School Student Data File |
| 2012 | January | 6 | MetriTech Ships Pre-Id labels to districts |
| January | 27 | Additional Materials Ordering Deadline |
| February | 10 | Testing Window Closes |
| February | 16 | Districts Pack and Ship Completed Test Materials to MetriTech No Later Than |
| February | 20 | All Test Materials Received at MetriTech |
| March | 1-23 | Districts order optional Alternate ACCESS (Optional Pilot Assessment in 2012 for Englsh Language Learners with Significant Cognitive Disabilities) |
| March | 21 | District Online Demographic Data Correction Begins |
| March | 30 | District Online Demographic Data Correction Ends |
| April | 9 | Participating Districts Receive Alternative ACCESS Materials |
| April | 15 | Test Window Opens for Optional Alternate ACCESS Pilot |
| April | 18-23 | Paper Reports Shipped to Districts |
| April | 23 | District Data Correction Window Opens |
| May | 15 | District Test Window Closes for Optional Alternate ACCESS Pilot |
| May | 17 | District Data Correction Window Closes |
| May | 24 | DPI Receives Final ACCESS Data File from MetriTech |
| July | 15 | DPI Receives Optional Alternate ACCESS Pilot data from Metritech |
| July | 15 | Participating Districts Receive Alternate ACCESS Pilot Scores |
For questions about this information, contact oeamail@dpi.wi.gov
Last updated on 2/7/2012 12:37:16 PM
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