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The four-hour time period will start when the test administrator has read directions and tells students to begin working on their tests.■ Start time for the test session must be recorded on the seating chart.■ Students must record all responses on their answer documents or in TestNavbefore the end of the four-hour time period.■ Once the four-hour time period has ended, test administrators will instruct any students still testing to either put their pencils down and close their test booklets or stop their online tests.■ Stop time must be recorded on the seating chart.Distribution of materials and the test administrator “SAY” directions are not included in the four-hour time limit.Communicate (orally or in writing) the amount of time left to test in one-hour intervals and, if desired, in shorter intervals during the last hour.

Breaks included in the four-hour time limit (not allowed to stop the time clock)•• water breaks, bathroom breaks, snack breaks, and short physical or mentalbreaks■ Breaks NOT included in the four-hour time limit (required to stop and restartthe time clock)•• lunch•• emergency situations that significantly interrupt testing•• consolidation and movement of students to another testing area•• medical breaks to the nurseCampuses should be aware that the time clock will stop for students who go to thenurse for medical reasons. The test administrator must document the time thestudent stops and restarts the test and must make the student aware of his or heradjusted testing time.

Students may stop testing to take a supervised lunch.■ The testing time must be stopped for a lunch break and will restart when studentsresume taking the test.■ Students must place their answer documents inside their test booklets so that allsecure materials can be collected and placed in locked storage.■ Students must be monitored by trained testing personnel and are not allowed todiscuss any test content during lunch.

Campuses may offer multiple test sessions per day as long as the four-hour time limit ismaintained for each session.■ Sessions can start before the regularly scheduled school day and can extendbeyond the regularly scheduled school day.

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Active Monitoring Honor statements Seating charts required for all test situations Possible on-site monitoring by TEA Reporting of local investigations and disciplinary

actions taken against educators and students Document Retention Web based Test Administrator Training Modules

Video Scenarios mandatory for everyone this year

Test administrators, technology staff, and other school personnel who will be present in the testing room must be trained and sign an oath.

Office staff and other personnel around testing materials or testing must be trained in test security and sign an oath.

Campuses are required to maintain the following documents for a period of 5 years following a test administration Testing irregularity and investigation

documentation Inventory and shipping records Signed security oaths for all testing personnel Seating charts Miscellaneous mandatory testing forms

Security involves Security involves only authorized only authorized persons having persons having access to any access to any secure test secure test material. All material. All testing personnel testing personnel must be trained must be trained before handling before handling secure materials.secure materials.

A test administrator who has been trained in testing procedures must be present in the testing room at all times during testing.

A test administrator who has been trained in testing procedures must be present in the testing room at all times during testing.

CautionCaution

Each person Each person with access to with access to test test materialsmaterials shall maintain shall maintain andand preserve preserve the security and the security and confidential confidential integrity of the integrity of the test.test.

Each person Each person with access to with access to test test materialsmaterials shall maintain shall maintain andand preserve preserve the security and the security and confidential confidential integrity of the integrity of the test.test.

Security involves Security involves accounting for all accounting for all secure materialssecure materials

• beforebefore• during during • after after

each test each test administration.administration.

Security involves Security involves keeping test keeping test materials in locked materials in locked storage when not storage when not in use. in use. Immediately after Immediately after each session, each session, return test return test materials to the materials to the campus campus coordinator.coordinator.

Confidential Confidential integrity involves integrity involves protecting the protecting the contents of each contents of each test booklet, test booklet, answer document , answer document , and online test and online test content.content.

Confidential Confidential integrity involves integrity involves protecting the protecting the contents of each contents of each test booklet, test booklet, answer document , answer document , and online test and online test content.content.

Confidential integrity Confidential integrity involvesinvolves no one no one viewing contents of viewing contents of test booklets, answer test booklets, answer documents, or online documents, or online test content before, test content before, during, or after a test during, or after a test administration. No administration. No unauthorized viewing, unauthorized viewing, discussion or scoring discussion or scoring is allowed.is allowed.

Confidential integrity involvesConfidential integrity involves

• no duplication of testing materials.no duplication of testing materials.

• breaking the subject area seals breaking the subject area seals during each session only as during each session only as instructed.instructed.

• administering tests exactly as administering tests exactly as instructed in the manual.instructed in the manual.

Confidential integrity involvesConfidential integrity involves

• no duplication of testing materials.no duplication of testing materials.

• breaking the subject area seals breaking the subject area seals during each session only as during each session only as instructed.instructed.

• administering tests exactly as administering tests exactly as instructed in the manual.instructed in the manual.

Confidential integrity involvesConfidential integrity involves

• not revealing or not revealing or answering any questions answering any questions relating to content at any relating to content at any timetime

• not reviewing student not reviewing student responses, changing responses, changing responses, or instructing a responses, or instructing a student to do so.student to do so.

Confidential integrity involvesConfidential integrity involves

• not revealing or not revealing or answering any questions answering any questions relating to content at any relating to content at any timetime

• not reviewing student not reviewing student responses, changing responses, changing responses, or instructing a responses, or instructing a student to do so.student to do so.

