Transcript 2015 STAAR - ASSESSMENT.RESEARCH.EVALUATION

2015 STAAR
G r ad e s 4 and 7 W r i ting
Gr ade s 5 and 8 R e adi ng
E ng li s h I and Eng li s h I I
DISCLAIMER
This training does NOT replace
your requirement of reading the
appropriate manuals!!!
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TEST SECURITY
AND
CONFIDENTIALITY
REQUIREMENTS
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TEST SECURITY
Security involves
accounting for all
secure materials &
confidential information
• Before
• During
• After…
each test administration
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TEST SECURITY
Only personnel who
meet the
requirements to
participate AND have
been trained AND
have signed an oath
may have access to
secure test materials
and information.
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TEST SECURITY
Requires each campus to…
◦ Verify all materials were received and packing
lists are correct
◦ Ensure the proper storage of materials when not
in use
◦ Maintain proper tracking/transferring of testing
materials
◦ Collect and destroy any reference materials/
scratch paper/graph paper/etc after each
administration
◦ Return all test booklets AND answer documents
to the DTC
◦ Maintain all inventory and shipping records at
the campus for at least 5 years
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CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality refers
to protecting the
contents of each:
◦ Test booklet
◦ Answer document
◦ Online assessment
◦ Student authorization
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CONFIDENTIALITY
No one may view, reveal
or discuss the contents of a
◦ Test booklet
◦ Online assessment
◦ Answer documents
before, during or after a
test administration unless
permission was first
obtained from TEA.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
No duplication of testing materials or online
assessments
No writing notes about or capturing any
portion of the test
Be sure to administer tests exactly
as instructed in the manual
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CONFIDENTIALITY
Only students may respond to test questions.
Do not reveal or answer any questions relating
to the content of the test at any time.
Do not
◦ review student responses
◦ ask a student about test questions
◦ change a student’s answer in the answer document
◦ instruct a student to change their answer
during or after a test administration.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
TA’s who view test materials due to providing an
accommodation must be reminded that they
are viewing secure test materials.
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Responding to test questions
Recording information about the test
Scoring the test
Talking about the test
Is strictly prohibited
As a reminder, these individuals are required to
sign an additional section of the TA oath upon
receiving their specific training.
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SECURITY OATHS
Test Security Modules certificates must be
submitted to the Campus Testing
Coordinator
Test administrators, technology staff, and
other certified school personnel who assist
during testing must be trained and sign an
oath.
Office staff, campus security, cafeteria
staff, custodians and other personnel who
assist during the administration of state
assessments must also be trained in test
security and campus procedures and sign an
oath.
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SECURITY OATHS
Each oath must be read and completed
AFTER the training and BEFORE handling or
viewing any secure materials or
confidential information
Oaths must be kept on file for at least five
years
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PENALTIES FOR PROHIBITED
CONDUCT
Any person who violates, assists in the violation of or solicits another
to violate test security or confidentiality or anyone who fails to
report such violation is subject to:
◦ Placement of restrictions on the issuance, renewal, or holding of a Texas educator
certificate, either indefinitely or for a set term;
◦ Issuance of an inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand;
◦ Suspension of a Texas educator certificate for a set term;
◦ Revocation or cancellation of a Texas educator certificate without opportunity for
reapplication for a set term or permanently.
◦ Possible criminal prosecution under TEC ξ39.0303, Section 552.352 of the Texas
Government Code, and Section 37.10 of the Texas Penal Code.
Additionally, irregularities resulting in a breach of test security or
confidentiality may result in the invalidation of students’ assessments.
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Serious
Directly or indirectly assisting students with
TESTING
IRREGULARITIES
responses to test questions
Tampering with student responses
Viewing secure test content before, during, or
after an administration
Discussing secure test content, student responses,
or student performance
Scoring student tests, either formally or
informally
Duplicating, recording, or capturing
electronically secure test content without
permission from TEA
Fraudulently exempting or preventing a student
from a required state assessment
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Procedural
Eligibility Error
◦ Student administered the wrong test
IEP Implementation Issue
◦ Student was not provided an accommodation
TESTING
IRREGULARITIES
Improper Accounting for Secure
Materials
◦ Student authorizations were not returned to
CTC at end of day
Monitoring Error
◦ TA did not verify answers were in correct area
of answer document
Verify all documentation
carefully before testing!!!
Other Procedural Errors
◦ TA did not provide students calculators
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REPORTING TEST
IRREGULARITIES
Each person is responsible for
reporting ANY violation or
suspected violation.
