Spring Semester, 2022-23 CTE Assessment Directions - February 22, 2023

Oct 2, 2026

Spring Semester 2022-23 CTE Assessment Directions issued by the South Carolina Department of Education for Career and Technical Education (CTE) district coordinators. The directions explain how to identify CTE program completers/test takers in PowerSchool, download and complete an OCTE-provided spreadsheet in the Member Login Center (ADT/CATE Testing), and upload it for processing. The document outlines assessment registration with test providers, key exceptions handled at the state level, required coordinator/admin forms by April 10, and reminders for ASE certification tests for Automotive Technology and Collision completers.

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Spring Semester, 2022-23 CTE Assessment Directions February 22, 2023 South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) Office of Career and Technical Education and Student Transition Services (OCTE & STS) [Contact: Dana Depew ddepew@ed.sc.gov 803-734-2828](Contact: Dana Depew ddepew@ed.sc.gov 803-734-2828) Please read this information in its entirety. Your assistance in identifying test takers is necessary for our office to verify the test results we receive from test providers at the end of the year (matching individual students to test results). Location of Saved Documents All documents referenced below can be found on the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Technical Skill Assessments Web page: [http://ed.sc.gov/instruction/career-and-technology](http://ed.sc.gov/instruction/career-and-technology)education/performance-accountability/career-and-technology-education-technical-skillassessments/ and in the Member Login Center, ADT, CATE Testing folder. Directions in this document are for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) District Coordinators whose responsibility it is to ensure that all district students who will be identified in PowerSchool as CTE program completers at the end of the second semester and 2022-23 school year, are administered available CTE technical skills assessments. Note: Assessments have not been approved to date for all CTE secondary programs in SC. Who Needs to Know It is essential to share this information today with any additional staff in the district who will assist in identifying test takers and administering CTE tests. Ifa student (whose home school is in your district) is a completer of one of the CTE programs being tested this school year, the student must be administered the applicable test(s) . About the Spreadsheet The spreadsheet you will receive from the OCTE contains 4 fields of student-level data: Home School Name, Home School ID, Student First Name, middle name, and last name, and Student State ID Number. It is located at the Member Login Center at the SCDE website, in the CATE Testing folder, Web Applications, Advanced Data Transfer System (ADT). Directions for downloading and uploading the document follow at the end of this document. You will need to complete the spreadsheet for the following: 1. Spreadsheet Name: Rename spreadsheet to include your district name; 2. Student Location: Identify the location where student will be taking the test if not the home school; there will be a drop-down menu from which to select location. 3. Assessment Name: Select the test from a drop-down list. Note: if you split the spreadsheet into individual schools, you may lose the drop-down listing. 4. Do not edit any other data,(e.g., changing the home school). Upon completion, upload the spreadsheet to Member Login Center at the SCDE website, for processing. Once you have completed the upload to the CATE Testing folder, please e-mail Dana Depew, [ddepew@ed.sc.gov](ddepew@ed.sc.gov), to notify her. Dana Depew, OCTE Education Associate for Testing and Assessments, will then access the completed spreadsheet and submit the compiled data to the assessment providers. If you have difficulties downloading/uploading to ADT, please contact Dana for directions using File Drop. Do not e-mail the spreadsheet as an attachment! About the Tests In addition to this: Task 1: Identify the second-semester-only and 2022-23 program completers/ test takers on the spreadsheet and upload the spreadsheet. Deadline: Monday, April 10. Task 2: Register, with each test provider, students who will take tests this semester. Links to directions for test registration are found in the bottom section of the CTE Technical Skills Assessments Web page. See the “Test Info” link for each provider. Three providers’ test registration procedures are exceptions to the above statement: 1. the 24 Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (CTECS) tests and 2. the four Clemson University (A

FAQs

Who is responsible for administering the CTE technical skills assessments?

CTE district coordinators must ensure district students identified in PowerSchool as CTE program completers at the end of the second semester and 2022-23 school year are administered the applicable available CTE technical skills assessments.

What must be completed in the OCTE spreadsheet?

Rename the spreadsheet to include the district name, identify test location when it differs from the home school, select the assessment name from the drop-down, and do not edit any other data such as changing the home school.

What are the main tasks and key deadlines mentioned in the directions?

Task 1 requires identifying second-semester-only and 2022-23 program completers/test takers on the spreadsheet and uploading it by Monday, April 10. Task 2 requires registering students with each test provider for tests this semester, with some state-level registration exceptions and coordinator forms due no later than April 10.

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