Sunday, March 11, 2018

Spring BrightBytes Survey Collection is Underway!

Washington Unified has partnered with BrightBytes, an educational research and analytics organization, to survey students, teachers, and administrators to learn more about our technology use for student learning. The data being collected is part of Goal 1 of the Local Control and Accountability Plan that is focused on the 21st century skills of critical thinking, communication, collaboration and citizenship.

The survey opened on March 5 and will remain open until March 23. The Brightbytes survey can be completed by visiting http://bbyt.es/start/8722C. Students and Teachers can also find a link to the survey by logging into the Apps Portal.

All students in grades 3-12 and all teachers and administrators are required to take this 5-10 minute, anonymous, and adaptive survey.

Be the first school to have 100% completion and win a special prize from the Technology department! The survey is open now and will close on Friday, March 23.

Friday, March 2, 2018

Finding CAASPP Resources is as easy as 1, 2, 3....

The next time you login to our Apps Portal, you'll notice a new CAASPP Resources Folder.  The resources in the folder are numbered for easy access and reference

01 - Test Administrator Interface.  The go-to place to administer interim and summative assessments.

02 - Interim Assessment Reporting System.  If you have already administered interim assessments, you can go here to view results.

03 - Interim Assessment Viewing System.  Go here to preview any Interim Assessments

04 - TOMS. (Test Operations Management System).

05 - PRACTICE & TRAINING TESTS.  (Not to be confused with Interim or Summative Assessments.) This is the test administrator site for any practice or training tests. 
Note: Students in grades 3-8, 11-12 have an SBAC Practice icon also available within their portal.

06 - TIDE Completion Status. Allows site level CAASPP administrators to manage successful completion of Summative Assessments.

Digital Library - contains instructional resources and more.

We will be adding additonal How To resources to this portal over time. 

Check out our Apps Portal Playlist if you need help setting up your portal account.

If you have any questions about utilizing these resources, please contact your Assistant Principal, your Site CAASPP Coordinator.  If you have any difficulties accessing any of the CAASPP sites, please complete a helpdesk ticket.