Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Education PSSA Administrator Training Pennsylvania System of School

Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Education www.pde.state.pa.us

PSSA Administrator Training

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment

(PSSA)Administrator Training

Philadelphia



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Agenda• General Overview• Important Information• Planning for the Assessment• PASA Students and Exceptions to Participation• Administering the Assessment• PDE Policy – Test Security• Before the Assessment – DRC Information• During the Assessment – DRC Information• After the Assessment – DRC Information



• Grades 3 – 8 and Grade 11 Reading and Mathematics – DRC

• Grades 5, 8, & 11 Writing – DRC

• Grades 4, 8, & 11 Science – DRC

• Grade 12 Retest – DRC

• Reporting – DRC

• Policy – PDE

General Overview for 2009



General Overview

Today’s Training Highlights

– New this year, Important Information and Dates

– Participation, Attributions, Accommodations

– Administering the Assessment• Barcode Labels, Procedures

– Test Security

– AYP



General OverviewNew this year

– Large print and Braille materials produced by DRC.

• Securely bar-coded and MUST be returned to DRC

– Transcription Booklets for use with large print and Braille



General OverviewNew this year (cont)

– Handbook for Assessment Coordinators

– Linking District/School labeled booklets to PIMS data

– Spanish Translated materials for science



General OverviewImportant reminders

– Booklets do not need to be returned for PASA students

– Follow the procedures for the expedited return of Answer Booklets

– PIMS data was used to produce Student Precode Labels



General OverviewImportant reminders (cont)

– Match Booklets by Form Number

– Student Mobility

– All materials will arrive via Diamond Transportation

– All materials returned using UPS



Important InformationDRC Contact Information

– Our toll free number is:

1-800-451-7849– Our fax number is:

1-763-268-3008– Our email is:

[email protected]



Important InformationPDE contact information

– Our phone number is:

717-705-2343

or

717–787–4234– Our e-mail is:

[email protected].



Important Information

Key Assessment Dates– March 16 to 27 – Grades 3 – 8 & 11

Reading and Mathematics • Return answer booklets early

• Final materials returned by April 1

• UPS is used to return ALL secure materials




Key Assessment Dates– April 27 to May 8 – Grades 4, 8 & 11

Science• Return answer booklets early

• Final materials returned by May 13

• UPS is used to return ALL secure materials




Key Reporting Dates– May 29 to June 11, 2009 – Student

Attribution Window

– June 10, 2009 – District Student Performance Data Files posted to DRC’s Report Delivery System and Parent Letters available on eMetric website




Key Reporting and AYP Dates– June 19 to 25, 2009 – PASA 1%

redistribution window

– July 1 – Student Data Files with attributions available online

– Tentative pre-appeals AYP Data File release date is July 16, due to the recent approval of PDE's Growth Model.



Important InformationOther Key Dates• There will be training sessions in April on the

new look of the 2009 reports and how they are delivered.

• The 2009 Understanding AYP presentations will occur in May.



Important Information• The 2009 AYP Performance and Participation

Attribution Map will be posted at www.pde.state.pa.us/pas/cwp

• A district that has placed a student into an alternative educational setting inside or outside the district is responsible for ensuring the student’s participation in the assessment.




• The entity delivering the student’s education is responsible for ordering and receiving materials and administering the test.

• Know your district’s procedures for Home Schooled and Cyber Charter School students.



Planning for the AssessmentTesting Preparation DOs:• Plan for testing rooms and times.• Post PA General Description of Scoring Guidelines.• Provide test administrators with

– Training

– Test manuals

– Schedule



Planning for the AssessmentAccommodations

The Accommodations Guidelines for students with IEPs, ELL students, and all students are available on PDE assessment web page under Testing Accommodations

– Order Braille and Large Print from DRC @ 1-800-451-7849

All student responses must be transcribed into a regular scannable answer booklet.



Planning for the Assessment• Be prepared for parental requests to view the

test.

• Schedule small group setting(s).

• Schedule extended time setting(s).

