ITBS Overview

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Patrick Cummings Director of Assessment Tel
253.945.2004 pcumming_at_fwps.org Rusty
Dupree Assessment and Data Analyst Tel
253.945.2125 rdupree_at_fwps.org Kathy
Hoppenrath Assessment Support Specialist Tel
253.945.2131 khoppenra_at_fwps.org
School Assessment Coordinators Notes for Grade 3
and 6 ITBS, Grade 4 and 7 WASL, Grade 5 and 8
Science WASL and Grades 3, 5, 6 and 8 WASL
Pilots Spring 2005
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2005
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ITBS Test Calendar
February 28-March 25

• ITBS Grades 3 and 6

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WASL Test Calendar
April 18 - May 5

• WASL Grades 4,7 and 10
• WASL Grades 5, 8 10 (Science )
• ITED Grade 9
• WASL Pilot Grades 3, 5, 6, 8,

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WASL/ITBS

• ITBS Student demographic information on each
  booklets was sent to OSPI on December 8, 2004.
• WASL Student demographic information on each
  booklet was sent to OSPI on January 31, 2005

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WASL Changes This Year

• All schools must have their test administration
  schedule approved by the Assessment Department
  for Grades 4, 5, 7, and 8.
• State Student Identifier (SSID) numbers are now
  on demographic page
• During the Writing test, NO electronic tools of
  any kind are allowed.
• All testing irregularities must be documented.
• The Directions for Administration are no longer
  secure. Please recycle after testing.

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WASL Changes This Year

• Please review the demographic pages in Appendix
  B. Many changes were made.
• Science WASL for Grades 5, 8 and 10 are contained
  in 1 (one) booklet.
• Building Test Security Reports must be completed
  and signed.
• The Pre-ID Student Roster must be verified,
  signed, and returned.

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WASL/ITBS Important to Remember

• ITBS is timed test
• WASL is not a timed test
• Only No. 2 pencils are to be used
• Writing prompts are NOT included in the the
  Directions for Administration. Need to use a
  student test booklet when they read the prompts.
• Allow approximately 25 minutes to pass out
  materials, give instructions, etc.
• Breaks should last no longer than 5 - 10 minutes
  and should not extend over lunch or recess.
• Discourage random guessing or just mark
  something
• Each WASL session must be completed during the
  regularly-scheduled school day on which it was
  begun.

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WASL/ITBS LEP

• LEP Students (WASL)
• LEP students are those who first enrolled in a
  U.S. public school during the 2004-05 school
  year. They are not required to take the Reading,
  Writing, and Science tests.
• LEP Students (ITBS exemptions only)
• The student has spent less than one year in
  school where English is the language of
  instructions
• AND
• The student is not proficient in English and
  scores at the lowest level by State-approved
  Limited Proficiency tests.

NOTE Make sure you have a current LEP/ESL list
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LEP Students

• ESEA, however, requires them to take the
  Mathematics WASL. Test scores, including those
  in mathematics, are not counted in any way (I.e.,
  WASL or AYP results). If they do not take the
  mathematics WASL, they will be counted as
  non-participants. ESEA requires 95
  participation, so be sure to have no more than 5
  excluded from testing in mathematics. For
  further information contact Pete Bylsma at OSPI
  [phone] or Pbylsma_at_OSPI.wednet.edu.

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Intent

• To ensure the best opportunity for students to
  accurately show what they know and are able to do.

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Building Level Issues

• Security of Test Materials
• Schedules
• Protocol for more time
• Protocol for makeups
• Interruptions
• Snacks
• Grouping Tests for Reporting

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Before Testing

• It is your responsibility to ensure that standard
  procedures are followed.
• Ensure understanding of test protocol.
• Watch for irregularities during testing.
• Document any unusual or inappropriate behaviors
  during testing.
• Follow the Code of Professional Conduct(posted
  on Building Test Coordinators page of our
  website).

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Before Testing

• Know any necessary special education
  accommodations.
• Accommodations must provide access to the tests,
  not advantage.
• Four types of accommodations
• Scheduling
• Setting
• Presentation
• Response
• Guidelines for Participation Testing
  Accommodations for Special Populations in State
  Assessment Programs(posted on Building Test
  Coordinators page of our website).

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Scheduling Testing

• The WASL is an untimed test. The timeframes in
  the suggested schedule are for planning purposes.
  
• All schools must have their test administration
  schedule approved by the Assessment Department
  for Grades 4, 5, 7, and 8.
• Allow time (approximately 25 minutes) to pass out
  materials, read directions, answer questions,
  collect materials, etc.
• Breaks should last no longer than 510 minutes
  and should not extend over lunch or recess.
• Communicate your schedule to administrators,
  students, parents, teachers, specialists, music
  and athletic coordinators, and communities to
  avoid scheduling conflicts.

