2006 spring pretest workshop preparing for pact testing

2006 Spring Pretest Workshop2006 Spring Pretest Workshop

Preparing for PACT TestingPreparing for PACT Testing

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Testing Schedule

MAY Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

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ELA Day 1

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ELA Day 2

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No Testing State Holiday

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Math

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Make-up ELA & Math

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Science

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Social Studies

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Field Test

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Make-up any subject

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Make-up any subject

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Make-up any subject

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DTCS & TAM inside front cover

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PACT Operational

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Program Highlights

Sample Items available onlinehttp://www.myscschools.com/Offices/assessment/PACT/documents/PACTSampleItemsandGuides.htm

Form A answer documents produced for science and social studies

Multiple-choice questions only for science and social studies

New rulers

Comments collected online

Go PACT!

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Receive Materials District Test Coordinator’s Supplements

(DTCSs) and Test Administration Manuals (TAMs) (already received)

PACT Operational, customized, and Field Test materials By April 21

PACT labels and Field Test Participation List By April 21

I will call you when the materials arrive. I will call you when the materials arrive.

Please come ASAP to pickup your Please come ASAP to pickup your materials.materials.

DRC

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Inventory Materials

Verify boxes against the School Box Range Sheet Review packing lists Verify security ranges against the security checklist Record ANY missing materials

Note on security checklist Fax or email discrepancy to DRC

Retain original shipping boxes

TAM pg 29

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Additional Material Additional Material RequestsRequests

Administrative Additional Materials Order Form

Student/Teacher-Level Additional Materials Order Form Indicate grade-level, form type, material type, and

quantity Include student name for all orders

Record materials on District and School Security Checklists

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Additional Material RequestsAdditional Material Requests

Districts will not be charged for materials: For new students enrolled after precode is submitted Ordered due to packaging errors Ordered to replace damaged materials

Districts will be charged for materials: Not ordered via precode or online enrollment for existing

students (includes IEP or 504 plan changes)

Additional

Materials

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ManualsManuals

District Test Coordinator’s Supplement Intra-District Transfer Form Additional Materials Request Forms

PACT Test Administration Manual Test Security (forms in Appendix E) Procedures for STCs and TAs Administration Directions Appendix C Appendix D – Field Test Information Appendix F – Monitor’s Section

District Test

Test Administration Manual

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Form A Test Booklets

For ELA and math, students mark answers for all questions in test booklets Multiple-choice Constructed-response Extended writing

For science and social studies, students mark answers for all questions in answer documents Multiple-choice only Test booklets and answer documents are secure Test booklet and answer document security

numbers do not correspond Students may mark or write in the test booklets

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Form A Answer Documents

Secure documents

ALL GRADES 3-8

Scannable documents produced for form A science and social studies only

Mark answers on back of answer document

Sample provided at STC meeting Also available on web site

TAM

pgs B9-B12

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Customized Test Booklets

Large-print Loose-leaf Braille Form H

TAM

Appendix C

Refer to Appendix C in the TAM

Customized test booklets will automatically be sent for new students appearing on the March update precode file requiring customized materials.

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Customized Test BookletsLarge-Print (Form A)

Large-print math package includes: Ruler for grades 1-8 Protractor for grades 5-8 Reference sheet for grades 6-8

Students mark answers in the test booklet

TAM

Appendix C

9 inches

12

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es

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Customized Test BookletsLoose-Leaf (Form A)

Packaged in 3-hole punch binder; single-sided pages may be taken out of book

Math, science, social studies tests have one question per page

Students mark answers in the test booklet

TAM

Appendix C

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Customized Test BookletsForm H

Students mark answers in the form H test booklet

American Sign Language videotapes

TAM

Appendix C

ASL

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Customized Test BookletsBraille

Braille package includes: Print version test booklet Braille test booklet TA notes Ruler (math)

Protractor (provided by district/school)

Students answer items using braillewriter or other method; contractor transcribes into print version

