Test Security
Preparing the Test Environment
Things You can Say to Students
Important Times
Mr. B's Highly recommended suggestions
100
The only acceptable place to keep tests and answer sheets during lunch break and transition times.
What is under lock and key?
100
"Testing-Do Not Disturb" sign
What is posted on all classroom doors where testing is occuring?
100
"You have not recorded all of your responses on the answer document. Please go back and mark your answers on it now."
What is the response to collecting an empty answer sheet?
100
7:40-8:00 am
When is complimentary breakfast and a quick dose of cross lateral exercises served to test takers?
100
The direction desks should be facing during testing.
What is with students' backs to the door?
200
Read the STAAR Testing Manual.
What should all test administrators do prior to testing dates?
200
Covered or Removed by Monday at 12:00
What are bulletin boards and instructional displays that might be a resource of direct answers?
200
"I can't answer that for you; just do the best you can."
What is the response to questions you are not permitted to answer?
200
9:00 am SHARP
What is the exact time that all STAAR testing starts at Williams? (Directions read, seals opened, samples completed, pencils poised and ready!)
200
Rows of desks should look like this during testing.
What are neat, orderly rows?
300
Accounting for test booklets and answer documents.
What is the teacher's responsibility before, during and after the test?
300
Start Time
What is 9:00 am sharp? What is recorded on the seating chart and on the white board?
300
"Remember that you must record your responses on the answer document. Be sure to erase any stray marks that yo might have accidentally made on your answer document."
What should the teacher periodically remind students to do?
300
5 minutes before and 10 minutes after their regularly scheduled lunch time.
What time does STAAR testing stop for the 45 minute lunch and restroom break?
300
Regularly walking around the room, remaining seated requires careful positioning to be able to view students testing
What is active monitoring?
400
"Failure to verify that a student filled in his or her responses on the answer document."
What is a Monitoring Error/Testing Irregularity (that can result in suspension of a teaching certificate)?
400
2 sharpened pencils and an eraser
What are necessary supplies needed by the students?
400
3rd grade Math Questions & Answer Choices upon request
What are the only things students can ask to have read to them?
400
9:30 am
When is the first time restroom breaks will begin without being glared at by Mr. Bartlett?
400
Squeaky doors or desks that don't "fit" the student
What is something to report to Santos?
500
Erase stray marks & darken answers.
What is something the student can do that the teacher can't do?
500
Closed Campus-No Visitors or Volunteers
What is something to put in my next newsletter?
500
Solve & Bubble- Solve & Bubble- Solve & Bubble
What is the order in which students complete their test?
500
End of the regular school day for students with the Extended Time accommodation [ELL/SPED]
When will all testing be completed at Williams Primary?
500
Calling in sick because you just can't be bothered rolling out of bed.
What is something that should be avoided during STAAR testing?
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