Transcript Georgia Milestones Winter EOC 2014 Test Administrator

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Georgia Milestones
Spring EOC and EOG 2015
Test Administrator Training
March 16 and March 23, 2015
1:00 pm - 4:00pm ET
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Introductions
Georgia Department of Education
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Tony Eitel, Director, Assessment Administration
• Dr. Robert McLeod, Assessment Specialist
• Dr. Mary Nesbit-McBride, Assessment Specialist
• Michael Huneke, Assessment Specialist
CTB/McGraw-Hill
• Charity Flores, Senior Program Manager
• Ed Molin, Senior Program Manager
• Nadia Greer, Program Associate
• Frank McClure, Customer Care Project Lead
• Yogesh Vazirani, Online Implementation Manager
• Jason Wendel, Briljent Presenter
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EOC and EOG Spring Online Test
3 Step Process
Today’s focus: Checkpoint 3
Checkpoint 1
RTS data entry
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Checkpoint 2
Site Readiness
Training
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Checkpoint 3
Test Administration
System (TAS)
Training
March 16th and 23rd
CTB Secure Testing
App Installation
Test Session Setup
Site Support and
Troubleshooting
Test Tickets Printing
& Distribution
Site certification
Final Workstation
Check
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Agenda
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
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gadoe.org
Training Goals
Online Test – Scope , Student Data
Important Dates
Overview of Roles
Online Test – New Features
Tools and Accommodations
Test Administration System Demonstration
Resources
Questions and Answers
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Training Goals
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Prepare Test
Coordinators
for online test
administration
Provide Test
Coordinator
tools to train
Test
Examiners
Introduce key
functionality of EOC
Online Test
Administration System
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Spring 2015 Online Test
(EOG and EOC)
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Tests
• GA Milestones Spring EOG Online Tests
• GA Milestones Spring EOC Online Tests
Test
Administration
• Spring EOG
• Practice: March 16 – May 1, 2015
• Operational: March 30 – May 1, 2015
• Spring EOC
• Practice: April 6 – June 5, 2015
• Operational: April 27 – June 5 , 2015
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Online Test Scope
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
EOG
• Grades 3 - 8
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
EOC
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Ninth Grade Literature & Composition
American Literature & Composition
Coordinate Algebra
Analytic Geometry
Physical Science
United States History
Biology
Economics/Business/Free Enterprise
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Spring Student Data
(EOG and EOC Spring 2015 )
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
EOG
EOC
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• Student Pre-code data provided by the State
will be loaded to Test Administration System
• Online Pre-code window Feb 16th to Feb 27th
• Pre-code data loaded to TAS
• Manual entry of students in TAS
• DO NOT USE Bulk Upload Process in TAS
• Student Pre-code data provided by the State
will be loaded to Test Administration System
• Online Pre-code window Mar 2nd to Mar 27th
• Pre-code data loaded to TAS
• Manual entry of students in TAS
• DO NOT USE Bulk Upload Process in TAS
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Important Dates
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Milestones
EOG
EOC
Test Administration System (TAS) Training Session 1
March 16th, 2015
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, EST
Test Administration System
Training - Session 1
Test Administration System Training (TAS) Session 2 (Repeat)
March 23rd, 2015
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, EST
Test Administration System
Training - Session 2
(Repeat)
Checkpoint3 – TAS Access
Test Administration System (TAS) Operational
Accounts – Student and User Management
and Test Scheduling and Monitoring
March 16th
April 6th
Administer Spring Practice Tests
March 16th – May 1st
April 6th – June 5th
Pre-scheduled Test Sessions for Operational
Tests ONLY (Test Tickets Available)
March 16th
April 6th
Administer Spring Operational Tests
March 30th – May 1st
April 27th – June 5th
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Online Test Roles Overview
System Test Coordinator
Assessment policies, procedures
and possible test scheduling,
adding and authorizing new
users
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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School Test Coordinator
Test scheduling, student
management, test
administration, and coding and
invalidations, Add/Edit users at
School Level
Roles Overview
School Technology Coordinator
Setting up hardware and
installing software for each
school computer. On site,
offering support during Spring
online testing.
