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Principal Testing Training STAAR/EOC/TELPAS 2014. Principal Training Requirement s. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Principal Testing Training

STAAR/EOC/TELPAS

2014

Principal Training Requirements

All district or campus personnel who participate in state-mandated testing or handle secure test materials must meet eligibility requirements, receive annual training in test security and administration procedures, and sign an Oath of Test Security and Confidentiality

Principals are required to receive annual training in test security and general testing procedures

Each principal must sign an Oath of Test Security and Confidentiality.

Principal Responsibilities

ensuring that test security is maintained, overseeing the implementation of the test administration

process, establishing, in conjunction with the campus coordinator,

test administration processes specific to the campus, overseeing the training of campus personnel, in

cooperation with the campus coordinator monitoring testing sites on live testing days Reporting any suspected violation of test security to the

district testing coordinator.

Designate Test Administrators/Test Administrator Requirements Assigning test administrators should be done in cooperation with your

school’s principal. Test Administrators must hold valid education credentials, such as Texas

educator certificates and permits. District or campus personnel who do not hold the appropriate credentials

may administer tests under the supervision of a professional who does meet the criteria (certified staff member must be identified).

Test administrators may include teachers (including those who hold teaching permits or probationary certificates), counselors, librarians, substitute teachers, and other professional educators (such as retired teachers).

Test administrators must initial and sign the test administrator oath following training on test security and general testing procedures and before handling secure test materials.

Principal Responsibilities (continued)

IT’s the LAWTest Security and Confidentiality Requirements

All assessment instruments as defined under TEC Chapter 39, Subchapter B, are considered secure, and the contents of these tests, including student information used or obtained in their administration, are confidential.

As specified in the Test Security Supplement in 19 TAC Chapter 101, each person participating in the student assessment program is required to maintain and preserve the security and confidentiality of all test material and student data, and must handle this information in strict accordance with the instructions contained in all manuals.

Procedures for maintaining the security and confidentiality of assessments are specified in the Test Security Supplement, the District and Campus Coordinator Manual, and in the appropriate test administration materials.

It’s the law!

Test Security Test Security involves accounting for all secure materials and

confidential student information, before, during, and after each test administration.

Districts must ensure that only individuals permitted to have access to these materials and information are district personnel who meet the requirements to participate in the Texas student assessment program, have been trained, and have signed the appropriate oath.

Districts are required to implement the controls necessary to ensure the proper storage and accurate tracking of secure materials throughout each stage of all test administrations. Donna I.S.D. is utilizing itrackSTAAR (http://www.itrackstaar.com/donnaisd/) an Online Test Booklet Tracking System.

Test Security (continued)

Documents used to account for materials should be completed accurately and carefully maintained in a location that would prevent them from being compromised (Materials Control Form… now generated via iTrackSTAAR).

Other steps districts must take to maintain proper security include by are not limited to:

● placing test booklets and answer documents in

secure, limited-access, locked storage when not in use;

● collecting and destroying immediately after each test administration

any state supplied reference materials, recordings, graph paper, scratch

paper that students have written on during the test;

● ensuring when testing has concluded that all secure materials assigned

are inventoried (itrackSTAAR).

Confidentiality Requirements

Maintaining the confidentiality of the Texas student assessment program involves protecting the contents of all test booklets, online assessments, completed answer documents, TELPAS holistically rated components, and STAAR Alternate documentation forms. This requires compliance with, but is not limited to, the following guidelines:

Confidentiality Requirements (continued) No person may view, reveal, or discuss the contents of a test booklet

or online assessment before, during, or after a test administration unless specifically authorized to do so by the procedures outlined in the test administration materials.

No person may duplicate, print, record, write notes about, or capture (electronically or by any other means) any portion of a secure assessment instrument (paper or online). Districts may not duplicate and retain either student compositions or short answer responses.

Only students may respond to test questions, perform calculations, use strategies, and create rough drafts to written responses.

No person may review or discuss student responses or STAAR Alternate performance data during or after a test administration unless authorized by procedures in materials.

Test Security andConfidentiality of Assessments

The superintendent and campus principal of each school district and chief administrative officer of each charter school and any private school administering the tests as allowed under TEC §39.033, must develop procedures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the tests specified in TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B.

It’s the law!