Campus staff should notify
their CTC or DTC if they witness
an irregularity or suspect one
has occurred.
Contact DTC if unsure about
whether an irregularity has
occurred.
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STUDENT CHEATING
It is a SERIOUS testing
irregularity when a
student photographs
or duplicates secure
test content or
disseminates this
information using an
electronic device.
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STUDENT CHEATING
If 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.
A serious irregularity will need to be filed ONLY if the district
determines that adult testing personnel contributed to the
cheating.
A monitoring irregularity will need to be filed ONLY if the
district determines that adult testing personnel did not detect
the cheating due to inadequate monitoring.
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DOCUMENT RETENTION
Campuses are required to maintain
the following documents for a period
of 5 years following a test
administration
◦ Signed security oaths for all testing
personnel
◦ Testing irregularity and investigation
documentation
◦ Inventory and shipping records
◦ Seating charts properly
◦ District mandatory testing forms & any
other miscellaneous assessment
documentation
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STAAR TIME
Limits, Policies and Procedures
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TEST SCHEDULE
Elementary & Middle School
Monday, March 30th
4th and 7th Writing Day (day 1)
Tuesday, March 31st
4th & 7th Writing (day 2)
5th & 8th Reading
Wednesday – Thursday
STAAR Make-Ups
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TEST SCHEDULE
High School
Monday, March 30th
English I
Tuesday, March 31st
English I Make-Ups
Wednesday, April 1st
English II
Thursday
English I & II Make-Ups
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START AND STOP TIMES
The time period will start after the test administrator
has read directions and tells students to begin
working on their tests.
 Start time for the test session must be recorded on the seating chart.
 Students must record all responses on their answer documents or online before the
end of the time period.
 Once the time period has ended, test administrators will instruct any students
still testing to either put their pencils down and close their test booklets or stop their
online tests.
Stop times must be recorded on the seating chart.
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START AND STOP TIMES
IN THE SEATING CHARTS
Late arriving students must be kept aware
of the time they have left to test (revised
ending time).
Students with extended time
accommodations must also be made aware of
their time.
Each student’s stop time must be recorded
on the seating chart.
Communicate (orally and in writing) the
amount of time left to test in one-hour
intervals and in shorter intervals during the
last hour.
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BREAKS
WILL NOT stop the clock
Water breaks
Bathroom breaks
Snacks breaks
Physical or mental breaks
WILL stop the clock
Lunch
Emergency Situations
Class consolidations
Medical breaks
Test administrators must document stop
and restart time for each student.
Test Administrators must make the student
aware of his or her adjusted testing time.
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LUNCH
Students may stop testing
to take a supervised lunch.
The testing time must be stopped for a
lunch break and will restart when
students resume taking the test.
Students must place their answer
documents inside their test booklets so
that all secure materials can be collected
and placed in locked storage.
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CAUTION!!!
A test administrator
must be present in
the room at all times
to monitor the
students and ensure
there is no discussion
of any test content
during lunch.
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TEST ADMINISTRATION
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BEFORE TESTING
Training Campus Personnel for
Testing
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TEST ADMINISTRATOR
RESPONSIBILITIES
Read the Test Administrator
Manuals (paper and online)
Attend training conducted by
your campus test coordinator
Receive additional training if
administering a test with
accommodations (TA pg. 15)
Observe all rules regarding test
security and confidential
integrity of the state testing
system
Ensure the proper distribution of
answer documents or student
authorizations
Administer the tests in strict
compliance with the directions
in the Test Administrator
Manuals
Supervise and actively monitor
testing
Complete answer document
fields upon completion of
testing and return ALL testing
materials to CTC
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TEST ADMINISTRATOR
RESPONSIBILITIES
Report testing irregularities and security violations
immediately to the district test coordinator.
Prepare statements for submission to TEA if you are
involved in a testing irregularity or test security
violation.
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TESTING WITH
ACCOMMODATIONS
During test day, if you think the student is
◦ Taking the wrong test,
◦ Should not be using an accommodation
◦ Should be using an accommodation that they were not given
Inform the Campus
Testing Coordinator
ASAP!
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BEFORE TESTING
Preparing the Testing Room
Environment
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THE TEST ENVIRONMENT
No element of the room should hinder
any student’s performance.
