2014 june staar training grades 5 & 8 retest

2014 JUNE STAAR TRAININGGRADES 5 & 8 RETESTJUNE 10, 2014

DISCLAIMER

This presentation does not take the place of reading the

appropriate manuals

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 2

TEST SECURITY Account for all secure materials and confidential student

information before, during, and after each test administration. Access to state assessments materials and information is allowed only

for personnel that have been trained and have signed the appropriate oath.

Other steps a campus must take to maintain proper security include but are not limited to:

a) placing test booklets and answer documents in secure, limited-access, locked storage when not in use

b) collecting daily, after each test administration, any state-supplied reference materials, graph paper, or scratch paper that student have written on during the test

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 3

CONFIDENTIALITYMaintaining the confidentiality of the Texas student assessment program involves protecting the contents of all test booklets, online assessments, and completed answer documents.

a) all testing personnel who meet the requirements to participate in testing must be trained and sign the appropriate oath.

b) No person may view, reveal, or discuss the contents of a test booklet or online assessment before, during, or after a test administration. This includes those TA’s providing an oral administration, transcribing, providing assistance in the 3rd grade math exam, etc. (TA needs to sign a separate section of the security oath).

c) No person may duplicate, print, record, write notes about, or capture any portion of a secure assessment instrument (paper or online).

d) No person may review or discuss student responses.

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 4

PENALTIES FOR PROHIBITED CONDUCT

In accordance with 19 TAC and as described in the Test Security Supplement, any person who violates, assists in the violation of, or solicits another to violate or assist in the violation, fails to report a violation, is subject to the following penalties:

a. placement of restrictions, renewal of Texas educator certificate;b. issuance of an inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand;c. suspension of a Texas educator certificate for a set term;d. revocation or cancellation of a Texas educator certificate

In addition, any irregularities in test security or confidentiality may result in the invalidation of students’ assessments.

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 5

TESTING IRREGULARITIES

Serious Irregularities Directly/indirectly assisting students

with responses to test questions Tampering with student responses Viewing secure test content before,

during or after an assessment Discussing secure test content or

student responses Scoring student tests either formally

or informally Duplicating/recording or

electronically capturing test content

Procedural Irregularities Eligibility error IEP implementation issue Improper accounting of

secure materials Monitoring error

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 6

REPORTING TESTING IRREGULARITIES

Each person participating in the Texas student assessment program is responsible for IMMEDIATELY reporting any violation or suspected violation of test security or confidentiality that they participate-in or witness. Process for reporting:

1. Campus staff notifies CTCs2. CTCs notifies DTC3. DTC notifies TEA

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 7

STUDENT CHEATINGIf a district determines that a student has been involved in an attempt to cheat on a state assessment, the district is required to invalidate the student’s test.

Additional disciplinary action may be taken at the local level in accordance with district policy.

Any locally determined disciplinary actions stemming from the cheating must be submitted to TEA.

Submission of a separate online incident report form will be necessary ONLY if the district determines that adult testing personnel contributed to, caused, or did not detect the cheating due to inadequate monitoring.

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 8

TIME LIMITS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES All assessments will have a four-hour limit within the same school day

(unless XT or XD). The time period will start after the test administrator has read

directions and tells students to begin working on their tests. START & STOP times must be recorded on the seating chart. Students must record all responses before the end of the time period. Communicate (orally or in writing) the amount of time left to test in

one-hour intervals and, if desired, in shorter intervals during the last hour.

Late-arriving students: campus must determine if the student will have time to test during the school day or if the student needs to test on a make-up day.

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TIME ACCOMMODATIONS

EXTENDED TIMEThis accommodation eligible students with disabilities and ELLs.Campus must begin the session early in the day (at least 6 hours)Answer document code: GA or LA

EXTRA DAY This accommodation is rare and is for students who have a TEA-approved Accommodation Request Form (ARF).

