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Assessment of English Language Learners
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Linguistically AccommodatedTesting (LAT)
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LAT Reading
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New Federal Policy Directive
December2006

• Second and third year recent immigrants in Gr.
  3-8 and 10 who are LEP-exempt in reading or ELA
  under state law will no longer be able to be
  counted in AYP through RPTE.
• For use in AYP reading accountability, these
  students will need to participate in LAT reading
  administrations of TAKS. If they are LEP-exempt
  from SDAA II, they will be eligible to take a LAT
  reading administration of SDAA II.

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Requirements Not Affected by Federal Directive
December2006

• This directive does not affect LEP-exempt
  first-year immigrants. These students will
  continue to be included in AYP through RPTE.
• This directive does not affect who will take
  RPTE. LEP students will continue to take RPTE as
  long as they are classified as limited English
  proficient in PEIMS.

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TETN Session with Additional Training Information

December2006

• More complete information about the new LAT test
  administration procedures and accommodations will
  be shared in a TETN videoconference on January
  29, 2007, from 100 to 400 P.M.

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When is LAT math administered?
December2006

• LAT math examinees may be given make-ups.
• LAT math examinees are not subject to SSI test
  requirements.

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When is LAT reading administered?
December2006

• LAT reading examinees may be given make-ups.
• LAT reading examinees are not subject to SSI
  requirements.
• If LAT reading examinee is not LEP-exempt in math
  and is scheduled to take TAKS or SDAA II math on
  April 17, call TEA for guidance.

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LAT Reading Test Booklets
December2006

• Form 1 TAKS for Gr. 4, 6, 7, and 8
• TAKS SSI retest for Gr. 3 and 5 (There is only
  one form.)
• TAKS Gr. 10 ELA test (There is only one form.)
• SDAA II IL K8 reading tests (There is only one
  form.)
• Needs emphasis in training

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LAT Reading Answer Documents and Score Code
Information
December2006

• Regular TAKS or SDAA II answer documents will be
  used.
• To indicate a LAT administration, bubble in L
  for LEP-exempt under reading or ELA in the Score
  Code field
• Then, in the Agency Use field, bubble in the
  following in Column C
• ? administered LAT reading or ELA
• ? incomplete LAT administration
• ? absent (and no make-up)

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LAT Reading Test Administration Manuals
December2006

• For this year, test administration materials
  include
• This PowerPoint for use in December/January
  district coordinator training sessions
• A LAT reading accommodations PowerPoint from the
  January 29, 2007, TETN for use in campus
  coordinator and LAT test administrator training
  sessions
• A supplement to the coordinator manual and test
  administrator manuals for use in campus
  coordinator and LAT test administrator training
  sessions

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Who is eligible for a LAT reading administration?
December2006

• Second and third year recent immigrants enrolled
  in Gr. 38 and 10 who
• are determined by the LPAC to be LEP-exempt in
  reading under state law, and
• routinely receive one or more allowable
  linguistic accommodations in classroom
  instruction and testing

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Planning for LAT Reading Administrations
December2006

• LPAC members will need to collaborate with the
  reading/ELA teacher of each LEP-exempt student
  and the testing coordinator to
• make and document decisions concerning the
  linguistic accommodations to be provided
• determine the need for individual versus
  small-group LAT administrations and
• identify appropriate LAT reading test
  administrators.

Consistent with LAT math procedures
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Planning for LAT Reading Administrations
December2006

• For LAT reading, a student may use an English
  version or Spanish version TAKS test in Gr. 36,
  but not both.
• For TAKS, the grade of the test must correspond
  to the students enrolled grade.
• For SDAA II, the test may be given at the
  students instructional level.
• LAT examinees enrolled in Gr. 10 will be
  eligible to take only instructional levels K8.
  Note that instructional levels 9 and 10 are not
  available for LAT reading.

