Transcript PearsonAccess

2015 CMAS
PearsonAccess Training
for SACs
www.pearsonaccess.com
select Colorado from the drop down.
Spring 2015
Purpose of This Training
• What information can you expect to get out of
this training?
o TestNav 8 Overview
o TestNav 8 Tools and Accommodations
o An overview of PearsonAccess
• What should you know/be able to do after the
training?
o How to access and navigate TestNav 8
o How to access and navigate PearsonAccess
o Where to locate PearsonAccess Resources and
Support
*Agenda
• TestNav 8 Testing Engine, Tools, and
Accommodated Forms
• PearsonAccess Overview for DACs
•Available Resources
•User Accounts
•Student Data
•Test Management
•Create Online Test Sessions
•Manage Test Sessions
•Test Results
• Support/Resources Available
• Contact Information
• Questions
* TestNav Tools
*Currently unavailable, but included with the Fall 2014 High School CMAS: Science and Social Studies
Assessments. Students may preview the Notepad functionality in a module available on PearsonAccess > Support >
Downloads.
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*TestNav Online Special
Forms
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Text-to-Speech
Text is read aloud to the student by means of the
embedded text-to-speech software
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Color Contrast
Allows the student to select alternate colors for text
and background
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Spanish Audio
Allows the student to hear the assessment in
Spanish
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Text-to-Speech with Color Contrast enabled
Spanish Audio with Color Contrast
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*TestNav Assistive
Technology Devices
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Assistive Technology Devices listed in the
link below have no known conflicts with
TestNav 8
http://pearsononlinetesting.com/TestNav/AT/
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Pearson is developing items that are Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliant
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*User Accounts in
PearsonAccess
•Your Account
•User Roles and Permissions
•Designate Technology Staff
•User Account Maintenance
 SAC will Create New User Accounts and
Assign Roles for CMAS Test
Administrators and CoAlt Test Examiners
*PearsonAccess User
Accounts
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*PearsonAccess User
View and Create User Accounts
Accounts
The SAC role can view and manage other user
accounts. SAC permissions include:
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Create user accounts
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Reset other users’ passwords
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Lock and unlock accounts
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Delete accounts
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Update account information
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Export user data
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CoAlt Test Examiners
CoAlt Test Examiners permissions include:
• Entering IEP information
• Entering student scores in PearsonAccess
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*Colorado PearsonAccess
Landing Page
To access the Colorado PearsonAccess
landing page, point your browser to
www.pearsonaccess.com/co.
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* Enter your User ID and Password then click Sign In
* If you have problems logging in, use the links below to
Unlock User, Reset your password, if you need help
signing in or if you have forgotten your User ID.
*PearsonAccess –
Logging In
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*PearsonAccess – Home
The Home tab in PearsonAccess displays links to the all
the functions available to your user account.
PearsonAccess (live
testing) site has blue
bar
PearsonAccess
Training site has
brown bar
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*PearsonAccess - Navigation
To change the test administration, click on
the Change link. The administration change
will apply to all screens.
* Creating PearsonAccess
Test Sessions
SAC
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*Creating a PearsonAccess
Test Session
* A virtual grouping of students by grade level and
content area. Students must be placed in a scheduled
test session before they can log in to a test.
* Before adding students to a test sessions be sure to
update if accommodated form and/or TTS is needed.
* Create sessions at least one week before testing
window
* Test Session Management
Accommodations
and Accommodated
Forms
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Wednesday, April 1st
Additional order window opens.
What
Additional information
For any required
accommodated materials
When additional orders are placed,
ensure that student records have been
updated accordingly in pearsonaccess
(e.g., additional order placed for an
online Spanish oral script for a student so
the student's record needs to be updated
to indicate the oral - script
accommodation).
For students requiring Spanish
SS tests
Place additional orders for Online
Spanish Source Books that are to be used
by English learners taking the online
Spanish audio form of the Social Studies
assessment.
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*Preferred Way….Assigning
Students to Online
Accommodated Forms
2. Using the PearsonAccess User Interface:
• Go to Test Management > Register Students.
• To view all students, select the Show All Students check box and
then click Search.
• To search for an individual student, enter search criteria and
then click Search. You must enter or select at least one search
field; the more specific the criteria, the more focused the search
will be.
• Select a student.
• Click the name of the student.
• Click on the Assigned Tests tab
• Click on the test name
• Click Edit and make the changes.
