General Testing Information

• 2022-23 SPPS Assessment Security Procedures
• Statewide Assessment Overview - training module from MDE
  • Link will prompt logging into TMS - use your @spps.org email address
  • The training module will appear once logged in
• General Overview of SPPS District and Statewide Assessments
• School Principal's Roles and Responsibilities for Testing (MDE)

• SPPS Assessment Information for Families 
  • MDE Statewide Testing Information for Families
  • Parent/Guardian Guide to Statewide Testing and Refusal to Test Form 2022-23
  • Toolkit for Families: Understanding Statewide Assessment Results

• Resources for Educators:
  • What Does it Mean to "Abide By the Embargo"?
    • Student and School level results are embargoed until public release late August 2023
  • Testing 1, 2, 3: A Resource for Teachers
  • Sign up for 'Educator Edition' - A monthly newsletter that is the combined successor to both the Testing 1, 2, 3 and the Curriculum Directors newsletters. Each month will feature: Updates From MDE, Upcoming Opportunities, and Important Ideas and Research.
  • PowerSchool - How to Create a Guest Account
  • Statewide Testing: 6 Reasons Why - answers to common questions about testing
  • Appropriate and Inappropriate Uses of ACCESS for ELLs Results (MDE)
  • Appropriate and Inappropriate Uses of MCA Results (MDE)
  • Interpretive Guide to Statewide Assessments (MDE)
• School Assessment Coordinator Stipend information (from contract language)

Excerpt from MDE District Assessment Coordinator training- June 2023:

• MDE Statewide Testing website
• MDE Test Security Tip Line

• MDE Testing Contact Information (for reporting security concerns):
  • mde.testing@state.mn.us
  • 651-582-8674