Welcome and Introductions

2. Welcome and Introductions

3. Please Note:This Training Does NOT Take the Place of Reading the Appropriate Manuals.

4. Wednesday, December 15 • Key Changes in Testing Policy and Procedures • Texas Assessment Management System Overview • Reporting Systems Update • Accommodations • Assessment of Students Served by Special Education • Test Security • STAAR Overview • Closing and Evaluation

5. Please Note:This Training Does NOT Take the Place of Reading the Appropriate Manuals.

6. Key Changes in Testing Policy and Procedures 6

7. Key Changes in Testing Policy and Procedures • Texas Assessment Management System • Consolidates services previously provided by the • eMeasurement (online testing), SchoolHouse (online data • management), and SchoolSuccess (TAKS–Alt) websites. • Optional Reports • A paper Optional Reports Order Form will no longer be • provided in the TAKS district coordinator packet. Optional • reports for TAKS will be ordered online through the • Assessment Management System. Optional reports for TELPAS • will also be ordered through the Assessment Management • System. • TELPAS Holistic Rating Training • The TELPAS holistic rating training processes have been • streamlined beginning with the 2010–2011 school year. The • streamlined processes are designed to make the procedures • easier to follow and oversee. 7

8. Key Changes in Testing Policy and Procedures • TELPAS Validity and Reliability Audit • An audit of the listening and speaking components of TELPAS • will be conducted in spring 2011. • Proctor Caching • The Assessment Management System provides proctor • caching software to accelerate the delivery of test content to • students and to reduce the amount of bandwidth required for • online testing. Districts are now required to use proctor • caching. • TAKS Grade 5 Spanish Test Booklets • The April grade 5 mathematics and reading assessments will • be administered from separate test booklets, not a combined • booklet. Students will continue to use a combined answer • document. 8

9. Key Changes in Testing Policy and Procedures • Data Collection • Race/Ethnicity Field • TEA will no longer collect ethnicity and race information • using both the “old” and “new” federal standards, • beginning with PEIMS data collection in 2010–2011. • Answer documents will contain only the fields • needed to meet the latest federal standards. • Substitute Assessment • An “ALT” bubble has been added to the June TAKS grade 5 • and 8 mathematics and reading answer documents to • indicate if a district provided an alternate way to meet the • SSI requirements for a third testing opportunity. • Years in U.S. Schools • This TELPAS data collection has changed slightly. The • previous “5 or more school years” category has been • divided into “5 school years” and “6 or more school years.” 9

10. Key Changes in Testing Policy and Procedures • Policy Regarding Composition Retention and Duplication • District personnel may retain a copy of each student’s • composition and/or open-ended responses for the following • TAKS administrations in Marchonly: • grade 4 writing (English and Spanish) • grade 7 writing • grade 9 reading • the primary form of grade 10 ELA (NOT the make-up form) • exit level ELA (primary and retest) • Districts may NOT make copies of the TAKS–M tests or • any other writing, reading, or ELA tests or field tests. 10

11. Resources • 2011 District and Campus • Coordinator Manual • 2011 District and Campus • Coordinator Supplement • General Test Administrator Manual and • Test Administration Directions • 2010-2011 Test Security Supplement • 2010-2011 Accommodations Manual • 2010-2011 ARD Manual • LPAC Manual • LAT and TELPAS test administrator manuals • GPC Manual • DBA Instructions • Online Accommodation Request Form • Alternate Test Date Request Form • Online Incident Report Form • Corrective Action Plan template • Locally Determined Disciplinary Actions Form • Studenta e-mail • FAQs • Technical Digest 11

12. Texas Assessment Management System ESC Training December 2010

13. Texas Assessment Management System The Texas Assessment Management System, replaces most test management activities previously offered at SchoolHouse (also known as Online Data Management), eMeasurement Services (also known as online testing), and SchoolSuccess (which included TAKS–Alt).

14. Texas Assessment Management System The Texas Assessment Management System also houses the teacher portal, the student portal, and will be the future home of analytic reporting.

15. Texas Assessment Management System The Texas Assessment website (http://www.TexasAssessment.com) is a web destination that provides access to the Texas Assessment Management System.

16. Benefits • Management of both online and paper testing administrative tasks are incorporated into one interface. • A single login allows an authorized user access to various assessment management tools. • User roles can be designated to match the test administration roles, such as campus testing coordinators and online test administrators.

17. Benefits • The process for uploading precode files has been streamlined, and new tools for managing the precode process have been added. • The functionality to set up test sessions, to add students to existing test sessions, and to maintain class rosters for online testing has been improved. • The online reporting capability has been improved and will beexpanded.

