1 Infrastructure Trial Running a Dress Rehearsal TA
Directions
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CCSD Testing Site 2 www.ccstesting.weebly.com Visit and explore
this site Bookmark this site This is the central location for all
we are doing in testing. It will be referenced frequently in this
PPT.
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Introduction/Purpose 3 Dress Rehearsal The purpose of an
infrastructure trial is to confirm that: Devices can successfully
run PARCC Assessments Network will bear the full load Participating
staff know what to do for PARCC computer-based assessments Students
are familiar with the computer-based tools and format
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Infrastructure Trial 4 An Infrastructure Trial is an
opportunity for the testing coordinators, schools, teachers, and
students to prepare for the computer-based PARCC Test by simulating
test-day network utilization. The Infrastructure Trial should take
approximately 60-75 minutes to administer.
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Infrastructure Trial 5 Who are involved? Technology Dept.
District Test Coordinators (DTC) School Test Coordinators (STC)
Test Administrators (TA) Students
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Username & PW 6 You will first need to have a working
Username and Password. If you dont at this point, please see your
STC ASAP! They will contact Data/Assessment and get that remedied.
Username = district email Password = whatever you set up
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Infrastructure Trial- Where Is PearsonAccess?! 7 The
Infrastructure Trial is conducted using the PearsonAccess next
Training site. The link is :
http://trng.pearsonaccessnext.com/customer/index.action Or you can
visit our district testing site at: www.ccstesting.weebly.com
Select More Select PARCC Portal Click on BROWN picture
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Logging In 8 Make sure you see BROWN! After you log in, choose
the PARCC Op Spring PBA 2015 from the dropdown located at the top
center
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9 You are successfully in once you see this screen.
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What do I have to do!? 10 You are responsible for taking one of
your classes to the computer lab. That class will get the
opportunity to log in and complete a practice test. You will get
the chance to simulate giving a PARCC test session. The trial will
begin Thurs., Jan. 29 th and will end Thurs., Feb. 12 th. Your
buildings STCs will be setting up the schedule with you. The
practice test your students will be taking is linked to what
subject you teach. So if you teach 5 th math, your session will be
a 5 th Math Practice Test. If you dont teach Language Arts or Math,
discuss this with your STC. You may not be needed for this trial.
All sessions & students have already been loaded into this site
for you.
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Step 1 11 Morning of your session Pick up your Student Testing
Tickets from your STC. These tickets will be printed out by your
STC and will need to be returned afterwards. A sample Student
Testing Ticket is available on the www.ccstesting.weebly.com
website. It is under Infrastructure Resources.
www.ccstesting.weebly.com
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Step 2 12 Arrive to computer lab Get your students all situated
and pass out their tickets. Log in to the PearsonAccess Training
Site. This was just covered on slides 8-10 of this PPT. Bookmark
the training site, if you can. Remember, you can also access it via
www.ccstesting.weebly.com. www.ccstesting.weebly.com
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Step 3 13 Read the Script The script will be given to you by
your STC or is available on the www.ccstesting.weebly.com website.
It is under Infrastructure Resources.www.ccstesting.weebly.com
NOTE: The script says that the login screen will already be
showing. It wont!
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Step 3 (cont.) 14 Your students will need to access Canton City
School Districts homepage. Then have them click on the house icon
at the top, left. Drop down to Links and select PARCC
Infrastructure Trial. The following should now be visible: Now you
can begin reading the script.
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Step 4 15 During your session Circulate as needed and keep time
(computers wont time out!) Monitor the class through the
PearsonAccess site Resume a student if the student gets kicked out
of the site and needs to log back in Mark a student completed if
he/she runs out of time (You will determine if time is up, not the
computer!) Directions for Resuming and Marked Complete
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Step 4 (cont.) 16 Resuming: Follow the Test Path A directions
Marked Complete: Follow the Test Path B directions These are
available on the www.ccstesting.weebly.com website under
Infrastructure Resources.www.ccstesting.weebly.com
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Step 4 17 After your session Check in PearsonAccess to see that
all of the students have a blue indicator showing they have
completed the test or were marked complete by you because they ran
out of time. Collect the session tickets and give them back to your
STC. Let the STC know you are finished. You do not need to stop the
session. Your STC will do that later. Provide feedback ASAP via
Survey Monkey.
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Feedback 18 After you participate in the trial, we are asking
you to provide feedback on your session to Data and Assessment via
this Survey Monkey link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/J833PN6 This link
is also available on our
www.ccstesting.weebly.comwww.ccstesting.weebly.com testing site.
Select More and Infra Trial Survey.
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Example Session Screen 19 An example of a math class for Mr.
Buda All of his students will scroll below here
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This is a just a trial 20 we know things are going to go wrong.
we need your input afterwards. we appreciate your patience. Thank
you