• Assign test administrators for breaks and movement to other setting(s).

• Plan for secure distribution & collection of materials after each session.



PASA Students• PASA or PSSA is decided by the IEP teamTo be eligible to participate in PASA, students must…

– Be in grade 3 through 8 or 11 by September 1 of the school year in which assessment is to be accomplished; and

– Have significant cognitive disabilities; and– Require intensive instruction to learn; and– Require extensive adaptation and support to perform and meaningfully

participate in the activities; and– Require substantial modifications of general education curriculum; and– Participate in general education curriculum in a substantially different way

than most other students.

• MUST MEET ALL SIX CRITERIA• Order PASA tests: call 412-648-7082.



Exceptions to Participation• Participates in PASA for Math & Reading,

Science

• Participates in school-provided alternate assessment for writing

• Voluntary participation in Reading and Writing for 1st year ELL students



Administering the AssessmentDO:• maintain calm & quiet.• remove or cover all

instructional materials.• provide:

– blank scratch paper– sharpened pencils– highlighters

• encourage students• return all test materials to

secure location

DO NOT:• allow unsupervised breaks• display visual cues, e.g.

picture icons• provide pre-printed graphic

organizers• allow pens/colored pencils;

stray marks• prompt students• keep any test materials



Administering the Assessment• Avoid test fatigue: general guideline of

approximately 2.5 hours

• Administer sections in sequence

• Complete most of testing during 1st week of window

• Allow 2nd week for make-ups & unexpected occurrences



PDE Policy – Test Security• The assessments rely on the measurement of individual

achievement. Any deviation from assessment procedures is strictly prohibited and will be considered a violation of test security.

• School administrators, teachers and any other education personnel who are involved in the assessment program must maintain the security of all assessment materials at all times.

• Because the assessment must remain secure, teachers/Test Administrators should not have assessment materials in their possession at any time other than during the actual assessment administration.



PDE Policy – Test Security

• Maintain test security:

– Refer to PDE security guidelines @

www.pde.state.pa.us/a_and_t/cwp

and click on PSSA Test Security Procedure

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/a_and_t/cwp



Before the Assessment• Read the manuals

• Schedule the assessments

• Prepare administrators

• Inventory/account for all materials

• Order additional materials

Make sure to include your District Code along with your District Name.

Make sure to include your School Code along with your School Name.

Indicate the quantity you need.

Additional Material Request forms are located in the Handbook for Assessment Coordinators



During the AssessmentBarcode Labels

Answer booklets returned to DRC for processing must have a label attached. The only answer booklets that should NOT have labels attached are booklets that are unused and COMPLETELY blank.

Whether a Student Precode or a District/School Label is used, page 3 needs to be filled out for any student using an accommodation.



During the AssessmentSTUDENT PRECODE LABELS Student Precode Labels contain district/school

information, and individual student demographicinformation as reported in PIMS.



During the Assessment

DO NOT SCORE LABELS All sites will receive Do Not Score Labels for answer

booklets that should not be scored.




DISTRICT/SCHOOL LABELS District/School Labels contain district and school

specific information only. These labels should beused when Student Precode Labels are not used.




DISTRICT/SCHOOL LABELS (cont)When using District/School Labels, the students’ names

must be bubbled exactly as they appear in your school’s studentinformation system.



During the AssessmentBubbling the answer booklets• English Language Learners

– Use April 11, 2008, for calculating first year in U.S. school for ELL students

• Court/Agency Placed Students– Foster care is not a court/agency placement for

NCLB purposes– Per IDEA, court/agency placed students with an

IEP are required to participate




Non Assessed Students • Student had a recent medical emergency.• Student had an extended absence for the entire

testing window.• Student had a parental request for exclusion from

the assessment.• Other

* These will negatively affect AYP participation rates

*

**



Precode issues that could impact AYP determination

• Coding the assessment booklets

• Applying labels correctly



Coding bookletsCoding booklets may include:

1. Filling in all information (for students who do not have a Precode Label), – Demographic information provided on a test booklet will not override

information that’s on a precode label.

