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1. 2012 MS Training Paper-Based Testing • 6, 7, and 8 FCAT 2.0 Math • 7 and 8 FCAT 2.0 Reading • 8 FCAT 2.0 Science 6 FCAT 2.0 Reading Computer-Based Testing

2. Spring 2012Training Materials ReadingMathematicsScience

3. Overview These training materials are designed to highlight important information regarding test administration policies and procedures. Not all information from the test administration manual is included in this presentation, so it is imperative that district and school staff read and familiarize themselves with all information in the manual in addition to using these training materials.

4. Overview • These training materials are based on the Spring 2012 Reading, Mathematics, and Science Test Administration Manual. • There are separate training materials for FCAT Writing and Spring 2012 Computer-Based Tests. • Training materials are available in PearsonAccess under the Support tab.

5. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedulePaper-Based Tests

6. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedulePaper-Based Tests

7. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedulePaper-Based Tests NOTE: Sessions for all two-session subject tests are now referred to as Sessions 1 and 2

8. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule GRADE 8 FCAT 2.0 SCIENCE • Our district will administer the Grade 8 FCAT 2.0 Science on April 24, 2012. • Both 80-minute sessions of the Grade 8 FCAT 2.0 Science assessment must be administered in one day.

9. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule MAKE-UP TESTING • Make-up testing may begin on Day 2 and continue through Day 10, as applicable.

10. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule Grade 6 FCAT 2.0 Reading • Grade 6 FCAT 2.0 Reading is a computer-based test and will be administered in two 70-minute sessions over two days. • The FCAT 2.0 testing window is April 16 – 27.Districts may begin scheduling Grade 6 FCAT 2.0 Reading sessions on Day 2 and may schedule sessions each day for the remainder of the testing window, if needed. • Paper-based tests (accommodations only) should be administered on Day 2 and Day 3 of the testing window, with make-up testing administered through Day 10, as needed.

11. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule Grade 10 FCAT 2.0 Reading • Grade 10 FCAT 2.0 Reading is a computer-based test and will be administered in two 70-minute sessions over two days. • The FCAT 2.0 testing window is April 16 – 27.Districts may begin scheduling Grade 10 FCAT 2.0 Reading CBT sessions on Day 1 and may schedule sessions each day through Day 10, if needed. • Paper-based tests (accommodations only) should be administered on Day 1 and Day 2 of the testing window, with make-up testing administered through Day 5, as needed.

12. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule FCAT 2.0 Reading Retake • FCAT 2.0 Reading Retake is a computer-based test. CBT sessions may be scheduled during the entire Retake window (April 9 – April 20). • The FCAT 2.0 Reading Retake is administered in two sessions over two days. Students may have up to half the length of a typical school day to complete each session. • Districts must select one week within the testing window to administer paper‐based FCAT 2.0 Reading Retakes (accommodations only). • All sites in each district must administer the paper-based FCAT 2.0 Reading Retake on the same day, as specified by the district, with make-up testing administered as needed.

13. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule FCAT Mathematics Retake • FCAT Mathematics is a computer-based test. CBT sessions may be scheduled during the entire Retake window (April 9 – April 20). • Students may have up to the length of a typical school day to complete the test but must complete the test in one day. • Districts must select one week within the testing window to administer paper-based FCAT Mathematics Retakes (accommodations only). • All sites in each district must administer the paper-based FCAT Mathematics Retake on the same day, as specified by the district, with make-up testing administered as needed.

14. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule FCAT READING RETAKE • The FCAT Reading Retake is offered in paper-based and computer-based formats; districts may select the delivery mode by school. • Students may have up to the length of a typical school day to complete the test but must complete the test in one day.

15. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule Paper-Based FCAT READING RETAKE • Districts must select one week within the testing window to administer paper-based FCAT Reading Retakes (accommodations only). • All sites in each district must administer the FCAT Reading Retake on the same day, as specified by the district, with make-up testing administered as needed.

16. RMS Daily AdministrationSchedule Computer-Based FCAT READING RETAKE • Schools administering the CBT FCAT Reading Retake may schedule sessions during the entire Retake window (April 9 – 20). • Any paper-based accommodations must be administered on the day designated by the district, with make-up testing administered as needed.