Answer document code: XD

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LINGUISTIC ACCOMMODATIONS

Answer document: LA Only for eligible ELL’s Only in STAAR, STAAR

Modified, STAAR L Vary according to subject area Bubble-it in answer

document even if not used

Grade 5 ONLY Because students

taking STAAR Spanish are testing

in their primary language, linguistic

accommodations are not provided for these students

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 11

VERIFYING PRE-CODED INFORMATION

Have a process for verifying pre-coded labels/answer document Overwrite pre-coded demographics (if incorrect) Hand-grid a NEW answer document if any of the following

fields is incorrect:1. Name, 2. Date of birth 3. Gender4. PEIMS #

Supporting documentation for hand-gridded answer documentse-Schools report for each student

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 12

CORRECTING DEMOGRAPHICS

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Overwrite pre-coded demographics (if incorrect)

TEST ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING

All Test Administrators are required to receive training in:

1. Test security2. General testing procedures3. Procedures unique to specific testing circumstances

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CTCs need to schedule and conduct training sessions before testing begins. This includes additional training sessions for TA’s

testing students with accommodations.

TEST SCHEDULE: JUNE RETEST

• TUESDAY, JUNE 245th and 8th Grade – Math

• WEDNESDAY, JUNE 255th and 8th Grade – Reading

• THURSDAY & FRIDAY Make-ups and turn-in materials

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ONLINE TESTING

1. Students will be automatically registered for the test if they were administered an online test and did not meet level II standard.

2. Create online sessions3. Proctor cache session at least 3 days prior

to test4. Generate and print student authorizations

at least one day before the test administration

STAAR L

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 16

TESTINGELECTRONIC DEVICES POLICY

The use of cell phones or other two-way communication/electronic devices is prohibited during testing for staff and students

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 17

TESTING DICTIONARIES Dictionaries must be available to all students

taking STAAR and STAAR Modified reading in grade 8

ELL’s are eligible to use dictionaries as a linguistic accommodation in various subjects (grades 5 & 8)

Dictionaries are an allowable accommodation in a reading test for eligible students with special needs (grade 5)

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 18

Dictionary used in test day must be the same type of dictionary

used during instruction

TESTING CALCULATOR POLICY

Calculators may be provided as an accommodation in math for eligible students

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 19

Calculator used in test day must be the same type of calculator used during

instruction

TESTING PROCEDURES Only students are allowed to erase their stray marks or

darken answer-choice circles When students are ready to submit their tests online, or

turn-in their paper tests, the TEST ADMINISTRATOR must verify the answer document and ensure that answers have been marked/entered prior to allowing students to leave the testing site

Test administrators must verify no other seals have been broken when collecting a student’s test materials

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 20

SUMMER CTC & TEST ADMIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Mark the appropriate score code and test taken information for each student tested that day

Do not mark any document with an absence until the end of

the week

Return all testing materials to the campus test coordinator

immediately after students finish testing.

Report testing irregularities and security violations

immediately to the campus test coordinator.

Prepare statements for submission to TEA if involved in a testing

irregularity.

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 21

GRIDDING ACCOMMODATIONS

ASSESSMENT/RESEARCH/EVALUATION 22

GA = Type 1 AccommodationBR = BrailleLP = Large PrintOA = Oral AdministrationXD = Extra DayLA = Linguistic Accommodation

GRIDDING SCORE CODES

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A = Absent

O = Other (illness/cheating)

R = ARD exempt

PW = Parent waiver

P = Previously passed this subject

* = Student did not take the exam in this answer document

S = Score

STAAR MODIFIED

STAAR ENGLISH/SPANISH

GRIDDING TEST TAKEN INFO FIELD

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8TH GRADE

5TH GRADE

ONLINE TESTING STAAR L ONLY

Score Codes If scores have not been submitted automatically by the student in

TestNav, CTCs need to call the DTC.

Coding Online Accommodations STAAR MANUAL pg. 37 Click on the accommodations drop-down on Students Test Details screen Indicate that an accommodation was made available, even if the student

did not use it. If no accommodations the field should be left “<select>”

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ANY QUESTION

S?

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