» Please complete certain demographic information after the test has been completed

» E.g., economically disadvantagedAnd/or

2. Filling in fields that are applicable to the testing situation



Assessment Coordinators:Decide who will code the booklets

Demographic data

– Assessment Coordinator?• Race/ethnicity• Economic status

– Test administrator?– Other?

Testing situation data

– Assessment Coordinator?

• Non-assessed codes

– Test administrator?

• Absent without make up

• Accommodations

– Other?









Assessment Coordinators:Train those who will administer the assessment

about correct labeling and coding

LABELS



Students who withdraw/transferStudent withdraws or transfers prior to the testing

window (March 16, 2009)

Do not attach to a booklet!

Discard student label!



Students who withdraw/transfer

Student begins the assessment but withdraws or transfers before completing it

Place a “Do Not Score” label on the booklet. Put the label on top of the student precode

label.



Students who withdraw/transferStudent completes the assessment and withdraws or transfers

before the end of the testing window

Return the booklet with your materials

During Attributions Window (May 29 – June 11), attribute the student to the school/district where he/she transferred if

• You know the school/district, and

• The school is in Pennsylvania



CODING

Assessment Coordinators:Train those who will administer the assessment

about correct labeling and coding



Students who do not finish the assessment

• Student was absent without make up for one or more sections of the following subject

• Student must meet the attempt logic of all three sections of a subject to receive a score. If a student meets the attempt logic of all three math sections but fails to meet the attempt logic in one or more reading sections, the student will not receive a score in reading. This lack of a score will negatively impact reading participation rate.



Attempt logic• Student must attempt at least five items in

each section to meet attempt logic and receive a score.– Meeting minimum attempt logic will ensure

that participation rate is met

– Meeting but not exceeding minimum attempt logic will result in a lower score



Attempt logic

• Urging students to meet the minimum attempt logic only may result in meeting participation rate, but student’s score will be based only on those five items.



Students who do not participate: impact on AYP

Participation

Student is counted as enrolled; thus is included as part of the denominator in the fraction that determines participation rate; but is not included in the numerator.

Performance

Students with no score are not included in calculations for performance in status and Safe Harbor. They are included as “Untested” in PPI.



Students who do not participate in the assessment who DO have a negative

impact on participation• Student had an extended absence

• Parental exclusion

• Other (usually a refusal to participate)



Students who do not participate in the assessment who DO NOT have a negative impact on

participation

• Student participates in the alternate assessment (no longer on the test booklet)

• ELL student in first year of enrollment in a US school (Is excused from participation in the reading assessment)

• Medical emergency



Students excused due to medical emergency

• A medical emergency is defined as a recent physical or mental diagnosis that renders a student incapable of participating in the assessment.

• The emergency is occurring at the time of the testing window. Mark the booklet at the time of the testing window!

• If you’re not sure, call PDE – don’t wait until after the preliminary AYP results are posted and then file an Appeal.



A change in attributions for 2009

Special education studentsAll students with an IEP receiving instruction from an entity other than their district of residence will be attributed to their district of residence and the state only.



A change in attributions for this year (2009)

Career and Technical Education students– Full-time comprehensive CTC students’ results

will be attributed to (1) the full-time comprehensive CTC, (2) the students’ districts of residence, and (3) the state.

– 2008 attribution is to the CTC and state.



Rationale for the change in Attribution

• Supports the role each district has in the preparation of students.

• Member school districts provide the governance and fiduciary responsibilities for the Center.

• Students in all other schools (except charters) are attributed to the school, district, and state.



During the AssessmentAdministration Do’s and Don’ts• All students must use a No. 2 pencil.• Be prepared, provide encouragement, and keep

classroom distractions to a minimum.• What to do if a student goes home ill.



During the AssessmentUse of Dictionaries• Word-to-word dictionaries (including electronic

dictionaries with beaming turned off) are permitted for ELLs in their first three years in a U.S. school on the math and science assessments.