Penalties for Violation of Security andConfidentiality of Assessments

Violation of security or confidentiality of any test required by the Texas Education Code (TEC) Chapter 39, Subchapter B, is prohibited.

A person who engages in conduct prohibited by the Test Security Supplement and in other test administration materials may be subject to a sanction of credentials. This includes any person who violates, assists in the violation of, or solicits another to participate in the violation of test security or confidentiality. Additionally, this includes any person who fails to report such a violation.

It’s the law!

Penalties for Violation of Security andConfidentiality of Assessments

Penalties for participation in a serious violation of test security or confidentiality may include the following reprimands:

● 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

● revocation or cancellation of a Texas teacher certificate

It’s the law!

Penalties for Violation of Security andConfidentiality of Assessments

Release or disclosure of confidential test content is a Class C misdemeanor and could result in criminal prosecution under TEC §39.0303, Section 552.352 of the Texas Government Code, and section 37.10 of the Texas Penal Code.

In addition, any irregularities in test security or confidentiality may result in the invalidation of student results.

It’s the law!

Conduct that departs from the test administration procedures as established in the Test Security Supplement, the District and Campus Coordinator Manual, and test administrator manuals is considered a testing irregularity.

It’s the law!

Investigating and Reporting Testing Irregularities

● Each person participating in the Texas student assessment program is responsible for reporting any suspected violation

of test security or confidentiality. Campus staff should notify their campus or district testing coordinator, and district coordinators should, in turn, notify TEA.

● Incidents that result in a deviation from documented testing procedures are defined as testing irregularities, falling into one of two categories – procedural or serious.

Violation of Security and Confidentiality of Assessments

Conduct that constitutes a severe violation of test administration

procedures (serious irregularities) may include, but is not limited to, the

actions listed below.

● changing or altering an examinee’s response or answer

to a test item

● providing, suggesting, or indicating to an examinee a

response or answer to a secure test question (this includes

suggesting that the examinee review or change his or her

response)

● aiding or assisting an examinee with a response or an answer

to a test question

It’s the law!

Violation of Security and Confidentiality of Assessments (Serious

irregularities continued)

● duplicating secure test materials

● disclosing the contents of any portion of a secure test

● viewing a test before, during, or after an assessment

unless specifically authorized to do so

● encouraging or assisting an individual to engage in

the conduct described above

● failing to report to an appropriate authority that an

individual engaged in any of the events listed above

It’s the law!

Student Cheating● If a district determines that a student is involved in a cheating incident, either by providing or receiving assistance, the district is required to invalidate the student’s test.

● The district should contact TEA immediately if a student electronically captures (e.g., cell phone picture) any portion of a test or an answer document.

● Any disciplinary actions taken locally against a student for cheating must be reported to TEA using the Locally Determined Disciplinary Action (LDDA) online form.

Investigating and Reporting Testing Irregularities Procedural Irregularities

● reflect minor errors or deviations in testing procedures

● do not represent severe breaches in security or confidentiality

● do not require a call to TEA unless guidance is needed by the district

● do not require supporting documentation

Investigating and Reporting Testing Irregularities

● All incidents, both procedural and serious, should be investigated immediately by the district in order to gather all necessary evidence while the individuals involved are still available and able to recall details.

● All incidents, both procedural and serious, are to be reported to TEA via the Online Incident Report form.

● New in 2014, district officials must additionally complete the

Plan of Action section in the Online Incident Report, specify in the

steps that the district will take to prevent a reoccurrence

of the irregularity.

● Information provided in district reports, particularly the Plan of

Action, will be used by TEA in an audit of selected districts to verify

that corrective actions have been implemented.

NEW!!

Investigating and Reporting Testing Irregularities

Reporting Testing IrregularitiesThe contents of an Online Incident Report for both serious and procedural testing irregularities must:

a) Clearly lay out the sequence of events of the incidents

b) Explain what happened and how the event occurred;

c) Include information about how the problem was resolved

or remedied;

d) If appropriate, include the name of the individual

contacted at TEA,

e) Include the district’s determination in the matter, and

f) Include a Plan of Action that the district will put into

effect to prevent the reoccurrence of the incident.

