test administrator training putting the pieces together telpastelpas staarstaar staar-altstaar-alt...
Post on 28-Dec-2015
216 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
Test Administrator TrainingTest Administrator TrainingPutting the Pieces TogetherPutting the Pieces Together
TELPAS
TELPASST
AAR
STAAR
STAAR-AltSTAAR-Alt
STAAR-A
STAAR-A
STAAR-L
STAAR-L
and TAKS too!
and TAKS too!
14 POINT SECURITY PLAN
Active Monitoring Honor statements Seating charts required for all test situations
With the exception of STAAR-Alternate Possible on-site monitoring by TEA Reporting of local investigations and disciplinary
actions taken against educators and students Document Retention Web based Test Administrator Training Modules
2015: Video Scenarios mandatory only for those who did not go through them in 2014 (unless campus principal decides everyone will do them)
Test administrators, technology staff, and other school personnel who will be present in the testing room must be trained and sign an oath.
Office staff and other materials handlers must be trained in test security and sign an oath.
DOCUMENT RETENTION
Campuses are required to maintain the following documents for a period of 5 years following a test administration Testing irregularity and investigation
documentation Inventory and shipping records Signed security oaths for all testing
personnel Sign in sheets and agenda from campus
test trainings Seating charts All other mandatory testing documentation
forms
Security involves only authorized persons having access to any secure test material. All testing personnel must be trained before handling secure materials.
A test administrator who has been trained in testing procedures must be present in the testing room at all times during testing.
A test administrator who has been trained in testing procedures must be present in the testing room at all times during testing.
Caution
Certified personnel are directly responsible for supervising any non-certified personnel who have access to secure test materials.
Certified personnel are directly responsible for supervising any non-certified personnel who have access to secure test materials.
Each person with access to test materials shall maintain and preserve the security and confidential integrity of the test.
Each person with access to test materials shall maintain and preserve the security and confidential integrity of the test.
Security involves accounting for all secure materials
• before• during • after
each test administration.
Security involves keeping test materials in locked storage when not in use. Immediately after each session, return test materials to the campus coordinator.
Confidential integrity involves protecting the contents of each test booklet, answer document , and online test content.
Confidential integrity involves protecting the contents of each test booklet, answer document , and online test content.
Confidential integrity involves no one viewing contents of test booklets, answer documents, or online test content before, during, or after a test administration. No unauthorized viewing, discussion or scoring is allowed.
Confidential integrity involves
• no duplication of testing materials• with the exception for STAAR-Alt
• breaking the test seals during each session only as instructed
• administering tests exactly as instructed in the manual
Confidential integrity involves
• no duplication of testing materials• with the exception for STAAR-Alt
• breaking the test seals during each session only as instructed
• administering tests exactly as instructed in the manual
Confidential integrity involves
• not revealing or answering any questions relating to content at any time
• not reviewing student responses, changing responses, or instructing a student to do so.
Confidential integrity involves
• not revealing or answering any questions relating to content at any time
• not reviewing student responses, changing responses, or instructing a student to do so.
CautionRead test instructions
verbatim. Do not elaborate, rephrase, make additions or deletions to student instructions unless instructed to in the manual. Any deviation is considered a test irregularity.
CautionRead test instructions
verbatim. Do not elaborate, rephrase, make additions or deletions to student instructions unless instructed to in the manual. Any deviation is considered a test irregularity.
The test administrator is not allowed to
• Translate test questions/prompts
• Erase stray marks
• Discuss test questions with anyone before, during or after the test
• Do anything that would suggest to the student the correct answer choice
The test administrator is not allowed to
• Translate test questions/prompts
• Erase stray marks
• Discuss test questions with anyone before, during or after the test
• Do anything that would suggest to the student the correct answer choice
All staff members are directly responsible for immediately reporting to the campus test coordinator any violation of test security or confidential integrity that they participate in or witness.
Each test administrator must complete a security oath before handling secure test materials or administering any online assessment.
Each test administrator must complete a security oath before handling secure test materials or administering any online assessment.
Read the test administrator manual thoroughly.
Ask your campus test coordinator if you have any questions.
Read the test administrator manual thoroughly.
Ask your campus test coordinator if you have any questions.
Verify the accuracy of student information
If you think something is wrong on a student’s answer document, let your campus test coordinator know.
Verify testing requirements for students who you are administering tests to
If you think the student is taking the wrong test, should not be using an accommodation, or should be using an accommodation that they are not given on test day, inform your campus test coordinator.
Any questions should be directed to the campus test coordinator.
Any questions should be directed to the campus test coordinator.
DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Ensure each student receives the correct test booklet and answer document
Ensure all Test Administrators are actively monitoring at all times
Ensure all testing personnel understand that they may NOT: provide assistance view the tests without authorization discuss confidential student information check for strategies
DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Ensure that the 4-hour (5 hours for English I & II EOC) time limit is adhered to Students must have their responses transferred to
their answer documents before the end of the 4/5 hours
Students must be aware of the time they have left to test
Indicate either verbally or in writing (on the board) every hour, then every 15 minutes during the last hour. Give a 5 minute warning before the time is to end.
