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Test Coordinators ’ Pretest Workshop

Test Coordinators ’ Pretest Workshop. August 2012. Contact Information. Mark Howard- px# 48850 (434-8850) fax px# 48903 (434-8903) e-mail: mark.howard.1@palmbeachschools.org Cherie Boone - px# 48855 (434-8855) fax px# 48736 (434-8736) e-mail: cherie.boone@palmbeachschools.org

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Test Coordinators ’ Pretest Workshop

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  1. Test Coordinators’ Pretest Workshop August 2012

  2. Contact Information Mark Howard- px# 48850 (434-8850) fax px# 48903(434-8903) e-mail: mark.howard.1@palmbeachschools.org Cherie Boone - px# 48855 (434-8855) fax px# 48736 (434-8736) e-mail: cherie.boone@palmbeachschools.org Tom Cornman - px# 42499 (681-2499) fax px# 45133 (684-5133) e-mail: tom.cornman@palmbeachschools.org Vanessa Ferrell - px# 48355 (434-8355) fax px# 48903 (434-8903) e-mail: vanessa.ferrell@palmbeachschools.org Ken Morris - px# 45155 (684-5155) fax px# 45133 (684-5133) e-mail: ken.morris@palmbeachschools.org Jackie Johnson - px# 45155 (684-5155) fax px# 45133 (684-5133) e-mail: jacqueline.johnson@palmbeachschools.org

  3. Assessment Website

  4. Assessment Website http://www.palmbeachschools.org/assessment The goal of our website is to have current information at the fingertips of the test coordinators at all times Communicate important information quickly

  5. Ordering Test Materials Online

  6. Boone School Tom Cornman 42499 tom.cornman@palmbeachs x 1000

  7. Print This Page For Your Records

  8. E-mail Receipt

  9. Gridding Answer Documents

  10. State Assessments • FAA, CELLA, FCAT and EOC • Eight digit student district number preceded by our district number “50” • 5012345678 • Social Security Number • 123456789X

  11. District Assessments • Diagnostic Tests, District Semester Exams, SAT/10… • Eight digit student number • 12345678 • Social Security Number may not be used

  12. Test Security

  13. Test Security • Examples of Prohibited Activities • Reading the passages or test items • Revealing the passages or test items • Copying the passages or test items • Explaining or reading test items or passages for students • Changing or otherwise interfering with student responses to test items • Causing achievement of schools to be inaccurately measured or reported • Copying or reading student responses • Allowing students to handle secure materials before or after test administration • Leaving secure materials unattended • Leaving secure materials in classrooms or taking them out of the building overnight • Administering the test to a family member

  14. Test Security • During testing a test administrator MUST move around the room and ensure that students: • have cleared their desks of all materials except the appropriate test materials • are using on No. 2 pencils (mechanical pencils, ink pens, highlighters, crayons, markers, correction fluid, etc., are NOT permitted) • do not have books, notes scratch paper, or electronic devices of any kind (except FCAT calculators) during testing, even if they do not use them • do not talk or make any disturbance • are working independently • are recording their answers in the appropriate area

  15. Test Security • During testing a test administrator MUST NOT: • Talk with students about any test item • Help students answer any test item • Check through test and answer books and return them to students • Discuss test items or answers with students even after all test materials have been returned and testing has been completed • Use classroom or cell phones • Grade papers • Read • Work on the computer

  16. Test Security • Cheating • Teacher Assistance • Erasures

  17. Test Accommodations

  18. Accommodations • Allowable accommodations • LEP • ESE • 504 • Large print and Braille • Paper/pencil • PearsonAccess • TestNav • TestHear • CORE K12

  19. Districtwide Kindergarten Through Grade Four Literacy Assessment System

  20. Contacts • Questions about administration and additional materials. • Kim Stansell-Towe - px# 43882 (963-3882) • Materials delivered through the Instructional Materials Department. • Instructional Materials - px# 45119 (684-5119)

  21. Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS)

  22. Contacts • Questions about administration • Olive Horne (ECHOS) - px# 43883 (963-3883) • Robin White (FAIR) - px# 21135 (357-1135) • Question about materials • Test Distribution Center - px# 45155 (684-5155)

  23. Important Dates ECHOS Administration: August 20 - October 3 FAIR Administration: August 27 - October 17

  24. Reminder’s for 2012 • Student responses • The Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN) http://www.fcrr.org will be the data management system for submitting all observations/scores from the FLKRS. • This includes the scores from the Early Childhood Observation (ECHOS™) and the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR). • No Student Response Folders. • Manuals for teachers must be copied or downloaded from: • http://www.fcrr.org/pmrn/flkrs/index.shtm

  25. At the Conclusion of the Assessment Collect and account for administration manuals and reusable screening materials from the examiners. Store reusable materials in a secure location for use with future FLKRS administrations. Dispose of administration manuals so they cannot be used in future administrations.