Online Incident Report

- include in the

Description of the

Incident:

a) where and when the incident occurred

b) who was involved c) what happened d) a district determination of how or why the incident occurred

e) how the incident was resolved

Online Incident Report

Reports of procedural

and serious incidents

must both include a

Plan of Action

that describes the steps

a district will take to

prevent a reoccurrence

of the incident.

Reminders about making a report

Contact the TEA Student Assessment Division security team immediately

● if guidance is needed,

● if students take pictures or transmit any test information using electronic devices, or ● to notify the security team of the occurrence of a serious irregularity.

Policy and Procedure Highlights

STAAR and STAAR Modified English I and English II- separate reading and writing tests have been combined

into one test to be administered on a single day

- assessments have a time limit of five hours

STAAR Grade 4 Writing Prompt Study

Participants:

English version – grade 4 students from selected

campuses who take the English-version STAAR writing

assessment

Spanish version – all grade 4 students who will take the STAAR Spanish grade 4 writing in spring 2014

Test Date: March 3, 2014

Student Success Initiative - English language learners in grades 5 and 8 will be held to Student Success Initiative (SSI) requirements for both mathematics and reading

- English language learners assessed with STAAR L in mathematics at grades 5 and 8 will have retest opportunities in May and June

STAAR Modified - operational EOC assessment added for U. S. history in spring 2014

- only raw scores will be reported for U.S. history

STAAR Standardized Oral Administration (SOA)- offered statewide as an online option for oral

administration for eligible students in the following grades and subjects:

- grade 4 reading and mathematics - grade 7 reading and mathematics - grade 8 science and social studies

- features a text-to-speech panel that students can use to hear selected text in test questions, answer choices, and graphics

Policy and Procedure HighlightsSTAAR Test Session Time Limits

● Beginning in 2014, STAAR and STAAR Modified English I and English II assessments will have a five-hour time limit.

● All other assessments (STAAR, STAAR Spanish, STAAR L, and STAAR Modified) will have a four-hour time limit.

● The time period begins after the test administrator reads directions and tells students to begin working on their tests.

2014 Security Supplement

Policy and Procedure HighlightsSTAAR Test Session Time Limits

● Test administrators must use a clock or timer.

● Test administrators must communicate (orally or in writing) the amount of time left to test in one-hour intervals (Be consistent across testing sites).

● Students must record all responses by the end of the test session time period.

● Start and stop times must be recorded on the seating chart.

2014 Security Supplement

Policy and Procedure Highlights

STAAR Test Session Time Limits

● Multiple test sessions are allowed as long as the test session time limit is

maintained.

● Breaks are allowed during the administration of STAAR assessments.

● Some breaks are included in the time limit and the time clock cannot be

stopped (e.g., water breaks, snack breaks, bathroom breaks, short physical

or mental breaks)

● Some breaks are NOT included in the time limit and the time clock should

be stopped and restarted when the student(s) resumes testing (e.g., lunch,

emergencies, movement of students, medical breaks).

2014 Security Supplement

Policy and Procedure Highlights

Test Administration Windows, Flexible Scheduling, andMake-up Testing

● Districts are provided the latitude to adjust test dates when a conflict arises for STAAR grades 3–8 and end-of-course (EOC) assessments with the exception of STAAR and STAAR Modified grades 4 and 7 writing and the STAAR English I and II assessments. No notification to TEA is required.

● Districts may offer make-up testing opportunities for all grades and subjects to students who are absent on regularly scheduled assessment days. Make-up testing must be completed by the end of the testing window as specified on the Calendar of Events.

2014 Security Supplement

Policy and Procedure HighlightsReference Materials, Scratch Paper, and Graph Paper

● Students may use scratch paper.

● Reference material and graph paper written on and removed from test booklets along with all scratch paper used by students must be destroyed immediately after the test session is completed.

2014 Security Supplement

TEST ADMINISTRATION

Calendar Reminders

STAAR and STAAR Modified English I and English II tests are one-day tests with a five hour time limit.

STAAR Algebra I, biology, and U.S. history will be administered

within a one-week testing window.

The STAAR grade 8 social studies administration is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

TAKS and TAKS (Accommodated) primary assessments are no longer available. Any TAKS-eligible student enrolled in grade 11 or higher may take the TAKS tests during any of the four calendar-year administrations.

2014 STAAR Test Administrator

Manuals

- Grades 3–5

- Grades 6–8

- End-of-Course

• Will be posted online mid-January 2014

• Due in districts by February 17, 2014

• Will only be shipped once

Must be retained throughout the calendar

year!