• Click Save.
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 The text-to-speech accessibility features and online accommodations
should be indicated on student records before test sessions are
created.
 This will ensure that students are automatically assigned the
appropriate online test forms when they are assigned to test sessions.
 If students are added to test sessions before text-to-speech and
online accommodations are indicated, additional steps will be
required in order to re-assign students to the appropriate special
online forms.
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Another way…..Assigning Special Forms in PA
Test Session
Overrid
e
1) Before testing select Form Override *
2) Select Appropriate Form Group Type from menu
3) Select the default form and provide a short reason
*If the override feature is used to assign an
accommodated form or TTS, verify that the
appropriate information is also indicated on the
Student Test Details screen by selecting the student’s
name and then “Edit” and “Save”.
Text to Speech
Color Contrast
Text to Speech & Color Contrast
Oral Script
Spanish Audio
Spanish Audio & Color Contrast
*Creating Test Sessions
•Steps to Create Online Test Sessions
•Add Students to Test Session
•Oral Administrations
•Authorizations
*Steps to Creating Online
Test Sessions
 Go to Test Management > Manage Test Sessions, click the New Session button
and enter the session details.
*Student Authorization
Tickets
Student Authorization Tickets provide students with the
information required to log into their test.
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Students enter Username and Test Code
SAC
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Print Student Authorization tickets and Seal Codes located in
each PearsonAccess test session
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On the day students take the online test, distribute tickets and
only the needed Seal Codes to Test Administrators
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Collect Student Authorization Tickets and Seal Codes after
testing
*Seal Codes
When students are ready to “unseal” a sealed test
section, provide the Seal Code for that section only.
* Seal Codes apply only to sealed test sections.
* Each test contains 3 sealed test sections.
* Seal Codes must be used in the order they are printed.
* Seal Codes become invalid as soon as the test session is stopped.
(A new test session requires new Seal Codes.)
A short video is available on
PearsonAccess>Support>Training>Printing Authorization Tickets
Avoiding misadministrations
Science and Social Studies Seal Codes
• Only three seal
codes will be
used for each
assessment
• Cross off the last
six seal codes to
avoid confusion
• Only hand out
the seal code(s)
that need to be
used that day!
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Section 1
Student
SEAL
testCODE
tickets
1234
*Proctor Caching Test
Content and
Administering Assessments
SAC and Test Administrator
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*Proctor Cache Test
Content – Test
Administrators
Proctor Caching –
*Enables schools to download encrypted test
content to a local computer.
*A school downloads the content once for each test
administration.
*Reduces the amount of bandwidth for testing.
* Proctor Caching Tutorial
*Starting a PearsonAccess
Test Session
*Test Administrators will need to log into PearsonAccess
to start a test session
*Test sessions status shows as either Start or Stop
*Students Log In to
TestNav
* Once the test session is started, the Test Administrator will
provide the students with their Student Authorization Tickets.
* Students will type the URL found on the ticket into their
browser
* Students will find their username and testcode
* Enter username and testcode in appropriate fields
*TestNav Testing Engine
TestNav Welcome page
* Screen will show the Test Name
* Number of questions
* Students will select “Start Test Now”
*TestNav Testing Engine
Section 1 Seal Code Entry
* Test Administrator will provide the seal code
* Student will enter the seal code and then select “Start
Section”
*TestNav Screens and
Icons
Flag Items and Review
Navigation
Tools
User Menu
Text to Speech
*TestNav Testing Engine
Section 1 Sample Questions
* After entering the seal code, students will see three sample
questions that allow them to practice answering different
item types.
* Sample questions are available only for Section 1. Students
will see a STOP screen after the last sample question.
*TestNav Testing Engine
Sections 2 and 3 STOP page
* This is the screen students will see after entering seal codes for
Sections 2 and 3.
* The Test Administrator will continue with the “SAY” directions.
When all instructions have been read to the students, they will click
the blue forward arrow button to start the test.
*Logging out of TestNav
Sections 1 and 2
• Students must navigate to the Review screen using the Review button in
the toolbar:
• In the top right corner of the screen, students will select the blue “End
Section” button.
*Logging out of TestNav
Sections 1 and 2
•Students logging out of Sections 1 and 2 will then see:
•They will select the green “Continue” button.
*Logging out of TestNav
Sections 1 and 2
Students click “Yes” on the Section Exit Warning dialog.