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System Technology Coordinator
Equipment and ISP, proxy
servers, firewalls and WAN
connections at each school
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Roles and Responsibilities
School Test Coordinator As
Administrator
Before Test
• Receive login ID
• Create additional user
accounts
• Distribute test materials
• Train school staff
• Manage Student
Information
• Notify Parents
• Create test sessions
During Test
• Monitor test
administration
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After Test
• Collect test materials
• Scratch paper goes to
SysTC for secure
destruction
• SysTC to provide
guidance for disposition
of Test Tickets
• Prior to closing of the
test session complete
any additional student
information like
accommodations,
coding irregularities, as
authorized by System
Test Coordinator
PLEASE NOTE: Test Tickets contain secure Student and Test information
and should be handled with precaution
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Roles and Responsibilities
Test Examiner
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Before Test
During Test
After Test
• Receive Login from
System Test
Coordinator
• Receive or prepare
test tickets
• Prepare test
environment (turn
on computers,
launch online
system)
• Manage students
• Review Online
Examiner’s Manual
• Ensure test
security
• Ensure
workstations are
operable
• Manage and
monitor students
• Would need
Proctor role to be
able to monitor
progress during
test
administration
• Collect test
materials
• Return materials
to the School
Test Coordinator
• Return test
environment to
original use (turn
off workstations
as needed)
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New Features and Enhancements
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• New and Enhanced CTB portal –
www.ctb.com/ga
• Pre-Scheduling of Operational Tests
• Export Feature in TAS for extracting Student
Data
• Import and Export Feature in TAS for User data
• Reviewing Program Status and Extracting Data
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Georgia Milestones Portal
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Click to access the
Test Coordinator and Tech
Coordinator support
documents
(www.ctb.com/ga)
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Georgia Milestones Portal
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Click to access the
TAS system
(http://oas.ctb.com)
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Georgia Milestones Portal
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Scrolling Ticker
The scrolling ticker enables CTB
to post alerts for Georgia
Systems and Schools
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Georgia Milestones Portal
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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During testing, visit this
page for CTB status
updates and alerts.
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Pre-Scheduling - EOG
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Operational Test Session shells will be created by Grade
for each school
• All 4 content areas will be part of a single test session
with 9 Test Access Codes for each subsection within each
content area
• Administrator will add students by grade-level class to
Test Sessions
• The test window will be set by default from March 30th to
May 1st . You will be able to edit this information.
• The system/school has the option of creating their own
test sessions if some other grouping scheme is preferred
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Pre-Scheduling - EOC
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Operational Test Sessions will be created by Course
for each school
• ALL Student Records will be added to a test session
based on the Course assignment in the pre-code file
• The test window will be set from April 27th to June
5th. You will be able to edit this information.
• Test Administrators can choose to remove students
from these pre-scheduled test sessions and create
their own test sessions.
• Manually added students in TAS should be manually
added to the existing Test Sessions or to new Test
Sessions
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Form Assignment – Spiraling
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
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gadoe.org
• Test Administration System will spiral and assign
forms to students when test sessions are created for
each content area.
• Spiraling is done with random starting positions to
ensure equal distribution of forms.
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Form Assignment
Screen Reader Accommodation
Student
Screen Reader
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
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TAS Spiraled Form
Assignment
Test Administrator Form Assignment
(Manual)
A
Not Active
Automated
N/A
B
Questions and Answer Choices Only
Automated
N/A
C
(ELA Only)
Administrator must manually assign:
Questions, Answer Choices, AND Reading
• EOG and EOC Practice – Form 2T
Manual Assignment
Passages
• EOG Main – Form 1T
• EOC Main – Forms C3 or D3
Note: Regardless of when the screen reader accommodation is assigned, prior to or after
adding a student to the session, student A or B will automatically be assigned the correct
form. Student C will always need a manually assigned form.
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Form Assignment - Screen Reader
Accommodation (Applies to ELA only)
1) Open “View Status” panel
2) Select student and click
on Assign Form
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3) Reading of Reading Passages:
EOG and EOC Practice – 2T
EOG Main – 1T
EOC Main – C3 or D3
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Accommodations
Tool/Accommodation
Screen (Text) Reader –Comes with reading speed adjustment
and volume control
NOTE: On iPads speed is set to Medium, It cannot be changed.
Volume is controlled by using iPad’s volume
Student Population
Available for eligible students
only in all content areas
Default
Value
Off
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Can be changed by the
gadoe.org
Administrator
Reading stems/questions and choices:
• EOG: Form 3T
• EOC: all forms for all content areas except the 2 ELA content
areas noted below
Reading stems/questions, choices, and passages:
• EOG: Form 1T
• EOC: Forms C3 and D3 ONLY for Ninth and American
Literature and Composition
Large Font Size
• Available for all forms for all content areas
• The large font size should not be defaulted on for all
students because it automatically makes large font present
for everything on the screen.
