Testing True or False
True or False:
Students may have no more than two pieces of scratch paper per STAAR test.
False! They can have as much BLANK scratch paper as needed.
STAAR accommodations should be used in class _______ and _______.
routinely and effectively
This is an example of a serious test irregularity:
A. Tampering with student responses
B. Leaving secure materials unmonitored
C. A student placed or received a phone call or text message during a test
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
What is until the end of the day.
less severe, move common, and typically the result of minor deviation in testing procedures
True or False:
April 22 is the date of the 3-5 Math STAAR test.
True!
A student has text to speech on each of his STAAR tests. Will EVERY word of the RLA test be read aloud to the student?
NO! The passage and certain questions will not be read aloud.
*Remember to look for the icon!
Is it ok for ANY hall monitor to cover for a test administrator who needs to go to step out to use the restroom?
No
A person who covers a classroom must have signed an oath and attended a training.
Start and stop times must be recorded here.
What is the seating chart?
What are the 4 performance categories that students can achieve on STAAR?
Masters Grade Level
Meets Grade Level
Approaches Grade Level
Does Not Meet Grade Level
True or False:
Teachers are allowed to read aloud the prompt only to students from the RLA STAAR test.
FALSE!
Teachers are no longer permitted to read ANYthing from the screen to students.
Who do you need to let know right away if a student receives the basic transcribing: speech-to-text accommodation through an ARD committee meeting?
Mrs. Bass & Technology
A. Viewing secure test content before, during or after an administration
B. Duplicating, recording, or electronically capturing confidential test content
C. Posting, emailing, or distributing confidential test content
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
If a teacher or student notices that an accommodation is not being provided on the computer during testing, they can ask before question number what to have it turned on.
Ask before question 5, and it can be turned on!
Examples of these include:
numbers chart
frequently misspelled word list
blank graphic organizers
mnemonic devices
What are supplemental aids?
Any violation of test security or confidential integrity may result in invalidating student test results and revocation of a teacher's certificate without the opportunity for reapplication up to permanently.
TRUE
True or False:
Students who test with me must stay in my room until testers are consolidated.
FALSE!
Testers who finish and become a distraction may go to the gym WITH A BOOK to sit quietly and read until consolidation.
All testing personnel must undergo these two things before handling secure test materials.
What is sign and oath and attend a security training.
True or False:
Test administrators are not allowed to have a clock in their rooms because it might help a student on the math test.
False! Please be sure you have a working clock in your room on testing days.
constitute severe violations of test security and/or confidentiality; can result in the individual being referred to TEA
What is a serious testing irregularity
True or False:
Failing to report to an appropriate authority that an individual has engaged in or is suspected of engaging in any violation of test security may or many not be considered a testing violation depending on the circumstances.
False!
The person responsible for ensuring students have the correct test accommodations as listed in the testing roster on testing day.
Who is the test administrator?
Which of these is a PROCEDURAL irregularity?
A. Testing personnel did not monitor students during a break.
B. A test administrator failed to read the directions verbatim directly from the test manual.
C. Testing personnel lost or misplaced student test tickets or secure test materials.
D. Testing personnel reinforced test-taking strategies.
B. A test administrator failed to read the directions verbatim directly from the test manual.
If an emergency occurs during testing, test administrators should:
A. be sure all students have logged out of their tests before leaving the room.
B. have students line up and wait for the test administrator to collect secure test materials.
C. line up and leave the room quietly and calmly.
D. All of the above
C. line up and leave the room quietly and calmly.
features are procedures and materials that should be made available on state assessments to students who regularly use them during classroom instruction