Teacher-Developed Assessments Scanning/Design
This service provides the designing of answer sheets to a district's specifications. WNYRIC will preprint and then provide scanning services if needed. The output reports include Student Score Reports and Item Analysis.Important: There will be no new implementations of this service.
The WNYRIC is able to create answer sheets for a district for any subject. The district should provide the design specifications. Using the Teleform software, the WNYRIC will preprint using the student file from the district. These answer sheets will be shipped in time for each assessment date. The district is able to scan these in house if they participate with In District scanning through the WNYRIC (650.305). If they don’t participate with In District scanning, then they should send the answer sheets back to the RIC for scanning. Student Score Reports and Item Analysis Reports will be provided.
District Responsibilities:Designates a district contact person.Designates an individual to be available throughout the process to authorize any changes and to approve the answer sheet design.Submits all forms (participation, answer sheet orders, etc.) necessary to provide service. This same individual (or designee) must be able to send a file of student data to the RIC for pre-printing of student information on the answer sheets.Notifies appropriate RIC staff if contact person for services changes.
WNYRIC Responsibilities:WNYRIC staff provides district with the process steps and all forms needed to get the job done.WNYRIC staff provides the Order form, pre-print file template, and report examples.WNYRIC creates a design draft from specifications received from the district and once created the draft is sent to the district for approval.WNYRIC prints the answer sheets based on district approval and using the file of students from the district.Scanning can occur in the district (if the district has that capability in place) or scanning can occur at the RIC.WNYRIC will provide reports - Student Score and Basic Item Analysis.The results from these assessments will not be loaded into the regional Level 1 Data Warehouse.WNYRIC will provide telephone support and remote desktop access is provided throughout this process as needed.WNYRIC staff maintains strict confidentiality while performing their duties for this service.A Disaster Recovery System is in place to provide an alternative processing site should the center experience a disaster or outage for more than 24 hours.The WNYRIC utilizes cost effective best practices determined by research that allows our experienced and trained technical staff to perform robust testing and support of the WNYRIC network in the areas of security, infrastructure, energy management, virtualization strategies, disaster recovery and business continuity. Therefore, we are able to be a district advocate for vendor contract issues and aggressively negotiate contract pricing and performance terms. Staff follow best practices in order to provide necessary security as it relates to the most recent student, teacher and principal data security and privacy regulations.Service Desk can be reached Monday –Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. by calling (716) 821-7171, 1-800-872-0780 or by e-mail at servicedesk @e1b.org. A representative will be available from 4:30 p.m. through 11:00 p.m to assist you with calls regarding emergency situations. During all other hours and holidays, a caller will receive important information regarding coverage.