DAC Communications

July 2025

• ​Monday Email 7/7/25​ - Education Administration Program Manager Vacancy, Get Ready to Administer the WIDA Screener Online in 2025-2026, K Screen Staff File Updates Due July 8 Reminder, K Screen Train the Trainer in Person Session Reminder, New Director Appointed in the Office of Assessment and Accountability, WIDA Featured Resource: Advice from Educators on Multilingual Learners with Disabilities.​​​

June 2025

• Special Email 6/3/25 - Jennifer Stafford to take over as KDE’s associate commissioner of the Office of Assessment and Accountability​
  
• Monday Email 6/2/25 -  Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Thumb Drive Return Instructions, Deadline for G-Codes to be Entered into IC for 2024-2025, High School Feedback Reports (HSFR), School Reconfiguration Changes For 2025-2026 School Year.​
  
• Monday Email 6/9/25 - Reminder: High School Feedback Reports (HSFR), K Screen Train the Trainers: July 15 In-Person Session for New Staff, Replacing K Screen Materials Damaged by Spring Storms Reminder, SDRR Spring Rosters Closing Soon.​
  
• Monday Email 6/16/25 - 2025 Scott Trimble Workshop, 2025-2026 WIDA Screener Online Administration Opens in WIDA AMS, 2025-2026 WIDA Webinars are Available, DAC and BAC of the Year Award – Nominations Open, Feature Resources: Kick Off Summer Learning with WIDA Webinars, June Monthly DAC Webcast, K Screen Resources for District Trainers, KDE Offices Closed, Reminder: Deadline for G-Codes to be Entered into Infinite Campus (IC) for 2024-2025 School Year, Reminder: School Reconfiguration Changes for 2025-2026 School Year, WIDA NDUA Agreement​
  
• Monday Email 6/23/25​ - 2025 Scott Trimble Workshop – Call for Presenters, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Educators Apply to Review WIDA ACCESS Test Items as a Standards Expert, New District Assessment Coordinator Seminar, Start Date for WIDA Alternate Screener, WIDA Professional Learning Self-Paced Workshops Completion, WIDA Webinars Recording on AI and the WIDA ELD Standards.​
  
• Monday Email 6/30/25​ - 2025 Scott Trimble Workshop – Call for Presenters, DAC and BAC of the Year Award – Nominations Open, KDE Offices Closed, New District Assessment Coordinator Seminar, New Vendor for the Junior State Administration of the College Admissions Exam – College Board, Reminder: Deadline for G-Codes to be Entered into Infinite Campus (IC) for 2024-2025 School Year
  

May 2025

• Special Email 5/27/25​ - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Data and Reports Finalized, Answering Questions on MLs, Literacy and the Science of Reading, Get Ready for WIDA ACCESS and WIDA Screener Online Updates in June, Learn About the Brand-New WIDA Language Charts, New Focus Bulletin Helps Educators Align Curriculum to Standards, New Survey Supports the Understanding of Communication Needs of MLs with Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Reminder: K Screen 2025-2026 Staff File Submission Deadline July 8, Reminder: Student Registration Database (SRD) Closes May 30.
  
• Monday Email 5/19/25 - 2023–2024 Career Work Experience Certification (CWEC) and Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) Reporting Deadline May 30, Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window 2 Closes Friday, May 23, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Final ACT Spring 2025 Junior Data and Score Reports, Student Registration Database (SRD) Closes Friday, May 30. 
  
• ​Monday Email 5/12/25 - Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Office Hour #2, Featured Resource Explore Changes Coming to ACCESS in 2025-2026, KSA Office Hour, K Screen Train the Trainer​​
  
• Monday Email 5/8/25​ - ​2025 WIDA Annual Conference Registration, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – State Testing Satisfaction Survey Reminder, K Screen Staff File Editor Tool, Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) Script Audit, May DAC Webcast Canceled, SDRR Office Hour, WIDA Webinar Recording Available
  
  

April 2025

• ​Monday Email 4/7/25 - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Guidelines to Securely Destroy Online Testing Materials, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration: Return Accommodations and Supports Paper Testing Materials – Test Window #2, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – State Use Question Deadline, AKSA Window 1 Makeup Requests During the Second Testing Window, AKSA Window 2 Opens April 14, K Screen Train the Trainers for New Staff, Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) PearsonAccessnext (PAN) Tasks and Reminders, Student Registration Database (SRD) and Career Ready Database (CRD) Deletion Requests​​
  
