We have had nothing but trouble with Skills IOwa this year as well. Some
students can get in others, no. Some students have been assigned to the wrong
districts and I can't change that without calls to skills Iowa. Students have
had answers disappear. It has been quite frustrating.
Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.708.3379(C)
515.827.5368 (F)
Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is
just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting
and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
--- Douglas Adams
On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Erin Olson wrote:
> I had one student not able to take the OCT. reading test. Blockers were
> off-it is still a mystery. Ugh. We have had numerous issues. One we have seen
> in the classroom is the student answers change. They put in one answer, and
> it changes their answer to a wrong answer. I was skeptical, but the math
> teacher also noticed this. We had students write down their answers on paper
> as well as answer on computer to be sure. I have let Skills IA know this.
>
> Keith would know more about the issues in elem. level...
>
> Erin Olson
> High School English
> Technology Integrationist
> Large Group Speech
>
> Sioux Central CSD
> 4440 US HWY 71
> Sioux Rapids, IA 50585
> Tel. (712)-283-2571
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
> the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
> -- Margaret Mead
>
>
>
> From: "Murray Gafkjen" <mgafk...@clay-everly.k12.ia.us>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:40 PM
> To: "info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us" <info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us>
> Subject: [info-tech] Skills Iowa & Lightspeed
>
> Has anyone had trouble with the October assessment for Skills Iowa. I've run
> checks on teachers to see blocked content, but there were no clues. I plan on
> working one on one and watch real time traffic in order to see
> anything.(Config/active stats). I've even turned off SSL checking to stop
> interference with https. They said it work fine last month...
>
> Murray Gafkjen
> Network Admin
> Clay Central Everly School District
> 1-712-834-2227
