SOL Assessment

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SOL Assessment

• STC Work Shop
• Spring 2007
• Carol Jennings
• 382-5119
• 257-0354
• cjennings_at_mail.mcps.org

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Grade Levels/Subjects Assessed

• Grades 3-8
• Reading
• Math
• Grades 3, 5, 8Science
• Grades 3, 5, 6-8History
• EOC
• English 11
• Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
• US History, World History I, World History II
• Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry

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Important Dates

• Week of April 30
• Secure materials delivered
• May 7 June 1
• Testing dates
• May 25
• Answer documents due

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Important Reminders

• Students MUST USE NO. 2 PENCILS
• Most students will have a labelif not, please
  notify me ASAP
• Any test booklet may be used for a read-aloud
  administration

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Important Reminders, contd

• The location of the Pre-ID label is on the bottom
  left-hand side
• The label can face either direction

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State Testing Identifier (STI)
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Demographic PagesWith Label

• Section AName, Teacher, School, Division
• Label
• Form NumberIf form numbers are not on the answer
  document, tests CANNOT be scored
• Date
• Testing Status (for each subject area)
• To be completed when all testing is over

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Demographic PagesWith Label

• For students in grades 3-8 taking both an online
  test and a paper/pencil test
• On the answer document, grid an 8 for any test
  taken online
• For students in grades 6-8 taking the CSH
  assessment and a paper/pencil reading, math,
  and/or science test
• On the reading, math, science test, grid an 8
  for any test taken online and for the history
  test

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Demographic PagesWith Label

• Special Accommodations (for each subject area)
• Must either be classified as SWD, 504, or LEP to
  receive an accommodation

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• Everything Listed on Previous Slides
• PLUS
• Last Name, first Name, Middle Initial
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Race/Ethnicity
• Grade

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A Gentle Reminder

• Please keep in mind that correct coding on answer
  documents is very important. Mistakes can
  significantly impact accreditation ratings.

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Subject Area Test Booklets

• Test booklets will be no longer be combined test
  booklets
• Each subject area is a separate test booklet
  (i.e., the need to have four different subject
  area form numbers)
• If form numbers are not on the answer document,
  tests CANNOT be scored

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Spiraled Packages ofTests Booklets

• Test booklets will be spiraled
• Books should be handed out in the order they are
  taken out of the package The core items will be
  the same
• Field test items will be different
• Remember--Field test items do not count into a
  students score

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STC Responsibilities

• Identify students to be tested
• Determine when/where tests are to be administered
• Select examiners and determine testing groups
• Determine the need for proctors
• Train examiners
• Collect completed Examiners Test Security
  Agreement (Please note the strong language for
  blatant intentional security breaches)

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STC Responsibilities

• Determine who will complete identifying
  information on the student answer documents
• Train examiners
• Examiner responsibilities
• Security requirements
• Test schedule for your building
• Preparing students for testing

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STC Responsibilities

• Appropriate room preparation
• Remove any materials in the classroom that might
  be of assistance to students as they take the
  test
• Bulletin boards
• Story web examples
• Vocabulary lists
• Conducting SOL tests under standardized
  conditions
• Identifying and reporting irregularities
• Coping with emergencies
• Packaging of materials for return to you

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STC Responsibilities

• Conduct secure check out of materials to
  examiners
• Monitor test administration
• Identify and resolve testing irregularities
• Conduct secure check in of materials from
  examiners at the end of each testing session
• Make sure all materials are accounted for BEFORE
  the examiner leaves the room

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STC Responsibilities

• Conduct make-up session(s)
• Review each bundle of answer documents
• Answer documents for each grade level/subject
  area can be bundled under one headerthe Group
  Name is already uploaded onto the testing site
• Complete the headers and bundle each set of
  answer documents

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Headers

• Complete Number of Documents on the front (right
  justified, leading zeros bubbled)
• Header Verification ContactPlease fill in my
  contact information
• Name Carol Jennings
• Telephone [phone]

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STC Responsibilities

• Please give me a total count of answer documents
  you are returning for each grade level/subject
  area

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Avoiding Irregularities

• Accommodations
• Know which students need accommodations and what
  those accommodations are
• Remember that Read Aloud accommodations need to
  be taped
• Dictation to a scribe must also be taped
• Noise
• Be sure everyone in the school knows testing is
  taking place
• Plan not to make announcements during this time

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Avoiding Irregularities

• Lost answer documents
• Follow secure check in/out procedures with
  examiners
• Make sure examiners know all materials must be
  accounted for before students leave the
  roomPlease do not make exceptions
• Disruptive Students
• Try to anticipate who these students will be and
  test them in another location

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Avoiding Alerts

• Testing Status Grid
• If there are no answers for a test, make sure the
  testing status is filled in
• Mark only one reason

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Avoiding Alerts

• Accommodations
• If an accommodation is gridded, be sure the
  student is classified as an LEP student and/or as
  a student with a disability or 504 plan

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Term Graduates
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Term Graduates

• Defined as a student who is scheduled to graduate
  by August 31, 2006
• Term graduates should be administered designated
  forms to expedite return of scores
• Online
• Paper/Pencil

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Term Graduates

• Materials packaged by school and sent to Central
  Office
• Please keep materials separate from all other
  materials
• May want to test these students separately to
  ensure materials are not mixed up

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Term Graduates

• PLEASE make sure that ALL graduating students who
  still need a verified credit in are tested!!!!!!

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Credit Requirements for Transfer Students

• Students transferring during the 11th grade or
  beginning of 12th grade need one verified credit
  in English and one in a subject of the students
  choice for a STANDARD DIPLOMA
• Students transferring during the 11th grade or
  beginning of 12th grade need one verified credit
  in English and three in subjects of the students
  choice for an ADVANCED STUDIES DIPLOMA