Highlights of Test Administrator Manuals

●Instructions do not include campus and district coordinator responsibilities but are limited to test administrator duties

● Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials listed in test administrator manuals

● Scripts for online STAAR L and SOA are provided separately

Test AdministratorManuals

● Same style as Coordinator Manual

● Scripts cover multiple subjects and programs

● To accommodate some differences in programs, the scripts use callout boxes

● Wider boxes have program- specific and subject-specific instructions

Test AdministratorManuals

Internal Table of Contents at the beginning of the Test Administration Directions section

Points out pages for the Guide to the Test Administration Directions and for the scripts

Test AdministratorManuals

The Guide to the Test Administration Directions has general information about using the scripts. This section includes specific information about accommodations and oral administration that must be read by the test administrator prior to the administration of the test.

Test AdministratorManuals

Guide to the Test Administration Directions

- includes information about the use of testing accommodations

- describes special considerations for English language learners

- reiterates that a test administrator must have training from the

campus coordinator regarding oral administration and sign the appropriate section of the oath prior to the test administration.

Test AdministratorManuals

STAAR L and SOA scripts for online testing are separate from other scripts

Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials

● Allowable procedures and materials are available to any student who regularly benefits from their use during instruction.

● Students cannot be required to use these procedures/materials during testing.

● Test administrators must be informed of the availability of allowable procedures and materials for the appropriate students.

Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials

● Allowable procedures and materials are not considered accommodations, hence are not recorded on the answer document.

● Documentation is not required beyond what is necessary for planning on testing day.

● The Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials document is located in the following places:

● 2014 District and Campus Coordinator Manual● District and Campus Coordinator Manual Resources webpage● STAAR Test Administrator Manuals ● Accommodation Resources webpage

Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials

1. Signing test administration directions

2. Translating directions into the native language of an English language learner

3. Allowing a student to read test aloud to self

4. Reading aloud or signing personal narrative, expository, literary, or persuasive writing prompt

5. Providing reading assistance on the grade 3 mathematics test

Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials

6. Making assistive tools available

- scratch paper - color overlays - highlighters, colored - blank place marker pencils, or crayons - magnifying devices

7. Giving permission for students to use tools to minimize

distractions (e.g., stress ball)

8. Allowing individual and small group administrations

9. Gently reminding students to stay on task

Test Materials and Shipping

Test Materials and Shipping

● UPS is the primary parcel carrier for Pearson

– UPS Next Day Air used for some scorable shipments

– UPS Ground used for some scorable and nonscorable shipments

● UPS is the primary parcel carrier for Pearson

– UPS Next Day Air used for some scorable shipments

– UPS Ground used for some scorable and nonscorable shipments

● Motor freight carriers will continue to be used for large shipments● Motor freight carriers will continue to be used for large shipments *Adhere to due dates for return of material to district office

Assessment of English Language Learners

ELLs and STAAR

Points to Review in Training STAAR Spanish for grades 3–5 only STAAR L for mathematics, science, and social studies

only, not reading and writing Linguistic accommodations not just for STAAR L ELL assessment decisions must be made on an

individual student basis by LPAC, and, in the case of an ELL receiving special education services, by the LPAC in conjunction with the ARD committee. Note: Decisions for an entire grade or program are not

allowable (e.g., all 4th grade students in a bilingual program take the Spanish-version reading assessment and English-version mathematics assessment).

STAAR Spanish and STAAR LSTAAR Spanish

For any student for whom a Spanish version of STAAR is most appropriate measure of academic achievement

STAAR L

ELLs for whom all of these apply may take STAAR L: STAAR Spanish not most appropriate measure of

academic progress (or does not exist at student’s grade) Student has not yet attained advanced high TELPAS

reading rating. Student is within first 3 years in U.S. schools

(if unschooled asylee/refugee, then first 5)

Alignment of STAAR, STAAR Spanish, and STAAR L

Same: Assessed curriculum and item types STAAR blueprints for building tests Achievement standard alignment Focus on readiness for next grade level or course with goal of

postsecondary readiness

Differences have to do with language accessibility: STAAR Spanish uses native language to help students understand test. STAAR L provides English-language accommodations

to help students understand test.