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Ordering Materials
December2006

• To indicate how many LAT reading booklets to
  receive, districts should review their LAT
  enrollments in January and increase them if they
  expect that slightly higher numbers of 2nd and
  3rd year immigrants will be LEP-exempt in reading
  than math.
• Districts can update the enrollment numbers for
  the April test administrations from 1/2/07
  1/26/07 on the PEM Solutions website at
  http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/. (They will
  click on the Online Data Management tab, log in,
  and follow the procedures to update enrollment
  numbers.)

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Ordering Materials
December2006
LAT enrollment numbers
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Receiving Materials
December2006

• For the Gr. 3, 5, and 10 tests in February, mark
  the students as LEP-exempt (L) in the Score
  Code field. Precoded answer documents will be
  provided for these students in April to
  accommodate the new LAT reading requirements.
• Other grades will receive precoded answer
  documents through the normal process.
• Test booklets and ancillary materials will be
  received with the normal Gr. 3 and 5 reading
  retests and the Gr. 3-10 and exit level materials
  shipments.

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Returning Materials
December2006

• LAT materials will be shipped back with the
  regular TAKS materials.
• No separate ID header sheets are needed except
  for the Gr. 10 ELA LAT test. A separate header is
  needed to expedite processing because of the
  short timeline for scoring the written
  composition and open-ended reading questions.

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LAT Reading Accommodations
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LAT Reading Accommodations
December2006
Direct Linguistic Support 1. Bilingual
dictionary 2. English dictionary 3. Reading
aloud word or phrase 4. Reading aloud entire
test item 5. Oral translation word or
phrase 6. Clarification word or phrase Note
that the LAT reading accommodations also apply to
the written composition and revising/editing
portions of ELA.
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LAT Reading Accommodations
December2006

• Indirect Linguistic Support
• Clarifying directions as needed
• Breaks at request of student
• Testing over 2 days

Accommodations 79 apply to all LAT reading
examinees. LPAC decisions and documentation are
not needed for these.
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Direct Linguistic Support
December2006

• Bilingual dictionary Throughout the test, the
  student may use a bilingual dictionary to find
  the translation of words they do not understand.
  Paper and electronic bilingual dictionaries are
  permitted.

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Direct Linguistic Support
December2006
2. English dictionary Throughout the test, the
student may use an English dictionary, ESL
dictionary, or picture dictionary. (Note that if
the student is taking the Gr. 36 Spanish version
test, the student may use a Spanish dictionary.)
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Direct Linguistic Support
December2006
3. Reading aloud word or phrase The test
administrator may read aloud a word or phrase to
the student at the students request. This
applies to passages and test items. Sentences and
longer portions of text within a passage may not
be read aloud.
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Direct Linguistic Support
December2006
4. Reading aloud entire test item The test
administrator may read aloud an entire test item
(test question and answer choices) at the request
of the student. Voice inflection must be kept
neutral during the reading of test questions and
answer choices.
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Direct Linguistic Support
December2006
5. Oral translation word or phrase At the
request of the student, the test administrator
may orally translate a word or phrase that the
student does not understand. The test
administrator is not permitted to translate
entire sentences or longer portions of text. This
accommodation applies to passages and test items.
Exception Not permitted for tested vocabulary
words
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Direct Linguistic Support
December2006
6. Clarification word or phrase At the
request of the student, the test administrator
may clarify the meaning of a word or phrase that
the student does not understand. The test
administrator is not permitted to clarify the
meaning of entire sentences or longer portions of
text. This accommodation applies to passages and
test items.
Exception Not permitted for tested vocabulary
words
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Indirect Linguistic Support
December2006

• Clarifying directions This includes translating,
  rewording, and repeating the directions that are
  read aloud to students before the test.
• Breaks at request of student This refers to
  flexible scheduling of breaks so that a student
  is able to take breaks as needed.