Available for eligible students
only
Off
Can be changed by the
Administrator
Available for eligible students
only
Off
Can be changed by the
Administrator
All images can be enlarged but in different ways depending on
the original size of the image
Background Color (High Contrast color)
Default = white background with black font
High Contrast = black background and white font
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Tools
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Tool/Accommodations
Student Population
Default Value
Comments
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Test Pause
Available for all students
On
Requires the student to log back in.
Untimed Test
Available for all students
On
Time will be kept by the Examiner
Option eliminator
Available for all students
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator.
gadoe.org
This will be checked and grayed out so it
cannot be changed.
Cannot be changed by the Administrator.
This will be checked and grayed out so it
cannot be changed.
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
Mark for Review
Available for all students
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
Calculator – Basic
Available for Grade 6 Math Only
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator.
Calculator - Scientific
Available for all students testing
On
Grade 7 and 8 for EOG and
Physical Science and Economics for
EOC
Available for all students testing
On
Coordinate Algebra or Analytic
Geometry
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
Calculator - Graphing
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Cannot be changed by the Administrator
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Tools
Tool/Accommodations
Highlighter
Student Population
Available for all students
Default Value
On
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Cannot be changed by“Educating
the Administrator
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Comments
This will be checked and grayed out so it
cannot be changed.
Eraser
Available for all students
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
Blocking ruler (cannot be rotated)
Available for all students
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
This will be checked and grayed out so it
cannot be changed.
Reference Card
Available for all students testing
in Grades 6-8 Math for EOG and
Coordinate Algebra, Analytic
Geometry, and Physical Science
for EOC
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
Periodic Table
Grade 8 Science
On
Cannot be changed by the Administrator
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Online Calculators
Scientific
Calculator –
ExamCalc TI-30XS
Multi-view
• Grade 7
• Grade 8
• Physical Science
• Economics
Graphing
Calculator –
ExamCalc TI84
plus silver edition
• Coordinate Algebra
• Analytic Geometry
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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TAS Login Page
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gadoe.org
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General Navigation: Group Selector Feature
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Group Selector feature:
Georgia’s School Superintendent
The “Group Selector” feature is present on “Educating
most TASGeorgia’s
pages.Future”
gadoe.org
Clicking the Gray Arrow (left of name) to turn and point at
the heading name collapses/hides the options under that
heading.
Clicking the Gray Arrow (left of name) to the down position
expands options under that heading.
Highlighting a name will filter and display data about that
entity level – system, school, grade or class/teacher.
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General Navigation: Tabs and Tools
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Manage Users
Demo 1: Find and Edit a User
Demo 2: Add a New User
Demo 3: Upload a User File
Demo 4: Export Users
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 1: Find and Edit a User
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Users” from the Groups menu tab.
B. Navigate to the School to display current users.
C. Open the user account by double clicking on the user
row.
D. Edit the information details for the user such as
updating an email address.
E. Click Save and exit out of the user profile.
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 1: Find and Edit a User
A. Click Groups
Tab, Choose
Manage Users
B. Navigate to
school to view
current users
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C. Click Pencil Image to
Edit User or Double Click
User Row
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 1: Find and Edit a User
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D. Edit User
Information Fields
E. Select schools the
User can access
F. Save
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 2: Add a New User
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Users” from the Groups menu tab.
B. Navigate to the school to display available users for that
school.
C. Click the + (plus) symbol to open the “Add User” window.
D. Add user information. Ensure that email address is correct.
TAS will use the email address to contact the new user with
account details.