CautionCautionRead test instructions Read test instructions

verbatim. Do not elaborate, verbatim. Do not elaborate, rephrase, make additions or rephrase, make additions or deletions to student deletions to student instructions unless instructed instructions unless instructed to in the manual. Any to in the manual. Any deviation is considered a test deviation is considered a test irregularity.irregularity.

CautionCautionRead test instructions Read test instructions

verbatim. Do not elaborate, verbatim. Do not elaborate, rephrase, make additions or rephrase, make additions or deletions to student deletions to student instructions unless instructed instructions unless instructed to in the manual. Any to in the manual. Any deviation is considered a test deviation is considered a test irregularity.irregularity.

The test administrator The test administrator is notis not allowed toallowed to

•Translate test Translate test questions/prompts*questions/prompts*

•Rephrase or add Rephrase or add information*information*

•Discuss test questions with Discuss test questions with anyone anyone before, during or before, during or afterafter the test the test

*unless student has this type of *unless student has this type of approved accommodationapproved accommodation

The test administrator The test administrator is notis not allowed toallowed to

•Translate test Translate test questions/prompts*questions/prompts*

•Rephrase or add Rephrase or add information*information*

•Discuss test questions with Discuss test questions with anyone anyone before, during or before, during or afterafter the test the test

*unless student has this type of *unless student has this type of approved accommodationapproved accommodation

All staff members are All staff members are directly responsible for directly responsible for immediately reporting immediately reporting to the campus test to the campus test coordinator any coordinator any violation of test violation of test security or confidential security or confidential integrity that they integrity that they participate in or participate in or witness.witness.

Each test Each test administrator administrator must complete a must complete a security oath security oath before handling before handling secure test secure test materials or materials or administering any administering any online online assessment.assessment.

Each test Each test administrator administrator must complete a must complete a security oath security oath before handling before handling secure test secure test materials or materials or administering any administering any online online assessment.assessment.

Preparing Preparing for Test for Test

AdministratiAdministrationon

Preparing Preparing for Test for Test

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Read the test Read the test administrator administrator manual manual thoroughly.thoroughly.

Ask your campus Ask your campus test test administrators if administrators if they have they have anyany questions.questions.

Read the test Read the test administrator administrator manual manual thoroughly.thoroughly.

Ask your campus Ask your campus test test administrators if administrators if they have they have anyany questions.questions.

Verify testing requirements for students receiving special education services

If you think the student is taking the wrong test, should not be using an accommodation, or should be using an accommodation that they are not given on test day, inform Sp. Ed. 504 and or LPAC.

Any questions should be directed to the campus test coordinator and then to the district testing coordinator.

Any questions should be directed to the campus test coordinator and then to the district testing coordinator.

Ensure each student receives the correct test booklet and answer document

Ensure all Test Administrators are actively monitoring at all times

Ensure all testing personnel understand that they may NOT: provide assistance view the tests without authorization discuss confidential student information check for strategies

Ensure that the 4-hour time limit is adhered to Students must have their responses transferred to their

answer documents before the end of the 4 hours Students must be aware of the time they have left to test

Indicate either verbally or in writing (on the board) every hour, then every 15 minutes during the last hour. Give a 5 minute warning before the time has ended.

Remind students frequently to transfer their responses onto their answer documents

4-hour time period starts after the test administrator finishes reading the directions

Start and stop times must be recorded on seating charts

Breaks that are included in the 4-hour time limit (do not stop the clock) Water breaks, bathroom breaks, snack breaks, and

short physical or mental breaks Breaks that are not included in the 4-hour time

limit (stop the clock) Supervised lunches, emergency situations that

significantly interrupt testing, consolidation and movement of students to another testing area, medical breaks to the nurse

If a student has an alternate start/stop time than the rest of the testing room, this must be documented on the seating chart

The student must be kept aware of their individual time left to test each time you announce it the rest of the room

The 4-hour time limit does not apply to TAKS or TELPAS administrations

No unauthorized viewing No scoring of student responses No discussion of confidential student information No erasing stray marks or darkening response

ovals Account for all test materials

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Directly or indirectly assisting students with responses to test questions

Tampering with student responses Viewing secure test content before, during, or

after an administration Discussing secure test content, student

responses, or student performance Scoring student tests, either formally or

informally Duplicating, recording, or capturing

electronically secure test content without permission from TEA

Eligility Error IEP Implementation Issue Improper Accounting for Secure

Materials Monitoring Error Other Procedural Errors

All suspected incidences of testing irregularities should be reported immediately to the Campus Testing Coordinator, who will submit reports to the District Testing Coordinator.

If a district determines that a student has been involved in an attempt to cheat on a state assessment, the district is required to invalidate the student’s test. Additional disciplinary action may be taken at the local level in accordance with district policy. Any locally determined disciplinary actions stemming from the cheating must be submitted to TEA. Submission of a separate online incident report form will be necessary ONLY if the district determines that adult testing personnel contributed to, caused, or did not detect the cheating due to inadequate monitoring.