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Scheduling Test
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Before Testing

• Know plans for students who need more time.

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Before Testing

• Educators must ensure that test preparation
  activities and materials provided to students
  will not adversely affect the validity of test
  score inferences and maintain the integrity of
  test results by eliminating practices designed to
  raise test scores without improving students
  real knowledge, skills, or abilities in the areas
  tested.
• Review the Washington EducationalResearch
  Association (WERA)
• Ethical Standards in Testing
• (posted on Building Test Coordinators page of
  our website)

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Before Testing

• Read the manual.
• (posted on Building Test Coordinators page of
  our website)

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Before Testing

• Prepare materials.
• Test booklets
• Pencils
• Scratch paper
• Dictionaries/thesauri
• Math tools

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Before Testing

• For any refusal, a written acknowledgment from
  the parent or guardian must be secured for
  students file.
• For a student or parent refusal, the booklet is
  coded REF for each subject not tested which
  counts to a zero.
• Zero scores affect school, district, and state
  results.

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Before Testing

• Allowed in classrooms
• alphabet line
• number line
• verbatim copy of Writing Checklist
• Remove visually available
• materials that might assist students
• in answering test questions.
• Example words lists, equations

My Word List Compare Contrast Connect Analyze Inte
rpret Synthesize Evaluate
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Before Testing

• Set expectations for students.
• Show what you know
• Complete all items
• Incentives (?)

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During Testing

• Read directions as written.

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During Testing

• Create a positive testing environment.
• Manage Breaks
• Follow building protocol for students who need
  more time.

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During Testing

• Keep tests in a locked/secure location.
• Develop system for tracking materials so that all
  testing materials are accounted for and returned
  to Assessment after testing is completed.
• All testing irregularities MUST be documented

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During Testing

• Report test irregularities and invalidation to
  your test coordinator.
• Reproduction of test booklets or secure
  supporting testing materials
• Improper test preparation
• Unforeseen interruption in test administration.
• Improper test proctoring including
• Providing group accommodations not permitted in
  DFA
• Allowing breaks during testing outside the
  parameters listed in the DFA
• Providing student access to tools or materials
  not allowed for that test.
• Coaching, departing from prescribed script in
  DFA, or attempting to artificially inflate the
  test scores of students

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During Testing

• Tests will be invalidated when the resulting
  scores are judged not to accurately reflect what
  the tested student know and is able to do. Tests
  may be invalidated when the student is
  discovered
• Cheating on a test
• The test administration is disrupted
• When the test was improperly administrated.

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WASL /ITBS
SAMPLE
Track all test materials and keep secure!
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After Testing

• Remove and shred writing draftstests must not
  contain any loose papers.
• Count and accurately return all test materials to
  coordinator.

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WASL ITBS Group Header
State and School Number
Number Tested
Grade
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WASL/ITBS
We code this at the district level however, for
manual coding Special Programs ...
WASL
ITBS
EXCEPT for participation in 504
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WASL /ITBS

• Pre-identification
• Check to make sure barcode information is correct
• Use over-ride (OR) bubble ONLY to correct
  incorrect student demographic information.
• Box 7 (ITBS) or Box 8 (WASL)
• Do not use the use the over-ride (OR) bubble when
  adding incomplete student information

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ITBS Posttest
School ID/Questionnaire (teal)
Grade/Class ID (purple) for Ms. Lings Class
Class-LevelScore Reports(bound togetherby
grade please use paper bands)
Student Answer Documents for Ms. Lings Class
Grade/Class ID (purple) for Mr. Sales Class
Student Answer Documents for Mr.Sales Class
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ITBS (only)

• School Identification Sheet
• Please dont forget to complete
• Use one for 3rd and 6th grade ITBS
• Principal must sign

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WASL Posttest
Teacher Questionnaire
Group ID for Ms. Lings Class
Class-LevelScore Reports(bound togetherby
grade please use paper bands)
Reading/Writing Booklets Ms. Lings Class
Group ID for Ms. Lings Class
Math Booklets Ms. Lings Class
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WASL Posttest
unused test books placed under used books (bound
togetherby grade please use paper bands)
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Sample Test Exclusion Form
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WASL/ ITBS Preparation
Track all test materials and keep secure!
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Upcoming Tests - Questions

• ITBS
• WASL
• Instructional Reading Assessment - Gates-
  MacGinitie Grades 3 -8

• District Math Assessment Grades 3, 4, 5
• District Reading Assessment Grades K, 1, 2