Test Administration Training

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Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with
Disabilities

• Test Administration Training

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Introductions
Office of Educational Accountability Contact
Information

• Kristen Kehoe- Special Populations
• kristen.kehoe_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Erin Faasuamalie- Special Populations
• erin.faasuamalie_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Phil Olsen- Assistant Director
• philip.olsen_at_dpi.wi.gov

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Introductions
Special Education Team- Contact Information

• Sandra Berndt- Cognitive Disabilities
• sandra.berndt_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Brian Johnson- Autism
• brian.johnson_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Eva Kubinski- Continuous Improvement Focused
  Monitoring
• eva.kubinski_at_dpi.wi.gov
• Carol Schweitzer- Hearing Impairment
• carol.schweitzer_at_dpi.wi.gov

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Agenda

• Extended Grade Band Standards
• Student Participation
• Test Administration
• Example Test Items
• Accommodations
• Test Security
• Distribution/Scoring/Reporting
• Frequently Asked Questions

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Extended Grade Band Standards

• What students are expected to know and to be able
  to do at the appropriate grade-band level
• Grade bands 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 10
• Instructional achievement descriptors defined for
  WAA-SwD Minimal, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced
  performance levels for Mathematics, Reading, and
  Science
• Posted at
• http//dpi.wi.gov/sped/assmt-extstd.html

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WMAS Reading, Mathematics and Science
ESSENCE
WISCONSIN ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS
WISCONSIN EXTENDED GRADE BAND STANDARDS
WKCE
WAA-SwD
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Student Participation

• IEP Team decision
• Participation Checklist
• Students must take either WKCE, with or without
  accommodations, or WAA-SwD, with or without
  accommodations, for all tested subjects
• Found online at
• http//dpi.wi.gov/sped/assmt-waa.html

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Participation Checklist
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WAA-SwD Schedule

• The WAA-SwD occurs in the same test window as
  the WKCE.
• A calendar of important assessment and
  accountability dates for the WAA-SwD can be found
  at http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/calendar.html
• For annual test administration updates be sure to
  refer to the WAA-SwD Directions for Test
  Administration Guide as well as the WSAS Pre-Test
  Workshop.

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Who Does What?
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Test Administrators

• Test administrators Qualifications
• Must be teacher or licensed staff (e.g., school
  psychologists, speech therapists, etc.)
• Paraprofessionals and aides cannot administer
  WAA-SwD
• Familiarity with student and the students
  response style and communication style is
  essential

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Test Administrators

• Prepare materials ahead of time, and familiarize
  yourself with the flow of test items
• Consider manipulatives and accommodations for
  each student
• Logistics what makes sense for each of your
  students?
• Stick to the script in the Teacher Test Book
• Test Administrators must read, verbatim, what
  follows the icon
• Remain neutral while reading and pointing to test
  items and answer choices (e.g., no inflection of
  tone should be detectable, no lingering pointing,
  etc.?)
• Redirect students as needed
• Test Administrators can re-read any section
  following the icon however, the entire
  section must be read, and it must be repeated
  verbatim answer choices may be repeated as often
  as needed, with or without reading the question
• Maintain test security

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WAA-SwD Tests
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Test Forms

• Grade clusters 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, and 10
• Separate test for each grade (one grade 3, one
  grade 4, etc.)
• One test book for every student
• all content areas in one book
• Separate Teacher Test Book
• all content areas in one book
• One student Answer Document for every student

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Reading Test

• 2/3 of items in the Reading Test are to be read
  to students by the teacher
• 1/3 of items are read by STUDENT items
• Spread throughout test at different levels of
  difficulty
• Encourage students to try their best on these
  independent reading items
• Test administrators must pay close attention to
  which items are read by STUDENT
• On these items, the test administrator will read
  prompts and can redirect students attention to
  the reading passage or answer choices test
  administrators cannot read the reading passage or
  answer choices
• Stick to the script!

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Sample Items

• Sample teacher and student test books are
  available on the DPI website at
  http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/waa.html
• Sample items provide additional information such
  as Extended Grade Band Objective and performance
  level for the purposes of training.
• Can be used with students before the test
  administration for practice.

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Test Item Mathematics grade 3-4 Teacher Test
Book
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Test Item Mathematics grade 3-4Student Test Book
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Example Reading Item (grade 5-6)Teacher Test
Book Read by Student
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Example Reading Item (grade 5-6) Student Test
Book Read by Student
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Social Studies and Language Arts/Writing

• Social Studies and Language Arts/Writing Rater
  Forms
• Download from DPI website
• http//dpi.wi.gov/sped/assmt-waa.html
• Grades 4, 8, and 10
• Can be done before October test window save the
  score to record on WAA-SwD student Answer
  Document
• Document score on back of WAA-SwD student Answer
  Document
• Rating Scale Format (checklist)
• No evidence collected
• Only one rater (no second rater needed)
• Items do not need to be IEP-aligned

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Accommodations

• Braille orders and/or picture descriptions
  contact Kristen Kehoe at DPI
• Kristen.kehoe_at_dpi.wi.gov or by phone at (608)
  267-3164
• http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/dacforms.html
• http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/pdf/brailleform.pdf
• Assistive technology
• Allowed, as long as it is recorded in the
  students current IEP and it does not alter what
  a particular test item measures
• Not allowed
• Paraphrasing, rewording, explaining, etc. stick
  to the script to keep the results of the test
  valid
• Returning to a test item after it has already
  been administered
• Calculators
• Accommodations on WAA-SwD
• Must be allowable on WSAS Assessment
  Accommodations Matrix (http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/accom
  mtrx.html)

