WebXam opens for 2016-17 school year

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WebXam 2016-17 Calendar

Updated dates for the WebXam 2016-17 school year have been added to the WebXam News website. More information about important WebXam dates and deadlines can be found at the link below.

New Pretests Released

CETE announces the continuation of an optional system supporting Ohio Career-Technical Education in measuring gain through a pretest-instruction-posttest model. The use of pretests is recognized by the Ohio Department of Education as a method to help document student gain, along with the observations and measurements conducted directly by the instructor and other local district staff. To learn more about the pretests that are offered by WebXam, please follow the link below.

SSID’s in WebXam

New for the 2016-17 school year, WebXam now accepts Ohio's Statewide Student Identifier System (SSID) as the primary WebXam student identifier. Existing student accounts should be updated prior to testing to reflect their SSID, either manually via WebXam.org or through a student upload file. If you have any questions, please contact WebXam support.

Text to Speech

WebXam provides online testing for tens of thousands of students every year. Students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP) may require assistance that WebXam must accommodate. A common IEP accommodation is that a student may have a reader available while taking the test. In these situations, a proctor reads the test material to the student. The WebXam TTS solution can help provide assistance to students with the “A Reader is Required” accommodation. Text-to-Speech, or TTS for short, uses computer software to convert text into audible speech. The WebXam TTS solution was designed to be a simple and intuitive solution for students with an IEP that allows test questions to be read aloud to them.

Teacher Test Reviews

WebXam Teacher Test Review workshops allow career-technical education instructors a formal opportunity to review the WebXam operational tests. The review workshops are held in Columbus, or as a second option, hosted offsite at a local district through special arrangements. More information, including cost and registration, can be found at the link below.

Test Security Rulebook

Teachers and administrators who access the WebXam website to administrate or deliver tests are required to agree to the WebXam User Agreement, which includes acceptance of the revised Test Security Rule Book. Users will be prompted to confirm acceptance of these policies the first time they access WebXam each school year. The Test Security Rulebook can be found below.

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8/15

First day of fall pretesting
Only pretests are available

9/16

Last day of fall pretesting
Last day for pretests until winter window

10/3

First day Field Tests and Finalized Tests released
Post Tests are available for testing

10/12

WebXam User's Workshop
More information can be found here.