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Indirect Linguistic Support
December2006
9. Testing over 2 days All students
participating in LAT reading and ELA
administrations will take their test over 2 days.
The test administrator will be given explicit
information about where to stop on Day 1 and
where to begin on Day 2.
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Key Differences Between LAT Reading and LAT Math
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Key Differences
December2006

• Unlike LAT math, this years LAT reading tests
  will not say LAT on the test booklet covers.
• There is no LAT math option for SDAA II. There is
  an SDAA II LAT reading option.
• Unlike LAT math, information about LAT test
  administrators and linguistic accommodations used
  will not be collected.
• There are no Linguistic Simplification Guides for
  LAT reading.

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Key Differences
December2006

• Giving Spanish and English tests side by side is
  not an option for LAT reading.
• LAT reading accommodations have word or phrase
  constraints not found in LAT math accommodations.
• English dictionaries and ESL dictionaries are not
  permitted for LAT math.
• Bilingual glossaries are not permitted for LAT
  reading.
• LAT reading is given over 2 days, not 1.

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LAT Math Accommodations
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December2006

• There are no changes in LAT math administrations
  from spring 2006.
• A more comprehensive LAT math PowerPoint
  presentation is available on the TEA Student
  Assessment Division website (ELL Assessment
  Information page) as an additional resource for
  training new personnel.

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Texas EnglishLanguage Proficiency Assessment
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Texas Observation Protocols (TOP)
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Key Changes
December2006

• TOP online training
• Documented procedures for supporting TOP validity
  and reliability
• Paraprofessionals not permitted to be writing
  collection verifiers
• Checklist for verifying writing collection
  assembly provided this year
• Test administration training for TOP earlier this
  year

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Key Test Administration Training Dates
December2006
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Other Key Dates
December2006
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Online Training Requirements
December2006

• District testing coordinators are responsible for
  working with other district and campus personnel
  to see that appropriate numbers of raters are
  designated and trained. They will need to closely
  monitor online training completion.
• Raters who dont complete required online
  refresher training or online qualification
  activities are not authorized by TEA to be TOP
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Spring Holistic Rating Training Activities
December2006

• Face-to-face training for newly assigned raters
• Supplemental training of this falls trainees who
  did not successfully qualify
• 3 online refresher training courses
• Spring online qualification round

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Online Refresher Training
December2006

• Level 1, Grades 212 Online refresher training
  for previously trained individuals who have not
  qualified
• ? Dec. 11Jan. 19
• ? Takes 3 to 4 hours
• ? Will help prepare for Feb. online qualification
• ? Includes practice and feedback
• ? Can be done in more than one sitting
• ? 4 continuing education credit hours provided

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Online Refresher Training
December2006
Level 2, Grades 212 For qualified raters of
students in Grades 212 (those who qualified in
spring 2006 or fall 2006) ? Jan. 29Mar. 2 ?
Takes 2 to 3 hours ? Will recalibrate raters ?
Gives practice with students near borderline ?
Can be done in more than one sitting ? 3
continuing education credit hours provided
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Online Refresher Training
December2006

• K1 Course For K1 raters trained in 2005-2006
• ? Jan. 29Mar. 2
• ? Takes 1 to 2 hours
• ? Recommended for K1 raters trained this fall
  too
• ? Includes practice and feedback
• ? Can be done in more than one sitting
• ? 2 continuing education credit hours provided

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Spring Online Qualification Round
December2006

• Spring QualificationFor Grades 212 raters who
  have been trained but have not yet qualified
• ? Jan. 29Mar. 2
• ? Takes 1 to 2 hours
• ? Can be done in more than one sitting
• ? 2 continuing education credit hours provided
  upon successful qualification

FYI About 17,000 teachers qualified this fall.
The qualification rate was 93.
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End Dates for Refresher Courses
December2006

• Raters should complete their refresher courses by
  the scheduled dates.
• The refresher courses will, however, be available
  until March 30. Raters may wish to refer back to
  the course information and practice collections
  as they rate their students.
• Note that the spring qualification window will
  close March 2.