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Accommodations Manipulatives

• Allowable manipulatives
• Manipulative Guide
• http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/pdf/maniguide.pdf
• It is important for test administrators to review
  the test ahead of time to prepare manipulatives
  for each individual student
• Remember only use manipulatives that your
  student uses regularly in class do not introduce
  new manipulatives during test administration
• Ruler required for grade 10 Mathematics Test
• Use the ruler that your student uses in class

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Student Answer Document

• Only answers bubbled onto student answer document
  will be scored
• Answers recorded in the Student Test Book will
  not be scored
• If answers are not bubbled correctly on the
  student answer document, AYP can be affected
• Test administrators may choose initially to
  document answers in the Teacher Test Book and
  then to transfer answers onto the student answer
  document (bubble sheet) after administration

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Student Answer Document

• Student Answer Document information
• Student answers must be bubbled in for
  Mathematics, Reading, and Science
• Student label (or bubble in all student info)
• SS and LA/Writing Performance Levels
• Accommodations
• WAA-SwD Student Performance Level Survey
• Important that test administrators review
  Performance Level Descriptors before completing
  survey on the student answer document

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WAA-SwD Test Security

• Teachers will be utilizing the test in their
  classrooms and will be able to have access to the
  test before testing begins
• Teachers administering the WAA-SwD are able to
  maintain possession of individual student tests
  and administration guides until all content areas
  are complete
• All tests must remain in locked storage when not
  in use
• After test administration, test books must be
  collected, counted, and returned to the School
  Assessment Coordinator (SAC) for storage in a
  secured-and-locked room and/or cabinet
• ALL test booklets and answer documents must be
  returned. Districts CANNOT keep a copy or copies
  of the WAA-SwD
• Each CESA and the DPI will retain one copy for
  reference
• This policy is different than the WKCE

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Distribution

• Receiving test materials
• Districts will be sent WAA-SwD materials based on
  the number of students in each district who
  participated in the WAA-SwD last year, rolled
  forward one grade.
• Shipped in a separate box than WKCE, easily
  identified by a blue dot.
• Student labels
• WKCE and WAA-SwD label shipment will be the same
• If no label, bubble in student information
• Dates http//dpi.state.wi.us/oea/calendar.html

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Scoring and Reporting

• Record Editing System(RES) window includes both
  the WKCE and WAA-SwD
• Reporting of WAA-SwD scores is similar to WKCE

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Frequently Asked Questions

• The WAA-SwD FAQ is updated on an annual basis and
  can be found at
• http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/faqwaa.html
• Topics include
• Test Security
• Test Participation
• Test Administrators and Test Administration
• Manipulatives
• Accommodations
• 1 and 2 Assessments
• Communication with Parents

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Can we photocopy graphics?

• In very limited circumstances, district or
  school assessment coordinators may provide
  teachers with photocopies of WAA-SwD graphics for
  use during testing. For example, a student may
  have a wide eye gaze or a student may require
  this accommodation for sequencing constructed
  response items. Teachers must present all items
  that are photocopied in the order and manner that
  they appear in the Student Test Booklet.

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Can we photocopy graphics? cont.

• The DAC and SAC should monitor the use and the
  distribution of this accommodation and ensure
  test security. All copies must be destroyed after
  test administration as they contain live test
  materials. Appropriate techniques for destroying
  materials include utilization of a commercial
  document shredding company, cross-cut shredders,
  and incineration.

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Can we photocopy graphics? cont

• Note Enlarged photocopies are not appropriate
  for students with visual impairments as these
  students are able to use the Braille materials
  and picture descriptions.

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Can a student write in his/her student test book?

• Yes. A student can respond in whatever manner
  is best for that student, including writing on
  test book pages, answering orally, pointing,
  eye-gazing, squeezing a hand, etc

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What about the students for whom the WAA-SwD is
too difficult?

• Test administrators should do their best to
  administer the test to students, even if they
  think that it might be too difficult. It is
  always possible that students may do better than
  you expect, given the opportunity to try. Items
  of different difficulty level are spread out
  across the test, so test administrators are
  directed to try several test questions and see if
  the student is able to answer.

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What about the students for whom the WAA-SwD is
too difficult? Cont.

• Test administrators need to make a professional
  decision about when to stop the administration of
  a test to a student. If a student attempts any
  part of the test, he/she are considered a test
  participant in a given subject area.

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Will DPI provide a list of acceptable
modifications for the WAA-SwD administration?

• No. Modifications are not allowed on the
• WAA-SwD, since a modification changes what a
  test item measures. However, there is an
  extensive list of acceptable accommodations
  available called the Assessment Accommodations
  Matrix.

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Questions?
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For More Information

• Visit the WAA-SwD pages on the DPI website
• http//dpi.wi.gov/oea/waa.html (OEA page)
• http//dpi.wi.gov/sped/assmt-waa.html (Special
  Education page)
• Call us
• DPI Office of Educational Accountability
• 608-267-1072
• DPI Special Education Team
• 608-266-1781