ELL Participation in STAAR Modified and STAAR Alternate

ELLs receiving special education services who meet requirements for STAAR Modified or STAAR Alternate may take these assessments.

Small number of ELLs ELLs participate only on basis of disability, not second

language acquisition.

Differing Degrees of Linguistic Accommodation

STAAR (English)

Limited degree of linguistic accommodation

STAAR L

Moderate to substantial degree of linguistic accommodation

STAAR ModifiedDegree varies in accordance with second language acquisition needs of ELLs who qualify for this test

STAAR Alternate

No specified linguistic accommodations; observational, classroom-based assessment design allows other languages and communication methods to be used as needed

STAAR Spanish: Assessment is provided in student’s native language; other linguistic accommodations not applicable.

Linguistic Accommodations STAAR

Math, Science, Social Studies

Reading, Writing, English I, English II

• Bilingual dictionary• Extra time (same day)

• Grades 3–5: Dictionaries of various types*

• Extra time (same day)

• Clarification in English of meaning of

• words in writing prompt (applies to all

assessments listed above)

• words in short-answer reading questions

(English I-II only)

*Dictionary access to be provided for all students in grade 6 and up as part of STAAR dictionary policy.

Linguistic Accommodations STAAR L

Math, Science, Social Studies

• Clarification in English of word meaning*• Reading aloud of text*• Bilingual dictionary• Extra time (same day)

*Provided in online interface

Linguistic AccommodationsSTAAR Modified

Math, Science, Social Studies

Reading, Writing, English I, English II

• Clarification in English of word meaning

• Oral translation*

• Reading aloud of text

• Bilingual dictionary

• Bilingual glossary*

• Extra time (same day)

• Clarification in English of word meaning

• Oral translation*

• Reading aloud of eligible text

• Dictionaries of various types (grades 3–5) **

• Extra time (same day)

*Unique to STAAR Modified**Dictionary access to be provided for all students in grade 6 and up.

DictionariesTwo sources for dictionary policies for ELLs taking STAAR:

STAAR dictionary policy Applies to reading and writing assessments in grade 6 and

aboveAvailable at

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/reading/

Linguistic Accommodations for ELLs Participating in the STAAR Program guide Outlines policies for the use of dictionaries on all other

tests not covered under the STAAR dictionary policyAvailable at

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/accommodations/

STAAR L Online Student Tutorials

Available early spring 2014

Minor updates to grades 3–8; updates to EOC version to address assessment changes from HB 5

http://www.TexasAssessment.com/STAARL-tutorials and

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ell/staarl/

Administration directions for each tutorial will also be posted.

Tutorials should be used to familiarize students with clarification and read aloud accommodations and standard TestNav tools.

Test administration directions for 2014 STAAR L assessments will assume some familiarity with online interface.

STAAR L Practice Sets Practice sets will consist of approximately 25 items for

each STAAR L assessment.

Available in early 2014

Will be available in online format so that students may experience the items as they will be presented in the operational administration

STAAR L EOC Eligibility

For EOC, eligibility for STAAR L can be carried over from spring to the July and December administrations.

Special English I EOC ProvisionTAC §101.1007

For ELLs who ―have been enrolled in U.S. schools 3 years or less

(5 or less if qualifying unschooled asylee/refugee), and

have not yet attained TELPAS advanced high reading rating

Why this provision? In English I and ESOL I courses, these students may require substantial instructional scaffolding and linguistic adaptation not feasible on standardized language arts assessments

Special Provision

When enrolled in English I/ESOL I course, eligible ELL shall not be required to retake assessment each time it is administered if student passes course but does not meet passing standard.

NOTE: • Students are not exempt from testing while in the course. • Provisions do not apply to English II.

STAAR L and SSI

Beginning in 2013–2014, 5th and 8th grade

students assessed with STAAR L in mathematics

will be held to same SSI requirements for both

mathematics and reading, including retesting, as

students taking the general STAAR assessments.

ELLs with Parental Denials TAC §101.1005 (f)

These students are not eligible for special ELL assessment, accommodation, or accountability provisions ―no testing in Spanishno linguistic accommodations during testingno English I EOC special provisionno unschooled asylee/refugee provisions

ELL Policy Resources

Test participation

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ell/lpac/ STAAR TAKS TELPAS

Accommodations www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/accommodations/ Linguistic accommodations Accommodations related to disabilities

Planning for Test Administrations

Coordination Between LPAC and Testing Coordinators

Testing coordinators should coordinate with LPAC to obtain participation and accommodation decisions in time to make testing arrangements.