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Raters Who Do Not Qualify
December2006
Raters who complete all requirements but do not
successfully qualify may be authorized to serve
as raters at the discretion of the district.
However, districts are required to implement a
rating support system for these individuals.
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Learning Management System (LMS)
December2006

• The TOP online courses and qualification
  activities are found at the TOP TrainingCenter at
  http//pearson.learn.com/TOP/. The website will
  be active as of December 11, 2006.
• The TOP TrainingCenter uses LMS software that has
  web-based, interactive training and data
  management capabilities.
• From now on, TOP training and qualifying
  information will be located at the TOP
  TrainingCenter.

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Learning Management System (LMS)
December2006

• Registration is required for anyone who has not
  previously registered on the TOP or TAKS-Alt
  TrainingCenter. The user will receive a
  confirmation e-mail, but the e-mail is not
  required to proceed with training.
• Users will not need to register each time they
  take a different course.
• Individuals taking the courses will not need
  access codes. However, a LearnCenter Password is
  required the first time. This is a generic
  password that testing coordinators will issue.

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Learning Management System (LMS)
December2006
Raters performance on the online refresher
courses and qualification activities will be
tracked through the LMS. Testing coordinators and
other authorized personnel will have access to
this information to ensure that raters are
adequately trained.
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Users Guide for Course Participants
December2006

• The users guide for the online training courses
  will be available by December 8 at
  http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/tx_dist_guides
  .htm.
• An e-mail notification will be sent to ESC and
  district testing coordinators.
• This guide is for all online refresher courses.
  It explains everything users need to know to
  access the courses, get support, and use the
  features of the website.

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Users Guide for Course Participants
December2006

• Testing coordinators need to identify who will
  take the courses. They should be sure to make
  clear to trainees what courses to take and what
  the course timelines are.
• For the Level 1 and Level 2 courses, be sure
  raters know which grade cluster to take.

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Users Guide for Rater Qualification

• The users guide for the spring online rater
  qualification activities will be available by
  January 12 at http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/
  tx_dist_guides.htm.
• An e-mail notification will be sent to ESC and
  district testing coordinators.
• Raters should be given the rater manual and user
  guides prior to TOP administration training.
  Allow time during the training sessions for
  questions.

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Users Guide for Administrators Who Monitor
Training
December2006

• This administrators guide will be available by
  December 15 at http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com
  /tx_dist_guides.htm.
• An e-mail notification will be sent to ESC and
  district testing coordinators. The notification
  will include user ID and password information for
  administrators.
• User ID and password information will be provided
  for 3 administrators at each site (i.e., 3 region
  administrators, 3 district administrators, 3
  campus administrators).

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Users Guide for Administrators Who Monitor
Training
December2006

• District coordinators will forward the campus
  administrator information to the campuses.
• Administrators will be able to access reports to
  help them monitor TOP online training. Rosters
  and summary reports will be available.
• The rosters will list users who have registered,
  their course completion status, and their results
  on the course activities. This will enable
  testing personnel to ensure that everyone
  completes the online training requirements and is
  adequately trained.

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Users Guide for Administrators Who Monitor
Training
December2006

• Level 1 course participants are to receive
  supplemental face-to-face training if their
  results indicate the need for additional
  practice.
• Administrators can also provide additional
  resources to Level 2 and K-1 course participants
  based on their results to ensure they are
  adequately prepared to rate students.
• Remember that raters who dont complete required
  online training requirements are not authorized
  by TEA to be TOP raters.

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Procedures for Ensuring TOP Validity and
Reliability
December2006

• District coordinators are responsible for working
  with other personnel to implement one or more
  procedures for ensuring the validity and
  reliability of TOP ratings.
• The procedures may be district-wide or may vary
  by campus.
• Campus coordinators are required to document the
  procedures followed and keep the documentation in
  a central location for one year from the date of
  testing.
• This information will be requested in the spring
  2007 TOP audit.

