Greeting and happy summer!
This EL Assessment Update includes two topics:
August 12, 2019 — anticipated release date of future student-level progress targets, SGPA, and progress indicators in DropBox
August 26, 2019 — anticipated release date of School and District Summaries (EL327) and Student Rosters (EL627) with future student-level progress targets, SGPA, and progress indicators in Edwin.
DRC has worked over the past year to prepare districts for the transition to Central Office Service (COS) Service Device (DRC's new site management solution) from the TSM. DRC has developed the Tech Bulletin: TSM To COS Service Device, available on the WIDA AMS>All Applications>General Information>Documents page, to assist you in making the transition. On this page, select Technology Coordinator from the Audience dropdown, then click the blue Show Documents button. The Tech Bulletin: TSM To COS Service Device document is the next to the last document listed. The document will take you through the process of installing a COS Service Device and integrating it into an existing configuration using the COS Service Device Toolkit. The last document on the page, Technology Training — Transition to the COS-SD Jun 2019 will also provide helpful information regarding this transition.
Please plan time to migrate devices from TSM to COS Service Device and retire all of your TSM devices. DRC INSIGHT 9.0 and TSM 9.2 will no longer be supported after August 15 and access to TSMs will be blocked beginning on August 30.
Key dates for this transition are as follows:
Supporting documentation for COS-SD is also available in WIDA AMS and on the Technology Coordinator page of the WIDA Secure Portal. In order to access these resources, you will need to have your WIDA-AMS and WIDA account log-in information.
After August 15, 2019, the only supported configuration is COS-SD 3.0 with DRC INSIGHT 10.0. DRC INSIGHT 9.0 and TSM 9.2 will no longer be supported after August 15, 2019.
Please be aware of the following supported configurations for WIDA Screener Online from June 27, 2019 – August 15, 2019:
COS-SD 3.0 with DRC INSIGHT 9.0 or DRC INSIGHT 10.0.
TSM 9.2 with DRC INSIGHT 9.0. (Do not update to DRC INSIGHT 10.0 if you are still using the TSM.)
Links to recorded webinars on this topic are available on the 2019-20 Q&A WIDA Webinar Schedule and on the WIDA Q&A Webinars 2019-20 for Technology Coordinators schedule (log-in required).
Please contact DRC Customer Support with any questions at WIDA@DataRecognitionCorp.com or 1-855-787-9615.
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