E. Click Save and exit out class screen.
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 2: Add a New User
A. Click Groups
Tab, Choose
Manage Users
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D. Enter User
Profile Data
B. Navigate to
school to view
current users
D. Select School
E. Save
C. Click + to
add User
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 3: Upload a User File
A. Click “Services” from the Groups menu tab.
B. Click on “Import” under User/Student Load.
C. Select User Data Template and Click on “Export”.
D. Edit the Excel file. Delete the data from the Grade Id,
Grade Name, Class Id and Class Name columns
E. Enter First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Time
Zone and Role (Usually Administrator)
F. Save the excel file on your computer.
G. Select the file and Click on “Upload”
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 3: Upload a User File
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click Services Tab
B. Click Import under
User/Student Load
C. Select User Template
and Click Export
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 3: Upload a User File
D. Delete Grade and Class
data from these fields
State Name State Id
System
Name
Georgia
EOG Spring
2015
0
APPLING
COUNT
Georgia
EOG Spring
2015
0
APPLING
COUNT
Georgia
EOG Spring
2015
0
APPLING
COUNT
Georgia
EOG Spring
2015
0
APPLING
COUNT
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System Id
School
Name
Middle
First Name Name
Last Name Email
601
ALTAMAHA
ELEMENTA
RY SCHOOL 1050
John
Williams
Jwilliams@
school.com Eastern
Administrat
or
601
ALTAMAHA
ELEMENTA
RY SCHOOL 1050
Jane
Doe
Jdoe@scho
ol2.com
Eastern
Administrat
or
601
ALTAMAHA
ELEMENTA
RY SCHOOL 1050
601
ALTAMAHA
ELEMENTA
RY SCHOOL 1050
School Id
Grade
Name
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Grade Id
Class Name Class Id
Time Zone Role
E. Enter User Information – Name,
Email, Time Zone and Role and
Save on your workstation as an xls
file
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 3: Upload a User File
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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G. Select the file that you saved on
your computer and Click on Upload
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 3: Upload a User File
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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H. Check the status of your uploads
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 4: Export User Information
A. Click “Services” from the Groups menu tab.
B. Click on “Export” under User/Student Load.
C. Select User Data Template and Click on “Export”.
D. Save the excel file on your computer and open it to view
User Data.
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Users
Demo 4: Export User Data
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click Services Tab
B. Click Export under
User/Student Load
C. Select User Template
and Click Export
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Manage Users
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
System Test
Coordinators/
Technology
Coordinators
Administrator
School(s) Test
Coordinators/
Technology
Coordinators
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Functions
• Manage organizations (below level)
• Manage users (at or below level)
• Functions available thru the system
administration menu (program status
monitoring, bulk upload users and students)
• Monitor, add/remove students from the test
administration
• Install secure testing app, test scheduling
• Add new students to the Online System
• Delete students from the Online System
• Edit student demographic information
• Mark invalid/irregular student records
• Reset student status
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Capabilities of Users Based on Assigned Role
•
•
•
System Testing Coordinator - Administrator Role
School Testing Coordinator - Administrator Role
Manage students and sessions but not reset test session – Administrative
Coordinator Role
Administrator
Administrative
Coordinator
Coordinator
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Proctor
Manage Users
Manage
Students
Schedule Test
Session
Monitor Testing
Upload data
All functions
of Coordinator
Find/Edit Test
Session
Add/Remove
Students to Test
Session
Manage
Program Status
Invalidate Test
Reset Test
Session
All functions of
Administrative Coordinator
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All functions
of Proctor
Find/View Student
Information
• Examiner does not need a login
• All Roles can print Individual
Test Tickets and Summary Test
Tickets
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Manage Classes
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Demo 1: Add a New Class
Demo 2: Find and Edit a Class
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 1: Add a New Class (Teacher)
A. Click “Manage Hierarchy” from the Groups menu tab.
B. Navigate to the School to display classes.
C. Click the + (plus) symbol to open the Add Class window.
D. Add class (teacher) Data.
E. Add class to a Subject.
F. Click Save and exit out class screen.
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Demo 1: Add a New Class (Teacher)
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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A. Click Groups Tab, Choose
Manage Hierarchy
B. Navigate to school to
view current classes
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Demo 1: Add a New Class (Teacher)
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D. Enter New
Class Data
C. Click + to
add Class
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F. Save
E. Select Subject as
Parent Group
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 2: Find and Edit a Class (Teacher)
A. Click “Manage Hierarchy” from the Groups menu tab.
B. Navigate to the School to display classes.
C. Choose the correct class (teacher) from the displayed list by
double clicking on record.
