Test Security
Preparing the Test Environment
Site Coordinator To Do's
Important Times
Misc
100

The only acceptable place to keep your secure materials locked up when not being used.

What is the secure storage area?  

Other acceptable answers:  locking storage bag

100
"Testing-Do Not Disturb" sign
What is posted on all classroom doors where testing is occuring?
100

These are labels that are required to be placed on the student test tickets by the site coordinator.  Each label has a specific date and test subject.  If a student is absent on their original date, a new label must be placed on top of the old label to reflect the new date.

What is a session ID label?

100
5 hours
What is the time limit for English I and English II end-of-course assessments?
100

The Dallas Cowboys

Who is America's Team?

Any answer against the Dallas Cowboys is an automatic -500

200
The color of an orange blossom tree.
What is white?
200

This is where we have everything saved related to STAAR testing and it accessible with your RES google account.

What is the shared testing folder?

200

The only thing that goes here is the letter A if a student is absent, or the date the student sat for the test in the format MM/DD/YYYY (02/02/2022)

What is the attendance column on the testing roster?

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, all other electronic devices

What must be collected prior to testing and is NOT Allowed?

300

A test administrator leaves the testing room for a quick second, leaving the testing room unattended with a trained test administrator.

What is an incident report?

A test administrator can NEVER leave a testing room unattended during a live test.

300
Must be removed or covered that could aid a student during testing.
What are instructional displays?
300

You should be doing this very important step to about 3-5 days prior to testing week as a reminder for families testing.  This is a perfect time to gauge your attendance and provide any site location specific details.

What is contacting the students & parents assigned to your site location?

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

The student's name and Room # should be on this particular item provided to the student at check-in.

What is a name tag?

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, writing Grades 3-8 and English 1 and 2.

What is a dictionary?

500

You must read this aloud to the students for each test session you host, even if you have multiple grades or subjects in your classroom.  It also has a guide to assist the test administrators on how to use it.

What is the test administrator manual?

500

Tape and anything sticky MUST be removed from these before returning them to the district. 

What are iSVA issued Chromebooks?

500

This takes place daily on site with all staff members assigned to your site.  You must also have one of these the week prior to testing to review all things related to your site!

What is a daily site location meeting?

What is your site location planning meeting?

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, Algebra I, Biology and Grade 8 Science.

What is a calculator?

Graphing:  Algebra I, Grade 8 Math

4 function or graphing:  Biology, Grade 8 science