*Logging out of TestNav
Sections 1 and 2
* The seal code screen for the next section (2 or 3) will load.
* Once on this screen, students must complete steps to log out of
TestNav.
* Students will select the User icon
in the top-right portion of the
screen and select “Logout of TestNav.”
*Logging out of TestNav
* The student will select the blue “Save and Return Later” button.
*TestNav Testing Engine
Sections 1 and 2
Once successfully logged out of TestNav, students will see:
*Section 3 is different….
Section 3 Seal Code Entry
*Logging out of TestNav
Section 3
• Students must navigate to the Review screen using the Review button in
the toolbar:
• In the top right corner of the screen, students will select the blue “End
Section” button. If students have answered all questions, they will see a
green “Submit Final Answers” button in addition to the “End Section”
button.
This button only
appears if all
questions have been
answered.
*Logging out of TestNav
Section 3
* Students logging out of Section 3 will see:
* They will select the green “Submit Final Answers” button.
*Logging out of TestNav
* The student will select the green “Yes, Submit Final Answers”
button.
*Logging out of TestNav
Section 3
Students have now submitted their final answers and they will see
the following screen.
NOTE: Selecting the “Submit Final Answers” button submits student
answers and automatically logs students out of TestNav. Students do
not need to perform the extra steps of logging out of TestNav, as
they must do at the completion of Sections 1 and 2.
*Monitoring Test Sessions
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*Student Status
Static status that
will appear in
session details
* Each student has their own status indicator
*Monitoring Test Sessions
* Monitor the status of students in the session.
* To refresh a student’s testing status:
Click the Refresh icon in the Status column of the student
list on the Session Details screen to refresh the student’s
status.
*View Student Progress
* A Test Administrator can view a student’s progress to
determine if all questions have been answered
* Click on View Progress to view the student’s progress in the
test
* PearsonAccess Test Session Security
* Test sessions have multiple levels of security controls
* Session level security allows you to start/stop the entire test
session to control access
* Student level security allows you to control access on a student
level when the session is started
*Resuming a Student
• If a student has exited a test they must be Resumed before they can
log back into the test
• The student status is Exited
• Select the checkbox next to the student’s name
• Click Resume Test, Confirm you want to resume the test
*Mark Test Complete
* A student may be manually marked complete if they are
finished testing but did not submit their test.
* Do not mark a test complete unless a student has completed
the test or will not be returning to finish the test.
* Select the checkbox next to the student’s name and click
Mark Test Complete.
*Mark Test Complete
* Select the choice to use the same reason for all students, or use
a different reason for each student
* Enter the Reason Code using the drop down menu
* This reason code does NOT invalidate the test
* Click Save
*Stopping a Test Session
* All test sessions must be Stopped at the end of a test administration
* All students in a session must be in Completed or Marked Complete
status
* Click on Stop to stop the test session
* Removing or Moving Students from
PearsonAccess Test Sessions
* Click the check box next to
the student to be moved to a
different session, or removed.
* Click Remove or Move
* Select Yes to confirm or
No to cancel the action
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The Students Not Assigned
to Session Report is available
on the Manage Test Sessions
screen.
*CoAlt Score Entry
Score Entry
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Manage Teacher Assignments
Online Score Entry
Assigning a Teacher to a Assigned
Student
• Select the Assigned Students option button.
• Select a student(s) and then click Assign Teacher.
• Select a teacher from the drop-down and click Save.
Removing a Teacher from an
Assigned Student
• Select the Assigned Students option button.
• Select a student(s) and then click Remove Teacher.
• Click Yes-Continue with Removal.
Assigning a Subject to an
Assigned Student
• Select the Assigned Students option button.
• Select a student(s) and then click Assign Subject.
• Select the subject and click Assign Subjects.
Removing a Subject from an
Assigned Student
• Select the Assigned Students option button.
• Select a student(s) and then click Remove Subject.
• Click Yes-Continue with Removal.
*Support
• Support Page on PearsonAccess
• Avocet
• Chat Feature
• Toll Free Phone Support
 1-888-687-4759
• E-mail Support
 [email protected]
*CMAS: Science and Social Studies
* 1-888-687-4759
*PARCC
* 1-888-493-9888
*Reasons for districts to contact Pearson:
* Procedural questions—will be sent to Pearson
Program Team and/or CDE
* Ordering
* PearsonAccess questions
* TestNav questions
* Contacting
Customer Service
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*Questions
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