Remind students frequently to transfer their responses onto their answer documents
Time starts after the test administrator finishes reading the directions
Start and stop times must be recorded on seating charts
DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Breaks that are included in the time limit (do not stop the clock) Water breaks, bathroom breaks, snack breaks, and
short physical or mental breaks Breaks that are not included in the time limit
(stop the clock) Supervised lunches, emergency situations that
significantly interrupt testing, consolidation and movement of students to another testing area, medical breaks to the nurse
DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
If a student has an alternate start/stop time than the rest of the testing room, this must be documented on the seating chart
The student must be kept aware of their individual time left to test each time you announce it the rest of the room
The 4-hour time limit does not apply to STAAR-Alternate, TAKS, or TELPAS administrations
AFTER TEST ADMINISTRATION
No unauthorized viewing No scoring of student responses No discussion of confidential student information No erasing stray marks or darkening response
ovals Account for all test materials
Only the test administrator who actually gave the test may check out/in test materials
POTENTIAL REFERRAL TO SBEC
Changing or altering an examinee’s response or answer to a secure test item
Providing, suggesting, or indicating a test question response
Aiding or assisting an examinee with a response or an answer to a secure test question
Identifying incorrect responses for students
POTENTIAL REFERRAL TO SBEC
Solving questions in the test or scoring a student’s test
Duplicating secure test materials With the exception of STAAR-Alternate
Viewing a test before, during, or after an assessment unless specifically authorized to do so
Disclosing the contents of any portion of a secure test
POTENTIAL REFERRAL TO SBEC
Failing to report to an appropriate authority that an individual engaged in any of the events listed above
Fraudulently exempting or preventing a student from the administration of a required state assessment
Encouraging or assisting an individual to engage in the conduct described above
POSSIBLE PENALTIES
Placement of restrictions on the issuance, renewal, or holding of a Texas teacher certificate
Issuance of an inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand
Suspension of a Texas teacher certificate for a set term
Revocation or cancellation of a Texas teacher certificate
REPORTING IRREGULARITIES
Notify your Campus Test Coordinator immediately if you become aware of any irregularities
You will be given only one set of test materials for each student. Additional answer documents will be available - one for demonstration purposes and extras to replace unusable ones.
You will be given only one set of test materials for each student. Additional answer documents will be available - one for demonstration purposes and extras to replace unusable ones.
DICTIONARY POLICY
Dictionaries must be available to all students taking STAAR/STAAR-A reading at grades 6-8 STAAR/STAAR-A writing at grade 7 STAAR/STAAR-A English I & II
Dictionaries may be an allowable accommodation for Grades 3-5 students Students with special needs ELL students
CALCULATOR POLICY
Graphing calculators must be available to all students taking Grade 8 Mathematic Algebra I
A calculator must be available for every five students taking Biology
Calculators may be provided as an approved accommodation students in other grades/subjects
Test booklets and answer documents must be checked “out” from and “in” to the campus coordinator each day.
Test booklets and answer documents must be checked “out” from and “in” to the campus coordinator each day.
Before initialing the “Out” box for the appropriate day, verify that you have received the exact number of test booklets required and that the security numbers on your booklets match those recorded on the Materials Control Form.
Before initialing the “Out” box for the appropriate day, verify that you have received the exact number of test booklets required and that the security numbers on your booklets match those recorded on the Materials Control Form.
When you return the booklets, your campus coordinator will initial the “In” box on the Materials Control Form to indicate that you have returned all of the test booklets checked out to you on that day.
The room should be
• quiet
• well-lighted
• well-ventilated
• comfortable
The room should be
• quiet
• well-lighted
• well-ventilated
• comfortable
The room should
• have all bulletin boards and instructional aids the pertain to the test being administered covered or removed
• have “TESTING--DO NOT DISTURB” sign posted
• have a trained test administrator present at all times
• have enough space for each student to work
The room should
• have all bulletin boards and instructional aids the pertain to the test being administered covered or removed
• have “TESTING--DO NOT DISTURB” sign posted
• have a trained test administrator present at all times
• have enough space for each student to work
There must be at least one test administrator for every 30 students to be tested.
There must be at least one test administrator for every 30 students to be tested.
Be careful to administer the correct subject area test on the assigned day.
Be careful to administer the correct subject area test on the assigned day.
Caution
Do… Allow students to make notes or work problems in their test booklet or on scratch paper
Do… Allow students to make notes or work problems in their test booklet or on scratch paper
Do… Make sure students are staying on task
Remind students to record their responses on their answer documents
Do… Make sure students are staying on task
Remind students to record their responses on their answer documents
Do not… • Allow students to work on a test section that has not yet been administered
Allow students to return to a test section attempted on a previous day
Do not… • Allow students to work on a test section that has not yet been administered
Allow students to return to a test section attempted on a previous day
Do not…Allow students to talk to each other while test booklets are opened
Allow students to wander about the room while others are testing
Do not…Allow students to talk to each other while test booklets are opened
Allow students to wander about the room while others are testing
Check with your campus test coordinator about
• breaks• lunch• emergencies• transcribing• changing testing rooms• special test situations
Check with your campus test coordinator about
• breaks• lunch• emergencies• transcribing• changing testing rooms• special test situations
• Remove the answer documents from the test booklets
• Have students erase any stray marks from the answer documents
• Verify that all test booklets are accounted for
• Remove the answer documents from the test booklets
• Have students erase any stray marks from the answer documents
• Verify that all test booklets are accounted for
• Alphabetize all answer documents
• Put test booklets in numerical order
• Remove any reference materials or scratch paper from the test booklet (to be shredded by campus coordinator)
• Return all materials to the campus coordinator
• Alphabetize all answer documents
• Put test booklets in numerical order
• Remove any reference materials or scratch paper from the test booklet (to be shredded by campus coordinator)
• Return all materials to the campus coordinator
top related