Transcript Spring Assessment Workshop: District Test Coordinator Training

NMSBA Spring 2014
Test Administration Workshop
New Mexico Assessment
Program
 New Mexico Standards-Based Assessment
(NMSBA)
 Grades 3-8 & 10 & 11
 Reading and Mathematics (all grades),
Science (grades 4, 7 and 11), Writing
(grades 3, 5 and 8)
 Only Reading and Math are factored in the
school grading calculation
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New Mexico Assessment
Program
 New Mexico Alternate Performance
Assessment (NMAPA)
 Grades 3-12+
 Available to students with significant
cognitive disabilities who meet the eligibility
criteria established by the New Mexico
Public Education Department
 Administrators need to attend training every
3 years
 ACCESS for ELLs
 Grades K-12
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Testing Schedule
Testing Windows
NMSBA (Grades 3-8 &10 and 11):
• CBT Schools March 3 – March 26, 2014
• PBT Schools March 10 – March 26, 2014
ACCESS (all grades):
January 13– February 21, 2014
NMAPA: Feb 24 – April 4, 2014
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Testing Schedule
Testing Windows
PARCC Field Test:
• Selected Schools March 31 – April 18, 2014
END OF COURSE (EoC)
• 2014 Graduates: April 1 – April 11, 2014
• Grades 4 – 12: April 28 – May 9, 2014
RIA & PIA
• April 21 – May 15, 2014
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SBA Testing Schedule
 Paper Based Testing (PBT) must be administered
according to the APS schedule.
 Computer Based Testing (CBT) must be administered
according to that schools recommend schedule.
 Students within the same building must take the same
session(s) at the same time.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 Students who are provided with accommodations are likely
to fall behind
 Make-up tests
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Principles of Test Security
 Protect the student
 Protect your staff
 Protect the test
 Protect yourself
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Test Security and Training
 Test security is everybody’s responsibility.
 Training and test security requirements are
outlined in NM PED regulation 6.10.7 NMAC.
 The regulation may be found on the web at:
 http://sde.state.nm.us/AssessmentAccountability/AssessmentEvaluation/
index.html
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Testing Irregularities
 A testing irregularity is “any circumstance within or beyond
the control of a school district that in the opinion of the
Public Education Department (PED) or a school district
raises doubts about the propriety of standardized testing
procedures, preparation materials, standardized test
administration, standardized testing security, student
scores attained from standardized testing, or teacher or
student conduct observed during standardized testing.”
[6.10.7.7 NMAC]
 Suspected testing irregularities should be reported in
accordance with procedures outlined in PED Regulation
[6.10.7.13 NMAC].
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Assessment Support System
 Do not contact the PED!
 If questions, check manuals. (both are online)
 If Test Administrator (TA) still has questions, ask
School Test Coordinator (STC).
 If STC still has questions, ask District Test
Coordinator (DTC).
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Test Security: The Basics
 Keep test booklets secure before, during, and
after testing.
 Keep track of and return every test booklet,
used or unused.
 Ensure that no student has exposure to the
assessment prior to test administration.
 Never photocopy, discuss, or reproduce in any
manner items from any secure test.
 Report testing irregularities immediately to
Director of Assessment & Testing
(DO NOT INVALIDATE !)
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Security of Student Test Booklets
 For PBT: Each student must be assigned one test
booklet and one answer book (3rd graders only have
one book)
 For CBT: Each student must be assigned one answer
booklet per student
 Tests must be stored overnight in a secure area with
limited access.
 No individuals (including staff members) can review
secure tests without approval from the NM PED
 Tests must not be left unattended in an unlocked
room.
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Security of Student Test Booklets
 When collecting materials after testing each
day, Test Administrators (TAs) must inventory
booklets.
 If a test booklet is missing, the TA must
immediately contact the School Test
Coordinator (STC) to report the loss and
commence a search for the missing booklet.
 If the test booklet is not found, this incident
must be reported to the District Test
Coordinator (DTC).
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Test Security: During Testing
DO:
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Have a proctor in the room and test monitors in
the halls to assist with medical emergencies or
obtaining additional test materials.
Allow bathroom breaks during sessions if
necessary. Students may be allowed to use the
restroom as long as they are escorted to and
from the facility by a proctor.
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Test Security: During Testing
DO NOT:
 Allow students to start a test session who arrive
late and/or who miss the test directions.
(Schedule a make-up session for these students).
 Give students breaks that allow them to leave the
room or talk with one another in the middle of a
test session.
 Do not give scratch paper – PBT Schools
***Scratch paper for CBT Schools ONLY is
allowable must be collected after each session.***
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Test Security: During Testing
DO NOT:
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Test students on different subtests at the
same time when they are all in the same room
together (except for make-up exams).
Read the test to students or a groups of
students who don’t qualify for such an
accommodation. (Never read the reading part
of the test!!!)
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Who can administer the
tests?