D. Edit the information details for the class.
E. Click Save and exit out of the class profile.
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Demo 2: Find & Edit a Class (Teacher)
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
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A. Click Groups Tab, Choose
Manage Hierarchy
B. Navigate to school to
view current classes
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TAS Feature Review – Manage Classes
Demo 2: Find & Edit a Class (Teacher)
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D. Edit Class Details
E. Save
C. Click Pencil Image to
Edit Class or Double Click
User Row
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TAS Feature Review – Student Management
Student Management
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Demo 1: Add students manually in TAS
Demo 2: Edit student information
Demo 3: Mark Testing IR/IV code
Demo 4: Export Student Information
Demo 5: Bulk Assignment of Accommodations
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TAS Feature Review – Student Management
Demo 1: Add a New Student in TAS
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Students” and then “Student List” from the
Groups menu tab.
B. Navigate to the School to display students.
C. Click the + (plus) symbol to open the Add Student window.
D. Add student to a Class.
E. Enter profile details and specific accommodations (if
required)
F. Click Save and exit out of the student profile.
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TAS Feature Review – Student Management
Demo 1: Add a New Student in TAS
A. Click Groups Tab, Choose
Manage Students and
Student List
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B. Navigate to school and
Class to view students.
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TAS Feature Review – Student Management
Demo 1: Add a New Student in TAS
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D. Enter student profile
data
D. Add student to
class/classes
E. Enter additional
student info
F. Save
+ Symbol to open
dent window
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TAS Feature Review – Student Management
Demo 1: Add a New Student in TAS
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
This section allows you
to enter Race, Ethnicity,
SRC codes for each
student
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Demo 1: Add a New Student in TAS
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
This section allows you
to set or modify
accommodations or tools
for a student.
Click save
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Demo 2: Find and Edit a Student
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Students” and then “Student List” from the Groups
menu tab.
B. Navigate to the School to display students.
C. Click the Magnifying Glass option to open the search window.
D. Enter the first few letters of the student’s last name and click
Search.
E. Choose the correct student from the displayed list by double
clicking on student.
F. Edit profile details and assign accommodations (if required)
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Demo 2: Find and Edit a Student
A. Click Groups Tab, Choose
Manage Students and
Student List
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B. Navigate to school and
Class to view students.
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Demo 2: Find and Edit a Student
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
E. Choose student
from list by double
clicking
C. OR Click magnifying
glass to open search
window
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D. Enter the first few
letters of the student
first or last name
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Demo 2: Find and Edit a Student
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
F. Make changes to
student profile
information, enter
Purpose of taking the
EOC test, SRC codes
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F. Click Save
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Demo 2: Find and Edit a Student
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F. Make changes to
Student Accommodations
as required and click Save
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Accommodations and Coding
Quick Reference
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
When Adding Students
EOG
EOC
Follow directions for entering a new student
For Assigning Accommodations and Entering Coding Information
In the Group Selector you will chose a Grade
and Class/Group then
• Additional Information - SRC, Programs,
GNETS , etc.
• Individual Subject Pages
– Coding for Accommodations and
Irregularities
• Specific Accommodations/Students Tools
– Checking activates for all content
– Unchecking deactivates for all content
– If necessary, must be managed prior to
student login on each day of testing
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In the Group Selector you will choose a Course
and Class/Group then
• Additional Student Information
– Coding for Race and Ethnicity, SRC,
Irregularities, Accommodations, etc. will
be entered on this page for this Course
and Group
• Specific Accommodations/Student Tools
– Managed on this page for this Course
and Class/Group because the student
will be added to a Test Session by
drilling to this Course and Class/Group
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Quick Reference
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Update for Existing Students
EOG
EOC
From the Groups Tab
Select Manage Students and then Student List
• In the Group Selector Column drill to Grade
• Select the student to be updated
• Additional Information - SRC, Programs,
GNETS , etc.