18. Benefits • Participation in online assessments are now designated through the enrollment and registration process rather than through a separate registration form. • Data portals (student, teacher, and analytic reporting) will be included and accessible in the same location.

19. Texas Assessment Management System Functionality Test administration tasks • Define roles and grant organization access Administrative Management and Organizations • Send Student Data • Manage Student Directory Student Data • Enter administration details • Manage participation counts • Track test materials • Order additional materials Test Setup • Register students to tests • Update student demographic data • Create, view, and manage online tests • Resolve student test alerts Test Management • View alternate assessment data • Edit, update, and submit alternate assessment data • View student evaluation status reports • Enter holistic ratings and rater information for TELPAS • Manage TELPAS rating entry groups • Generate TELPAS reading and holistic rating combined status report Student Evaluation Test Results • View, download, and print published reports • View registration file extract • View registration summary

20. Portals in the Texas Assessment Management System

21. Teacher Portal • The teacher portal is currently available in the Texas Assessment Management System • The Teacher Portal provides teachers with visibility into their students’ TAKS and TELPAS assessment results from the current and previous school years.

22. Teacher Portal • Districts can currently submit files (student ID information, current county-district-campus number, and group name) in the Assessment Management System to have students placed in groups. Once teachers are linked to the appropriate group(s), they can then access their student's previous year’s assessment results. • In fall 2011, a file will be provided from PEIMS that will supply the link between teachers and students from the 2010–2011 school year. Groups will be created in the Assessment Management System and teachers can be linked to the students they taught in the previous school year.

23. Student Portal • The Student Portal of the Texas Assessment Management System is designed to provide students and parents with online access to a student’s state test scores. • The portal provides scores from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS). • This portal will assist students and parents with tracking academic progress throughout a student’s academic career.

24. Student Portal • Access to the site is provided through a Unique Access Code and the student’s birth date, both as provided on the student’s Confidential Student Report. • The Unique Access Code is designed to stay with a student throughout his/her academic career. The Unique Access Code should be safeguarded in the same way as the Confidential Student Report.

25. Analytic Reporting • The analytic reporting system will allow users to analyze results in order to compare current and historical data as well as to perform comparisons of classes to campuses, campuses to campuses, campuses to districts, districts to districts, and districts to the state. • Campuses and districts will also be able to disaggregate data so that different demographic and program information groups may be examined, enabling easy access to cross-section analysis of the assessment data. • This functionality will be available in spring 2011.

26. Assessment Information Provided to Institutions of Higher Education • Providing results to public institutions of higher education is planned for summer 2011. • Current plans call for use of the Texas Records Exchange (TREx) system which currently provides student record and transcript information for public institutions of higher education.

27. Available Resources • Assessment Management System Resources • There are many sources of support for the Texas Assessment Management System. All support documentation and resources can be found on the Support page of the Texas Assessment website. There you will find: • User's Guide for the Texas Assessment Management System located on the Resources page of the Texas Assessment website at http://www.TexasAssessment.com/guide • User's Guide to the Student Portal of the Texas Assessment Management System • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) • Support Center Information • If you have questions about the Assessment Management System, you can call Pearson’s Austin Operations Center at 800-627-0225 (Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–5:30 PM, Central Time) to talk to a support specialist. • E-mail Information • To contact system support personnel, email: TxPearsonAccess@support.pearson.com.

28. Training Modules Numerous training modules are available to district staff to learn about the capabilities of the Texas Assessment Management System. These modules can be found on the Training tab of the Texas Assessment website’s Resources page. Training modules include: • Texas Assessment Management System – District Orientation • Introduction to PearsonAccess • Organization Overview • User Management Overview • Student Data Management Overview • Setting Up Online Testing Environment • Test Management Overview • Test Setup Overview • Test Results Overview

29. Practice Center The Practice Center for the Texas Assessment Management System allows you to practice without affecting the “live” data for paper and online testing activities. For example: • After creating sample students, practice registering students and assigning them to groups and tests. • Enter participation counts. • Place an additional order. • Create test sessions and assign students to online test sessions. NOTE: A separate user ID and password is required to access the Practice Center.

