Regional Training Sessions

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• Regional Training Sessions
• Policies and Procedures

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Agenda

• Introductions and Overview
• System Requirements
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Prepare for Testing
• Test Security
• Test Administration
• Accommodated Materials
• Post Test
• Important Dates
• Regional Trainings
• Contact Information
• Questions

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Introductions and Overview

• Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) and
  Computerized Assessments Learning (CAL) are the
  new vendors for the ISAT program.
• Spring Operational Administration
• April 16 May 11, 2007
• Makeups allowed May 14 18, 2007
• Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics at
  grades 2 10 retesters at grades 11 and 12
• Science at grades 5, 7, 10
• Grade 2 Pilot Study - all students must
  participate
• All tests have 35 45 multiple choice items
  split into 2 parts (except mathematics)
• No time limit plan for 90 minutes to complete
  both parts of the tests
• Practice Tests and Tutorials are now available

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System Requirements
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Roles and Responsibilities

• Technology Coordinators
• Configure student computers to support testing
• Update all student computers with new release of
  testing engine
• Release date March 26, 2007
• Automatic update when students log in after 3/26
  (depending on administrator setups see handout)
• LCS users will have to uninstall and install new
  release
• Use School Capacity Calculator to schedule testing

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What if?

• If the computers at your school or district do
  not meet these requirements, then you should
• Upgrade the systems to meet the requirements, or
• Investigate alternate testing locations which
  meet the minimum system requirements
• Note The paper and pencil administration is an
  accommodation and is only available for special
  education, English Language Learners (ELL) and
  Section 504 students.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• District and School Test Coordinators
• Manage all user names/passwords within district
  (School Passwords)

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Roles and Responsibilities

• District and School Test Coordinators
• Manage all user names/passwords within district
  (Teacher Passwords)

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Roles and Responsibilities

• District and School Test Coordinators
• Verify and edit all student data
• Upload new CRF/SPF for spring
• CRF/SPF layouts are the same
• Districts can request to have all student data
  deleted from CAL system (from December Field
  Test). District must notify DRC by March 16th.
• New files will update student data NOT replace
• SPEX code requirements changed for spring
• Edit current student data

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Roles and Responsibilities

• District and School Test Coordinators
• Print Test Session Tickets
• Tickets for new students immediate availability
• Tickets for exited students will not print
• Students coded for special versions tickets
  will not print
• Monitor all testing ensure test security

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Teachers/Proctors
• Administer Student tutorials and practice tests
  prior to testing
• Print Student Test Session Tickets for only their
  students (with DTC/STC approval)
• Ensure students have correct Test Session Tickets
  for each test
• Communicate a sense of responsibility and test
  security to students

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Teachers/Proctors
• Guide students through login and directions page
  (specific text in TAM)

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Teachers/Proctors
• Monitor all students during testing
• Identify any testing irregularities and report to
  STC
• Use Audit Report to verify all students have
  tested
• Updated nightly and provides status of all
  students

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Prepare for Testing

• Student Tutorials and Practice Tests
• Grades 3 8, 10 are available now
• Grades 2 and 9 will be available with new release
  (March 26, 2007)
• Practice with testing tools
• Teachers/proctors should discuss test procedures
  with students
• Test session tickets - test security
• Tests allow students to move/skip items as a
  better test taking strategy

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Prepare for Testing

• Student Tutorials and Practice Tests
• Teachers/proctors should discuss test procedures
  with students (continued)
• Students should review final Review Page to
  confirm all answers are complete
• Review page green checkmarks indicate item
  answered NOT a correct answer

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Prepare for Testing

• Coordinator/Administrator Tutorial
• Provides information to all administrators who
  are involved with ISAT.
• Test Administration Manual
• New release posted March 26, 2007
• Provides information for test preparation and
  teacher directions for testing day.