• Monday Email 4/14/25 - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Reporting Timeline, April DAC Webcast, District Changes Prior to Assessment Windows, KDE Offices Closed, KSA Office Hour Session 2, Fulfilled K Screen Orders, Reminder: 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment Performance Results and Certificates to be Released April 16, Reminder: 2024-2025 TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment Retest Window will be Open April 15-30, Reminder: AKSA Window 1 Makeup Requests During the Second Testing Window, Reminder: Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window 2 Now Open, Reminder: SRD and Career Readiness Database (CRD) Deletion Requests, SDRR “Hot Topic” Office Hour Reminder, Spring 2025 Caveon Site Visits, #WIDA2025 Registration Giveaway, WIDA Resources for Communicating About ACCESS Scores​
  
• Monday Email 4/21/25​ - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – State Testing Satisfaction Survey, District Test Window Collection for KSA, Engaging Multilingual Learners in Social Studies Classrooms, Kindergarten ACCESS Training Course, K Screen Entering Prior Settings in IC Instructional Video Now Available, K Screen Materials Replacement Process Due to Flood Damage, K Screen Train the Trainers for New Staff Reminder, New DAC Contact Lookup Tool Now Available, SDRR "Hot Topic" Office Hour Reminder, WIDA ACCESS and WIDA Screener Speaking Scoring Training Course Changes, WIDA Alternate ACCESS Scores​
  
• Special Email 4/23/25 - Spring Rosters Now Open in SDRR
  
• Monday Email 4/28/25 - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – State Use Question Reminder, Aligning AI for MLs with English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, KSA Script Error, May Assessment WIDA Webinar, SDRR Office Hour.​
  

March 2025

• Monday Email 3/3/25​ - 2025 Feb. DAC Trainings Hybrid Q&A Sessions Reminder, ACCESS for ELLs Online and WIDA Screener, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Change coming to MyACT, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Materials for Test Window #2, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Prepare Test Sessions, ACT State Testing Office Hour – Tuesday, March 4, KSA Office Hours, Online Testing Toolbox Available, Reminder: OAA Committee Work Opportunities, WIDA Assessment Webinar Reminder, WIDA MODEL, WIDA Self-Paced Workshops​
  
• Monday Email 3/10/25​ - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline for Test Window #2, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Calculator Policy, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – TestNav State Use Questions, Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Office Hours Scheduled, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Deadline to Make KSA Text to Speech (TTS) and IEP Calculator Selections in IC​
  
• Special Email 3/12/25​ - KSA District Test Window Collection is Open  
• Monday Email 3/17/25 - 2025 February DAC Training Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Addendum, ACCESS for ELLs Data Validation in WIDA AMS, ACCESS for ELLs Theme Generator Recruitment, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Create Online Test Sessions for Window #2, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Test Window #1 Concluding, All KSA Scripts Available, Featured Resource-WIDA Snapshot Helps Educators Use WIDA Proficiency Level Descriptors, KSA Office Hour, March Monthly DAC Webcast, Reminder: 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment Testing Window Closes March 28, Reminder: 2024-2025 TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment Testing Window Closes March 28, Reminder: Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Office Hours Scheduled, Updated ACCESS and WIDA Alternate ACCESS Interpretive Guides for Score Reports​
  
• Monday Email 3/24/25 - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Makeup Testing (Test Window #2) Opening Soon, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Return Accommodations and Supports Paper Testing Materials – Test Window #1, KSA District Test Window Collection Reminder, KSA Office Hours (Reminder), K Screen Ordering Window Closing Soon, K Screen Implementation Guide is Now Available, K Screen Refresh Office Hour, PAN for KSA Now Open
• Monday Email 3/31/25​ - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Test Window #2 Concluding, District Test Window Collection for KSA, K Screen Ordering Window Closed, K Screen Refresh Office Hour Reminder, KSA DAC/BAC Certification of Proper Test Administration Forms, KSA Work Requests in PAN
  
  