Linguistic accommodations not just for STAAR L

Organizing Test AdministrationsDCCM, pp. S-27 and S-33

In some cases, students taking different assessments may be grouped across programs, grades, and subject areas/courses.

Example: STAAR and STAAR L

Organizing Test Administrations

DCCM, pp. S-27 and S-33

Students receiving certain accommodations may need to be tested in a separate setting to eliminate distractions to other students and to ensure the confidentiality of the test.

A bilingual teacher may be permitted to administer STAAR in English to English-dominant ELLs and STAAR in Spanish to Spanish-dominant ELLs in the same test session.

STAAR, STAAR L, STAAR ModifiedExtra Time (Same Day) as a Linguistic Accommodation

Permitted for any ELL if student meets eligibility criteria as determined by LPAC

Not “automatic” Extra time within regularly scheduled school day only Schools with both morning and afternoon test sessions

must include these students in morning session.

STAAR and STAAR Modified

Linguistic Accommodations Provided by Test Administrator

Examples Clarification in English of word meaning in writing prompts

(STAAR) Clarification in English of word meaning in short answer reading

questions (STAAR) Clarification in English of word meaning (STAAR Modified) Oral translation (STAAR Modified)

Require additional training for test administrators

Individual or small group administrations are necessary for some accommodations.

Preparing ELLs for Testing with Linguistic Accommodations

In training test administrators with ELLs in their sessions, make sure to review this section of test administrator manuals.

Administration “SAY” directions assume ELLs have been told in advance

how their sessions will be conducted

what type of accommodations they may receive

Helping ELLs Understand Test Directions

For all tests, ELLs may be helped to understand “SAY” directions and test booklet directions that introduce test sections or item formats. Test administrator is allowed to:o paraphraseo translateo repeat o read directions aloud

Test administrator is not allowed to add directions that are substantively different (no pointers, no test-taking strategies, etc.).

With the exception of STAAR L, STAAR tests have no sample items; familiarize new ELLs with item formats ahead of time using released items on TEA website.

STAAR L Online Test Administrations

District and campus coordinators, in conjunction with technology staff, will need to follow steps to prepare for, conduct, and complete online testing.

Technology staff must be available for assistance during test administration.

STAAR L Online Test AdministrationsEnsure that there is one pair of headphones per student

for administrations of STAAR L in which multiple students are tested in the same room (STAAR L online interface allows students to hear words read aloud).

Keep in mind that students taking STAAR L online may be eligible to use a bilingual dictionary and/or receive extra time.

STAAR L Online Test AdministrationsDistricts have the option of logging in students in

grades 3–5 or allowing students to do it themselves.

All STAAR L tests contain 3 test administrator-guided sample questions to familiarize students with linguistic accommodation tools available on the online interface.

Remember, the best way to prepare students for testing in the STAAR L interface is to have them complete the online tutorial.

Recording Linguistic Accommodations for Online Tests

STAAR EOC and STAAR L Grades 3–8 and EOC

Linguistic accommodations to be recorded along with other applicable accommodations on the Student Test Details screen in the Assessment Management System.

General Guideline for Recording Linguistic Accommodations

Whether the student tested on paper or online, record linguistic accommodations if these were predetermined by the LPAC and made available to the student during testing, even if the student

did not use the accommodation.

TELPAS

TELPAS Changes● New standards were set for TELPAS reading

- Standards were adjusted to meet the new

definition of grade level-appropriate that

accompanies the increased rigor of STAAR

● Domain weight have shifted in composite score

calculations. Reading is now 50% of the total, writing

is 30%, and listening and speaking are each weighted

10% respectively.

Years in US Schools Data Collection Changes

Beginning with calculations made and reported in 2014, students must be enrolled for 60 consecutive school days in a school year for that year to count as a year in US schools.

More specific information regarding these calculations is available on the TEA website.

Data Collection Information Required data collection for ELLs with extenuating

circumstances:

- Unschooled ELL asylees/refugees

- Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) These data can be submitted and updated through the

Student Data Upload process. These data can also be entered on the TELPAS Student

Registration Details page of the Assessment Management System.