• For all other students, do not provide or permit the use of dictionaries, thesauri, spell- or grammar-checkers, PDAs, or any device that can transmit information on any assessments.



During the Assessment• Distribution

and collection procedures

• Security Numbers

• Security Checklist

Security numbers are located below the barcode are on the back of every secure booklet shipped by DRC. This barcode is the scannable version of the security number.

Mr. Gillin

Mr. Schiller 3/22

3/16

Destroyed due to illness

2009



During the AssessmentUnusual CircumstancesTest Administrators may encounter situations not covered in the

manuals. The Test Administrator, along with the School and District Coordinator, should use their best professional judgment on how to handle each situation keeping test security and integrity in mind.

One example is when a student becomes ill on a test. These tests should be destroyed and NOT returned to DRC. Make sure to note on the Materials Accountability Form that the document was destroyed due to student illness.

QUESTIONS? CALL 1-800-451-7849

NOT



After the AssessmentGeneral Return Instructions• Be organized• Have clear communications and define a plan

for returning scorable materials early• Use the Materials Accountability Form and

Security Checklist



After the Assessment

Materials Accountability Form



After the Assessment

Test Security Affidavit



After the AssessmentReturn Instructions – Math & Reading and Science

• Test Administrators• School Assessment Coordinators

DRC Return Shipping Label

Answer Booklets

DRC Return Shipping Label

Test Booklets Unopened Packs

Test booklets

and unopened packages

All Answer Booklets

UPS UPS



For ALL assessments, place one UPS-RS label on the top of each box to be returned to DRC.

If you do not have a regularly scheduled UPS pick-up or delivery, call UPS at (866) 857-1501 to arrange a pick up.

After the AssessmentMaterial Pick Up



Special Note• Keep a copy of the UPS-RS tracking numbers

used.

• When DRC has questions about a district’s assessment materials, we make follow-up phone calls after the testing window has closed.

• It is important to return these calls as soon as possible in order ensure fast and accurate reporting and to keep you schools off the missing materials report sent to PDE.



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intricacies involved with large scale assessments like the PSSA. Our customer service representatives are always ready and willing to help with any questions or problems.

Our number is 1-800-451-7849

Or email us at

[email protected]



Pennsylvania Department of Education

To contact someone from the Pennsylvania Department of Education –

(717) 787- 4234Or

(717) 705-2343

School District of Philadelphia

PSSA Test Monitoring Program

Test Security • Standardized assessments are

measurements of individual student achievement whose results are used to inform instruction.

• Any deviation from the prescribed assessment procedures meant to ensure validity and security is prohibited and considered to be a violation of test security.

• Violating test security invalidates the assessment results and the use of those results to inform instruction.

PSSA Test Security• School District of Philadelphia staff will be monitoring the

testing sessions during the PSSA. Monitoring forms will be turned in to the Office of Assessment.

• Any reported violations of test security will be investigated by the Office of Assessment. Reported violations include those on monitoring forms, phone calls and emails to Superintendent and other central administration staff. Reports are made by monitors, teachers, students, administrators and parents.

• PDE also monitors the PSSA independently of the district.• Teachers and staff who are found to be in violation

of the test security code will be liable for dismissal and possible forfeiture of their state license.

SDP PSSA TEST SECURITY AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS

• All monitoring will be unannounced and will occur in District, EMO, and Charter Schools.

• This monitoring is separate from the PDE monitoring program.

