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Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. Security Audits At randomly selected schools and district offices Before, during, or after testing Are materials secure, accounted for, and locked up when not in use? Are correct administrative procedures being followed? For example: – Instructional materials have been removed or covered. – Students are not being coached through the exams. – Only appropriate accommodations and/or modifications are being provided, et. al. – No unauthorized electronic devices are being used STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 3
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Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. 05/05/23
District and Site Coordinator Responsibilities
Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
District Coordinators’ Responsibilities• #1 Responsibility—Security
– No unauthorized electronic devices used in classroom during testing
• For testing purposes, any electronic device that is not specifically designated as an accommodation or modification in the student’s IEP or Section 504 plan is unauthorized.
– Security audits to occur
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 2
Q 1
H 2
M 10, 30
Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.Confidential and Proprietary. Copyright © 2012 Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
Security Audits• At randomly selected schools and district offices• Before, during, or after testing• Are materials secure, accounted for, and
locked up when not in use?• Are correct administrative procedures being followed? For
example:– Instructional materials have been removed or covered.– Students are not being coached through the exams.– Only appropriate accommodations and/or
modifications are being provided, et. al.– No unauthorized electronic devices are being used.
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 3
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District Coordinators’ Responsibilities• #2 Responsibility—Train Coordinators:
– Emphasis on heightened security– New and updated videos– Additions to DFAs– Room sign with reminder of no
electronic devices• To be posted in clear view of students• Included in District Coordinator kit• Available on startest.org• Can be photocopied
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 4
H 2
M 30
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STAR Site Coordinator Responsibilities• Train examiners.• Ensure examiners READ and sign affidavits.
Coordinator retains.• Prevent errors.• Secure test materials.• Verify materials are marked
correctly to ensure correctstudent scores.
• Guarantee correct enrollment counts.• Return materials promptly.
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 6
M 48
H 2
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Site Coordinators: Train Examiners
• READ and sign affidavits.• Emphasize NO unauthorized electronic devices.• MAKE SURE CORRECT TESTS ARE GIVEN.• Students who are not testing may not stay in the
classroom where a test is being administered.• If students need to be taken to another room to finish
testing, BE SURE THEY ARE ESCORTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF. Do not allow students to walk to another room with test materials by themselves.
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 7
H 2
M 50−52
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Site Coordinators Train Examiners (cont.)
• Examiners CANNOT: – Review test questions before, during, or after
testing.– Check students’ answers including (but not limited
to):1. Advise students of wrong answer or to check an answer; or2. Withhold answer docs until students demonstrate they have
the right answers.
H 2 2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 8
M 50−52
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Site Coordinators Train Examiners (cont.)
Examiners shall monitor students throughout testing to make sure students are:
– On correct part – Not going on to other parts or back to a previously
completed part– Not skipping a question on their answer document (so that
they are off by one or more)– Not using unauthorized electronic devices during testing
session
H 2 2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 9
M 50−52
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STAR Security
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• No unauthorized electronic devices used in classroom during testing
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EXPEDITED RETURN OF RESULTS
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 11
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Expedited Return of CST & CMA Results
• Results available within 2–3 weeks of receipt of materials at scoring center
• Scorable materials must be complete and include all information, including accurate SGID.
• QC process for early tests before results release.• Downloadable file from STAR Management System:
– Receive an e-mail notification of a link to a data file.– File will include only a subset from the regular STAR data file.– Data layout will be posted soon– Abbreviated version of the data file
• Student identifying information, scale scores and performance levels
– Use with caution: final results subject to change.• For example: An item removed for equating due to a security breach
2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 12
Q 10
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Paperless Aggregate Reporting
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• It’s a pilot for 2013 only, close to completion
• ETS will make suggestions from the pilot as part of a proposal to the CDE for 2014
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