The room should be:
◦ Quiet
◦ Well-lighted
◦ Well-ventilated
◦ Comfortable
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THE ROOM SHOULD…
Have all bulletin boards and instructional
aids covered or removed
Have “TESTING-DO NOT DISTURB” and
“NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES” signs posted
at the door
Have a trained test administrator present
at ALL times
Have all desks cleared and have enough
space for each student to work
Have a method for preventing students
from seeing one another’s monitors
Have a pair of headphones per student
(if applicable)
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BEFORE TESTING
Preparing Test Materials for
Distribution
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VERIFY PRE-CODED
INFORMATION
CTC’s must know how to…
◦ Verify elements of pre-coded labels and answer documents
◦ Overwrite pre-coded information (if incorrect)
◦ Hand-grid an entire answer document if student information
(name, dob, PEIMS #) is incorrect
◦ Access and submit supporting documentation for handgridded answer documents
◦ eSchools report for each student
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GRIDDING DEMOGRAPHICS
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VERIFYING INFORMATION OF STUDENTS
WITH ACCOMMODATIONS
Ensure your list of accommodations is
the current
◦ Verify the accommodations are allowed for that
particular test
◦ Prepare testing locations for students with
accommodations (i.e. small group, oral
administrations, computer lab, headphones, etc.)
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PREPARE MATERIALS FOR
DISTRIBUTION
TA’s for PAPER administrations must have the
following REQUIRED materials
◦ Seating charts & restroom log
◦ Student cell phone oath
◦ At least two #2 pencils with erasers per student
◦ Scratch and graph paper (make available)
◦ One TB & one answer document per student
◦ One answer document for demonstration purposes
◦ One TB for the TA (if applicable)
◦ Dictionaries (ideally one per student)
◦ Test session rosters (with accommodations if applicable)
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PREPARE MATERIALS FOR
DISTRIBUTION
TA’s for ONLINE administrations must have the
following REQUIRED materials
◦ Seating charts & restroom log
◦ Student cell phone oath
◦ Test session rosters (with accommodations if applicable)
◦ Student authorizations
◦ At least two #2 pencils with erasers per student
◦ Scratch and graph paper
◦ Dictionaries (ideally one per student)
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PREPARE FOR ONLINE TESTING
◦ Send list of students taking
STAAR A by 3/18
(Elementary/Middle School)
◦ Create test sessions
◦ Proctor cache EACH session
◦ Print authorizations
◦ Print proctor authorizations (for
OA’s) these are not required for SOA or
STAAR A
◦ Print seal codes
◦ Keep authorizations under locked
storage when not in use
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REMEMBER!
Materials Control Form:
◦ Test booklets and answer
documents must be checked
“out” by TA
◦ The CTC will receive the
materials upon completion of
testing and initial the “in”
column
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BEFORE TESTING
Preparing Additional Resources
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ALLOWABLE TEST ADMINISTRATION
PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS
Available to ANY student
◦ These do NOT have to be coded in the answer document
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Signing or translating test
administration directions
Translating test administration
directions into the native
language of an ELL
Reading the test aloud to self
Reading aloud or signing the
personal narrative,
expository, or persuasive
writing prompt
Reading assistance on the
grade 3 mathematics test
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Making assistive tools
available (scratch paper,
colored overlays, blank
place marker, magnifying
devices, highlighters,
colored pencils, or crayons)
Use tools to minimize
distractions
Allow individual or small
group administrations
Reminding students to stay
on task
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DICTIONARIES
A dictionary must be available to all students
taking (ideally one per student):
◦ Grade 6, 7 & 8 reading
◦ Grade 7 writing
◦ English I and English II
Dictionary used in test
day must be the same
type of dictionary used
during instruction
CTC’s must remember that…
◦ Eligible ELL’s are allowed to use dictionaries as a linguistic
accommodation in grades 3-5
◦ Dictionaries are an allowable accommodation in an ELA assessment for
eligible students with special needs in grades 3-5
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MONITOR PAPER AND
ONLINE ADMINISTRATIONS
Testing environment and procedures
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CELL PHONES
The use of cell phones or other two-way
communication devices is prohibited during
testing for students and test administrators
The reason is that cell phones can….
◦ disrupt the testing environment
◦ be used to cheat by obtaining unauthorized assistance on test
content by students, and can
◦ be used to image secure tests and compromise the confidentiality of
the test with their camera feature by students and teachers.
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SEATING CHART RULE
Seating Charts are required for all test
administrations. Seating Charts must include:
Location of testing session(district, campus, room) and a brief description
of the testing area (classroom, library, broom closet, etc.)
