District 65 Infrastructure and PARCC Testing
Over the past several years, the District 65 Technology Services department has undertaken several projects and performed major upgrades to be ready for PARCC testing in 2015:
Wireless Infrastructure: Every classroom in District 65 has been equipped with its own dedicated wireless access point. In total, over 400 new wireless access points (WAPs) were deployed across the district – more than doubling Wi-Fi capacity – so that more devices could be used for testing, in closer proximity to each other. This allows neighboring classrooms to test simultaneously, removing a major scheduling limitation and eliminating bandwidth bottlenecks that could have negatively affected test delivery.
Internet Bandwidth: Since 2013, Internet bandwidth in the district has been more than quadrupled (from 190 to 900Mbps!) so that high-speed access to web-based applications isn't a limited resource that devices have to compete over.
Proctor Caching Servers: PARCC testing is made more reliable with in-district server hardware delivering the test content to client devices and caching students' answers. District 65 has deployed multiple Proctor Caching Servers to make the testing process as smooth and reliable for our students and teachers as possible.
Wireless Infrastructure: Every classroom in District 65 has been equipped with its own dedicated wireless access point. In total, over 400 new wireless access points (WAPs) were deployed across the district – more than doubling Wi-Fi capacity – so that more devices could be used for testing, in closer proximity to each other. This allows neighboring classrooms to test simultaneously, removing a major scheduling limitation and eliminating bandwidth bottlenecks that could have negatively affected test delivery.
Internet Bandwidth: Since 2013, Internet bandwidth in the district has been more than quadrupled (from 190 to 900Mbps!) so that high-speed access to web-based applications isn't a limited resource that devices have to compete over.
Proctor Caching Servers: PARCC testing is made more reliable with in-district server hardware delivering the test content to client devices and caching students' answers. District 65 has deployed multiple Proctor Caching Servers to make the testing process as smooth and reliable for our students and teachers as possible.