February 2025

• Monday Email 2/3/25​ - 2025 Site Visit Forms, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations and Supports Roster, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Upcoming Training Opportunity, Opportunity for Assessment Committee Work, Reminder: AKSA Visual Impairment (VI) Materials Request due Feb. 10, Reminder: Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window Two Materials Shipping Selection Due Feb. 10.
• Monday Email 2/10/25 - 2025 Feb. District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) Training Q&A Session Update, 2025 KSA and QSCS Test Administrator Manual (TAM) Available, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Additional Materials Order Window, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration: Create Test Sessions – Test Window 1, ACT State Testing Office Hour – Feb. 20, 2025, KDE Seeking Feedback on the Assessment Blueprints for Reading and Writing, Reminder: Opportunity for Assessment Committee Work.
• Special Email 2/10/25 - 2025 Feb. District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) Training Q&A Session Update​
• Monday Email 2/17/25 - 2025 Feb. DAC Trainings Hybrid Question and Answer (Q&A) Session RESCHEDULED, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Materials Arriving Soon, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Non-Test Activities for the ACT and Parental Consent Policy Reminder, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Test Preparation Reminder, ACT State Testing Office Hour – Feb. 20, 2025 – Reminder, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Educator Input on Future WIDA Professional Learning Offerings, Featured Resource: WIDA Focus Bulletin Explores Considerations and Strategies to Help MLs with Trauma, K Screen Online Ordering Window Opening Soon, Reminder: 2024-25 CTE EOP Assessment Testing Window Opens Feb. 24, Reminder: 2024-25 TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship (Carpentry, Electrical, Welding) Assessment Testing Window Opens Feb. 24, Reminder: OAA Committee Work Opportunities, Reminder: Submit WIDA Fellows Program Nominations, WIDA Assessment Management System (AMS) Outage.
• Special Email 2/17/25 - 2025 Feb. DAC Trainings Hybrid Question and Answer (Q&A) Session RESCHEDULED​​​
  
• Monday Email 2/24/25​ - 2025 Feb. DAC Trainings Hybrid Question and Answer (Q&A) Sessions Reminder, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline Approaching, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Technical Requirements, KSA Scripts Available, March WIDA Webinars, WIDA Classroom Assessment Strategies for Multilingual Learners (MLs), WIDA Webinar Recording Availabl​
  

January 2025

• ​Monday Email 1/7/25 - February 2025 District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) Trainings Save the Date, ACCESS/WIDA Alternate ACCESS Testing Window and Rosters, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Student Data to be Uploaded Soon, ACT State Testing Office Hour – January 16, 2025, January 7 Assessment and Accountability Town Hall Canceled, K Screen Prior Settings Optional Data Review, Reminder: Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window 1 Makeup.​​
  
• Special Email 1/9/25​ - January DAC Webcast
  
• Monday Email 1/13/25 - 2024-2025 District Student Response File Layouts Posted in WIDA AMS, 2025 Feb. DAC Training Question and Answer (Q&A) Sessions Information and Registration, ACCESS/WIDA Alternate ACCESS Materials Order Reminders, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Deadline Approaching to Request Accommodations and Supports, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Period Opens Soon, AKSA Visual Impairment (VI) Materials Request, Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window Two Materials Shipping Selection, Dropout Date in SDRR, Featured Resource: WIDA Email Subscriptions, January Monthly DAC Webcast, KDE Offices Closed, Reminders: January WIDA Assessment Webinars, Upcoming Change to WIDA and DRC Customer Service Hours, WIDA Key Language Uses in Bilingual Writing Webinar.​
  
• Special Email 1/21/25 - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations Reconsideration Deadline Approaching, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Period Open, Critical Deadline Feb. 1: 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment and TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment.
• Monday Email 1/27/25 - 2024-2025 Career and Technical Education (CTE) End-of-Program (EOP) Assessment and Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment Critical Deadline Extended, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline Now Open, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Preparing Devices for Online Testing, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, February DAC Training Release, K Screen Data Review Results, Nominate Educators for WIDA Fellows Program.​​
  
  

December 2024

• Monday Email 12/2/24​ - The 2024-2025 K Screen District Data is now available, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration includes deadlines for requesting accommodations and supports, selecting test dates, and accessing training and materials, with the Office Hour scheduled for December 10, 2024, the Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Office Hour #2 is forthcoming, resources to support schools and districts with WIDA AMS for 2024-2025 are available, proposals for the 2025 WIDA Annual Conference are open for review, and WIDA assessment webinars serve as a helpful reminder for stakeholders​​​​.​​​
  
• Monday Email 12/9/24 - ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Data and Reports Finalized, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Preparing Devices for Online Testing, Featured WIDA Resource: Five Strategies to Welcome Newcomers into the Classroom, Kindergarten Screener (K Screen) 2024-2025 results released today at 3pm ET, Need Help Finding Information on ACCESS for ELLs, New WIDA Reading Snapshot Series, Reminder: Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Office Hour #2, Updates and Reminders: 2024-2025 CTE EOP Assessment and TRACK Pre-Apprenticeship Assessment.
  