17. What’s New STUDENT PLEDGE • Prior to testing, students are required to read and sign a student pledge. • If a student refuses to sign, this must be noted in the record of required administration information, but the student should be allowed to test. • Location of student pledge: • Test Book/Test and Answer Book – RMS • Page after the Welcome Screen – CBT

18. What’s New SEATING CHARTS • Test administrators are required to maintain an accurate seating chart for each group of students in their rooms during testing. • All seating charts must indicate the front and back of the room, as well as the direction the students are facing. • If students are moved to a different location during testing, a new seating chart must be created and maintained for this location.

19. What’s New TEST ADMINISTRATORS • ALL test administrators must be certified educators. • Test administrators are required to sign a Test Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement in addition to a Security Agreement. Certification numbers must be recorded on this document. • The FCAT/FCAT 2.0 Administration and Security Agreement has been revised to emphasize the importance of proper training and the possible consequences of test administration irregularities. • NOTE: Printed Spring RMS Manuals contain an incorrect version of the agreement in Appendix C. Copies of the correct version will be sent with manual shipments. The manual posted to PearsonAccess contains the correct version, and the correct agreement is also posted as a separate PDF. Please ensure the correct agreement is distributed to appropriate staff. The CBT manual contains the correct agreement.

20. What’s New RETURN LABELS • BLUE labels – Grade 3 TO BE SCORED Materials • RED labels – Grades 4 – 8 TO BE SCORED Materials • PEACH labels – Grades 9, 10, and Retake TO BE SCORED Materials • WHITE labels – TO BE SCORED Special Documents • YELLOWlabels – All NOT TO BE SCORED Materials, including Special Documents

21. What’s New • Only FOUR elements are now required to be correct on all student PreID labels: • Student name • Student ID number • District number • School number • If this information is correct, even if other information, including grade level, is incorrect, use the label. • If any of this information is incorrect, grid the correct information on a new test document.

22. What’s New GRADE 5 FCAT 2.0 SCIENCE • Two 80-minute sessions over two days • NO reference sheet • Test Book and Answer Book GRADE 8 FCAT 2.0 SCIENCE • Two 80-minute sessions in one day • Periodic Table of the Elements • Approved 4-function calculator • Test Book and Answer Book

23. What’s New • Districts must make arrangements to test Florida Virtual School (FLVS) Full-Time public school students, as well as other virtual program students, per Section 1002.45(6)b, Florida Statutes (F.S.). • Materials for K–8 Virtual Continuity (Florida Virtual Academy) Program students will no longer be returned in separate envelopes. Schools will fill out a Document Count Form for these students and return them as they would other special program students. • Sessions for all two-session subject tests are now referred to as Sessions 1 and 2.

24. What’s New • Each large print test materials kit contains a regular print answer document. • School/district personnel are responsible for preparing the grid sheet of the regular print answer document and returning it with the large print test materials. • The student’s responses will be transcribed into the regular print document by the contractor. • Braille test books have been divided into separate volumes. • The braille tests for Grades 3–10 FCAT 2.0 Reading, Grades 3–8 FCAT 2.0 Mathematics, Grades 5 and 8 FCAT 2.0 Science, and FCAT 2.0 Reading Retake include separate volumes for Session 1 and Session 2. • The braille tests for FCAT Reading Retake and FCAT Mathematics Retake are divided into Volume 1 and Volume 2.

25. Reminders • Inappropriate actions by school or district personnel before, during, or after test administration may result in consequences such as test invalidations and/or loss of teaching certification. • District assessment coordinators must ensure that all school administrators, school assessment coordinators, test administrators, and proctors receive adequate training prior to test administration. • All personnel involved in test administration must read and sign an FCAT/FCAT 2.0 Administration and Security Agreement (corrected version provided online and in manual shipments). • Test administrators must sign a Test Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement, also provided in Appendix C.

