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Read to Achieve Assessment Grade 3
Summer 2015
Agenda• Read to Achieve
Testing Schedule
• July 14: Training• July 22: Testing plans due (via GoogleDocs)• July 23: Pick up test booklets
– Testing office– 7:30-11:30
• July 28 (MU July 29): Testing Dates– Scan on test date– Bring electronic spreadsheet to testing office
• July 29: Return all materials– Test Booklets– Assessment guides– Scrap paper– Unused bubble sheets
Test Administrators (Local requirement)
• Test administrators must by certified staff. – Teachers– Social workers– Counselors– Retired teachers– Teacher assistants who are certified
teachers
Eligibility EOGs pp. 1-2
Eligible StudentsStudents who did not meet proficiency on the EOG ELA/Reading assessment and do not meet a Good Cause Exemption
Good Cause ExemptionsLEP students with less than two years in an ESL programQ: What constitutes “English Language Learners who have participated in English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction for less than two years by the end of their third-grade year”?
A: The good cause exemption criteria are applied to ELLs who are identified as LEP for two years (24 calendar months) – Count from the First day of LEP identification, Two years = 24 months e.g. May 31, 2014 goes to May 30, 2016
Students who participate on the NC EXTEND1 ELA
Students demonstrating proficiency through the Portfolio Process
Students who score Level P on TRC
Students who scored Level III or higher on the BOG3
Students who received reading intervention and were retained more than once in K-3
Medical exceptions
Administration Time pp 3-4
Subject Est. Time
Max Time
#Items
Read to Achieve
160 210 44
2 Three- min breaks 6
General Instructions 12
Total 178
Make up testing is required
Maximum Testing Time Allowed pp. 3-4
• Students who complete the test during the scheduled time must NOT be allowed to remain in the room with students who require the maximum time.– Move the students who have completed the test, OR– Move the students who need additional time.
• In rare cases in which students must leave testing area for lunch– Test administrator (TA) must notify students 5 minutes
in advance.– TA must paper clip test booklet so students cannot go
back after the break.
Before Test Day pp. 5-7
• Prepare for training.• Distribute Assessment Guide (AG) PRIOR to training
– Test administrators must read thoroughly before attending school-based training
• Read and Study the Testing Code of Ethics (Appendix E).
• Follow Security Procedures. – No part of test or AG may be reproduced.– Properly manage materials.– Test administrators who provide read-aloud accommodations must NOT
divulge contents of test.
Roving Proctors pp. 7-8
• Roving proctors are NOT permitted in NHCS for EOG/Read to Achieve testing.
Before Test Day pp. 9-11
• Prepare Testing Environment.– Cover bulletin boards and instructional displays.– A Testing: Do Not Disturb sign must be displayed.
• Prepare students for testing.– Test-taking strategies– Released test forms
• http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/released forms
• Prohibited items– Electronic devices– Cell phones– Textbooks (HOWEVER, students who “complete the test before
the scheduled time is over must be provided the opportunity to read novels or other non-textbooks while waiting for others to finish”, but testing materials must be collected first.
Before Test Day pp. 11-15
• Monitor students during the assessment.• Do not indicate answers to students.
– Asking students to look at question again– Making facial expressions– Pointing to correct answers
• Misadministrations • Misalignment during testing (pages 12-13)
– In the least disruptive manner TA should notify the student that the responses are misaligned.
– In rare cases, it may be appropriate for the TA to direct student to begin circling the correct answers in the test booklet and correct the rest of the assessment after testing in a secure group setting (3 or more people)
– In some cases it may be appropriate to end the testing session and report an irregularity.
Before Test Day pp. 13-14
• Student emergencies and restroom breaks– One student at a time– TA and proctor must remain in room.– Secure test materials.– Note the time.
• Accommodations– LEP/EC/504– Must be documented in PLAN for Read to Achieve
test OR for Grade 3 ELA– Must be routinely used– Test administrators MUST be trained on testing
accommodations prior to testing session
Before Test Day pp. 15-17
• Students with Transitory Impairments– An impairment with a duration of six months or less– Complete Transitory Impairment form and FAX to Testing Office
• Complete the Review of Accommodations forms for LEP/IEP/504 Plans.– EC Accommodations: Goalview State Testing Accommodations
report– LEP Accommodations: Ellevations State Testing Accommodations
report
• Report testing violations.
Procedures for Students Completing Assessment Before Scheduled Time is Over pp. 17-18
• Collect all student materials.– Student may read a novel or other NON-textbook.
• Students may put their heads down on their desks.• If ALL students have completed the assessment
before the end of the scheduled time, the test administrator may end the testing session early.– Read the words in the section, Read to Announce the
End of the Testing Session.– Do not dismiss until instructed to do so by test
coordinator or principal.• Know what is precoded on answer sheets.
Paper Clip Student Test Booklets pp. 18-19
• Test administrator must paper clip the student’s test booklet before the student begins the calculator active section on the mathematics assessment.
• Test administrator must paper clip for lunch breaks for students who have multiple test sessions and clips for students who have multiple test sessions over multiple days.
Test Materials pp. 20-21
Read to Achieve
• Read to Achieve Assessment Guide
• test books • answer sheets • general purpose header sheets • bags for repackaging • No. 2 pencils • blank paper • accurate timing device
• Paper clips
Optional: highlighters and color acetate overlays
Follow a Uniform Process for Test Administration pp. 21-23
17
• Testing: Do Not Disturb sign• Quiet, well-lighted room• Instructional materials removed• Clear desks.• Test administrator must be present at all times.• Read directions as written (may repeat).• No cell phones• Monitor accommodations.• Students may read a novel/non-text when complete.
After Testing pp 34-36
• Test administrator should record students used accommodations on the Review of Accommodations form.
• Count and return all testing materials• Code student answer sheets (Must be completed in a
secure group of three or more school personnel)
Code Answer Sheets pp. 35-36
The Test Administrator or Principal’s Designee must complete after tests are complete, if applicable.
Question 1 - Code for 504 Plan or Transitory Impairment.
Question 2 - Mark all provided accommodations.
Special approved accommodations through the Notice of Accommodations process should be coded. (NCDPI-Approved bubble)
Code if the student is Absent from Makeup
Code Answer Sheets p. 37
Information Requested Columns
Local Use A-G
Used non-permitted accommodations H
Misadministration I
Local Use J-L
Header Sheet pp.38-39
• Code and return as a cover sheet for each class.• Complete sections 1-7, 9• Answer Key Code
Grade Code
3 RTA3
Read to Achieve
After Testing
• Coding answer sheets– Must be done in a secure setting (3 or more
people)– Transcriptions
• One individual transcribes the student’s responses.• One individual verifies the transcription.• One individual observes the process.• All 3 sign the outside cover of the test book.• Separate the Marks in Book books when you return them to the
Testing Department.
• Return all materials to Testing Department– scrap paper, testlets assessment guides
• File Review of Accommodations forms with student PLANS.