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<title>CETE Announcements</title>
<link>https://www.cete.us</link>
<description>Announcements from the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas.</description>
<language>en</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2010, The University of Kansas</copyright>
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<managingEditor>cete@ku.edu (CETE)</managingEditor>
<webMaster>cete@ku.edu (CETE)</webMaster>

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<title>Important Reminder for Special Education Staff</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;/images/smallnew.gif&#x22; alt=&#x22;New!&#x22; /&#x3E; This is a reminder about the new timeline for the Kansas Alternate Assessment: &#x3C;br /&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;

&#x3C;b&#x3E;December 31, 2009&#x3C;/b&#x3E; is the deadline for selecting KAA indicators for all students participating in the Kansas Alternate Assessment in 2010.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE to select indicators for the KAA through the CETE website after December 31, 2009.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;

Be sure that indicators for all KAA assessments have been selected and entered before your Winter Break begins.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;

Contact Deb Matthews at KSDE (785 297 0916) with questions about the new KAA requirements and timeline.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;

THANK YOU!

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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:52 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Important Dates for 2009 - 2010 School Year</title>
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Feb 17, 2009 - Recent Arrival date for reading&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Mar 17, 2009 - Recent Arrival date for science and hist/gov&#x27;t&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Sept 1, 2009 - Submission of TEST records to KIDS opens&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Sept 22, 2009 - Entry on or after this date, AYP participation only&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Oct 5, 2009 - Fall test window opens: OTL reading, math, science&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Dec 31, 2009 - Window closes for KAA indicator entry&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Dec 31, 2009 - Test window opens: KAA; KAA students arriving after Dec 31 are exempt&#x3C;br /&#x3E; 
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&#x3C;b&#x3E;2010 Dates&#x3C;/b&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Jan 8 - Preslug deadline for TEST records to KIDS: KELPA&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Jan 15 - Fall test window closes: OTL reading, math, science&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Jan 22 - Fall OTL SC codes due by end of day&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
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Feb 5 - Test window opens: KELPA&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Feb 12 - Arrival on or after 02/12 exempts student from reading and math&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Feb 17 - Spring test window opens: reading, math&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
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Mar 12 - Arrival on or after 3/12 exempts student from science testing&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Mar 17 - Spring test window opens: science&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
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Apr 13 - Test window closes: reading, math (except for 9th, 10th grades)&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Apr 13 - Test window closes: KAA&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Apr 20 - Student editor closes: reading, math &#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Apr 30 - Test window closes: KELPA&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
Apr 30 - Score entry complete for KAA&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
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May 7 - Test window closes: science (except for 9th, 10th OTL)&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
May 7 - Student editor closes: KELPA&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
May 13 - Test window closes: 9th and 10th reading, math, science&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
May 14 - Student editor closes: science&#x3C;br /&#x3E;
May 15 - KELPA forms must be at CETE&#x3C;br /&#x3E;</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:21:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>2010 Student Editor is available.</title>
<description>&#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://www.cete.us/dt/editor2010/index.html&#x22;&#x3E;Click here to go directly to the editor.
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:15:23 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>2010 Alternate Assessment Implementation Guide</title>
<description>The &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://www.cete.us/docs/2010/alt_implementation_guide_2010.doc&#x22;&#x3E;KAA implementation guide &#x3C;/a&#x3E; is now available.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:54:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>DART and Labels</title>
<description>2009 data is now available in &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://www.cete.us/dt/dart/index.html&#x22;&#x3E;DART &#x3C;/a&#x3E;(Data Analysis and Reporting Tool) and sticky &#x3C;a href=&#x22;https://www.cete.us/dt/labels/index.html&#x22;&#x3E;labels &#x3C;/a&#x3E;can now be printed for 2009 assessments.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:45:45 CDT</pubDate>
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