Oklahoma 3-8 and EOI Statewide Online Readiness Q&A

1. Oklahoma 3-8 and EOIStatewide Online Readiness Q&A Webinar Etiquette This call will be operator assisted. Please submit questions through the chat window throughout the presentation or via the operator during the Q and A portion of the meeting. Conference Call Numbers: 800-857-4928 Passcode: 5559914 (for all morning and afternoon sessions) Webinar information provided separately January 2014 Slide 1 Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).

2. Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 2 Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).

3. Milestones Milestones Checkpoint 3 Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 3

4. Statewide Readiness Test Elements Oklahoma Online Statewide Readiness Check Testing and Support About the Test Test Activities Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 4

5. About the Test Goal Proprietary & Confidential Statewide Readiness Check – About the Test Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).

6. Readiness Test Before Readiness Test - Before Test Day Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 6

7. Statewide Readiness Test – Basic FAQs About the Test time frame • Participation: • Where can schools find Instructions, Troubleshooting Guide, Readiness Tickets?: Test Tickets and Directions are available on the ctb.com/ok Secure File Sharing (ISOFT portal). Test Tickets are “good” through 3/1. The directions (with links to TDC and Content are available at ctb.com/ok as well). • Do Students have to participate? No. Statewide Readiness Test Participants can be: Parent volunteers, teachers or students. Schools may opt to have 6th, 7th and 8th graders test on-grade using the corresponding test tickets. All others may use any test ticket you wish. • Does the School have to participate? Yes. Unless special arrangements have been made with the SDE. • Can my school test with a few workstations instead of all? How many workstations should be logged in? As many workstations as are planned for concurrent online testing. • My school has a 1:1 program (with laptops). Do I need to test with all of them? No. Only the maximum number of workstations you expect to see during operational testing need to be used in the readiness check. • I want to conduct an additional readiness test on my own. Is this okay? Yes. Use test tickets that were not used during the official readiness test. The test tickets are good through 3/1. Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 7

8. Readiness Test Support Instructions Readiness Test - Support Documents Statewide Readiness Test Instructions Access from ISOFT (Secure File Sharing) via CTB account credentials Download Test Tickets and Guide Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 8

9. Readiness Test Support Tickets Readiness Test - Support Documents Statewide Readiness Test Login Credentials Access from ISOFT (Secure File Sharing) via CTB account credentials Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 9

10. Readiness Test On Readiness Test - On Test Day Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 10

11. Statewide Readiness Test – FAQs About the Test time frame • Troubleshooting on Test Day: • We are trying to take part in the Readiness Test but all of my machines have a TDC error (any TDC error). What do I do? • Stop the test. If the issue can be resolved quickly (such as 209 error) and the test can still be taken on test day, try to do so. Otherwise, abandon test and plan for a local test later on. • We are trying to take part in the Readiness Test but a few of my machines have a TDC error (any TDC error). What do I do? • Continue the test on the machines that do not have an error. • If the issue can be resolved quickly (such as 209 error) and the test can still be taken on the problem machines, try to do so. Otherwise, do not use those machines during the readiness test. Move to other machines. • How do I report issues to CTB for troubleshooting after the test has ended: • Access and complete the Readiness Check Issue form at www.ctb.com/ok • Email support (standard process) • Call support (standard process) • What /when should I expect a call back for support needs? Within 1 – 3 days. Depends on the issues faced on readiness test day. Some sites may receive a call back on test day. Others may take a day or two. • Where can schools find Instructions, Troubleshooting Guide, Readiness Tickets?: • Instructions are posted on the ctb.com/ok portal and the test tickets posted to ISOFT secure file sharing Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 11

12. CTB IN Web Portal News, Forum, Help Desk News/Ticker News / Ticker During testing, visit this page for CTB status updates and alerts. Slide 12

13. Readiness Test After Readiness Test - After the Test Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 13

14. Online Form for Reporting Issues http://goo.gl/Rr2jZF Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).

15. RTS Readiness Panel RTS - Readiness Panel Complete checkpoint 2 in RTS Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 15

16. Positive Testing Experience Restrict other intensive bandwidth use during testing - such as “Dropbox”. Blue=recommended Screen savers and power management should be set to a longer timeout. Laptop protocol – Use AC power, wired access, wireless check. Restore software (Deep Freeze, etc.) configured to retain test data after reboot. Text To Speech –Volume “ON” and MP3 files allowed. Orange=required Whitelist *.CTB or allow IPs if IP addresses are required locally. All other applications closed on testing machines during the test. For a Positive Testing Experience… Verify setup on a few workstations prior to testing. Anti-virus software (full scans) should be scheduled after testing hours. Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB). Slide 16

17. Need Help Support Resources Slide 17 Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).

18. Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).

19. Support Resources Support Resources Slide 19 Developed under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) by CTB/McGraw-Hill Education LLC (CTB).