Introduction/Purpose 2 Dress Rehearsal The purpose of an
infrastructure trial is to confirm that: TestNav is configured
correctly Devices can successfully run TestNav 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 3 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 minutes to administer. Schools are encouraged to
provide any feedback on the Infrastructure Trial to Dr. Dawson
using the Appendix D Session Monitoring Form provided.
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Infrastructure Trial 4 Who should be involved? You should
involve all school personnel responsible for participating in a
computer-based assessment. It provides the opportunity to
collectively evaluate the test environment and identify and resolve
potential issues prior to the PARCC Test. For example, you would
want to include: DTC and school technology staff School Test
Coordinators (STC) Test Administrators (TA) Students
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PearsonAccess next Setup 5 Schools or Districts will need to
complete the following in PearsonAccess next prior to the
Infrastructure Trial: Import Students - District Create Sessions -
District Print Student Testing Tickets and Unlock Codes Schools
Verify that all staff members participating in the trial have
working user IDs and passwords for the PearsonAccess next Training
site (BROWN). Schools
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Infrastructure Trial- Where Is PearsonAccess?! 6 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 7 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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8 You are successfully in once you see this screen.
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What do I have to do!? 9 You are just responsible for managing
and starting the sessions on a daily basis. The trial will begin
Thurs., Jan. 29 th and will end Thurs., Feb. 12 th. Please try to
have as many students and teachers participating on Jan., 29 th as
possible. This should be plenty of time to have each teacher take
one class in for this test. You will need to decide on the schedule
for your building. We dont need it. Just make sure that every
teacher and student gets a chance to participate at least once. You
will need to know which group of students each teacher is taking.
Plan carefully so all students get an opportunity! You may need to
add/delete students, too. The final student upload for this trial
was Jan. 21 st.
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How will we learn to start sessions/add students, etc? 10 This
is where it gets complicated. There is not any time for any
in-person training. This PPT and other resources will be provided
to you. You will have to jump into this and read carefully.
Dawson/Dasco will definitely be on call for questions! Just
remember: We are as new to this as you. This is just a trial.
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FYI 11 All sessions & students have already been loaded
into this site for you. You will be training your staff before
Thurs., Jan. 29 th. This is a ridiculously short window, but do the
best you can. We are working on a simplified PPT you can use with
your staff. You will have it by the first of the week.
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Step 1 - Preparing Sessions 12 Previous afternoon or morning
before, look at your calendar and see which teachers are going to
the labs that day. You should also already know which group of
students each teacher will be testing. The teachers have multiple
sessions available. The STC is going to have to find the correct
one. To do this, follow the steps on Path Sheet A for locating the
sessions available for that teacher. (This will take practice and
patience!) If done correctly, your screen should look like the one
on the next page.
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Session Example 13 An example of a math class for Mr. Buda All
of his students will scroll below here
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Now what? 14 You need to print out the Student Testing Tickets
for the class. To do this, click on Download Resources and Select
Student Testing Tickets. A window should pop up. Right click and
print the tickets. You can do this ahead of time.
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Start the Session 15 The morning of the test, start the session
for the teacher.
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I have to do this how many times a day? 16 It depends on how
many teachers go to the lab that day.
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Resuming a Session 17 If a student logs out for some reason,
the student will have a gold indicator next to his/her name. The TA
or you will have to resume the test for them. The steps are on Path
Sheet B
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After a class finishes a session 18 Once the trial is
completed, the teacher should collect the tickets and return them
to you. 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 the teacher because they ran out of time. If you
have a student that is in the session and wont be testing ever, you
will need to remove this student from their Ready status before
stopping a session. To do this follow Path Sheet F.
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After a class finishes a session 19 Once all are blue, go ahead
and stop the session. You may have to wait if there are students
testing elsewhere (small group with laptops, etc) and are not yet
finished. FYI : Path Sheet E shows how to mark complete a student
who runs out of time. The TAs(teachers) should be doing this, but
you may need to know how to complete this action.
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Screen shot of status colors 20 Student Test Status Key
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What about adding new to district students and deleting moved
out of district students? 21 Data & Assessment will be doing
this for you during the real(live) tests. A decision will be made
after the trial. Ive attached the paths so you can try doing it for
the trial if you do get a new to the district student. Deleting is
easy! Follow Path Sheet C. Adding isnt. Follow Path Sheet D Adding
is extremely tedious and takes me around 15 minutes to do with the
Path Sheet D.
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This is a just a trial 22 There will be an updated PPT similar
to this for the real(live) testing in mid-Feb. Additional pages
will be added and any changes (based on your feedback) that need to
be made will be included.
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This is a just a trial 23 we know things are going to go wrong.
we need your input afterwards. we appreciate your patience. Thank
you and call if you have any questions. Bobby Dasco
330-438-2541