The assessment being given including grade and subject
The first and last names of the test administrators/monitors
The first and last names of each student and where they were seated
Start and stop time for each session
Stop time for each student
Test booklet number used by each student (if testing on paper)
If students are regrouped during testing an additional seating
chart will be needed for the new group. The new seating
chart should indicate the time students were regrouped.
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DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Ensure each student receives
the correct test booklet and
answer document
Ensure all Test Administrators
◦ Are actively monitoring at all times
◦ Confirm students are working on the
correct subject-area tested that day
◦ Verify students are marking responses on
the correct section of the answer
document
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DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Test Administrators must…
◦ Verify student have access ONLY
to allowable materials
◦ Verify students DO NOT return
to a test taken the previous day
◦ Verify students transfer their
answers to the answer document
◦ Remind students of the time left in
the session
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DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Test Administrators may NOT:
◦ Provide assistance
◦ View or discuss the test questions or
student responses without authorization
◦ Check for strategies
◦ Erase/darken answers on an answer
document
◦ Allow students to record any answers
AFTER the time limit has expired
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DURING TEST ADMINISTRATION
Test administrators must
remind students to
◦ Remain seated
◦ Do not talk to one another while testing in
progress
◦ Erase any stray marks (on answer
document)
◦ Transfer their answers to the answer
document before the time expires
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TEST ADMINISTRATORS
Cannot…
◦ Translate test questions
◦ Rephrase or add information
◦ View or discuss test content with
anyone
◦ BEFORE,
◦ DURING or
◦ AFTER the test
◦ Score test questions or discuss with
students how they performed
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TEST ADMINISTRATORS
May answer students questions about test directions or
procedures
If asked a questions not permitted to answer respond:
◦ “I can’t answer that for you, just do the best you can.”
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TEST ADMINISTRATORS
Remember
◦ 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
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TEST ADMINISTRATORS
Writing Assessments
◦ Discussing or reading
compositions is not allowed
◦ Do not
◦ Elaborate on prompts
◦ Give opening and/or closing
sentence
◦ Give an outline
◦ Give ideas on how to develop
compositions
◦ Translate the prompt into
another language
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO
ABOUT
◦ Breaks
◦ Lunch
◦ Emergencies
◦ Transcribing
◦ Changing testing rooms
◦ Special test situations
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COMPLETE PAPER
ADMINISTRATIONS
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REMEMBER TO…
Remove the answer
documents from the test
booklets
Have students erase any stray
marks from the answer
documents
Verify that all test booklets and
answer documents are
accounted for
Verify all student authorizations
are accounted for
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REMEMBER TO…
Check that each answer
document has been
completed and answers
have been marked
Check TEST TAKEN INFO
and SCORE CODE (and
ACCOMMODATIONS if applicable) have
been marked
Return all scratch paper
Return COMPLETELY and
CORRECTLY filled out
seating charts (start and stop times
recorded)
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GRIDDING SCORE CODES
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GRIDDING THE TEST TAKEN
INFO FIELD - ELEMENTARY
 English or Spanish
 Test Form #
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GRIDDING THE TEST TAKEN INFO
FIELD – MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
Test Form #
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GRIDDING THE ACCOMMODATIONS
FIELD
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TEST ADMINISTRATION
DIRECTIONS
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TA DIRECTIONS – ELEMENTARY
PG.
41-44
STAAR
◦ Grade 4 Writing
STAAR Spanish
◦ Page 45 – Day 1
◦ Page 53 – Day 2
◦ Grade 5 Reading
◦ Page 61
◦ Grade 4 Writing
◦ Page 67 – Day 1
◦ Page 75 – Day 2
◦ Grade 5 Reading
◦ Page 83
STAAR A
◦ Grade 4 Writing
◦ Page 97 – Day 1
◦ Page 105 – Day 2 (seal code)
◦ Grade 5 Reading
◦ Page 117
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TA DIRECTIONS – MS
PG.
41-44
STAAR
◦ Grade 7 Writing
◦ Page 45 – Day 1
◦ Page 53 – Day 2
◦ Grade 8 Reading
◦ Page 61
STAAR A
◦ Grade 7 Writing
◦ Page 77 – Day 1
◦ Page 86 – Day 2 (seal code)
◦ Grade 8 Reading
◦ Page 101
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TA DIRECTIONS – HS
PG.
43-46
STAAR
STAAR (Online)
◦ English I and English II
◦ Page 47 – Day 1
◦ English I and English II
◦ Page 63
STAAR A
◦ English I and English II
◦ Page 83
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ANY
QUESTIONS?
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