• Individual Subject Pages
– Coding for Accommodations and
Irregularities
• Specific Accommodations/Students Tools
– Checking activates for all content
– Unchecking deactivates for all content
– If necessary, must be managed prior to
student login on each day of testing
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• In the Group Selector Column drill to
Course
• Select student to be updated
• Additional Student Information
– Coding for Race and Ethnicity, SRC,
Irregularities, Accommodations, etc. will
be entered on this page for this Course
and Group
• Specific Accommodations/Student Tools
– Managed on this page for this Course
and Group because the student will
eventually be added to a Test Session by
drilling to this Course and Group
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Quick Reference
“Bulk” Assignment of Accommodations
EOG
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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EOC
From the Groups Tab
Select Manage Students and then Assign Accommodation
•
•
•
•
In the Group Selector Column drill to Grade
Select the students to be updated
Select Edit Accommodations
Select Accommodations window will pop
up
– Add activates for all content
– Delete deactivates for all content
– If necessary, must be managed prior to
student login on each day of testing
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• In the Group Selector Column drill to
Course
• Select students to be updated
• Select Edit Accommodations
• Select Accommodations window will pop
up
– Add activates for this Course
– Delete deactivates for this Course
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Online Form Assignment
Quick Reference
EOG
EOC
No “Oral Reading” Accommodation
• Randomly assigned Forms 1 - 5
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• ELA: TAS randomly assigns Forms C 1-3 or D 1-3
• All other content: TAS randomly assigns Form C or
D
“Oral Reading” Accommodation – Questions and Answers Only
• By selecting Allow Screen Reader, TAS
assigns form 3T
• ELA: By selecting Allow Screen Reader, TAS assigns
Form C 1-2 or D 1-2
• All other content: by selecting Allow Screen
Reader Form C or D will now be read
“Oral Reading” Accommodation – Questions, Answers AND Reading Passages
• Select Test Session and then Select “View Status”
• Select Student and then Select “Assign Form”
• EOG Practice Test – Form 2T
• EOG Main Administration - Form 1T
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• ELA Practice Test – Form 2T
• ELA Main Administration – Form C3 or D3
• Other content – no reading passages; no need to
manually select form
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Demo 3: Mark Student Testing Irregularity
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Students” and then “Student List” from the
Groups menu tab.
B. Navigate to the School to display students.
C. Click the Magnifying Glass option to open the search window
(if needed).
D. Enter the first few letters of the student’s last name and click
Search.
E. Choose the correct student from the displayed list by double
clicking on student.
F. Select the Irregularity IR / IV Code in the Additional Student
Information Panel.
G. Click Save to exit out of the student profile.
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Demo 3: Mark Student Testing Irregularity
A. Click Groups Tab, Choose
Manage Students and
Student List
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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B. Navigate to school and
Class to view students.
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Demo 3: Mark Student Testing Irregularity
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
E. Choose student
from list by double
clicking
C. OR Click magnifying
glass to open search
window
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D. Enter the first few
letters of the student
first or last name
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Demo 3: Mark Student Testing Irregularity
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
F. Select Irregularity Status
and IR/IV/PIV code
Irregularity information
is found on the Edit
Student page. Please
consult with GADOE to
obtain appropriate
codes.
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Demo 3: Mark Student Testing Irregularity
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
F. Select Irregularity Status
and IR/IV/PIV code
Irregularity
information is found
on the Edit Student
page. Please consult
with GADOE to obtain
appropriate codes.
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 4: Export Student Information
A. Click “User/Student Load” and then “Export” from the
Services menu tab.
B. Click “Student Data”, then click the “Export” button.
C. Save XLS export to your local machine.
D. In Excel, click “Data”, then “Filter” to enable filtering on
specified criteria.
E. Filter data to view student groups, e.g. all students with
Screen Reader.
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Demo 4: Export Student Information
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “User/Student
Load” and then “Export”
from the Services menu tab.
B. Click “Student Data”, then
click the “Export” button.
C. Save XLS export to
your local machine.
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Demo 4: Export Student Information
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
D. In Excel, click “Data”, then
“Filter” to enable filtering on
specified criteria.
E. Filter data to view student
groups, e.g., all students with
Screen Reader.
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Please DO NOT USE the Student Upload feature in TAS. If
you have a significant number of students that need to be
added to TAS, please contact DOE or CTB Customer Service
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
DO NOT USE
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 4: Bulk Assignment of Accommodations
A. Click Groups Tab, Choose Manage Students and Assign
Accommodations.
B. Select Class then Select Students to who you want to assign
accommodations
C. Click Edit Accommodations
D. Manage Accommodations – Screen Reader, High Contrast
and Large Font.
E. Click Submit.
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Demo 5: Assign Accommodations
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click Groups Tab, Choose Manage
Students and Assign Accommodations
C. Click Edit Accommodations
B. Select Class and Select
Students. Use filters if necessary
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Demo 5: Assign Accommodations
D. Manage Accommodations
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D. Click Submit
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TAS Feature Review – Test Sessions
Test Session
Demo 1: Create a test session and assign students.
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 2: Edit Form Assignment (for Conditional Screen
Reader Accommodation).
Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
Demo 4: View Status of Test Session
Demo 5: View Program Status
Demo 6: Reopen Student Test (Reset Test Session)
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TAS Feature Review – Test Sessions
Demo 1: Create a Test Session. Assign Students
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Sessions” from the Assessments menu
tab.
B. Expand School Panel
C. Click the Schedule Session button.
D. Select a Test Group from the dropdown list and click to
select a Test under Tests Section.
E. Allow breaks will be automatically set. This sets access
codes.
F. Click on Test Details bar to assign name, dates, and time
to test.
G. Click on the Add Student bar to add students to the
test.
Click OK.
H. Click Save to create the test and exit.
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Demo 1: Create a Test Session. Assign Students
A. Click Assessments Tab,
Choose Manage Sessions
B. Click to Expand
System/School list
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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C. Click on Schedule
Session button
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Demo 1: Create a Test Session
D. Select Test Group
and Test from list.
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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E. Allow Test Breaks
(automatically checked).
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Demo 1: Create a Test Session
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
F. Add Test Details - Name
the Test and set the date,
window and other details
Set the test window parameters
for this session. PLEASE NOTE:
the end date specified here
should include any makeup
testing.
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Demo 1: Create a Test Session
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
G. Add Students by
clicking the Add
Student button
Next, specify the students for this test
session. This step can be skipped and
done later for systems who set up test
sessions before knowledge of
students testing.
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Demo 1: Create a Test Session
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
G. Navigate to the
Class in the Group
Selector panel.
G. Click the check
box next to the
student name
G. Click OK
H. Click Save
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Demo 2: Edit ELA Form Assignment for Conditional Screen Reader
Accommodation
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Ensure “Allow Screen Reader” accommodation is
enabled
B. Click “Manage Sessions” from the Assessments menu
tab
C. Select the session you want to edit (9th Grade Literature
or American Literature)
D. Click on View Status.
E. Select the student that needs the conditional screen
reader accommodation and click on Assign Form.
F. Select the Form C3 or D3 for EOC or Form 1T for EOG
from the dropdown menu
G. Click Save.
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Demo 2: Edit Form Assignment
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Click magnifying glass
to open search
window
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Demo 2: Edit Form Assignment
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Check the “Allow
Screen Reader” checkbox
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Demo 2: Edit Form Assignment
B. Click Assessments Tab,
Choose Manage Sessions
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
D. Click on “View Status”
C. Select the session to edit
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Demo 2: Edit Form Assignment - EOG
E. Select student and click on Assign Form
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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F. Select Form 1T
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Demo 2: Edit Form Assignment EOC
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
E. Select student and click on Assign Form
F. Select Form C3 or D3
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TAS Feature Review – Test Sessions
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
A. Click “Manage Sessions” from the Assessments menu tab.
B. Expand School Panel
C. Click on a Test Session from the Session list.
D. Click on Print Test Tickets to View and Print Test Tickets
(Multiple or summary).
E. Open the Adobe print options by clicking File, then Print.
Change the Page Scaling dropdown to Multiple pages per sheet
to see how a printout would look with 4 tickets per page. Click
Cancel to cancel the print.
F. Return to the Home screen.
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
A. Click Assessments Tab,
Choose Manage Sessions
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
B. Click to Expand
System/School list
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
D. Click Print Test
Tickets
C. Click to Test
Session
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
E. Choose Multiple
Test Tickets option
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
DO NOT USE THIS
OPTION
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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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Demo 3: Print Test Tickets
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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TAS Feature Review – Test Sessions
Demo 4: View Status of Test Session
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click “Manage Sessions” from the Assessments menu tab.
B. Expand School Panel
C. Click on a Test Session from the Session list to highlight.
D. Click on the View Status button to view the status of this
session.
E. Refer to the Online Test Status column to see the current
test status for the student(s).
F. Refer to the Validation Status column. Do not change the
status of students to invalid.
G. Review student subtest details.
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Demo 4: View Status of Test Session
A. Click Assessments Tab,
Choose Manage Sessions
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
B. Click to Expand
System/School list
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Demo 4: View Status of Test Session
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
D. Click View Status
C. Click to Test
Session
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Demo 4: View Status of Test Session
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
F. Click to open Student
Subtest Details.
E. Current Testing Status
for the Student
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Demo 4: View Status of Test Session
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
G. Student Subtest Details.
DO NOT USE FOR ONLINE TESTS.
