Test Security
Supports and Accommodations
Performance Tasks
Roles and Responsibilities
Other Awesome Stuff
100
These forms need to be returned to Dr. Lance by April 1st.
What are the OSA Security Compliance Agreements?
100
The use of these in grades 3-5 Math will render an answer document "unscorable."
What is a calculator?
100
These must be administered before performance tasks (per grade and subject) and last for about 30 minutes.
What are classroom activities?
100
1. View the appropriate webex eDIRECT. 1. Schedule the building assessment details. 2. Ensure all test administrators have access to and have read appropriate portions of the M-STEP T.A.M. 3. Monitor testing. 4. Post-Test Housekeeping (see p. 48 of T.A.M.)
What are some of the roles of the building coordinator?
100
This should be done to ensure students know how to respond to numerical answers.
What is demonstrating the numerical gridded responses?
200
If this occurs, the student must transcribe answers to a new answer book. For important details, see page 14 of the T.A.M.
What happens if a student does not use a #2 pencil on the answer sheet? or What happens if a student marks the answer document with a highlighter?
200
These supports are available for all students.
What are universal tools?
200
This subject area performance task will take about 2 hours.
What is ELA?
200
1. Clearly understand the scheduled testing time, including breaks. 2. Before planning P.T. sessions, ensure C.A. was given less than or equal to 3 days in advance. 3. Prepare the classroom for testing. 4. Distribute test materials (headphones, if applicable, scratch paper, test tickets) 5. Monitor students during testing. 6. Collecting/return materials and scrap paper to building coordinator.
What are the roles and responsibilities of the test administrator?
200
A qualified translator can use this as a reader script for a Spanish speaking English learner student who cannot read in Spanish.
What is another use for a Spanish test booklet?
300
Schools should account for all of these on a checklist when collecting and returning them.
What are secure test materials (i.e. answer forms and test booklets)?
300
These supports are available when indicated by an adult or team (IEP, 504, Intervention, other, or new).
What are designated supports?
300
This subject area performance task will take about an hour.
What is mathematics?
300
This person is responsible for reporting all test irregularities and incidents to the state.
Who is the Coordinator of Assessment and Data Services?
300
These students must have accommodations specified by subject area.
What are Special Education students with IEPs?
400
These need to be collected at the end of the test session (then shredded) and cannot be taken to another test session.
What is scrap paper?
400
If these are used, they will make a test not count and should be marked on an answer document.
What are non-standard accommodations?
400
You can see clarifying samples by going to the link provided in the presentation (and on the M-STEP site).
Where can I find sample classroom activities, performance tasks, and performance tasks rubrics?
400
This person must ensure all OSA Security Compliance (by April 1st) and Return Verification (upon returning materials) Forms are sent do the Coordinator of Assessment and Data Services
Who is the building coordinator?
400
These students may not be required to take the M-STEP if they are within their first 12 months in the U.S. and have valid W-APT or WIDA-ACCESS scores. (This is a "one-time flexibility")
Who are English Learners?
500
These must be reported to Dr. Lance ASAP. A $50 fee will be charged per answer document otherwise.
What are testing irregularities?
500
These will be available in a central online location for make-up tests.
What about recorded classroom activities?
500
This person is responsible for ensuring his or her MEIS account information reflects the correct e-mail address and is familiar with basic functions within the BAA secure site.
Who is the building coordinator?
500
These students must be tested if parents request. A UIC must be obtained if they never attended public school. -from Wendy Dore Labels must be created via the BAA secure site. They must be flagged thusly in the answer document(s).
Who are home-schooled students?
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