Preparing Test Preparing Test Materials for Materials for DistributionDistribution

Preparing Test Preparing Test Materials for Materials for DistributionDistribution

Dictionaries must be available to all students taking STAAR/STAAR-M reading at grades 6-8 STAAR/STAAR-M writing at grade 7 STAAR/STAAR-M English I, II, or III

Dictionaries may be an allowable accommodation for Grades 3-5 students Students with special needs ELL students

Graphing calculators must be available to all students taking Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II

Graphing or scientific calculators must be available to all students taking Chemistry and physics

A calculator must be available for every five students taking Biology

Calculators may be provided as an approved accommodation for grades 3-8 students

Test booklets Test booklets and answer and answer documents documents must be must be checked “out” checked “out” from and “in” from and “in” to the campus to the campus coordinator coordinator each day.each day.

Test booklets Test booklets and answer and answer documents documents must be must be checked “out” checked “out” from and “in” from and “in” to the campus to the campus coordinator coordinator each day.each day.

Conducting the Conducting the Test Test

AdministrationAdministration

Conducting the Conducting the Test Test

AdministrationAdministration

Preparing the Testing Preparing the Testing Room EnvironmentRoom Environment

The room should The room should bebe

• quietquiet

• well-lightedwell-lighted

• well-ventilatedwell-ventilated

• comfortablecomfortable

The room should The room should bebe

• quietquiet

• well-lightedwell-lighted

• well-ventilatedwell-ventilated

• comfortablecomfortable

The room shouldThe room should

• have all bulletin boards and have all bulletin boards and instructional aids covered or instructional aids covered or removedremoved

• have “TESTING--DO NOT DISTURB” have “TESTING--DO NOT DISTURB” sign postedsign posted

• have a trained test administrator have a trained test administrator present at all timespresent at all times

• have enough space for each have enough space for each student to workstudent to work

The room shouldThe room should

• have all bulletin boards and have all bulletin boards and instructional aids covered or instructional aids covered or removedremoved

• have “TESTING--DO NOT DISTURB” have “TESTING--DO NOT DISTURB” sign postedsign posted

• have a trained test administrator have a trained test administrator present at all timespresent at all times

• have enough space for each have enough space for each student to workstudent to work

There must There must be at least be at least one test one test administrator administrator for every 30 for every 30 students to students to be tested.be tested.

There must There must be at least be at least one test one test administrator administrator for every 30 for every 30 students to students to be tested.be tested.

Be careful to Be careful to administer the correct administer the correct subject area test on subject area test on the assigned day.the assigned day.

Be careful to Be careful to administer the correct administer the correct subject area test on subject area test on the assigned day.the assigned day.

CautionCaution

To Do or Not to DoTo Do or Not to DoTo Do or Not to DoTo Do or Not to Do

Do…Do… Allow students Allow students to make notes to make notes or work or work problems in problems in their test their test bookletbooklet . .

Do…Do… Allow students Allow students to make notes to make notes or work or work problems in problems in their test their test bookletbooklet . .

Do… Do…

Make sure Make sure students are students are staying on task.staying on task.

Remind students Remind students to record their to record their responses on their responses on their answer answer documents.documents.

Do… Do…

Make sure Make sure students are students are staying on task.staying on task.

Remind students Remind students to record their to record their responses on their responses on their answer answer documents.documents.

Do not… Do not… •Allow students to Allow students to work on a test work on a test section that has not section that has not yet been yet been administered.administered.

Allow students to Allow students to return to a test return to a test section attempted on section attempted on a previous daya previous day

Do not… Do not… •Allow students to Allow students to work on a test work on a test section that has not section that has not yet been yet been administered.administered.

Allow students to Allow students to return to a test return to a test section attempted on section attempted on a previous daya previous day

Do not…Do not…Allow students to Allow students to talk to each other talk to each other while test booklets while test booklets are opened.are opened.

Allow students to Allow students to wander about the wander about the room while others room while others are testing.are testing.

Do not…Do not…Allow students to Allow students to talk to each other talk to each other while test booklets while test booklets are opened.are opened.

Allow students to Allow students to wander about the wander about the room while others room while others are testing.are testing.

Inform test administrators Inform test administrators about about

• breaksbreaks

• lunchlunch• emergenciesemergencies• transcribingtranscribing• changing testing roomschanging testing rooms• special test situationsspecial test situations

Inform test administrators Inform test administrators about about

• breaksbreaks

• lunchlunch• emergenciesemergencies• transcribingtranscribing• changing testing roomschanging testing rooms• special test situationsspecial test situations

Returning Test Returning Test

MaterialsMaterials

Returning Test Returning Test

MaterialsMaterials

• Remove the answer Remove the answer documents from the documents from the test bookletstest booklets

• Have student erase Have student erase any stray marks from any stray marks from the answer the answer documentsdocuments

•Verify that all test Verify that all test booklets are booklets are accounted for accounted for

• Remove the answer Remove the answer documents from the documents from the test bookletstest booklets

• Have student erase Have student erase any stray marks from any stray marks from the answer the answer documentsdocuments

•Verify that all test Verify that all test booklets are booklets are accounted for accounted for

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Grades 3 - 8

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Grades 3 - 8

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Grades 3 - 8

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Any Any questions?questions?

Any Any questions?questions?