Test Administrators

1. Test Administrators

2. Test Administrators What’s new OAKS Online • OAKS Test Administrator Interface easier to use • User accounts managed through new TIDE system instead of UMS • New item types included in OAKS Online Math and Science tests Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

3. Test Administrators What’s new (cont) OAKS Online (cont) • OAKS Paper/Pencil and Large Print no longer offered • Printing of test items available as a restricted resource • DSAs or DTSAs must authorize in TIDE prior to testing • For students on IEPs or 504 Plans, the student’s plan must indicate the student needs access to test items in paper format • For students not on an IEP or 504 Plan, the decision must be based on individual student need and documented by the district Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

4. Test Administrators What’s new (cont) Writing Performance Assessment • Online Writing an option for all Grade 7 and H.S. students • New for 2010-11, Online Writing will include a spell check feature • H.S. papers will be double-scored; Grade 4 and 7 papers will be single-scored Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

5. Test Administrators Required Testing Environment • Trained test administrator • Quiet environment void of distractions • Only allowable resources made available to students upon request • Limited interaction with students • Read student directions • Administer accommodations appropriately • No coaching Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

6. Test Administrators Do’s and Don’ts Do’s • TAs must read the 2010-11 Test Administration Manual, receive annual test administration and security training, and sign an Assurance of Test Security form before administering state tests. • TAs may only provide students with allowable resources listed by content area in the 2010-11 Test Administration Manual. • TAs may only provide printed test items to students for whom the district has identified individual student need. • TAs may only provide the version of allowable resources provided by ODE. (i.e. math formulas, writing organizer, periodic table) • TAs must read verbatim the student directions provided in the 2010-11 Test Administration Manual.* Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

7. Test Administrators Dos and Don’ts (cont) Don’ts • TAs may not allow untrained aides, volunteers, or substitutes to assist with test administration. • TAs may not coach students (including requiring students to show their work). • Students may not access non-allowable resources such as textbooks, class notes, or cell phones during testing. • Students may not talk to or help other students during testing. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

8. Test Administrators Promising Practices • TA reviews the Test Administration Manual before testing, focusing on test security and content-specific allowable resources and accommodations. • TA spaces students appropriately or provides visual barriers to prevent students from seeing others’ tests. • TA reads student directions verbatim and circulates through test environment to ensure proper testing conditions. • TA makes available but does not require students to use allowable resources. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

9. Test Administrators In a Nutshell • TAs must receive training each year • TAs enforce valid test environment for students • When in doubt about a particular testing practice, before testing begins: • Check the Manual • Check your training notes • Ask your School Test Coordinator • If all else fails, assume the answer is “no” Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

10. AccommodationsRequired Content for STC and TA Training

11. Accommodations Purpose and Eligibility • Provide a student equal access and equal opportunity to meet or exceed grade level achievement standards. • All students are eligible as appropriate, including students with and without disabilities and students who have Limited English Proficiency. • Accommodations are determined based on an individual student’s need and are not identified for groups of students. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

12. Accommodations When to Code For students with disabilities who take the general education assessment, accommodations must be coded. OAKS Online tests allow for test administrators to pre-set the flag in TIDE or to set the flag during approval for testing. In Tide, the required field is “Number of Accommodations”. More detailed codes are optional this year. This field is called “Accommodation Code”. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

13. Accommodations Do’s and Don’ts Do’s • Refer to the accommodations tables and or manual as posted for accommodations implementation guidance. • Refer to student’s IEP or classroom practices to determine which accommodations should be provided. • Note that although writing prompts may now be translated locally, they must be completed in advance by a trained translator endorsed by the district and must be stored securely. Translator also needs to be trained in Test Security and sign an Assurance of Test Security form. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

14. Accommodations Do’s and Don’ts (cont) Do’s • TAs may now read numerals and math symbols aloud on the math test if they follow the read-aloud guidance (posted on the district website). • In general, numbers and symbols can be read according to their common English usage. For example, > would be read as “is greater than.” • Numbers 99 and less should be read using standard place value language. For example, 23 would be read as “twenty-three.” • However, numbers greater than 99 should be read as individual numbers. For example, 579 would be read as “five seven nine.” Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

15. Accommodations Do’s and Don’ts (cont) Don’ts • TA may not instruct students to print reading passages, provide instruction or give suggestions regarding process. • Accommodations for one student must not interfere with the testing conditions of another student • TAs may not read Reading items or response choices aloud. • Do not choose to administer an accommodation for all students in a class or a grade. • If you can’t find it in the TAM, don’t do it. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

