FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
    JIM HORNE
    Commissioner of Education
     
      
     
     
    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
      
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
     
    Members
     
    LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
     
    CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
     
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
     
    WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
      
     
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
     
     
    August 10, 2004
     
    MEMORANDUM
     
    TO:
     
      
    District Coordinators of Assessment
    Elementary
    School
    Principals
     
    FROM:
    Cornelia
    Orr
     
    SUBJECT:
    Availability of School Readiness Uniform Screening System (SRUSS)
    Training and Support Website
     
    We are pleased to announce the launch of the SRUSS Training and Support Website. This
    website may be accessed by going to www.pearsonearlylearning.com/FloridaSRUSS. The
    password is SRUSS04.
     
    The SRUSS Training & Support Website includes an online tutorial for the Early Screening
    Inventory-Kindergarten (ESI-K). The intent of the tutorial is to support teachers in learning
    and using the standardized administration process for the screening tool. In order to train
    teachers on this process, the tutorial includes video clips of the proper administration
    practices.
     
    In order to view the video clips and therefore ensure optimal use of the tutorial, teachers
    must access the tutorial on a computer with a current web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0 or
    higher or Netscape 7.0) and the multimedia software QuickTime, which will allow them to
    view the videos.
     
    QuickTime is software that displays graphics, sound, video, text, and music. QuickTime, a
    product of Apple Computer, is currently used by an estimated 20,000 websites. If you do
    not have QuickTime installed on your computer it can be downloaded at no cost for
    Macintosh and Windows at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/.
    CORNELIA S. ORR, PH.D.
    Director, Assessment and School Performance
    ACCOUNTABILITY, RESEARCH, AND MEASUREMENT
     
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 414 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0513 • www.fldoe.org
     
     
    Availability of SRUSS Training and Support Website
    August 10, 2004
    Page 2
     
    For technical support for the Online Tutorial, please call 1-800-874-0914.
     
    For other SRUSS questions you may call Wanda Akisanya, Program Specialist, Office of
    Assessment and School Performance at 850-245-0513 or via electronic mail at
    wanda.akisanya@fldoe.org; or Cathy Bishop, Program Specialist, Bureau of Exceptional
    Education and Student Services at 850-245-0478 or via electronic mail at
    cathy.bishop@fldoe.org.
     
    CO/cbm
     
    cc: Shan
    Goff
    Laura
    Melvin
    Victoria
    Ash
    Wanda
    Akisanya
    Cathy
    Bishop
    Pat
    Howard
     
     
      

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