•

SDP Letter for Monitoring the PSSA

DRAFT

February 2009 TO: Regional Superintendents All Principals and Test Coordinators FROM: RE: Monitoring of the PSSA and the TerraNova/Supera Assessments The PSSA Reading and Math Assessments will be administered for Grades 3 through 8 and 11 from March 16 to 27, 2009. The TerraNova/Supera Assessments will be administered for Grades 1 and 2 from April 13 to 24, 2009. The PSSA Science Assessment will be administered for Grades 4, 8 and 11 from April 27 to May 8, 2009. As in the past, the Office of Assessment has requested that members of the Central Administration visit schools to monitor the administration of these exams. Additionally, members of the Regional Offices will also be monitoring the assessments. Monitors will be visiting schools during the PSSA and the TerraNova/Supera assessment administration and will be spending one entire testing session unobtrusively observing the test administration and completing an observation form. This year, assessment monitors will not be contacting individual schools prior to their visit. Many, but not all, of the schools administering these tests will be visited. Schools should assume that they might be monitored on any given day during the testing window. Monitors have been instructed to arrive at their school ahead of the assessment starting time, to report to the main office and to meet with the principal or their assessment designee. Test monitors need to be given a choice of classes to monitor at the time of their visit. If you have any questions, please call Darryl Shelton at 215-400-5825 or email [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. c: Regional Superintendent

SDP Letter for PDE Monitoring of the PSSA

DRAFT

The School District of Philadelphia Office of Accountability 440 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19130

DATE: February 6, 2009 TO: Regional Superintendents All Principals FROM: SUBJECT: Pennsylvania Department of EducationÕs 2009 PSSA Monitoring, Training of PSSA Test Administrators This year the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will be making unannounced, random test security-monitoring visits to SDP schools prior, during and after the PSSA Reading and Math assessment window (test window is March 16-27, 2009). During this visit, the monitor will review documented procedures and interview staff for the following: test security, form tracking, test administration, and accommodations. PDEÕs test security monitoring program is separate from the School DistrictÕs own test security program that is still in place. As in past years, your school should develop a PSSA assessment plan. Developing this plan is critical but something that each school already does and therefore not an additional task related to assessment preparations. In order to assist schools, the Office of Assessment has prepared the attached Assessment Plan reference sheet that includes a brief description of each of the planÕs components. Your schoolÕs PSSA assessment plan should include the following information, much of which is contained in the PSSA Assessment Coordinator Handbook: training schedule for all test administrators, assessment schedule and room assignments, preparation of test booklets (labels, etc.), test materials distribution, break/disruption policy during test administration, parental request for test review procedures, accommodation procedures for IEP and ELL students, covering of instructional aids in assessment rooms, test material collection and storage procedures (all tests must be collected and secured after each session), make-up policy, packing plan, and any other relevant information. When completed, the PSSA assessment plan should be available for examination in either the principalÕs or the test coordinatorÕs office in the event that a PDE monitor requests to review it. Additionally PDE monitors may ask to see evidence that low incidence students that are e ligible to take an alternative writing exam have been administered such an assessment (there is no PASA for writing).

PSSA Assessment Plan• Agenda of Test Administrator’s training• Assessment Schedule, Teacher

Assignments, Room Assignments• Information or references on test

distribution, storage, collection and packing (refer to PSSA Handbook for Assessment Coordinators

• Accommodations (refer to PSSA Accommodations Guidelines)

• School Make-up policy

PSSA Test Security - Prohibited

• Helping the student eliminate some multiple-choice items

• Pointing to key phrases in test questions for students

• Pointing to correct answers on the assessment• Using a highlighter to prompt a student on the

PSSA - in questions, text or answers• Discussing a particular answer after the

assessment• Changing any answer on student’s answer sheet• Using the IEP to violate the integrity of the

PSSA

PSSA Test Security - Prohibited• Handing a test back to a student once it is turned in

• Having students transport tests outside the classroom either for extended time or school collection

• Allowing students to look ahead before being prompted to do so

• Leaving students unsupervised

PSSA Test Security - Permitted• Encouraging students during the test

• Pointing out that students have not completed the test or left items blank

Previous Test Security Violations • Coaching students, giving signals,

emphasizing answers when reading items, sharing information (Level II)

• Removal of PSSA Writing item security seals before the test session (Level II)

Previous Test Security Violations • Failure to cover instructional

materials (Level I)• Administering test sections out of

order (Level I)• Allowing students to proceed to

next section before end of current section (Level I)

• Allowing students to continue section after unsupervised break (Level I)

SDP TEST SECURITY AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS PSSA Monitoring