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Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 5: View Program Status
A. Click “Program Status” from the Assessments menu tab.
B. Browse to Class Level from Group dropdown selection.
C. Select an Assessment to review status.
D. Click on the student Count
E. Click on Export
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Demo 5: View Program Status
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
A. Click Assessments Tab,
Choose Program Status
B. Browse to Class Level
from Dropdown list
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Demo 5: View Program Status
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
C. Select Assessment to
view its status
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Demo 5: View Program Status
D. Click on the Student
Counts
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
E. Click on Export
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TAS Feature Review – Test Sessions
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Demo 6: Reopen Student Test (Reset Test Session)
A. Click Services > Reset Test Session.
B. Choose Show By: Student / Session in the menu on right.
C. Enter the test Access Code to search by test session OR Student
Login to search by student.
D. Click checkbox beside Student to reset.
E. Enter Requestor and Reason for reset (max 255 characters).
F. Click Reset
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Demo 6: Reset Test Session
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
In the Services
Menu, click Reset
Test Session
Search for
student or
session
Select
student
session
Click
Reset
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Student Experience Online
Demonstration
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Student Login
• Test Features
• Student Progress
• Student Logout
Experience Online Site can be accessed from:
http://experience-ga.ctb.com
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Test Features - Pause
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Student Pause Test
initiates a 20-minute
countdown
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Test Features - Pause
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
After 20 minutes, session
closes cleanly.
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Student Experience – Lost Network
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
1. Connectivity
between
workstation and
CTB server
disrupted.
3. Failure to
reconnect after
60 seconds –
“Exit”
2. Attempts to
Reconnect to
Test for 60
seconds
If successful
reconnection
within 60 seconds
– Test
automatically
resumes
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For a Positive Testing Experience…
Text To Speech –Volume on
and MP3 files allowed.
Restore software (Deep
Freeze, etc.) configured to
retain test data after reboot
Restrict intensive bandwidth
use during testing (VoIP, Payroll,
Drop box) DO NOT stream
educational content during
testing
Screen savers/power
management set to a
longer timeout
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Allow *.CTB.com
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
All other applications closed
on testing machines during
the test
For a Positive
Testing
Experience…
Anti-virus software full
scans and updates
scheduled after testing
hours
Laptop protocol – Use AC
power, wired access,
wireless check
Verify few workstations
prior to testing
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Online Testing Support Resources
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Test
Coordinators
• Students locked out
of the system
before completing
the test
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CTB.com/ga
CTB Support
DOE
• Technology
documentation
• Troubleshooting
Guide
• Questions about
site readiness
• Technical issues that
do not appear to be
local
• Issues
creating/obtaining
user accounts for
the system
• Assistance with
application
functions
• Testing policies and
procedures
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Managing Online Testing Issues
Resolution Approach
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Contact GADOE
• Local Site Collaboration /Troubleshooting
• LAN / WAN / ISP
• Bandwidth intensive applications
• CTB Customer Service Assistance
• General TAS / TDC functionality
questions/ issues
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Resources
Administration Policies and
Procedures Assistance
CTB Support
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Georgia Department of Education
-Dr. Mary Nesbit-McBride, Assessment
Specialist
CTB/Georgia Help Desk
404-232-1207 [email protected]
[email protected]
-Dr. Robert McLeod, Assessment Specialist
404-656-2589 [email protected]
http://www.ctb.com/ga
Michael Huneke, Assessment Specialist
404-232-1208 [email protected]
Phone: 866-282-2249
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Website:
Hours of Operation:
http://www.gadoe.org/CurriculumInstruction-andAssessment/Assessment/Pages/GeorgiaMilestones-Assessment-System.aspx
6:30 am - 8:00 pm EST
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Looking Ahead
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Perform Final Workstation Checks
• Ensure all your online students are in TAS.
• Ensure all your System and School Level Users are in TAS.
• Create Test Sessions.
• Assign Accommodations to students profiles
• Ensure that students using the Screen Reader Accommodation are getting the correct form
• All students should be given the opportunity to take Practice Tests
• Print, securely store and distribute Test Tickets just before testing begins.
• Administer Online Testing
• Code Irregularities and Invalidations accurately in TAS
• Reviewing Program Status and Extract Data as required
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Q&A
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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Spring EOG and EOC Online
Test Administration System
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Thank you for your participation!
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