Changes to Assessments
Test Security
Responsibilities
Security
Active Monitoring
100
What is not being retested this year for 8th graders?
8th grade math
100
Where can labels with students' names can be placed on their test booklet?
Upper right corner
100
What is the third test administrator responsibility?
monitor and maintain test security
100
"All tests must be administered in ____ accordance with the instructions contained in the test administration manuals."
strict
100
What is active monitoring?
test administrators should be actively engaged in observing students' behavior
200
What item is now required for all students taking the STAAR 8th grade math test?
graphing calculator
200
What must be completed by the student by the time 4 hours is completed (in most cases)?
All the answers
200
What can online test administrators help students do?
open and view online test
200
For a 2 day test, what test items may be left overnight in a classroom?
No test items may be left
200
What are used to observe student behavior?
multiple vantage points
300
Where can student reference materials (such as formula charts and graph scratch paper)be found?
embedded in the test booklet
300
What bubbles should not be filled in by students or teachers?
None of the demographic bubbles
300
What is the second responsibility of a test administrator?
Implement the test administration process and procedures
300
Where can you look for student answers in the case of a blank answer document?
Never in the student test booklet
300
What is not permissible to pass the time while monitoring?
Reading over a student's shoulder
400
How many field test prompts are included in the 7th grade writing test?
zero
400
What bubbles should be filled in on the student's answer document by the test administrator?
score code and test booklet number
400
How many responsibilities does the campus technologist have?
4
400
Who do you call in the case of a wrong seal being broken?
Elizabeth and/or LaBecca
400
What should you not turn toward your class during testing?
your back
500
What are the two types of writing prompts on the 7th grade STAAR writing test?
expository and personal narrative
500
What stray marks may a test administrator erase?
None on the student answer document
500
Who should also be trained in STAAR testing security protocals?
Office staff and paraprofessionals
500
When is it permissible to solicit students' opinions about the STAAR test?
Never permissible
500
What should students be while in the hallways and classrooms during testing?
silent