Colorado Student Assessment Program Colorado Department of Education Unit of Student Assessment CSAP Administration Training 2008

Colorado Student Assessment Program

Colorado Department of EducationUnit of Student Assessment

CSAP Administration Training 2008

January, 2007 Colorado Department of Education – Unit of Student Assessment Slide # 2

What is our responsibility?

Ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to demonstrate what they know and are able to do within standard standard conditionsconditions provided to all students in Colorado.


Standardized Assessments

This means….

• all students will have the same test experience (content, resources, directions, testing conditions, and scoring procedures).

• scores are comparable - one score obtained by one student in a part of Colorado will mean the same as the same score obtained by another student in another part of Colorado.


Why we need to get it right

It’s the Law!

• It’s legislated (CRS, NCLB)

• Scores impact SAR & AYP, which can impact funding

• We’re asking students for 9 – 12.5 hours of testing time. Misadministrations result in no scores.


Statewide Focus

• Continue to reduce misadministrations

• Security of the test materials

• Training of CSAP Test Proctors regarding ethical practices


New or Different in 2007

•Students must complete enough MC and CR questions to receive a statistically valid score.

•Revised and clarified security procedures (district/school “housekeeping”)

- prohibited materials- practice materials must have source

Procedures 20-21


Testing Window

Content Areas and Grades assessed in 2007: • Grades 3-10 Reading/Writing• Grades 3-4 Lectura/Escritura• Grades 3-10 Math• Grades 5, 8 and 10 Science

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Testing window

Grade 3 Reading/Lectura February 18-29, 2008

Grade 3–10 all other tests March 10-April 11, 2008

Early return for science (Mar 21)


• Test sessions must be administered in the order they appear within each test book.

• Students in the same grade must take the same session(s) at the same time (exceptions allowed for accommodations if needed).

Scheduling

Procedures 23


Test books must be secured while in the CSAP Test Proctor’s possession

No duplication of CSAP materials is permissible.

• No cell phones or other communication devices should be activated or visible in the classroom (including by the teacher).

Maintaining Security

Procedures 21


• Accommodations vs. Modifications (provide access) (alter content)

• Accommodations need to be formally documented in a student’s record (IEP, 504 or other formal plan) and used on assessments three months prior.

• Decisions must be based on individual student need (not by category or program).

• Decisions must be made by a team including the content area teacher and parent.

Decisions about Accommodations

Procedures 44


Accommodations

NOT Requiring Documentation

Timing/Scheduling Setting/Environment

• Scheduling of sessions to include more breaks, as long as the total minutes (including the breaks) does not exceed the 60/65 session minutes.

• Grouping students: whole classroom, small groups, and individual administration

Test Presentation Student Response

• Rereading the script in the administration manual to all students when requested by any student

• Spelling words to students who require this individual accommodation

Procedures 51


Accommodations Requiring Documentation

• Oral Presentation and Teacher Read Directions (scripted)

• Large Print or Braille Version • Extended Time (noted on test only if

used)

• Scribing (Student responds orally or points to correct answers, scribe writes exact student responses into regular test book. For writing test, student indicates punctuation

Procedures 50

Presentation Mode:

Response Mode:


• Take the Lectura/Escritura. (Grade 3 & 4)

• Take the assessment in English.

– Students with limited English are eligible for all standard accommodations including:• Oral Presentation (English or translated)• Responding in their first language

(transcription necessary)• Other accommodations

Options for ELLs

Procedures 35-38


• Postable materials (from CDE website) during CSAP administration:– Holistic/Analytic Writing Rubrics, Writer’s Checklist and

Editing Checking List – 2-pt (Math) rubric for Short Constructed Response Items– 3-pt (Math) rubric for Medium Constructed Response

Items– 4-pt (Math) rubric for Extended Constructed Response

Items

Materials and Environment

Standard conditionsthroughout the state.

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5DAC/SAC

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Use Pencil ONLY!

Student Name District Name Teacher Name School Name

Use only standard, wooden, graphite-based, #2 pencil on any part of the test book…. including the front cover!


• Follow the script in the manual exactly as it is written.

• Active Proctoring does NOT mean ‘Active Participation’

• Do not provide feedback.• Do not clarify test items.• Do not answer content related questions.• Do not interfere with the demonstration of skills. • Do not interact with students in a manner that will

impact student responses.• If a student asks, you must repeat oral

directions in the script of the administration manual to the whole class at the beginning of the test session.

• If students finish early, they may read, but not write.

Active Proctoring

Procedures 22


Student becomes ill:• If a student leaves the room after accessing

questions in the test book, the student may make up the session at a later time, but he or she may not change responses to any questions he or she has already answered.

Illness or Discipline

Procedures 29-30


Continuing onto another session

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•If a student moves onto another session (turned more than one page) the test proctor must immediately stop the student and take the test book from the student. This is a misadministration.

•The student may not make up that session but the student may complete any other sessions that have not been attempted. There will not be a scale score, but information regarding student performance will be included in the GRT file.


• DAC has the authority and responsibility to invalidate tests when the standardization of the test administration and policies have been violated in any way.

• If there has been a major misadministration, the DAC must notify Beth Celva, Director of Unit of Student Assessment, via email at [email protected].

Invalid Tests / Misadministration


• Have a communication protocol • Misadminstrations can often be

prevented if an problem is reported immediately

• All contacts with CDE/CTB must go through DACs.

• Collect and inventory all assessment materials.

If something comes up…how will we address it?

Management and Preparation for Administration


Ethical Administrations

• Ethical administrations are testing practices that result in a standardized experience. There is no exhaustive list of “dos” and “don’ts”

• Ethical administrations ensure test security, use accommodations properly, maintain a consistent testing environment, and follow administration guidelines.


Ethical Administrations

• Look over Ethical Practices

• Browse Administration Manuals(Must be returned)

• Remember:Most misadministrations can be prevented

by1) following the manual exactly

2) active proctoring




Good luck!

Documents

Colorado Student Assessment Program Colorado Department of Education Unit of Student Assessment CSAP Administration Training 2008