TAM
Notify this person immediately if you think there has been a test impropriety.
Who is the District Test Coordinator (DTC) OR Lisa Leatham?
Supports in this category are only available to students on IEPs and 504s.
What are accomodations?
The first date that students in grades 3-8 are able to take a Mathematics assessment.
What is April 2nd?
This must be immediately, securely destroyed after testing.
What is scratch paper from the Math/ELA CAT?
Parents may fill out an opt-out form for these two assessment subjects.
What are Mathematics and English Language Arts?
Do this if you think something may be wrong with a student's test during a test session.
What is stop testing the student?
Supports in this category are available to any student.
What are Universal Tools?
All Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science assessments must be completed by this date.
What is June 14th?
This is how notes must be stored between testing sessions.
What is "securely"?
This assessment requires an exemption if a parent does not want their child to participate.
What is Science?
This is the number of calendar days a student has from the first day of opening a test to the expiration of the test.
What is 20 days?
Supports in this category are available to students only if a teacher requests it for the student.
What are Designated Supports?
The first date that 11th graders are able to test.
What is Feb 6th.
Notes from this portion of the Math or ELA assessments may be kept securely between sessions.
What is the PT (Performance Task)?
The two "reasons" a parent may state as the reason they are exempting their child from the state Science assessment.
What are a disability and religious?
Student MAY review questions already answered on the Math and ELA CAT if the test is paused for less than this amount of time.
What is 20 minutes?
A student may have the ELA reading stimuli read aloud with this type of support.
What is an Accomodation?
The last date for parents to opt their student out of testing.
What is June 14?
This is what must happen with printed test items after each ELA/Math/Science assessment session.
What is be destroyed immediately?
This is the federal participation rate requirement for state standardized assessments.
What is 95%?
If a test is active but idle for over 20 minutes, this will happen.
What is the system will automatically pause the test and log the student out?
A calculator is this type of support (Universal Tool, Designated Support, Accommodation).
What is all three (in different circumstances)?
The day during the testing window that a student "belongs" to a school district (for testing purposes).
What is the first school day in May?
This must be done to securely retain notes after each session (3 things), when allowed.
What is:
1. Direct students to write their name on their notes
2. Collect and inventory notes
3. Store notes securely
This is the last date a parent is allowed to opt out or exempt their child from assessments.
What is June 14?