30. Practice Center Homepage

31. Reporting Systems Update

32. 2011 Reporting System • Components of the 2011 Texas • Assessment Program • Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) • Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills — Modified (TAKS–M) • Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills — Alternate (TAKS–Alt) • Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) • Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) • End-of-Course assessments

33. 2011 Reporting System • Answer Documents • TAKS, TAKS (Accommodated), and LAT — one combined answer document • TAKS–M and LAT — students taking all subjects with TAKS–M, including students eligible to take TAKS–M with linguistic accommodations, will use the regular TAKS–M answer document (grades 4–11) or scorable test booklet (grade 3) • TAKS–Alt — no answer documents should be submitted for students assessed with TAKS–Alt

34. 2011 Reporting System • Answer Documents • (continued) • TELPAS — no answer documents should be submitted except in rare circumstances (details provided in ELL TELPAS presentation) • Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) — no longer administered; TAAS eligible examinees taking the TAKS tests will use the TAKS exit level answer document.

35. 2011 Reporting System • Answer Documents • (continued) • An “*” score code is present on all TAKS and TAKS–M answer documents that have two or more subject areas tested • NOTE: For each subject area, only ONE score code should be gridded.

36. 2011 Reporting System • Answer Documents • (continued) • TEST TAKEN INFO field — information about the test form (TAKS, TAKS (Accommodated), or LAT) and the language version (English or Spanish) must be recorded in this field. • TAKS FORM • TAKS ACCOMM. FORM • LAT FORM (grades 4–8, 10 only) • “EN” or “SP” for grades 4–5 • “Blank” bubble for grades 6–11

37. 2011 Reporting System • Answer Documents • (continued) • For each subject area tested, only ONE bubble should be gridded in the TEST TAKEN INFO field to show which assessment the student was administered. • Determine if the student is eligible for TAKS, TAKS (Accommodated), or LAT. • Next, determine the language version of the assessment that the student will take (grades 4–5 only). • Follow the same steps to grid the TEST TAKEN INFO field even if the student is absent from the test or illness/test irregularity occurs during testing.

38. 2011 Reporting System • Answer Documents • (continued) • TAKS (Accommodated) and LAT assessments do not have field-test items. • Students taking TAKS (Accommodated) or LAT assessments will not use all the bubbles in the answer choice areas on the answer documents except for the following assessments. • Writing (grades 4 and 7) • Reading (grade 9, grades 5 and 8 retests) • ELA (grades 10 and 11) • Math (grades 5 and 8 retests) • Exit level retests

39. 2011 Reporting System Grade 4

40. 2011 Reporting System Ethnicity/Race Fields

41. 2011 Reporting System • TAKS/TAKS (Accommodated) • No separate TAKS (Accommodated) reports • TAKS Summary Reports — results for students taking TAKS (Accommodated) will be included in the campus and district level summary reports. • Separate TAKS English and TAKS Spanish summary reports will be produced • An optionalcombined TAKS English and Spanish Summary Report will be produced

42. 2011 Reporting System • TAKS/TAKS (Accommodated) • (continued) • TAKS Individual Student Reports — results for students taking the TAKS (Accommodated) tests will be shown on each individual report. • Results for students taking a combination of English-version and Spanish-version tests will be reported together on one Confidential Student Report and Confidential Student Label • Separate TAKS English and TAKS Spanish rosters will be produced

43. 2011 Reporting System • TAKS/TAKS (Accommodated) • (continued) • Vertical Scale • Grades 3–8 reading and mathematics • No 2100/2400 • Texas Projection Measure (TPM)

44. 2011 Reporting System • TAKS–M • Results for students taking a combination of TAKS/TAKS (Accommodated) and TAKS–M tests will be reported together on one Confidential Student Report and Confidential Student Label. • Separate TAKS–M rosters will be produced • Results for students assessed with TAKS–M will not be included in the TAKS summary reports. Separate TAKS–M summary reports will be produced.

45. 2011 Reporting System • TAKS–Alt • Summary Reports — results for students assessed with TAKS–Alt will not be included in the campus and district level TAKS summary reports. • Separate TAKS–Alt summary reports will be produced • Individual Student Reports — results for students assessed with TAKS–Alt will be shown on the individual reports.

46. 2011 Reporting System • TAKS Individual Student Level Data File • Results for TAKS/TAKS (Accommodated) English and Spanish, TAKS–M, and TAKS–Alt will be included on one student level data file.

47. 2011 Reporting System • Agency Use Field – TAKS • No JJAEP/DAEP collection • No make-up information will be collected • Asylee/Refugee collection — for eligible students only

48. 2011 Reporting System • Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System • Individual Reports • Confidential Student Report • Confidential Student Label • Campus Roster • Summary Report

49. Summary of Online Services

50. 2010–2011 Online Services • Online Reports and Data Files • Online reports and data files accessed through the Texas Assessment Management System—View Published Reports within “Test Results” • Can download (zip) files for an entire district • Reports include Materials List, Precode Lists, Rosters, Data Files, etc.