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OAKS Online. Last updated: 08/20/09. Oaks Online. Objectives. Understand the role and purpose of OAKS in supporting student success and achievement.
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OAKS Online Last updated: 08/20/09
Oaks Online Objectives • Understand the role and purpose of OAKS in supporting student success and achievement. • Use the OAKS Online Portal with confidence including the User Management System, Session Setup, Student Login, Reporting System, and the Data Archive.
Oaks Online Overview Definition: • Web Site Dedicated to OAKS Online and ELPA www.oaks.k12.or.us Purpose: • To provide ODE, ESD, district, and school staff with access to: • User Management System • TA Interface (Test Administration) • OAKS Online Reporting System • Training Site • OAKS Online and ELPA news and important updates • Download of Secure Browsers (installation instructions and FAQs)
Oaks Online Dos and Don’ts Dos • Online testing is mandatory for all schools. Schools must offer OAKS Online to students. • Students may take OAKS Online Math, Reading, and Science tests up to three times per year and OAKS Online Social Sciences tests up to two times per year. • Individual students may use paper/pencil tests if it is specified on a student’s IEP or 504 Plan, or if the district documents that the online test is not the most appropriate assessment for the student. Determination to use paper/pencil testing is content-specific.
Oaks Online Dos and Don’ts (cont) Don’ts • UMS users must not share their UMS log-in information and passwords, even with other authorized UMS users. • Do not use last years OAKS browser. It is old and moldy. • Do not approve students to test until you’re sure the students are taking the right test at the right time. • Do not approve a student to take the ELPA unless LEP. It will be easy to make a mistake. • Do not let tests linger, they will expire after 45 calendar days.
Oaks Online Common Login System • Centralized login for instant access to multiple OAKS systems • Via OAKS portal • User has access to all systems (depending on security) • Easily navigate between OAKS systems
Oaks Online Student Interface Changes • Persistent strikethrough and highlighting until a test is paused • Time out due to inactivity increased to 40 minute for printed reading passages • Default is 20 minute time out otherwise.
Oaks Online UMS: Restrict Student Access • Ability to restrict a specific student from testing on content area basis • A student’s test selection screen will indicate if they are restricted from taking a test (subject) • DSA, DTSA can restrict within their district • TT, TA, STC can restrict within their school • Removing a restriction follows the same rules and steps • Search for restricted students within a school/district
Oaks Online Test Administrator Interface • Sort by Test Grade or Test Subject • Ability to create ELPA test sessions • New Alert Messages • Created by ODE specifically for Test Administrators • TA acknowledgement is required for each alert message
Oaks Online Test Administrator Interface (cont) • Approve Students in Multiple Subjects in the Same Session • Multiple subjects within a session appear on the same approval screen • Opportunity number for each student’s test is color-coded by opportunity
Oaks Online Reporting Enhancements • Link to Participation Reports from Portal • Apply Filters • New Features on a Participation Report • Session ID • TA Name • Student Progress on a test (ex: 6/40)
Oaks Online Reporting Enhancements (cont) • Text codes will appear as default: Codes will be same as those in Excel: • DN = Does Not Yet Meet • NM = Nearly Meets • M = Meets • E = Exceeds • “Donut” symbols will still be available; click [Toggle] to activate.
Oaks Online Class Roster • View highest overall scale score for each student (default) • Also, now able to view all test opportunities for each student Exporting data: Current view will be exported to Excel
Oaks Online Promising Practices • Before the start of the testing window, the district exposes students to theonline test environment using the practice test site. • The district uses the practice test to identify students for whom the online test is not the most appropriate test and orders Paper/Pencil tests for those students. • The district restricts students from accessing the Online test who should not use the system.
Oaks Online In a Nutshell • Resources on the website http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=391 • Updated OAKS Online User Guides will be available after Sept 14. • Updated OAKS Online browser available at www.oaks.k12.or.us/browsers • Enhancements to the Portal, Student Interface, Test Administrator Interface, Reports
Oaks Online Acorns for Storage • How can the “restrict access” functions help districts and schools implement good testing practices? • How can districts minimize the risk that non-LEP students take the ELPA? • How can districts and schools ensure that students are familiar with the online test system prior to testing? • How can the state, districts and schools ensure that even more students have access to OAKS Online?