Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

Dakota Step

• 2003-2004 DakotaSTEP Assessment Results -
  "All Students Tested"
• Assessment Reports
• Creating the Assessment
• Cut Scores
• Dakota STEP Parent Fact Sheet
• Dakota STEP Interpretive Guide NOTE: Large document that may require a long download time.
• Samples of LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PLAN
  • Sample 1
  • Sample 2
  • Sample 3
• Standards Report Website (new eMetric Web site)
• State Average Standards Report for 2003-04-05-06
• State Reading and Math Assessment Participation Rates 2005
• Tech Reports
• Test Construction Specifications

• 8th Grade Technology Test—Peg Henson
• Dakota STEP Updates for 2009 presentation----Gay Pickner
• Dakota Writing presentation—Gay Pickner
• DSTEP Accommodation presentation---Elizabeth Gordon
• Infinite Campus presentation---Shannon Malone/Laura Ellenbecker
• Personal Learning Plans—Steve Rounds
• Pearson Presentation—Carol Sekinger and Yardley Poche
• Pearson’s SchoolHouse presentation--- Carol Sekinger and Yardley Poche
• SchoolHouse Manual

Spring 2009 Assessment Information:

• 2009 Assessment Monitoring Form
• Creating the Dakota STEP Assessment
• DAKOTA STEP suggested time schedule
• Directions for Administering the Dakota STEP
• Order form for Optional Scoring Services SOUTH DAKOTA Writing Assessment Spring 2009-Grades 5,7 and 10
• 2009 Testing Irregularity Form
• 2009 Testing Security Agreement
• 2009 Testing Coordinator's Handbook
• 2009 Dakota STEP Parent Letter

Webb Alignment Reports 2008

• Reading
• Math
• Science