  26. Scholastic Reading Inventory - Interactive (SRI-I)

  27. Contacts • Questions about content • Secondary Diana Fedderman - px#25989(357-5989) • Questions about technical support • Bruce Roland - px#48565 (434-8565)

  28. What’s New for 2012 X X • Administered at middle and high Schools only • Testing bulletin elementary error • April 1 - May 31, 2013 E/M/H Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) (p4 of 5) • Attachment (p 21 of 31)

  29. Palm Beach Writes

  30. Contacts • Questions about administration • Nikki Jones (elementary) - px# 86399 (432-6399) • Diana Fedderman (secondary) - px# 25989 (357-5989) • Sandra Raymond Roberts (EDW) – px# 47649 (357-7649) • Questions about materials for grades 2 - 10 • TDC - px# 45155 (684-5155)

  31. What’s New for 2012 • 60 minute administration instead of 45 minutes • Mirrors the change in FCAT Writing • Follows the new format of the Common Core Writing Assessment • At grades 1, 2, 5, and 6 • Further information will be provided shortly by K12 Curriculum • New prompts for Grades 2, 5 and 6 will be posted as soon as they are available. • The list of prompts will be updated when the new prompts arrive. • Old prompts for grade 2, 5 and 6 are still available for ordering.

  32. List of Writing Prompts • Link is available in two locations: • On the Test Coordinators’ Palm Beach Writes Page • On each of the order forms

  33. Reminder’s for 2012 School sets specific administration dates within the given administration window. Schools are responsible for scoring. Schools will enter rubric scores into EDW for Teachers using the data entry screen. Mandatory at all schools

  34. Diagnostic Test Reading, Mathematics, Science and EOCs

  35. Contacts • Questions about paper/pencil administration • Cherie Boone - px# 48855 (434-8855) • Questions about CORE K12 administration • Carla Kendall - px# 45822 (969-5822) • Questions about materials • Test Distribution Center - px# 45155 (684-5155) • Questions about secondary pregridding (middle schools only) • Glen Rovinelli - px# 48514 (434-8514)

  36. Fall Timelines & Deadlines

  37. Winter Timelines & Deadlines

  38. Test Configuration

  39. Fall Test Administration • Administration Window • September 4 – 19, 2012 – Paper/Pencil Administration • September 4 – 21, 2012 – CORE K12 Administration • Mandatory at all schools • Reading at grades 3 – 10, Retake 2.0 • Math at grades 3 – 8 , Retake • Science at grades 3 – 8 • EOC Algebra 1, Geometry and Biology 1 • Any student currently enrolled in a course • Answer Document Return Date • Wednesday, September 19, 2012 by 4:00 pm • Glades area schools will be picked up beginning in the morning.

  40. Winter Test Administration • Administration Window • November 27 – December 12, 2012 – Paper/Pencil Administration • November 27 – December 14, 2012 – CORE K12 Administration • Mandatory at all schools • Reading at grades 2 – 10, Retake 2.0 • Math at grades 2 – 8 , Retake • Science at grades 3 – 8 • EOC Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1, and US History • Any student currently enrolled in a course • Answer Document Return Date • Wednesday, December 12, 2012 by 4:00 pm • Glades area schools will be picked up beginning in the morning.

  41. Test Administrations • Recommended testing times for all tests is 90 minutes • Fall Pregridded answer sheets • Elementary Schools: alphabetical by home room (fall administration only) • Middle Schools: deadline for selecting sort options is 12:00 pm on August 17, 2012. • High Schools: none • Winter Pregridded answer sheets/labels • Elementary and Middle Schools: deadline for selecting sort options is 12:00 pm on November 6, 2012. • High Schools: none

  42. Answer Sheets Color coded for each test. Answer sheets that are preidentified for a student CANNOT be used for another student. The Student Name and Student Number bubbles on a non-pregridded answer document MUST be darkened.

  43. Pre-Identified Answer Document Check the Gridded Information

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