TAM

Appendix C

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Secure Administration Manuals (SAMs)

Produced for form A, Braille, and form H ELA grades 1-2 Math grades 1-3 Science grade 3 Social studies grade 3

Updated covers

SAM

Test Administrator

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Administration Scripts

Oral Administration Scripts (OAS) Produced for all subjects and grades for form A and

Braille

Audio CD-ROMs Produced for all subjects grades 5-8 for form A Must be used with a personal computer Expires day after scheduled administration; may

not be used for make-up tests

Form H Signed Administration Scripts (SAS) Used for Pidgin Signed English and Signed Exact

English administrations

New!PACT

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SAM and Script Covers

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Labeling Test Booklets and Answer Documents

Identify test booklets and answer documents by student name before they are given to students Preprinted (precoded) New student precode label sheet Customized precode label sheet Override linking label sheet

Any test booklet or answer document that is not pre-printed or does not have a label properly applied will NOT be scored

TAM

Appendix A

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New Student Precode Label Sheet

Produced for new students using form A materials who appeared on the March update file Not entered on January precode Information preprinted on label

Lilac-striped

One sheet of labels per student

Use all labels to link all five tests

Delivered separately

TAM

pg A3

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Customized Precode Label Sheet

Produced for students using customized test booklets who appeared on the January precode or March update file Information preprinted on label

Yellow-striped


Use all labels to link all five tests, if applicable

Delivered separately

TAM

pg A4

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Override Linking Label Sheet

For students who do not have pre-printed test booklets and answer documents or received ones with incorrect information


Use all labels to link all five tests

Handcoding is required on the cover for all 4 subjects and page 2 of the ELA test booklet

Home school version (DTC use only)

TAM

pg A5

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Do Not Score Labels

Apply to preprinted, used, or mislabeled test booklets and answer documents that DRC should NOT score—no handwritten notes

Salmon—8 labels per sheet

Unused overage test booklets and answer documents do NOT require a label

Do not open unused, shrinkwrapped packages

TAM

pg A6

Do Not Score

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Coding Test Booklets and Answer Documents

Unique ten-digit number assigned to each student when they enroll or transfer into a school

Handcode on page 2

New!

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Preprinted & PrecodedHandcoding

optional

Must be hand-

coded, if needed

TAM

pgs 51-53

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Preprinted & Precoded

TAM

pgs 51-53

Must be handcoded

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Coding Test Booklets and Answer Documents Non-Precoded

Must be hand-

coded, if needed

TAM

pgs 51-52, 54-57

Handcodingmandatory

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Coding Test Booklets and Answer Documents Non-Precoded

TAM

pgs 51-52, 54-57

Must be handcoded

Must be hand-

coded on ELA test booklet

Only has to be

done on ELA

booklet

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Class Sheets(These were to have been ordered on the DRC

site)

Four-digit class sheet number MUST be coded (including leading zeros) on the student test booklet or answer document

Cannot mix grades; can mix subjects

Class level reports produced only for classes of 6 or more

Class level reports NOT produced for students with modifications

Class Sheet Test Booklet

TAM

pgs 26-27, 31

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School/Grade Header Sheets(fall assignment)

Complete one header sheet for each grade

Fall assign reports to another school

Use last 3 digits of BEDS code

District overage provided

School/Grade Header Sheet

Test Booklet or Answer Document

(for exceptions)

New!

TAM

pg 32

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Test Administration

SAMs

Administration directions for all other grades and subjects in TAM

Testing irregularities information in TAM

TAM

pgs 14, 59-85

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STC Return Procedures

Typed responses and responses written on bold-line paper Loose-leaf (3-hole punch; insert in front) Large-print (staple inside front cover) Form H (staple inside front cover) Form A (place in inside front cover

– no staples or clips)

Special Handling Response Envelope For form A only Hot pink label Return shipment 2

New!

