Test Security
Preparing the Test Environment
Things You can Say to Students
Important Times
Misc
100
The only acceptable place to keep tests and answer sheets during lunch break and transition times.
What is your locked storage cart / brick-and-mortar secure storage area?
100
"Testing-Do Not Disturb" sign
What is posted on all classroom doors where testing is occuring?
100
Your response if a student turns in a blank answer document.
What is, "You have not recorded all of your responses on the answer document. Please go back and mark your answers on it now"?
100
5 hours
What is the time limit for English I and English II end-of-course assessments?
100
She is famous for Mambo dancing, Appearance on Good Day Texas and Great Day Houston.
Who is Monica Santiago?
200
The color of an orange blossom tree.
What is white?
200
Pat Sajak
Who is the host of Wheel of Fortune?
200
Your response if a student asks for help.
What is, "I can't answer that for you; just do the best you can."
200
End of the school day or 7 hours
What is the maximum time allowed for an extended time/same day test?
200
Mobile phones, smart watches
What must be collected prior to testing and is NOT Allowed?
300
Ms. O'Quinn: How did your students do on their STAAR tests? Do you think the test was difficult? Dr. M: Oh no, I thought the science test was easy! Duh!
What is NOT wrong with this situation?
300
Must be removed or covered that could aid a student during testing.
What are instructional displays?
300
"Remember that you must record your responses on the answer document. Be sure to erase any stray marks that you might have accidentally made on your answer document."
What should the teacher periodically remind students to do?
300
4 hours
What is the time limit for STAAR exams, excluding English I and English II end-of-course exams?
300
Let him/her sleep and wake him/her up after a small break.
What do I do if a student is sleeping?
400
Test administrators must ensure that students remain seated during testing, except when they are receiving or returning authorized testing materials. Students are not allowed to talk to one another while testing is in progress. Ensure that students do not return to a subject-area assessment attempted on a previous test day or to work on a subject-area assessment that has not yet been administered. Test administrators may not view or discuss individual test questions or responses unless specifically directed to do so by the test procedures.
What is active monitoring?
400
Allowing individual and small-group administrations Reminding students to stay on task Color Overlays Highlighters Place markers
What are accessibility features, or allowable test administration procedures?
400
Movie Trivia: One-eyed Willie
What pirate's treasure is at the center of the kids' search in "The Goonies"?
400
Water breaks, bathroom breaks, snack breaks, short physical or mental breaks
What breaks are included in the time limit (time does not stop)?
400
Must be available for students taking: STAAR reading tests at grades 6–8 STAAR writing tests, including revising and editing, at grade 7 STAAR English I, English II, and English III tests
What is a dictionary?
500
Erasing stray marks & darkening answers
What is something the student can do but the teacher cannot?
500
Star Wars Trivia:Harrison Ford
Who played Hans Solo?
500
Reading Selection (reading passages)
What can NEVER be read aloud to a student even if they have an oral administration test?
500
Lunch Emergency Situations that interrupt testing Consolidation and movement Medical breaks
What breaks are not included in the time (time stops)?
500
Required for Grade 8 Math and Algebra I.
What is a graphing calculator?