 Only trained, certified staff are permitted to administer tests.
 The Test Administrator must be a certified staff member who
has received training from the DTC/STC.
 In the event schools require additional staff to administer the
NMSBA/NMHSCE, other staff members (who have received
training) may be used to:
provide one-on-one accommodations to Special Ed or
ELL students (i.e., scribing, oral presentation of
directions), or
provide one-on-one administration because of other
documented IEP accommodations.
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Who can serve as test
proctors?
 Parents cannot proctor in their own child’s or
relative’s classroom.
 Proctors can assist, but may not act as test
administrators.
 Proctors must sign a non-disclosure form.
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Responsibilities Before Testing:
STC
Verify receipt of sufficient test materials.
Notify parents of test administration.
Plan for testing students who are eligible
for allowable accommodations.
Plan for make-ups (scores are not
reported for a content area if even one
session is missed).
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Responsibilities Before Testing:
TA
 Become very familiar with administration manual.
 Identify students who have documented
accommodation needs; confer with others if
necessary.
 Identify students who will require separate settings or
who will not be participating in one or more subtests
with the larger group.
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Responsibilities During Testing:
TA
 Prepare for testing:
 Verify that you have a sufficient supply of test booklets and
answer booklets.
 Obtain sufficient supplies of #2 pencils, erasers, and
calculators (for grades 8 through 11 only).
 Post a “Do Not Disturb” or “Testing in Progress” sign on the
classroom door.
 Distribute Test Booklets
 When you distribute the test booklets for the
first time, have students write their name on
the front of test and answer book.
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Responsibilities During Testing:
TA
 Ensure adequate lighting, temperature, and quiet
atmosphere
 Ideally, a testing room should be a typical classroom or
familiar environment
 Larger rooms may be used but must have adequate
security
 Follow all directions for a standardized administration.
 Students who have cell phones in their possession are to
turn them off and place them in their own backpacks to be
stored at the front of the testing room during the test
session.
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Test Administration: TAs
 Follow directions and scripts in the test
administration manuals exactly.
 Do not coach students before, during, or after
testing; or influence, alter, or interfere with
students’ responses in any way.
 Remind students to answer every question
before there is a break in a testing session.
 Proctor the exam actively
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Helpful Hints: TAs
 Under the direction of the TA, students may
look through their test booklets just before they
start testing to ensure that all pages are
properly printed.
 If a student asks, you must repeat oral
directions in the script of the administration
manual to the whole class.
 If students finish early, they may read but not
write.
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Participation of Students with
Disabilities: Three Ways
 Participation in standard administration without
accommodations.
 Participation with allowable accommodations.
 New Mexico Alternate Performance
Assessment: for students with significant
cognitive disabilities who are unable to
participate in general assessment, even with
accommodations.
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Testing Accommodations
 Test Administration Practices: variations on
standardized test administration that do not need
to be documented or reported as
accommodations.
 Accommodations: allowable changes in
administration procedures that do not change the
construct intended to be measured
 Modifications: prohibited changes that cause the
measurement of the intended construct to be
invalid.
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Types of Accommodations
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For PBT - Type of accommodation must
be documented on the Student Bio-grid.
For CBT – Must be entered prior to
student testing
Students can have more than one
accommodation
Accommodations must be documented
on separate sheet
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Participation of English
Language Learners
 Variety of ways to participate
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Depends, in part, on how long the student
has attended school in the U.S.
Language of instruction is also an important
consideration.
 ACCESS classifications
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Use most recent W-APT or ACCESS scores
available
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ELL Students: Less than one year
in US Schools
 May receive language exemption from
Reading test.
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Language proficiency assessment constitutes
participation.
Must take all other subtests.
 Option available first year in U.S. only
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ELL Students: Less than 3
Years in U.S. Schools
 Student may participate in:
 Standard administration of English language
test.
 English language test with accommodations.
 Standard administration of Spanish
language test
 Spanish language test with
accommodations.
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ELL Students: 3 or More Years
in U.S. Schools
 Students must participate in English language
assessment (with or without accommodations).
 However, waiver is available for up to two
additional years to continue testing student in
his or her home language.
 Kindergarten does not count as one of the 3
years.
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Completing Biogrids
 Pre-ID labels are provided as a convenience for all
students who are enrolled in a public school, charter
school, state educational institution, or BIE
 Use only valid pre-ID labels on answer booklets. A preID label is valid if the following information is up-todate:
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Student’s last name, first name, and middle
initial
Student’s date of birth
Student state identification number (STARS)
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Completing Biogrids
 If a Pre-ID label is valid and applied to the answer
document:
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boxes A-H of the SBA/HSGA answer
document do not need to be bubbled.
 Do no use a pre-ID label if it contains outdated or
incorrect student information.
 If no valid pre-ID label is available for a student,
the biogrid must be completed including every
field on the outside, back cover.