TAM

pgs C23, 39

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Place all Braille materials into the plastic bag: Braille booklet Print version TA notes SAM (if applicable)

Use one bag per student per subject

TAM

pg C24

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Check labelingVerify every test booklet and answer document to be scored is identified with preprinting or a label—especially customized materials

Check test booklet/answer document coding

Apply school specific lilac or gray return shipping label

Fill in the blanks at the bottom of the label“STC: Box ___ of ___ being returned to the DTC at this time” line

TAM

pgs 36-37

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STC Return ProceduresReturn Shipment 1 – May 12

Return scorable completed ELA and math test booklets If an incomplete ELA test booklet is returned,

contact DRC immediately. Provide the student name, school name, and security number of the incomplete booklet.

Grades and subjects may be mixed within the boxes

Do not return class sheets in this shipment

Save rulers, protractors, and reference sheets for Field Test, if applicable

TAM

pgs 37-38

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STC Return ProceduresReturn Shipment 2 – May 23

Call Beth on May 22 by 11:00 a.m. with # of boxes and color Give to DTC:

Envelope with school/grade header sheets and class sheets Envelope(s) with white copy of School Security Checklist Home school test booklets/answer documents Pink copy of School Security Checklist

Pack in Box 1: Envelope(s) with rough drafts and graphic organizers Special handling response envelope

In Boxes: All remaining secure materials Grades, subjects, nonscorable, and make-up test booklets may

be mixed within the boxes Field Test should not be mixed with Operational

TAM

pgs 39-41

Box 1

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PACT Comments

www.drcsurveys.com/PACT comments

Open from May 8 through May 31

TAM pgs 41,50

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Reporting Dates

Preliminary Below Basic Reports Delivered by fall assignment school in mid-June through July Paper and online

District Data CD-ROMs Delivered June and July by grade sets Final Data and Index CD-ROMs delivered by July 31

ISRs, Student Labels, and Score Reports (if ordered) Delivered via paper August 23

DTCS & TAM inside back cover

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PACT OperationalQuestions/Answers

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PACT Field Test

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Participation

All students are expected to participate in the Field Test

ESOL/LEP students, students with disabilities, and students who used accommodations and modifications will participate

Students who tested off-grade-level for PACT Operational will test on-grade-level for Field Test

Exceptions: Those who require Braille or large-print materials Those who are homebound, homebased, or home schooled Those who are incarcerated, suspended, or expelled

TAM pg D1

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Materials

All materials are secure

Forms B,C,D,E produced for all subjects grades 3-8 No writing forms No grades 1 and 2 forms

Answer documents produced for science and social studies

Customized materials not produced

Re-use rulers, protractors, and reference sheets from PACT Operational administration

TAM pgs D2-D3

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Test Administration

Secure Administration Manuals (SAMs) produced for grade 3 math, science, and social studies Some schools will not use a SAM to

administer the Field Test; use TAM administration directions starting on page D-16.

Administration directions for all other grades and subjects are in Appendix D of the TAM

TAM pgs D7-D26

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Labeling Test Booklets & Answer DocumentsPrecoded Labels

Precoded Field Test Labels

TAM pg D4

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Labeling Test Booklets & Answer DocumentsNew Student Precode Label Sheet

TAM pg D4

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Labeling Test Booklets & Answer DocumentsCustomized Precode Label Sheet

TAM pg D4

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Labeling Test Booklets & Answer DocumentsOverride Linking Label Sheet

TAM pg D4

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Labeling Test Booklets & Answer DocumentsDo Not Score Labels

Apply to used or mislabeled test booklets and answer documents that DRC should NOT score—no handwritten notes

Blue—8 labels per sheet

TAM pg D4

Do Not Score

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Return Procedures

Field Test booklets and answer documents - all subjects all grades - returned with PACT return shipment 2 (May 23)

Field Test materials should not be mixed with PACT Operational materials

Apply school-specific ivory return shipping labels

Fill in the “STC:Box ___ of ___being returned tothe DTC at thistime” line

TAM pgs D5-D6

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PACT Field Test Questions/Answers