Welcome to PARCC Field Test Training!

1. Welcome to PARCC Field Test Training! Presented by the PARCC Field Test Team

2. Outline 1. Overview • Participating schools • Paper and online • Grades and test sessions 2. Proctoring the test • Calculator • Testing accommodations • Testing Protocols 3. Preparing your school • Resources • The PearsonAccess website • Sample Test Items for students

3. 1. Overview • This year, we are running a Field Test of the PARCC exam, to prepare us for full-scale testing in the future. • Approximately 11% of our students will be tested. • 47 schools will be doing online testing. • 17 schools will be doing paper testing. • Students nor schools will receive scores. • Purposes of field test: • To test the reliability of the items. • To test readiness and help prepare for future online testing on a mass scale.

4. Overview: Schedule and Subjects • Schools testing PBA (Performance-Based Assessment)will test: • March 24 – April 25 • Schools testing EOY (End of Year) will test • May 5 – May 21 • Schools who are testing both PBA and EOY Assessments. • PBA Assessment is March 24 – April 11 • EOY Assessment is May 5 – May 21 • The tested subjects are Math and/or English Language Arts (ELA).

5. Overview: Roles • There is one Test Coordinator per school. • That person oversees the Test Administrators. • There should be one Test Administrator per test session. • A Test Administrator may be assisted by Proctors. • All Test Administrators and Proctors must be trained prior to administering or monitoring a testing session. • See the Test Coordinator manuals on PearsonAccess for more detailed definitions and descriptions of who may serve in those roles.

6. Key Responsibilities of Field Test Coordinator • Be familiar with relevant manuals • Establish and communicate test schedule • Develop Security Plan, including Chain-of-Custody documentation • Develop Training Plan • Plan ahead to provide accommodations for those who are permitted to use them • Meet with Test Administrators & meet with students • Confirm necessary test materials are available • Securely destroy test materials as detailed in Coordinator’s manual

7. Overview: Test sessions • Each participating class will need to take the test over two or three Sessions per subject. • A single session will have a total time of 60 to 120 minutes depending on the class and session. • Extended time beyond the allotted session time is permitted for students with that accommodation. • Allow for • Each session must be done within one day. • Two sessions of a test may be done within one day, but not three in one day. • All students within the same grade level and subject must test on the same day.

8. Overview: Test sessions • Example: The third grade ELA test has three PBA sessions and two EOY sessions. • See the Test Coordinator Manual for Paper-based Testing for all grades. • The amount of time allotted for each test session consists of Session Time and Additional Time Allowed. • The total Field Test time includes any individual interruptions (e.g., bathroom breaks).

9. Guidelines for Session Times

10. 2. Proctoring the test. • Calculators • Testing accommodations • Security Protocols • Testing Protocols

11. Calculators • Tests for grades 3-5 do not involve use of a calculator. • All other grades have a “calculator part” of the math test, in which a calculator may be used. • Grades 6, 7: Four-function calculator with square root • Grade 8: Scientific calculator • High school: Graphing calculator consistent with the TI-84.

12. Calculators and accommodations

13. Accommodations • Accommodations on IEP’s, 504’s, and ELL’s require selection during student test registration. • Appendix G of the Coordinator’s manual, and Appendix D of the Administrator’s manual list accessibility features and accommodations and content area and tests permitted. • Accommodations that have been used must be indicated on the student registration record.

14. Read-Aloud • Is an Accessibility Feature for math. • Or Accommodation for ELA/Literacy Assessment. • A test administrator giving a Read-Aloud will need a Proctor Authorization Ticket in order to access the test administrator copy of the test.

15. Accommodations Documentation • There is much information on accessibility and accommodations in the manuals and training modules at PearsonAccess. • Test Coordinator Manual, Appendix G • Test Administrator Manual, Appendix D • www.parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-and-accommodations-manual • Accessibility Features and Accommodations Training Module

16. Security Protocols • All staff involved in testing must sign security agreement and kept for 3 years. • Distribute and collect materials from Test Administrators. • Implement a Chain-of-Custody plan which ensures that test materials are accounted for before, during, and after the test administration.

17. Paper-Based Test Materials • Test Booklets • Answer Documents (grades 4–high school) • Vendor-supplied Rulers and Protractors • Vendor-supplied Mathematics Reference Sheets • Scratch Paper • Calculators – where permitted in Math tests

18. Contaminated/Damaged Materials

19. Testing Protocols • Sessions must be administered in order. • Schedule sessions for entire allotted time. • Students who finish early may read or do classwork that is unrelated to test content. • Student may not leave test room if finish early. • Bathroom breaks permitted, one at a time. • At discretion of test administrator, permitted ONE class break up to 3 minutes. • No student may go onto next session before all students in session have completed the session. • Test protocol breaches are reported to the test coordinator, who then contacts Cindy.

20. More Testing Protocols • Test Administrator must actively proctor at all times • Prohibited Materials during testing: • Materials that define, explain, or illustrate terms in the subject area tested • Graphic organizers • Word lists • Number lines • Math charts, including those with formulas (a math reference sheet is supplied with the test) • Definitions • Cell phones or music devices

21. Post-test protocols • ID Labels • etc.

22. Field Test Survey • ID Labels • etc.

23. 3. Preparing Your School • Training of your Test Administrators should consist of: • Their reading of the Test Administrator manual (online or paper). • Viewing the relevant training sessions on the PearsonAccess website. • Having their students go through sample items.

24. Resources/Manuals • Relevant documentation can be found at the PearsonAccess Website using the Support Tab: • Pearson Access User Guide • Test Coordinator Manual for Paper-Based Testing • Test Administrator Manual for Paper-Based Testing • Accessibility Features and Accommodations Training Module

25. The PearsonAccess Website • Go to www.pearson.access.com, and choose PARCC in the drop-down menu.

26. The PearsonAccess Website • For documentation and training, use the relevant links in the Support tab,

27. The PearsonAccess Website • The PearsonAccess website has two sections for which you need distinct accounts to enter. • Training site: Here is where you set up an Infrastructure Trial. • Home: Also called the Live, or Development site. Here is where you register Field Test.

28. The PearsonAccess Website • To run an infrastructure trial, you need an account on the Training side of the website.

29. The PearsonAccess Website • To run the Field Test, you need an account on the Live, or Development side of the website.

30. Sample Test Items • It is recommended that each school allow participating students to become familiar with the nature of the test by viewing Sample Items. • If done, must be done at least one day before the test. • These are available at http://parcconline.org/samples/math • Follow the links to the relevant grade level and subject.

31. Sample Test Items • If you show students the sample items, you may help a student see how answers are written. • During the test, you will not be allowed to help a student enter answers.

32. 4. Any questions? • Thanks for being here, and for your past, present, and future work!