• Monday Email 12/16/24 - ​Academic Readiness Indicators Updated by Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Readiness, ACCESS Online Speaking Enhancement Pilot-Participants Needed, ACCESS/WIDA Alternate ACCESS Rosters, AKSA Window 1 Makeup, Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Window 1 to Close, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Career Work Experience Certification (CWEC) and Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) Quizzes to Close, January WIDA Assessment Webinars, Reminder: ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Request Accommodations and Supports, Transition Attainment Record (TAR) Qualification Quiz to Close, WIDA and DRC Customer Service Hours.
• Monday Email 12/23/24 - Happy Holidays, State Offices Closed​
  
  

November 2024

• Monday Email 11/4/24​ - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Accommodations Webinar, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – PearsonAccessnext (PAN) Opens, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Select Test Dates Deadline, AKSA Combined Overview Attainment Task Training Quiz to Close, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, KDE Offices Closed, Reminder: AKSA Window 1 Administration to Begin Nov. 12, Reminder: Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Office Hours, Reminder: Upcoming WIDA Technology Assessment Webinar.​
  
• Special Email 11/8/24​ - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Select Test Dates Process Change, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) Portal Now Open, Final Data Files After 10-Day Regulatory Data Review, Nov. DAC Webcast Canceled, Student Level Data for Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Release Items Now Available.​
  
• Special Email 11/12/24 - ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Select Test Dates Process Change, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Test Accessibility and Accommodations (TAA) Portal Now Open, Final Data Files After 10-Day Regulatory Data Review, Nov. DAC Webcast Canceled, Student Level Data for Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Release Items Now Available.
  
• Special Email 11/13/24 - District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) Binders for Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA)  ​
  
• Monday Email 11/18/24 - ACT’s Fee Waiver Program for ACT National Tests Information, AKSA Replacement Field Test Tasks for District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) Binders Shipped, Superintendent Assurances for House Bill 6 (2024) Website Requirements Available in GMAP.​
  
• Monday Email 11/25/24​ - 2025 WIDA Annual Conference: Call for Proposals is Now Open, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration – Upcoming Training Opportunity, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, December WIDA Assessment Webinars, Education Week Article on Schools and Multilingual Learners with Disabilities, New ‘Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know: ACCESS’ Article, New Research Explores the Importance of Educators’ Identities in Multilingual Learner Education.
  

October 2024

• Special Email 10/3/24​ - 2023-2024 Public Release of Accountability Data – Embargo Lifted, Ten-Day Regulatory Data Review​
• Monday Email 10/7/24 - 2024-2025 ACCESS for ELLs Test Administrator, District and School Test Coordinators Manuals Change, ACT/OAA Spring 2025 Junior State Administration In-Person Training Opportunities, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Create Online Test Sessions for Window #2, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration: Return Accommodations and Supports Paper Testing Materials – Test Window #1, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Test Window #1 Concluding, House Bill 6 (2024) Website Requirements, Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Administrative Regulations Oct. 23, 2024, Revising ACCESS for ELLs Update on Standard 1 in the Listening and Reading Tests, WIDA Assessment Webinars Reminder, WIDA Feature Resource: Focus on Collaboration.​
  
• Special Email 10/10/24​ - October Monthly DAC Webcast
  
• Monday Email 10/14/24 - ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Test Window 2 Opening Soon, Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) Training/Quiz Now Open, ESAR Administration to Begin Nov. 12, New Writing Sample Items for ACCESS Online, October Monthly DAC Webcast, Updating Teacher Profiles in the Online Training System (OTS).
  