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Procedures for Ensuring TOP Validity and
Reliability
December2006

• See the suggested procedures outlined on pages
  317-318 and 366 of the 2007 District and Campus
  Coordinator Manual.
• The list is not exhaustive. Districts may use
  other procedures that have the same goal.
• However, note examples of procedures that do not
  suffice
• training all raters
• using only qualified raters

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Assembling and Verifying TOP Writing Collections
December2006

• This part of TOP administration procedures
  training needs emphasis.
• A checklist has been added to the TOP rater
  manual to assist with the assembly and
  verification process.

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Assembling and Verifying TOP Writing Collections
December2006

• An online course has also been developed for
  districts to use as an optional tool if desired.
  It will be available on the TOP TrainingCenter
  website as of December 11.
• This course may be used in training campus
  coordinators, campus principals, TOP raters, and
  writing collection verifiers. The course takes
  less than 1 hour to complete and gives 1 hour of
  continuing education credit.
• This course may be used as part, but not all, of
  writing collection assembly training.

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Information on Writing Collection Assembly from
Spring 2006 TOP Audit
December2006
Correctly assembled collections out of the 13,357
that were able to be rescored
293 collections were unable to be rescored.
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Information on Writing Collection Assembly from
Spring 2006 TOP Audit
December2006
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Information on Writing Collection Assembly from
Spring 2006 TOP Audit
December2006
Note Out of the collections with assembly errors
(47), a little under half (22) had multiple
errors.
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Assembling and Verifying TOP Writing Collections
December2006

• This year, training on assembling and verifying
  writing collections will occur only through TOP
  administration training. Keep in mind that this
  was not covered in fall holistic rating training.
• TOP writing collections are official test records
  of the state testing program.
• In spring 2007 incident reports will be required
  to address procedural errors associated with TOP
  writing collection assembly and other TOP
  administration procedures.

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Reading Proficiency Tests in English
(RPTE)Spring 2007RPTE II Field Testing
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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing
December2006

• Both paper and online field testing will occur
  this spring during the TELPAS administration
  window.
• Paper field testing will occur much the same way
  as last year (embedded items in Grades 312 RPTE
  test booklets separate Grade 2 field-test
  booklet).

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing
December2006

• The paper booklets will be configured as they
  were last year to enable RPTE I to be
  administered and field-test data on RPTE II to be
  collected.
• The RPTE answer documents will match the
  configuration of the test booklets.

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing
December2006

• A mandatory, separate online field test will
  occur for Grades 212. Statewide, about 1/3 of
  the LEP students in these grades have been
  selected to participate.
• The selected students in Grades 312 will take
  their RPTE test on paper and also the online
  field test.

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing
December2006

• For Grade 2, LEP students not selected to
  participate in the online field test will take
  the paper Grade 2 field test. Grade 2 students
  will not take both a paper and online field test.

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RPTE II Online Field Testing
December2006

• Students who will not take the online field test
• ARD-exempt LEP students served by special
  education
• 2nd semester immigrant students deemed by
  the LPAC to read virtually no English
• visually impaired students served by special
  education or under Section 504 who need a
  braille or large-print test (These are not
  available for field tests.)

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RPTE II Field Testing, Grade 2
December2006

• The fact that there is a statewide Grade 2 field
  test does not mean second graders will not be
  assessed in TOP reading.
• Second graders will be rated for TOP in all
  domains, as in the past. The rating of TOP
  reading will be discontinued when RPTE II is
  implemented in spring 2008.

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RPTE II Field Testing, Grade 2
December2006

• Grade 2 paper booklets will be shipped regardless
  of whether the paper or online version of the
  Grade 2 field test is being administered.
• In both cases, the student identification
  information, TOP score code, and TOP rating
  information must be filled in on the cover of the
  paper booklet.

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Online Field Test Administration Materials
December2006
Administration materials for the RPTE II online
field test will be posted at http//etestTX.com.
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