Spring 2009 The PSSA will be administered from March 16 to March 27, 2009 in the content areas of Reading and Math at grade levels 3 through 8 and 11. In Science, the PSSA will be administered from April 27 to May 8, 2009 in Grades 4, 8 and 11. The responsibilities of the monitors will include:

1. Attending a training session 2. Visiting the schools, selecting the class to monitor and spending

one entire testing session unobtrusively observing the test administration and completing a checklist that includes: Observing start and stop time (test is untimed) Accuracy of test direction explanation Movement of test administrator around the room during

testing Use of accommodations Completing monitoring form If you have any questions about the appropriateness of the

testing administration, note it on the form and the Office of Assessment will investigate

Do not discuss any violations with the principal, test coordinator or teacher

3. Returning completed monitoring form to Office of

Assessment Š 2nd Floor in care of Darryl Shelton. Office of Assessment Fax Number Š 215-400-4255

Office of Accountability and Assessment

SDP TEST SECURITY AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS

School District of Philadelphia Office of Assessment

Spring 2009

Instructions for Test Monitors

1. As a monitor, you will be assigned a school or schools during the training session. 2. Plan to arr ive in time to park and allow for at least 15 minutes before testing is

scheduled to begin (8:30 for K-8 schools, 8:15 for High Schools). Please bring your SDP ID with you. You need to be in the classroom when testing starts.

3. Report to the office and explain that you are there to monitor the PSSA or the

TerraNova/Supera Assessment. 4. If there are a number of sessions of the grades you are to observe, select one at

random (Schools should give you a choice of classes to monitor). 5. When you get to the classroom, ask the teacher to introduce you as a School District

representative who is there to observe the standardized assessment program. 6. Try to position yourself in the classroom where you will not be a distraction to the

students and remain in the classroom until that testing session is completed. 7. Fill in the monitoring form. After the session is over, thank the teacher. 8. Return the completed form to the Office of Assessment Š 2nd Floor in care of Darryl

Shelton. If there is a violation, please follow the directions given in this handbook.

Thank you for your support!

Office of Accountability and Assessment


School District of Philadelphia Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention

PSSA Monitoring Form

Reading/Math Spring 2009

School Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________

Grade: _____ Room #: _____ TeacherÕs Name: _____________________________

# Students ______ Subject Tested: ____________________________

Start Time: ________________ End Time: ________________ (Test is untimed!)

The displaying of the following instructional aids is prohibited. Please check if any of the following instructional aids ar e displayed? (PDE General Rubrics and Scoring Guidelines are permitted to b e displayed). ______ Vocabular y words ______ Word walls ______ Displays of probl ems or answers ______ Displays of synonyms and/or antonyms ______ Number lines (only exception if documented in IEP or 504 plan) ______ Display tips on ho w to write responses and/or solve problems ______ Illustrations of geo metric shapes, algebraic equations, graphs ______ Instructions on calculator use The use of the following is prohibited. Please check if any of the following were used. ______ Dictionaries (except for ELL word to word dictionaries) ______ Thesauruses ______ Electronic spell checkers/PDAs ______ Calculators for 3rd grade test or on non-calculator sections of 4th-8th, 11th grade test Please check if the test administrator did the following. ______ Test Administrator followed the published Directions for Administration. ______ Test Administrator walked a round the room to monitor students (i.e. making sure that students were working on the correct section, encouraging students, etc). Please check if the test administrator did the following: ______ Altered, influenced, or interfered with a test response or instructed a student to do so ______ Filled in any unanswered item or provided the actual answer to students ______ Coached or provided feedb ack to the student relating to the content of the test, before, during or after the test ______ Read any portion of the reading assessment aside from the directions ______ Left students unattended with test materials or allowed any student to leave the testing site for any reason with test materials ______ Allowed students to look ahea d to other sections/prompts before being instructed to do so ______ Failed to follow the policy for securing test materials at the end of the testing session (if observed)