• Monday Email 10/21/24 - 2024-2025 ACCESS for ELLs Trainings, ACCESS for ELLs Materials Ordering Reminder, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Test Materials, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration: Return Accommodations and Supports Paper Testing Materials – Test Window #2, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Test Window #2 Concluding, ACT Spring 2025 Junior State Administration - Welcome Email Coming Soon, AKSA Office Hours Scheduled, AKSA Window 1 Administration to Begin Nov. 12, CTE End-of-Program Assessment - 2024-2025 School Testing Window Selection, New: ACCESS Online Test Administrator Script Translations, Reminder: AKSA Window 1 Documents, WIDA Academies
  
• Monday Email 10/28/24​ - 2023-2024 Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment Released Items, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Reporting Timeline, ACT/OAA Spring 2025 Junior State Administration In-Person Training Opportunities – Reminder, Administration Code and Inclusion of Special Populations Regulations Online Live Training Nov. 7, Career Readiness Database (CRD) Training – ESAR and CWEC Data Entry, Educator Participation in WIDA ACCESS for ELLs Events, New WIDA Alternate Can Do Descriptors, November WIDA Assessment Webinars, Student Registration Database (SRD) Training Available, WIDA and DRC Customer Service Hours of Operation.
  

September 2024

• Special Email 9/3/24​ - ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration: Accommodations Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline Now Open, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration: Create Test Sessions-Test Window 1, Administration Code and Inclusion of Special Populations Regulations Online Live Trainings, Reminder: AKSA Visual Impairment (VI) Materials Requests Due Sept. 4, Reminder: Annual Attainment Task Training Requirements for AKSA Administration.
• Monday Email 9/9/24 - ​ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Materials Arriving Soon, ACT State Testing Office Hour - Sept. 12, 2024, Additional Guidance on New Reporting Requirements Under House Bill 6, K Screen Office Hours, New Science Kentucky Academic Standards Alternate Assessment Targets, Participate in ACCESS for ELLs Writing Tryouts, Featured Resources: WIDA PreK-3 Resources and Professional Learning, New WIDA 2024-2025 Self-Paced Workshops Now Available, Reminder: Kindergarten ACCESS Field Test 2025 Recruitment is Open, Reminder: Upcoming WIDA Assessment Webinars, WIDA Alternate ACCESS Score Report Resources.​​​
  
• Special Email 9/12/24​ - Sept. Monthly DAC Webcast
  
• Monday Email 9/16/24 - 2024 KSA Released Items Now Available, 2024 Scott Trimble Workshop, ACCESS for ELLs Test Materials Ordering Window, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Non-Test Activities for the ACT and Parental Consent Policy Reminder, ACT State Testing Office Hour - Sept. 24, 2024, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Kentucky Alternate Assessment Program – CWEC Training / Quiz Open, QC Day Confirmed, September Monthly DAC Webcast.​
• Monday Email 9/23/24​ - 2023-2024 KSA and AKSA Reports Available in PAN, 2024-2025 WIDA AMS Enhancements, ACCESS for ELLs Training Courses Are Available for the 2024-2025 Test Year, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Accommodations and Supports Roster, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Test Preparation Reminder, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, How District Assessment Coordinators (DACs) Should Prepare for the 2024 Public Release of Accountability Data, K Screen Office Hours, New WIDA Reading with Multilingual Learners (MLs) Webpage, October WIDA Assessment Webinars, Reminder: 2024 Scott Trimble Workshop, Reminder: Complete Version 4.0 Survey by Oct. 4, WIDA Webinar Recording Available.
• Monday Email 9/30/24 - 2024-2025 Transition Attainment Record (TAR) Training/Quiz Open, Accessible Pathways Project, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration: Accommodations – Qualified Exceptions to the Deadline for Test Window #2, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Administration Form Upload into PearsonAccessnext (PAN), ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Calculator Policy, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – TestNav State Use Questions, ACT State Testing Office Hour - Oct. 9, 2024, Checking K Screen Data on BRIGANCE Online Management System and Infinite Campus, Data Entry Reminders for K Screen, Educators Can Take Part in WIDA’s Standards Implementation Study, Introducing the WIDA Marco DALE Digital Explorer, Kindergarten ACCESS Field Test Participants Needed, Reminder: 2023-2024 Public Release Timeline Confirmed, Reminder: WIDA Assessment Webinar.​
  
  

August 2024

• Monday Email 8/26/24​ - 2023-2024 WIDA Alternate ACCESS Score Reports Webinar, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Deadline Approaching for Request Accommodations and Supports, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Preparing Devices for Online Testing, Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment (AKSA) Combined Overview/Attainment Task (AT) Trainings and Quiz Released, Back-to-School 2024-2025: Assess, Teach, Grow with WIDA, Kindergarten ACCESS Field Test 2025 Recruitment is Open, Reminder: K Screen Train the Trainers for New Staff, September WIDA Assessment Webinars.
  