TELPAS Manual Changes

● There are 2 manuals for the spring

administration- TELPAS Rater Manual - TELPAS Reading Test Administrator

Manual

ELL Progress Measure

In 2014, ELL progress measure to be used for accountability purposes and reported in the teacher, student, and analytic reporting portals using new domain weights and revised TELPAS standards

More information available on the ELL Assessments Information webpage

Key Dates for Holistically Rated Components

Date Activity

1/13 Assembling and Verifying Grades 2–12 Writing Collections Course available

1/24 End date for district coordinator training—all TELPAS components

1/27 Online basic training courses for new K–1 and 2–12 raters available

1/27 Supplemental support provider recorded Web-based training available

2/7 End date for campus coordinator training—holistically assessed components

2/17 End date for training raters and verifiers on administration procedures

2/17 Earliest eligibility date for TELPAS writing samples

2/17 Calibration window opens for new and returning raters—first 2 sets

2/26 Third and final calibration set available

3/17–4/9 TELPAS assessment window

Important to Emphasize

● Holistic rating training is key.

● Individuals must complete state – required training and

calibration activities to be raters.

● Those who complete all requirements but don’t successfully

calibrate by end of set 3 may be raters if district chooses, but

districts must provide rating support in manner that assures

valid and reliable assessment.

● Returning raters who have not completed rater training within the

last three school years are required to complete the online basic

training course before calibrating.

● Implement validity and reliability checks during testing window.

Principal’s RoleThe principal’s role in the rating process is critical. The principal affirms his or her oversight of the TELPAS rating process by working in collaboration with district and campus coordinators to designate testing personnel and implement effective assessment procedures. The principal plays a key role in ensuring holistic rating accuracy by reviewing and signing each rater’s TELPAS Student Rating Roster prior to the final verification of student data.

Final Data Verification Window

Assessment window closes Wednesday, April 9

Verification window closes Friday, April 11

NOTE: The verification window will end at 7 p.m. (CT) on Friday, April 11.

TELPAS Student Tutorials● As in the past, tutorials are separate from tests,

● Recommended for students new to TELPAS

- Several different test item formats

- Since no sample items with test, practice with

items formats and online interface is useful

● Tutorials available at

http://www.TexasAssessment.com/TELPAS-tutorials

Online Testing

Assessments Available Online● STAAR - Algebra I, biology, English I, English II, U.S. history

● STAAR L (online only) - Grades 3-8 mathematics - Grades 5 and 8 science - Grades 8 social studies - Algebra I, biology, U.S. history ● Standardized Oral Administration (online (only) - Grades 4 reading and mathematics (English only) - Grades 7reading and mathematics - Grades 8 science and social studies

● TELPAS (online only)

- Grades 2-12 reading

● TAKS

- Exit level English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics,

science, social studies

Available Resources: Manuals and Guides The following manuals and guide can all be located in the Texas Assessment Management System at http://texasassessment.com/resources

● User’s Guide for the Texas Assessment Management System(TAMS) - Learn about using the TAMS

an integrated system for managing most aspects of assessment administration, including

online testing. The following chapters of this manual are particularly relevant to online

testing: Student Data (Chapter 6), Test Setup (Chapter 7), and Test Management (Chapter 8).

● User Roles and Permissions for the Texas Assessment Management System - Determine TAMS system

access based on personnel roles and established permissions, including District Testing Coordinator,

Campus Testing Coordinator, Online Session Administrator, and Online Test Administrator.

● Minimum System Requirements – Make sure your computer hardware, web browsers, and networks

are adequate for online testing.

● System Check for TestNav Utility – An online tool for checking that computers and networks are ready

for online testing.

●TestNav 7 combined Technical Guide – A single source of technology guidelines for successful

administration of online assessments providing technical information for using the TAMS, TestNav 7

(the browser-based test delivery system), and proctor caching.

● TestNav 7 and Proctor Caching Quick Start – A brief technical overview of TestNav 7 and proctor caching

● Tips for TestNav 7: Adobe flash Player and Java – Important considerations about how TestNav 7 uses

updated versions of Adobe Flash Player and Java for test delivery.

● Getting started flow-chart – A quick overview of the steps required for administering online assessments.

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