Please check if one or more students received any of the following accommodations ______ Testing in a separate room ______ Use of study carrels ______ Small group testing setting ______ Bilingual dictionary without definitions ______ Qualified bilingual interpreter ______ English/Spanis h math test ______ Braille or large print editions, magnification devices, Braillewriter or typewriter/word processor ______ Adaptive calculator or Cranmer abacus ______ Signed version or qualifie d interprete r signs directions ______ Simplified di rections ______ Augmentativ e communication systems, audiotape or listening devices ______ Place markers, windows or templates ______ Other accommodations. Please describe below:

______ There was no evidence of cheating or violation of test security procedures as described in the test security memo located in the Assessment Coordinator s Handbook. ______ There was evidence of test administration practice that may have either compromised or violated appropri ate testing procedures *. Please describe in detail:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Print Your Name: ______________________________ Date: __________

Signature: ______________________________

Office of Assessment Fax #: 215-400-4255. Fax form in care of Darryl Shelton or bring form to Office of Assessment Š 2nd Floor, 440 N. Broad St. * If there is evidence of a test security violation please call Bates Mandel @ 215-400-5778 and report the violation immediately.

Office of Assessment


School District of Philadelphia Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention

PSSA Science Test Monitoring Form

Spring 2009

School Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________

Grade: _____ Room #: _____ TeacherÕs Name: _____________________________

# Students ______ Subject Tested: Science

Start Time: ________________ End Time: _______________(Test is untimed!)

The displaying of the following instructional aids is prohibited. Please check if any of the following instructional aids ar e displayed? (PDE General Rubrics and Scoring Guidelines ar e permitted to b e displayed). ______ Science Posters ______ Periodic Tables ______ Displays of probl ems or answer ______ Other ______ Instructions on ca lculator use The use of the following is prohibited. Please check if any of the following were used. ______ Dictionaries (except for ELL word to word dictionaries) ______ Thesauruses ______ Electronic spell checkers/PDAs Please check if the test administrator did the foll owing. ______ Test Administrator followed the published Directions for Administration. ______ Test Administrator walked around the room to monitor students (i.e. making sure that students were working on the correct section, encouraging students, etc). Please check if the test administrator did the following: ______ Altered, influenced, or interfered with a test response or instructed a student to do so ______ Filled in any unanswered item or provided the actual answer to students ______ Coached or provided feedb ack to the student relating to the content of the test, before, during or after the test ______ Left students unattended with test materials or allowed any student to leave the testing site for any reason with test materials ______ Allowed students to look ahead to other sections/prompts before being instructed to do so ______ Failed to follow the policy for securing test materials at the end of the testing session (if observed) Please check if one or more students received any of the following accommodations ______ Testing in a separate room ______ Use of study carrels ______ Small group testing setting ______ Bilingual dictionary without definition s

SDP TEST SECURITY AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS Please check if one or more students received any of the following accommodations ______ Qualified bilingual interpreter ______ Braille or large print editions ______ Magnification devices ______ Braillewriter or typewriter/word processor ______ Adaptive calculator or Cranmer abacus ______ Signed version or qualified interprete r signs directions ______ Simplified di rections ______ Augmentativ e communication systems, audiotape or listening devices ______ Place markers, windows or templates ______ Other accommodations. Please describe below:

______ There was no evidence of cheating or violation of test security procedures as described in the test security memo located in the Assessment Coordinator s Handbook. ______ There was evidence of test administration practice that may have either compromised or violated appropriat e testing procedures *. Please describe in detail:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Print Your Name: ______________________________ Date: __________

Signature: ______________________________

Office of Assessment Fax #: 215-400-4255. Fax form in care of Darryl Shelton or bring form to Office of Assessment Š 2nd Floor, 440 N. Broad St.

* If there is evidence of a test security violation please call Bates Mandel @ 215-400-5778 and report the violation immediately.

Office of A ssessment

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

OFFICE OF ASSESSMENT 215-400-5825

DRC ~~ 1-800-451-7849PDE ~~ (717) 705-2343

Documents

Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Education PSSA Administrator Training Pennsylvania System of School