• Monday Email 8/19/24​ - 2024 Accountability Indicator Trainings, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, CTE Reminders – Upcoming Sept. 1 Deadlines, Reminder: ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Select Test Dates Deadline, Reminder: ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Deadline, Reminder: ACT State Testing Office Hour - Aug. 21, 2024, Sept. 1 Deadline to Add Pathway in TEDS for 2024-2025 school year, Upcoming WIDA Webinar on ACCESS or WIDA Alternate ACCESS, WIDA Assessments, WIDA MODEL.
  
• Monday Email 8/12/24 - ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Accommodations Request Deadline Extended, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Select Test Dates Deadline, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior Administration – Training and Resources, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration - Upcoming Training Opportunity, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Verify Enrollment Deadline, ACT State Testing Office Hour - Aug. 21, 2024, Administrator Account Creation in Brigance Online Management System, Featured Resource: WIDA ELD Essentials, National ESEA Distinguished Schools Program and Application for Category 1, 2, and 3, New K Screen DAC Checklist Released for Efficient Administration, Prior Settings Child Care Facility Request Form, Process for Requesting AKSA Visual Impairment (VI) Orders, WIDA Alternate Screener Validation Study: Recruitment is Open.​
  
• Special Email 8/8/24 - Career and Technical Education Dual Credit Data Issue, Reminder - August DAC Webcast Canceled​
• Special Email 8/7/24 -  Quality Control (QC) Data Review now Available
  
• ​Monday Email 8/5/24​ - ​​​ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration – Accommodations Request Deadline Extended, ACT Fall 2024 Optional Senior State Administration - PearsonAccessnext (PAN) Open Now, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, August DAC Webcast Canceled, Fall Reporting Data Review Reminders, K Screen Train the Trainers for New Staff, National ESEA Distinguished Schools Program and Application for Category 1, 2, and 3, Reminder: Upcoming WIDA Screener Webinar, Sharing the Results of the K Screen with Parents.​
  
• Special Email 8/2/24 - ACT Fall 2024 State Senior Administration, ACT Fall 2024 State Senior Administration: Test Accessibility and Accommodations Portal Open Now, Individual KSA and AKSA Student Data Now Available in PAN, Senate Bill (SB) 9 Guidance.
  

July 2024

• Monday Email 7/1/24​ - Deadline for Graduation Codes (G-Codes) to be entered into Infinite Campus (IC) for the 2023-24 school year, KDE Offices Closed July 4, K Screen Train the Trainers for New Staff Approaching
• Monday Email 7/8/24​ - 2024-2025 WIDA Screener Online Administration Now Open, 2024-2025 Assessment Webinar Schedule and WIDA Screener Trainings, ACT Fall 2024 ACT Senior Administration – Training Dates (TENTATIVE), Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Featured Resources: Increase Understanding of EL Students with Disabilities, New Guidance on Administering WIDA Screener to EL BVI and DHH Students, Upcoming Change to WIDA Customer Service Hours, Upcoming Webinar on 2023-2024 WIDA Alternate ACCESS Score Reports.​​​
• Special Email 7/11/24​ - Feedback on Prototypes, July DAC Webcast​​
  
• Monday Email 7/15/24​ - 2024 Scott Trimble Workshop, ACCESS for ELLs and WIDA Alternate ACCESS Testing Window, Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, DAC and BAC of the Year Award, July 19 Deadline to Provide Feedback on Kentucky United We Learn Prototypes, July Monthly DAC Webcast, Program Consultant Vacancy (Reminder), New District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) of the Year Award, WIDA Accessibility and Accommodations Resources for 2024-2025
• Monday Email 7/22/24 - 2024 Scott Trimble Workshop (updated dates), K Screen Train the Trainers for New Staff, Kentucky Alternate Assessment Program Calendar
• Monday Email 7/29/24​ - Assessment Scores in Infinite Campus, Back to School Training Resources for the 2024-2025 School Year, Fall Reporting-Data Review Resources, Kindergarten ACCESS Field Test 2025: Recruitment is Open​