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Prepare for Testing

• ISAT Management Tools
• Student Editor
• District Coordinators have access to all district
  data School Coordinators have access to all
  school data Teachers/Proctors have access to
  Test Session Tickets and Class Rosters (no
  student data)
• Student data should be updated by March 30, 2007
• New students can be added at any time, ticket
  will be available immediately
• Edits are allowed through the end of the testing
  window (May 18, 2007) NOTE Once students begin
  testing, cant change grade
• Students needing Accommodated Materials should
  have been identified by March 2, 2007

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Prepare for Testing

• Student Test Session Tickets
• Teachers/Proctors may print tickets for their
  students only
• A Test Session Ticket is required for each part
  of a content area test.
• Reading, Language Usage, and Science 2 parts
  each
• Mathematics calculator/noncalculator parts,
  total of 4 parts (3 tickets for grades 3 and 4)
• New for spring Tickets can be imported and
  printed on labels, card stock, etc
• Tickets will be available to print beginning
  April 2nd

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Prepare for Testing

• Student Test Session Tickets

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Test Security

• Test Security guidelines ISTP Test
  Coordinators Guide http//www.sde.idaho.gov/instr
  uct/docs/counseling/TCGuide.pdf
• All administrators, teachers and proctors must
  complete the Test Security Agreement (found in
  TAM)

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Test Security

• All Test Session Tickets, math reference sheets,
  and scrap paper are secure materials and must be
  collected after testing is completed
• Pause function used for brief emergencies
  (restroom break)
• Inactivity for longer than 15 minutes during
  testing will cause the system to log off the
  test.
• Teachers/Proctors are not allowed to login
  students without students being in the room to
  verify attendance.

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Test Administration

• Student Login Process
• Student Test Session Tickets
• Ticket is used for one content area only.
  Students taking multiple content areas will need
  multiple Test Session Tickets.
• Ticket is a live, secure material and must be
  distributed and collected as such.

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Test Administration

• Monitor Test Sessions
• Reactivations student can log back in using
  same Test Session Ticket within 90 minutes of
  initial login.
• Fire Drill, emergency, power outage

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Accommodated Materials

• Special Accommodated Materials are available for
  those students whose IEP requires an assessment
  that is not presented on a computer
• Large Print, Braille, and Paper versions are
  available
• Audio is not available
• Students were coded on the Student Editor by
  March 2, 2007
• DRC will provide districts with precoded student
  labels for the answer documents
• Schools are responsible for transcribing student
  responses to answer document if necessary.
• Districts will receive materials by April 6, 2007

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Post Test

• Student Invalidations
• Possible reasons for invalidations are found in
  the ISTP Test Coordinators Guide
• The building principal must determine if test
  should be invalidated
• Invalidations are made in the Student Editor by
  content area

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Post Test

• Score Reports
• Standards Validation May 21 25, 2007
• Release score reports June 20, 2007
• No reporting will be provided for Grade 2 pilot
• Districts will receive notification from DRC with
  user name/password to access score reports/data
  files

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Important Dates

• March 2, 2007 deadline for identifying students
  for accommodated versions
• March 26, 2007 release of new ISAT testing
  engine
• March 30, 2007 recommended deadline for all
  student data to be uploaded
• April 16 May 11, 2007 Spring testing window
• May 14 May 18, 2007 Makeup window
• May 18, 2007 deadline for all student edits
• June 20, 2007 release of all score reports/data
  

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2007 2008 Testing Windows

• Summer Administration
• July 2 27, 2007
• Retesting only (11th and 12th graders)
• Immediate student scores and class rosters
• Fall Administration
• September 17 October 26, 2007
• Grades 2 10 Reading, Language Usage,
  Mathematics
• Grades 5, 7, 10 Science
• Grades 11 and 12 Retesting opportunity
• Immediate student scores
• November Field Test (tentative)
• November 5 16, 2007
• Grades 2 and 9 only
• Reading, Language Usage, Mathematics
• No score reporting
• Winter Administration
• December 3, 2007 January 25, 2008
• Grades 2 10 Reading, Language Usage,
  Mathematics
• Grades 5, 7, 10 Science

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Regional Trainings
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ISAT Contact Information

• Toll Free 866-572-2050
• Email ISAT_at_datarecognitioncorp.com
• http//isat.caltesting.org/

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Questions