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Completing Biogrids
 There are four (4) “Forms” of the test in
English; two (2) “Forms” in Spanish
 The second page of the biogrid must be
completed for all students, as applicable, by
the TA for both the HSCE and the SBA/HSGA
after test completion.
 Refer to the SBA TCM sections “Rules for
Completing Biogrids in 2014” chart and
“Directions for Each Box on the Biogrid.”
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Attemptedness Rule
 Students must answer 5 of the first 15 MC items or 1
open ended item in order for the test to be valid
 If a student does not complete one session of an
assessment for a specific content area, the entire
content area is considered invalid. One content area
may be invalidated without invalidating the test for
other content areas.
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Test Invalidation
 Student shares answers.
 Student makes no attempt to respond to test.
 Misadministration of the test.
 DTC has authority and responsibility to invalidate test when standard
assessment procedures and policies have been violated in any way.
 Invalidations outlined in Procedures Manual (parent refusal, non-allowed
modifications, etc.).
 Invalid = not participated, no performance
 Again, contact Director of Assessment & Testing Services before you
take action.
 If a student moves to the next session w/o receiving instructions please
contact me immediately
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Testing Disruptions
Student Illness
Emergency Evacuation
Fire Drill, Lock Down, etc.
- Students may be allowed to complete
the session at a later time, but may not
change response to any test items
already answered.
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Student moves to another APS
school prior to testing
Before the test:
If a student officially withdraws before the
testing window and you have label; DO
NOT AFFIX THE LABEL.
If you affix the label and the child is not
enrolled in your school it will count against
participation and performance since the
questions will not be answered
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Student moves to another APS School
during the test window
 If a child moves to a different school and has
started but not finished the test
 The answer booklet needs to go with the child. If
the child is in grade 3 the new school must have the
test booklet
 You can deliver it with a form that requires your signature
and the receiving school’s signature (each school and
Testing Services get a copy) OR
 Testing Services can deliver it for you
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Documentation for All
Students
 There must be a test booklet returned FOR EACH
ENROLLED STUDENT IN EVERY GRADE LEVEL,
AND IN EVERY CONTENT AREA ASSESSED.
 Affix pre-coded label and/or complete the Student
Biogrid on a blank booklet for students not tested (e.g.,
no shows, invalid tests).
 Labels will be available around 03-14 for pick up
 NOTE: If a student is no longer enrolled in your
school, do not affix the pre-coded label to a blank test
booklet.
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Documentation for All
Students
 According to the PED, Foreign Exchange
students DO NOT need to be tested. Only put
their label on a bio-grid if your school has
decided to test them.
 If a bio-grid is submitted the student will count for
participation
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Documentation for All
Students
If a student has used large print:
TA or STC must transfer all MC answers and
written responses into a regular test booklet.
Keep the Large Print book with the regular one
If a student has used Braille as a
response format:
Appropriate school personnel must transcribe
this information into regular print booklet.
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Final Check
 Name on cover of test booklet and Answer
document.
 Pre-coded label and/or Student Bio-grid are
complete/accurate.
 Return tests to STC: no tape, staples or rubber
bands.
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Prepare Materials for
Return
 Fill out the appropriate header sheets/group information
sheets as directed by Testing Services. (See folder in SBA
box 1)
 Package materials as directed by Testing Services
 Keep the original boxes
 Check to be sure that all materials are accounted for, and
that test materials are separated as directed in manuals
and/or by Testing Services
 Do not return manuals, Mathematics Reference Sheets,
Spanish glossaries, or rulers. Do not save the manuals for
the next administration as directions will change from year
to year.
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Following Testing: STC
Check test booklets:
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There must be a test booklet returned for each
registered student in every grade level and every
content area assessed.
Verify student roster information and/or student
data grids are complete and accurate.
Ensure that the correct bubble is filled in if
necessary. For example: Accommodations grid,
the and the Test Completion Status grid (if other
than 0)
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Duplicate Prevention
 Materials to be scored:
 All completed answer booklets including: withdrew
before completion, modifications, reading exemption,
medical emergency, parental refusal, non- completion
irregularity, absent, voided
 Materials not to be scored:
 Test booklets (except grade 3) and never used answer
documents
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Test pick-up
 Pick up begins immediately after your last test. Please
see schedule
 All completed tests must be returned at that time
 All make up tests are due to testing services
immediately after all are completed and no later than
03-27-14
 You have the option to return materials to testing
services but I need to know ASAP
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PED WEB SITE
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www.ped.state.nm.us
Go to NMPED Web Directory
Go to Assessment and Evaluation
Find
Procedure Manual, DFA, Sample Items etc.
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GOOD SUCCESS!
Instructional Accountability
872-6870
Rose-Ann McKernan
872-6815
[email protected]
Director Assessment/Testing (TBD) 872-6870
Ann Lesley
[email protected]
Claudine Sanchez
872-6812
[email protected]