2011 EOC PHYSICS Assessment (Field Test)

1. 2011 EOC PHYSICS Assessment(Field Test) Procedural Training

2. OPERATIONAL EOC & FIELD TESTING • EOC Assessments will be administered both online and via a paper-based administration. • HB 3, passed in 2009, authorizes TEA to collect data through the administration of EOCs in order to establish performance standards prior to the first high-stakes administrations in spring 2012. • VMA selected to participate in the following: • English I - April 6 & 7, 2011 - paper administration • Day 1 - Writing • Day 2 - Reading • Physics - May 11, 2011 - paper administration • Geometry - May 24, 2011 - online administration

3. ELIGIBILITY FOR EOC ASSESSMENTS • Online - maximum number of students required to test - 350 • Paper - all eligible students enrolled in the course are required to test • Special Education. - all students who take the TAKS • Oral administration is not available for the English I EOC • Oral administration is available for Geometry and Physics • Students with accommodations that would invalidate the assessment are not required to participate • ARD committees are not required to convene to determine test placement at this time • LEP - all students except first-year immigrants granted an exit level LEP postponement or LEP exemption from the 2011 spring TAKS

4. EOC RESULTS *There will be no “student results” because the passing standards have not been set. Districts will receive raw scores only, and not by individual student. *No performance results for students, campuses, districts, or the state will be provided for any EOC assessment.

5. Test Security & Confidentiality Requirements • TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B • EOC Assessments are secure including field tests. • 19 TAC 101 • ALL test materials must be handled in strict accordance with the instructions contained in the test administrator manual. • Each person with access to test materials must maintain and preserve the security and confidentiality of ALL tests. • Student information used or obtained in the administration of these assessments is confidential. • Each person with access to student information must maintain and preserve the confidentiality of this information. • A 2011 Oath of Test Security and Confidentiality for Test Administrators (General) has been signed and filed. • All requirements apply.(active monitoring, range of penalties, obligation to report any suspected violations)

6. Test Security & Confidentiality Requirements UNAUTHORIZED VIEWING, DISCUSSION, DUPLICATION, OR SCORING OF SECURE TEST MATERIALS IS NOT PERMITTED AT ANY TIME.

7. No person may record confidential test content, write notes, perform calculations, solve test items, or place any other marks in a test booklet Provide allowable accommodations and be aware of different levels of reading support Nonverbal assistance may not be provided Test administrators should read sample items in the same manner as he/she would read test questions Reading support includes test questions, answer choices, charts, tables, graphics, the state supplied mathematics or science charts, and allowable or approved supplemental aids Test administrators must not rephrase, clarify, or interpret any test content Voice inflection must be kept neutral (words that are boldfaced, italicized, or printed entirely in capital lettersmust be emphasized) ORAL ADMINISTRATION

8. Required Material for Testing • Two #2 pencils with erasers per student • One test booklet per student • One answer document per student (Make sure each student receives the document with his or her name on it.) • One scientific or graphing calculator per student

9. Administration Directions 2011 Physics EOC Test Administration Directions Manual (pages 11 - 17) • Give students all the time they need to respond to each test question. • Students must use a #2 pencil to mark their answer documents. • Students are not allowed to use scratch paper but instead write in their test booklets if necessary. • Read aloud verbatim the material printed in bold type. • You may repeat the directions as many times as needed. • The information in italics is meant for the test administrator and should not be read aloud to the students.

10. Test Procedures for 5/11/2011 • 8:00 A.M. - Pick up test material in N. L. Espinoza’s Office (Verify & Initial the “OUT” box of the Materials Control Form) - Keep testing Material secure at ALL times • Seating chart must be completed • 8:15 - 8:25 A.M. - students are reporting to the testing room • 8:25 - 8:35 A.M. • Allow students to go to the restroom • Pick up all backpacks & cell phones (items may be returned students as they complete the test and are sent back to their regularly scheduled classes) • 8:35 A.M. - distribute testing material & begin testing directions • Place “Testing Do Not Disturb” sign outside door • Use “Help” sign & Nurse/Bathroom passes as needed • 8:40 A.M. - Mr. Rodriguez will address students • 9:00 A.M. - give attendance roster to Cynthia Cardenas • 11:45 A.M. - Pick up ALL test material (turn in test material to N. L. Espinoza to be locked and secured during lunch) • 11:55 A.M. - Sack Lunch will arrive for students • 11:55 - 12:35 P.M. - Test Administrator’s lunch (students will be monitored by Sub/Reliever) • 12:35 P.M. - Pick up test material from N. L. Espinoza and resume testing • SIGN BOTTOM OF OATH with N. L. Espinoza

11. MATERIALS FOR RETURN • Place highlighters and pencils in baggies • Nurse & Bathroom passes • Return material in the following order: • “Help” sign • “Count” form • “Transfer” Form • Seating Chart • Answer documents in alpha order • Test booklets in numerical order (used or unused) • Test Administrator’sManual • Sign Section 2 of Test Specific Oath • Oral Administrators will need to sign Section 3 of Test Specific Oath

12. INDIVIDUAL EMERGENCIES Occasionally a student may need to leave for a brief time. No testing material may be taken from the testing room. If student returns the Campus Testing Coordinator, and test administrator involved will determine whether confidentiality has been maintained and if the student should continue testing. If the student cannot continue testing, campus & district administration will determine whether the student’s answer document should be coded “S” score, or “O” other.

13. SCHOOL EMERGENCIES If a campus emergency takes place (example - Fire Alarm) you will leave the test where they are and go quietly outside, following campus procedures for exiting the building. The safety of you and the students are a priority. The test administrator and all other personnel MUST closely monitor their testing groups to make sure that no one discusses the test. The student should resume testing once the building has been cleared for reentry.

14. EOC INFORMATION • Detailed EOC Testing Procedures have been provided to you via email, paper copy (Seating Chart, Administration Specific Oath) • Refer to Administrative & Procedural Training PowerPoint located in the VMA campus website under Testing Information (TAKS) - (General Test Security and Confidentiality Information, preparing the testing room, active monitoring, lunch, cell phone use, individual emergencies, changing testing rooms, etc.) • Monday, May 9, 2011 - Physics EOC Mandatory Training • Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Physics EOC Administration (seminar room next to library) • EOC Test Administration Directions Manual and this PowerPoint are located on our campus website -Testing Information (EOC)

15. TEST ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES This PowerPoint is not a substitute for reading the EOC Testing Administration Manual. This manual is available online. Enter the VMA website, click on Testing Information, then click on the tab labeled EOC.