Assessment FAQ
Do we have to put test scores into ABLELink?
Yes. Test scores relevant to placement, progress, and completion
must be entered into ABLELink for all students. Although we highly recommend
that all test scores be entered into ABLELink, it is required that those
scores used to track a student's primary and secondary goal are entered
Is orientation required of returning students?
A full orientation is not required of those students who have been
participating in the program up to the time one-year ends and who then
return the next year. An orientation or parts of an orientation may be
necessary for students who have not been attending the program for some time
before the year ends and then returns during the next program year. Programs
will have to use their own judgement concerning if and the amount of
orientation topics that will need to be repeated with these students.
How does ABLELink determine the level for a student?
In the auto method, ABLELink will determine which scale score puts the student in the lowest level (not necessarily the lowest scale score).
What if more than one scale score puts the student in the same level?
ABLELink will select the lowest scale score between the tests that puts the student in the lowest level.
Where can I get a list of scale scores by test type that are used to assign Educational Functioning Levels?
What if the student wants to work in something other than what ABLELink selects automatically?
Select “manual” as the Tracking Method and then select the alternate assessment from the Tracking Assessment drop-down.
BEST
Why is ABLELink not assigning a level for my student who scored a 71 on BEST Literacy?
Per the ODE/ABLE Assessment Policy, 65 is the highest score allowed for this test. BEST Literacy is not an allowable assessment for Level 6 High Advanced ESOL.
FY2007 ODE/ABLE Assessment Policy (pdf)
CASAS
Why is ABLELink making my ESOL student an ABE student?
Because of the database structure, ABLELink can’t tell whether a student is ABE or ESOL, so it currently defaults to ABE. ESOL students must be set to manual right now. Select “manual” as the Tracking Method and then select the assessment from the Tracking Assessment. Note: be sure to scroll down to the bottom for CASAS ESOL
TABE
I entered Applied Math (or Math Comp or Spelling or Vocabulary or Language Mechanics) scores only, but ABLELink is selecting the scale score for Reading (or Language) as the lowest.
Why isn’t ABLELink assigning the Tracking Subject that we have?
ABLELink uses scale scores, not grade level equivalents. It’s very possible, for example, for Total Math to have a lower grade level equivalent than Reading, but Reading have a lower scale score than Total Math. ABLELink uses the lower scale score to determine the level.
WorkKeys
I’m getting an Error 3163 entering WorkKeys scores or during the Update Achievement routine.
Contact Technical Support, we can walk you through that fix in a few minutes.
ABLELink isn’t providing the correct level for my student. We want to use Locating Information, but it keeps assigning Writing.
Only the first three subjects (Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Writing) are acceptable per the ODE/ABLE Assessment Policy. These tests have an asterisk next to them which corresponds to the notation at the bottom (“For NRS reporting”)
FY2007 ODE/ABLE Assessment Policy (pdf)
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