26. Reminders • Students may not have any electronic or recording devices including, but not limited to, cell phones and smart phones, at their desks, in their pockets, or anywhere they can reach them during testing, even if the devices are turned off or the students do not use them. • If a student is found to be in possession of ANY electronic device(s) during testing, his or her test must be invalidated in order to successfully enforce this policy. Students and parents must be made aware of this policy prior to testing.

27. Reminders • If a student begins a session and leaves campus without finishing (due to an appointment, illness, etc.), he or she will NOT be allowed to complete that session. • No exceptions will be made once the student leaves the school’s campus, so parents and students must be made aware of this policy. • If you have concerns about a student, you should not allow the student to begin. Instead, arrange to administer the test to that student on a make-up day.

28. Reminders • A student with the accommodation of extra time must complete one session before continuing to the next session. • Test administrators are required to use ALL of the allotted time in each session and should not end a session early. • FCAT 2.0 Rulers for Session 2 only of Grades 3 and 4 Mathematics will be provided on perforated sheets with other test materials. Rulers must not be distributed for Session 1.

29. Reminders • There is only one Document Count Form for the Reading, Mathematics, Science, and Retake documents, including all special documents. • The accuracy of the NUMBER OF TO BE SCORED DOCUMENTS on Document Count Forms should be verified prior to returning materials. • An inaccurate number on the form will delay the scanning process.

30. Students to be Tested • In general, all Florida public school students enrolled in tested grade levels (Grades 3–10) participate in the FCAT/FCAT 2.0, per Section 1008.22(3)(c)8, Florida Statutes (F.S.). Students must take the test(s) appropriate for the grade level in which they are enrolled.

31. Students to be Tested Grades 10–Adult (AD) Students • Students who entered Grade 9 in Fall 2009 and beyond participate in Grade 10 FCAT 2.0 Reading/FCAT 2.0 Reading Retake. • First-time Grade 10 students who entered Grade 9 in Fall 2010 and beyond do NOT take an FCAT/FCAT 2.0 Mathematics test. • Students enrolled in Grade 10 participate in FCAT 2.0 Reading regardless of any ACT or SAT concordant scores on file.

32. Students to be Tested Special Program Students • Make arrangements to test special program students (Home Education, Virtual School, McKay Scholarship, FTC Scholarship). • Ensure that grid sheets and Document Count Forms for these students are completed properly, according to the chart on page 10 of the manual.

33. Students to be Tested English Language Learners (ELLs) • Per the Department’s Office of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition, all ELLs are expected to participate in statewide assessments. • All ELLs are expected to participate in the FCAT 2.0 Mathematics and Science tests no matter how long these students have been receiving services.

34. Students to be Tested English Language Learners (ELLs) • If an ELL has been receiving services in an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program operated in accordance with an approved ELL plan for one year or less AND a majority of the student’s ELL committee determines that it is appropriate, the ELL may be exempt from this FCAT 2.0 Reading administration. • Exempt ELLs must participate in the English proficiency assessment or they will be counted as “not assessed” and this will impact the participation rate calculation.

35. Students to be Tested Students With Disabilities • All students with disabilities participate in the statewide assessment program by taking one of the following: • FCAT/FCAT 2.0 without accommodations, • FCAT/FCAT 2.0 with accommodations, or • Florida Alternate Assessment. • All determinations regarding participation in the statewide assessment program must be documented in the student’s IEP or Section 504 plan. • See Appendix A of the manual for information regarding accommodations.

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37. Preidentified StudentLabels • School personnel must adhere to the following policies as they prepare student materials: • Only the school assessment coordinator and school personnel designated by the building/site administrator may open the shrink-wrapped packages and affix labels. Secure books must not be opened. • Do not use student labels from previous administrations. • Students are not permitted to assist in preparing secure materials before testing or in organizing and returning materials after testing. • All secure materials must be returned to locked storage and remain there until testing.

38. Preidentified StudentLabels • Verify that the student is still enrolled and will be tested. • Verify the information on the PreID Roster against the school’s student information database. • FOUR elements MUST be correct on a student PreID label: • Student name • Student ID number • District number • School number • Destroy labels in a secure manner if ANY of this information is incorrect. • If any other preidentified information (e.g., grade level) is incorrect, use the label.

