Practice Test Downtime
The OAKS and ELPA Practice Tests will be offline for updates from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. PT on Friday evening, January 20. All other OAKS systems, including the operational tests, will remain available to users during this time.
Added 1/19/2012
OAKS Online Now Available
OAKS Online is now open for reading, mathematics, science, and social sciences assessments for the 2011-2012 school year. Each student has only one test opportunity per subject between 11/8/2011 and 1/10/2012. For reading, mathematics, and science, students may take their second and third test opportunity at the district’s discretion after 1/10/2012. For social sciences, only two test opportunities are available. Students may take their second test opportunity at the district’s discretion after 1/10/2012.
Added 11/8/2011
OAKS Online Reporting
The 2011-2012 OAKS Online Reporting site is now available. The 2011-2012 Online Reporting User Guide can be accessed from http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/oaks/oaks_reports_userguide.pdf. The new “banked scores” feature allows users to view three years of scores for those students taking the OAKS high school assessment. All student listing reports for grade 11 students will also display the highest scores previously earned by those students on the high school assessment if they took the high school assessment in grade 9 or 10.
Added 11/8/2011
TIDE Now Open
The 2011-2012 TIDE site is now available. The 2010-2011 institution-level users will be deleted from TIDE on September 30, 2011 after 7 p.m PT. Please download and save the institution-level users in your district before September 30. The 2011-2012 TIDE User Guide can be accessed from http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=391.Added 9/19/2011
The 2011-12 OAKS Online Practice Tests and Training Site are now available. The practice tests and training site reflect enhancements to the OAKS Online system that will be in effect for the 2011-12 school year. The 2011-12 TA User Guide can be accessed from http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=391.
Please remember that the practice tests are only available using either the secure browser or Mozilla Firefox. The following Practice Tests are available:
Math
Reading
Science
Social Sciences
Writing
ELPA (now a single test containing both ELPA segments)
The Computer-Based Read-Aloud feature can be enabled on Math, Science, Social Sciences, and Writing tests. Additionally, the OAKS Online Braille Interface can be enabled for students taking the practice test in a proctored session. Note: Students accessing the Braille Interface must use a Windows 7 machine that has JAWS12.
Added 8/02/2011
Access to the Online Reporting tutorials detailing new enhancements for 2011-12 are available from the Test Administrator and Test Coordinator pages of the OAKS portal.
Added 8/2/2011
2011-12 Secure Browser.
The 2011-12 OAKS Secure Browsers for Windows, Mac 10.3, Mac 10.4 – 10.6, and Linux machines can now be downloaded. The secure browser must be used for all operational student testing.
Added 7/1/2011
Support for Firefox 4 through Firefox 8 and Internet Explorer 9.
OAKS Online now supports the use of Firefox 4.0 through Firefox 8.0 on all OAKS systems. Internet Explorer 9 is supported on all OAKS systems except practice tests.
Updated 12/1/2011