16. Test Security

17. Test Security Secure Testing Environment • A quiet environment, void of distractions and supervised by a trained test administrator • Visual barriers or adequate spacing between students • Student access to only allowable resources • All paper test materials collected and accounted for after each testing event • Student data is treated as confidential Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

18. Test Security Potential Consequences • Test opportunities may be invalidated in cases where test validity was compromised. Students will not receive additional test opportunities. • If the district determines that the testing impropriety qualifies as gross neglect of duty, then the district must report it to TSPC within 30 days. Personnel may then be subject to disciplinary action as determined by TSPC. • Districts may also evaluate cases according to their own Human Resource policies. • Private schools and programs may have their access to state tests revoked. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

19. Test Security Do’s and Don’ts Do’s • TAs must ensure that students use the correct SSID and take the correct test. • TAs must securely shred test materials such as printed test items or reading passages, scratch paper, or other paper hand-outs written on by students after each testing event. • Test materials must be securely stored at all times. • Test improprieties must be reported to ODE within 1 day of learning of them and the investigation must be completed within 30 days. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

20. Test Security Dos and Don’ts (cont) Don’ts • TAs must not review or analyze test items • Students must not access non-allowable resources such as cell phones, iPods, or e-mail • Students must not remove test materials from the test environment • TAs must not copy or retain any test materials, including secure test booklets, writing prompts, or reading passages • DTCs, STCs, and TAs must not share their OAKS log-in information with anyone (even other authorized OAKS users) Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

21. Test Security In a Nutshell • Test materials must be inventoried and securely stored both before and after each testing event. • Only authorized staff who have signed an Assurance of Test Security Form may have access to secure test materials. • Scratch paper and all other printed materials written on by students during testing must be collected and securely shredded at the end of each testing event. • DTCs must report all test improprieties to ODE within 1 day of learning of them. Report form is available at: www.ode.state.or.us/go/testsecurity Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

22. OAKS Online2010-2011

23. Oaks Online New Features for 2010-2011 • TA Interface Redesign • New design for ease-of-use and simplified navigation • Student Interface • New system features and accessibility options • Improved keyboard navigation • TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine) • Replaces the User Management System (UMS) • Allows users to do everything they could with UMS • Online Reporting System • View performance data from previous test administrations • District and State level participation counts (for authorized users) Note: Some images in this presentation are preliminary; actual cosmetic look is not final.

24. Oaks Online TA Interface • TA Interface Redesign • Simplified workflow reduces the need to navigate multiple pages to create/edit sessions and approve students. • No more tabs; all information is visible on one screen.

25. Oaks Online TA Interface (cont) • Create / Edit Sessions • The list of available tests automatically displays upon logging in and can remain on screen while monitoring students • Simply select the tests for the session and click [Start Session] • What does this mean for test administration? • TAs no longer need to manage multiple test sessions across multiple days • Test sessions automatically expire upon TA logout • Create one test session for students testing during a specific time • Sessions cannot be resumed (A new Session ID is generated for each session) • Test opportunities still only expire at the end of the 45-calendar day period from which students first started the opportunity. Students may resume a paused test in any new test session that includes the applicable test subject and grade. • Example: TA creates a test session for students on Tuesday. To resume testing on Wednesday, the TA will create another test session for students to resume testing.

26. Oaks Online TA Interface (cont) • Student Test Settings and Approvals • Approvals Preview (right) allows TAs to see students that need to be approved while monitoring test progress • The complete list of students awaiting approval will display on a pop-up screen

27. Oaks Online TA Interface (cont) • Student Test Settings and Approvals • Adjust test settings for an individual student

28. Oaks Online New Accessibility Features • Student Test Settings • Language • New for 2010-11: A student’s test language is configurable by test subject via TIDE (but can also be adjusted in TA Interface for that specific test opportunity) • Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences, and Writing (all grades) can be administered in English-Spanish side-by-side • New for 2010-11: For Grade 3, Reading can be administered in Spanish only as a native-language assessment • Print on Request • New for 2010-11: Item printing is available as a restricted resource • Only DTSA or DSA-level users can pre-set this restricted resource (via TIDE) • All print requests (for items or reading passages) must still be approved by the TA in the TA Interface

29. Oaks Online New Accessibility Features (cont) • Test Screen Color Options: The Student Interface can be set to present the test background with different options: • Color Overlay - text and background color combinations are pre-defined for a colored overlay over test content