39. Preidentified StudentLabels • Affix the label in the box in the lower left corner of the student grid sheet. • Do not remove labels once they have been affixed. • Do not place a label over another label.

40. Preidentified StudentLabels • If the student name, student ID number, district number, OR school number is INCORRECT on a USED answer document, the student must, under the supervision of the test administrator, transfer his or her exact responses into a replacement answer document. • Ensure the replacement document has the same form code if the replacement is one of the following: • Grade 3 Reading Test and Answer Book • Grade 3 Mathematics Test and Answer Book • Grade 4 Reading Test and Answer Book • Grade 4 Mathematics Test and Answer Book • Grade 5 Mathematics Test and Answer Book

41. Preidentified Student Labels • The test administrator must grid ALL DNS bubbles on the answer document that contains the incorrect label and return it with all other NOT TO BE SCORED materials. • The test administrator must then grid the correct student information on the replacement document. • If any student information is missing from a student label that has been affixed to a document, add the information by gridding the appropriate bubbles on the student grid sheet. Incorrect information on a student label CANNOT be corrected in this manner. • Do not use a preidentified document for any student other than the student for whom it is preidentified.

42. Security Numbers • A security number consists of a nine-digit number followed by a check digit (located in upper right corner of secure test books or test and answer books). • Written documentation of the number ranges must be maintained at all times during distribution and return of materials. • Pre-populated Administration Record/Security Checklists are provided with lists of security numbers for all secure documents assigned to each school • A blank copy of the checklist is provided in Appendix C of the manual

43. Security Numbers • As directed by the school coordinator, the test administrator may use the pre-populated Administration Record/Security Checklist, a blank copy of the checklist, or may make his/her own comprehensive record of security numbers. • Security number(s) of the document(s) assigned to and returned by each student should be recorded and verified at the completion of each day of testing. • Security numbers of secure materials not already listed on the checklist (e.g., materials distributed from district overage) MUST be added to the record with the names of the students to whom the test materials are assigned.

44. Pre-populated SecurityChecklist • In Pearson Access: • Test Setup > Order Additional Materials and Tracking > Reports • Select “Security Checklist Detail” from the drop-down list

45. Test Invalidation • A test MUST be invalidated if either of the following circumstances occurs: • A student has an electronic device during testing. • A student is cheating during testing. • A test MAY be invalidated if one of the following circumstances occurs: • A student becomes ill and is unable to finish. • A student is not allowed the correct amount of time. • A error occurs in the administration of an accommodation. • An error occurs in test administration or procedures. • A student is disruptive during testing. • A student works in the wrong session.

46. Test Invalidation • District assessment coordinators should advise schools of the appropriate course of action if invalidation is being considered. Remember that the purpose of invalidation is to identify when the validity of test results has been compromised. • When a student’s test is invalidated for any reason, return the invalidated test with the DNS bubble(s) gridded with all other TO BE SCORED materials. • More information about test invalidation and instructions for defective materials may be found on pages 20-22 of the manual.

47. Testing Location • The test should be administered in a room that has comfortable seating, good lighting, and sufficient workspace. • There must be at least three feet between students. • Make sure that students are not facing each other when seated at tables and are not in seating (stadium or staggered) that allows them to easily view other students’ answers. • Students may not have access to any unauthorized aids.

48. Required AdministrationInformation • Test Administrators must record and maintain the following Required Administration Information: • Students assigned to the room • Attendance information • Test group code • Unique security number of secure documents assigned to each student • Grade level • Signatures of test administrator and school assessment coordinator • Dates for when documents are received and returned

49. Seating Charts • An accurate seating chart must be maintained for each testing room for each test session. Seating charts must capture the following information: • the room name/number • student names and their location in the room during testing • date • session starting time • test administrator name • names of proctors (if applicable) • test group code • All seating charts must indicate the front and back of the room, as well as the direction the students are facing. • If students move around or change seating during a test session a new seating chart must be created.

50. Security Log A Security Log must be maintained for each testing room. Anyone who enters a room for the purpose of monitoring a test MUST sign the log for that testing room.