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• Updates• Assessments available online• Resources available • Online testing components• Testing Coordinator Quick Checklist• Technology Coordinator Quick Checklist• Accommodations available for online testing• Contacts
Updates
• STAAR A grades 4 and 7 writing – Will require seal codes
• STAAR Alternate 2 – Student answers will be transcribed into an online form
• TAKS– Online only
• New version of proctor caching software (2014.1.15) released – Update is optional
Assessments Available Online
STAAR SOA
EOC Grades 3-8 Grades 3-8 Grade 4 Students assessed on Grades K-12 Exit LevelAlgebra I, mathematics reading reading and paper, then answers holistic ratings in mathematics, English I, English II, and mathematics mathematics transcribed into an writing, speaking, and reading, biology, and Grades 5 and 8 (English only) online form listening entered science, and U.S. history science Grades 4 and 7 Grades 3-8 online social studies
writing Grade 5 reading Grades 2-12Grade 8 science and mathematics readingsocial studies Grades 5 and 8 (English only)
science Grades 4 and 7 EOC Grade 6 writingAlgebra I, biology, Grade 8 reading and and U.S. history social studies mathematics Grades 5 and 8
science EOC Grade 7Algebra I, reading and Grade 8 English I, English II, mathematics social studiesbiology, and U.S. history Grade 8 EOC science and Algebra I,
social studies English I, English II,biology, and U.S. history
• User’s Guide for the Texas Assessment Management System• TestNav 7 Combined Technical Guide• Minimum System Requirements
Manuals/Documents
• PearsonAccess Overviews• Online Testing Presentations• No log-in required
Training Modules
• Mirrors live assessment management system • No live student data affected• Practice online testing setup, including creating test sessions
Practice Center
• Electronic Practice Assessment Tools (ePATs)• No set up required
Student Resources
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www.texasassessment.com/resourcesResources Available
Testing Coordinator Quick ChecklistTesting Coordinator Online Testing Checklist
View online testing resources
Enroll students in campus
Register students for test administration
Assign students to group and test(s)
Verify TestNav configuration
Create test session
Add students to test session
Proctor cache test content
Print student authorizations and proctor authorizations/seal codes, if necessary
Start/monitor test session
Verify student(s) are in “Completed” or “Marked Complete” status
Enter accommodations, if necessary
Stop test session
Technology Coordinator Quick Checklist
Technology Coordinator Online Testing Checklist
View online testing resources
Verify minimum system requirements
Allow destination/protocol/port combinations through firewall
Disable automatic applications
Install proctor caching software on proctor caching computer
Verify network user capacity
Configure TestNav
Proctor cache test content after test sessions created
Monitor test sessions
Purge test content after test administration
Accommodations Available for Online Testing
Oral administration, as an accommodation, may be offered the following ways:
a) test administrator reads allowable words aloud
b) administration of STAAR A, a version of STAAR that contains embedded accommodations in an online administration including a text-to-speech functionality for allowable text
c) STAAR administration using standardized oral administration (SOA), a text-to-speech accommodation in an online administration for allowable text on select assessments in specific grades
Note: STAAR L and STAAR A have an audio component for individual words or phrases. The assistance is considered an embedded accessibility feature, not an oral administration accommodation.
Accommodations Available for Online Testing
Before a student with a testing accommodation can test online, his or her ARD, 504, or other appropriate committee must specifically approve the student for online testing. Committee members may review the resources listed below to determine if online testing is appropriate for the student.
• http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/special-ed/
• http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/accommodations/
• http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/STAARA/
• http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/soa/
Resources: ContactsTEATelephone: 512-463-9536 Fax 512-463-9302TEA Student Assessment website www.tea.texas.gov
Call TEA’s Student Assessment Division for assistance with:• information about online testing or online testing procedures
• testing accommodations• notification of a disruption in online testing • requesting changes to the testing schedule• questions about the time-limit policy including taking breaks • testing beyond normal school hours• handling unusual circumstances on test days• violations of test security• handling school emergencies that affect testing• questions about general online testing policy• questions about oral administration of test sessions• assistance with technology applications • questions about TEA communications
Resources: Contacts
Pearson’s Austin Operations Center
7:30 AM – 5:30 PM CT Monday–Friday
Toll free: 800-627-0225 E-mail: [email protected]
Call or email Pearson’s Texas Online Team for assistance with:
• information about online testing or online testing procedures
• navigating the Texas Assessment Management System
• accessing and using the Practice Center• managing examinee data• setting up test sessions• assigning login IDs and passwords• accessing resources• questions about Pearson Online Testing
communications
• setting up a test run of the TestNav test delivery system
• network problems• proctor caching issues• evaluating infrastructure• hardware and software requirements or
problems• the TestNav Early Warning System• wireless networking issues• technical emergencies • solving online testing set-up issues