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2011-2012 Winter
Algebra 1
End-of-Course
TRAINING MATERIALS
Test Administrator
Before, During, and After
Testing
(CBT and Accommodations)
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Test Administrator: Before Testing
Checklist
 Read the test administration manual.
 Read the Test Administration Policies and Procedures and sign the
EOC Administration and Security Agreement and the Test
Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement.
 Establish an appropriate setting and remove or cover any
unauthorized visual aids.
 Prepare necessary forms to collect required administration
information.
 Prepare Security Log(s) to be used in testing room.
 Make copies of the Do Not Disturb sign and Electronic Devices sign to
post prior to testing.
 Prepare a seating chart to be used in your testing room.
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Test Administrator: Before Testing
Checklist
 Assemble all materials.
 Ensure that students understand the electronic devices policy (see
scripts).
 Become familiar with accommodations specified on students’ IEPs or
Section 504 plans.
 Obtain your test group codes.
 CBT: Ensure that you are familiar with how to open TestNav or
TestHear to the login screen with the correct URL for each student
computer prior to testing (see instructions in operational scripts).
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Test Administrator: Before Testing
CBT: Conduct Practice Test (ePAT)
• ALL students MUST complete an ePAT to learn how to use the computerbased system.
 Even students who participated in a previous computer-based test
MUST complete the appropriate ePAT(s) prior to this administration.
 Students who will take any accommodated computer-based form must
take the corresponding TestHear ePAT.
• Ensure that the following items have been downloaded to each computer
that will be used for a practice test.
 For TestNav: the ePAT Launcher and appropriate test content (Algebra
1 EOC).
 For TestHear: the accommodated ePAT, which includes the launcher
and the test content.
• ePAT scripts provided in the Winter EOC Manual and under the Resources
tab at www.FLAssessments.com/ePATs.
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Test Administrator: Before Testing
CBT: Prepare Testing Room
• Ensure that all software applications, including Internet browsers, are
closed on all student workstations.
• Start TestNav or TestHear, type in the correct URL, and open each student
workstation to the student login screen.
• Ensure that you have a way to contact the technology coordinator or
school coordinator during testing without leaving the room unattended.
• Test Sessions have a unique six-digit test code (password) that will be
printed on the Student Authorization Tickets and Session Roster.
 Test Code (password) is used to access the test.
 Test Group Code (4-digits) is used to identify groups of students tested
together.
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Test Administrator: During Testing
Checklist
 Maintain record of required administration information
and seating chart.
 Ensure that proctors and anyone who enters a testing
room for the purpose of monitoring the test sign the
Security Log.
 Administer the test according to the directions in the
appropriate administration script and read the SAY
boxes verbatim to students.
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Test Administrator: During Testing
Scripts
Method of
Delivery
Computer
Paper
Scenario
Students will test using regular CBT
forms via TestNav (may require
administration accommodations, such
as flexible scheduling, flexible setting,
etc.)
Students will test using accommodated
CBT forms via TestHear (e.g., zoom,
large print, color contrast, screen
reader, assistive devices)
Students will test using regular print
paper-based materials (provided as
accommodations only)
Use scripts on pages
EOC Manual: pp. 33-42
EOC Manual: pp. 176-187
EOC Manual: pp. 188-196
Students require braille test materials as Braille Scripts and Notes
an accommodation
EOC Manual: pp. 201-204
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Test Administrator: During Testing
CBT: Accommodations
• Use the Form/Form Group Type column in the Session Roster
to confirm the accommodated form assigned to the student.
Form Name in
PearsonAccess
Lrg Prt
Zoom
Col Con
Scr Rdr
Lrg Prt + Col Con
Lrg Prt + Scr Rdr
Lrg Prt + Col Con + Scr Rdr
Zoom + Col Con
Zoom + Scr Rdr
Zoom + Col Con + Scr Rdr
Col Con + Scr Rdr
Assistive Devices
Accommodations Offered
Large Print
Zoom
Color Contrast
Screen Reader
Large Print and Color Contrast
Large Print and Screen Reader
Large Print, Color Contrast, and Screen Reader
Zoom and Color Contrast
Zoom and Screen Reader
Zoom, Color Contrast, and Screen Reader
Color Contrast and Screen Reader
Assistive Devices
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Test Administrator: During Testing
CBT: Accommodations
The following codes should be used by test administrators to record
accommodations actually used by each student during the test
administration. This information is later recorded in PearsonAccess by the
school assessment coordinator.
• For ESE/504 students:
 1-FP = Flexible Presentation
 1-FR = Flexible Responding
 1-FSC = Flexible Scheduling
 1-FSE = Flexible Setting
 1-AD = Assistive Devices
• For ELL students:
 2-FSC = Flexible Scheduling
 2-FSE = Flexible Setting
 2-AHL = Assistance in Heritage Language
 2-ADI = Approved Dictionary
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Test Administrator: During Testing
Supervise Test Administration
• During testing, ensure that students:
 Clear the area around their workstations or desks of all materials except
for the appropriate test materials
 Do not have books, notes, extra scratch paper, or electronic devices of any
kind (except for approved calculators) during testing, even if they do not
use them
 Have signed or agreed to the student pledge
 Do not talk or make any disturbance
 Work independently
 Are recording their answers in the appropriate area
 Work in the correct test
 For CBT, check student name and test in the top left corner of the computer
screen.
 For PBT, check the document title at the top of the grid sheet.
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Test Administrator: During Testing
Supervise Test Administration
• Test administrators MAY NOT:
 Talk with students about test items
 Help students with their answers
 Provide students with any information that would allow them to
infer the correct answer
 Discuss test items or answers with students even after testing has
been completed
 CBT only: Have any desktop-viewing programs or similar software
that would enable a test administrator to view test items and
student responses
Refer to the Test Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement for a
list of activities that are prohibited before, during, and after testing.
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Test Administrator: During Testing
CBT: Supervise Test Administration
• If a computer is disconnected from the test:
 Contact the technology coordinator to help diagnose
any technical issues
 Contact the school assessment coordinator to resume
student’s test in PearsonAccess
OR
 If you have a Test Administrator account in
PearsonAccess, you will be able to resume the student’s
test and assist the student with logging in again. Your
school assessment coordinator will train you on the
process for resuming students.
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Test Administrator: After Testing
Checklist
 Verify that you have collected all required administration information,
including accommodations actually used by each student.
 Report any missing materials to your school assessment coordinator,
including the following as applicable:
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Test and answer books
Student Authorization Tickets
Session Rosters
Work folders
Reference sheets
 Verify that Security Logs and seating charts were completed correctly.
 For PBT, inspect students’ answer documents for stray marks on the student
grid sheet and verify that the required information has been completed.
Remove stray reference sheets. Check to make sure DNS bubbles have not
been gridded by mistake.
 Organize materials and return to your school assessment coordinator.
 Complete the Test Administrator Comment Form at
www.FLAssessments.com/WinterEOC.
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QUESTIONS
• If you have questions, call or email any of the
following:
• Angela Marino, Director – 407-870-4056 ext: 66150;
[email protected]
• Veronica Gonzalez– 407-870-4046 ext: 66153;
[email protected]
• Nereida Gonzalez– 407-518-2902 ext: 66158
[email protected]
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