Critical Information for Teachers and Principals

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High School
Proctoring the 2007 WASL

• Critical Information for Teachers and Principals

Dr. Paul Wm. Dugger Kimberly Ann DeRousie State
Test Coordinators
February 5, 2007
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Directions for Administration

• Read the manual.
• Available online at
• www.k12.wa.us/assessment/TestAdministration

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Part 1Overview

• Intent
• To ensure the best opportunity for students to
  accurately show what they know and are able to do.

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Code of Conduct

• It is your responsibility to ensure that standard
  procedures are followed.
• Ensure understanding of test protocol.
• Confirm the accuracy of student demographics.
• Watch for irregularities during testing.
• Document any unusual or inappropriate behaviors
  during testing.
• Follow the Code of Professional Conduct.

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WASL Question Format

• Multiple-choice questions have four response
  options, except at Grade 3 which has three
  options. (worth one point.)
• Enhanced multiple-choice questions ask students
  to choose an answer and then explain their
  choice. (worth two points.)
• Short-answer questions ask students to supply the
  answer, which may be in the form of words,
  numbers and/or pictures/diagrams. (worth two
  points.)
• Extended-response questions require students to
  write an answer that offers more examples and
  more detail. (worth four points.)
• HS students will respond to three Writing prompts
  each in a separate test booklet. Two of the
  prompts will be scored. Each students writing is
  scored by two readers, which doubles the possible
  score points to 12 per prompt.

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Part 2Policies and Procedures

• Media
• Tested Grade Level
• Movement of Students
• Refusals
• Wider Access

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Scribing for Student

• Use scribing for students unable to write in test
  booklet.
• Must be used during regular classroom
  instruction.
• Scribing must conform to the specific directions
  in DFA.
• Mark Irregular Test Administration Box 8 on back
  cover of test booklet.
• Name of scribe should noted on front cover of
  test booklet.

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Post Testing Locations

• All testing locations must be posted with a sign
  that alerts staff and administration.
• This posting assists in preventing interruptions
  in testing and facilitates the monitoring of
  testing by administration.

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Cell Phones and Backpacks

• Many students and staff members carry cell phones
  and pagers with them to class. Because these
  devices can be used to transmit information and
  capture images, cell phones, iPods, pagers, and
  any other communications devices must be turned
  off and kept out of view during testing.
• Many students carry backpacks and purses. These
  must be placed a distance from the student so
  that items may not be retrieved without leaving
  the seat.

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Absenteeism

• All Grades
• Students who are absent with a valid excuse and
  do not take the WASL will not be included in AYP
  or WASL results. Instead, they will be counted as
  non-participants for AYP purposes as long as a
  95 participation rate is maintained. Absences
  need to be reported on the demographic page.
• High School
• Students taking the High School WASL will not be
  allowed to make up the test for any reason.
  Students who were absent during the March and/or
  April administration will be eligible to test in
  Reading, Writing, and Mathematics in August 2007.
  

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Part 3Participation in Testing

• IEP teams must review the available
  performance data and identify the most
  appropriate testing option
• WASL
• WASL without accommodations
• WASL with accommodations
• WASL-Modified (Level 2 Basic meets standard)
• Developmentally Appropriate WASL (DAW)only
  Grade 11 and 12
• WAAS
• Portfolio (WAAS-PORT) student work must be
  completedby March 30, 2007

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Accommodations

• Know any necessary special education
  accommodations.
• Accommodations must provide access to the tests,
  not advantage.
• Four types of accommodations
• Scheduling
• Setting
• Presentation
• Response
• Accommodations must be documented on back cover
  of test in Boxes 3 and 6.

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WASL-Modified

• The Washington Assessment of Student
  Learning-Modified. (WASL-MO) is an assessment
  option for students in special education who can
  perform on the WASL but whose IEPs indicate
  meeting standard at a modified level is the most
  appropriate choice.
• This option allows students to access the grade
  level WASL, but sets Level 2 Basic as the
  performance standard required to achieve a
  passing score. For a tenth grade student in
  special education WASL-MO meets the graduation
  requirement for a Certificate of Individual
  Achievement (CIA).

Note In 2006 this option was referred to as
WAAS-Level 2.
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Testing at Grades 9, 11, and 12

• At Grade 9 students who feel they are ready to
  meet the standard(s) may test in Reading,
  Writing, Mathematics, and Science.
• At Grade 11 and 12 may test in Reading, Writing,
  Mathematics, and Science.
• Districts may choose to require Grade 11 students
  to test as a part of a class or a student
  learning plan.
• If not pre-registered via the OSPI Web site, they
  may test if materials are available.
• There will be no fees assessed to students for
  retesting in 2007.

www.k12.wa.us/Communications/Resources/GradRequire
mentsHandbook.pdf
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Part 4Testing Schedules

• March
• High School Testing Days
• Tuesday 13th Writing 1
• Wednesday 14th Writing 2
• Thursday 15th Writing 3
• Monday 19th Reading 1
• Tuesday 20th Reading 2

• April
• High School Testing Days
• Tuesday 17th Math
• Wednesday 18th Math
• Thursday 19th Science
• Friday 20st Science

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Scheduling Testing

• Administration of all tests is to begin as soon
  as reasonable after the start of the school day.
  All late starts must be canceled and any planned
  interruptions in testing must be avoided.
• The WASL is an untimed test. The timeframes in
  the suggested schedules are for planning
  purposes.
• Allow time (approximately 25 minutes) to pass out
  materials, read directions, answer questions,
  collect materials, etc.
• Communicate your schedule to administrators,
  students, parents, teachers, specialists, music
  and athletic coordinators, and communities to
  avoid scheduling conflicts.

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Testing Breaks- High School

• During each testing session, students may need to
  take a rest break. Students must be cautioned not
  to discuss any items on the test. Breaks should
  last no longer than 1015 minutes. Generally,
  students should remain in the room during the
  break. However, they may be permitted to leave
  the room if supervised.
• Students should not miss their scheduled lunch.
  Students may continue to work on tests following
  a supervised lunch break.

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Part 5 Test Preparation

• Educators must ensure that test preparation
  activities and materials provided to students
  will not adversely affect the validity of test
  score inferences and maintain the integrity of
  test results by eliminating practices designed to
  raise test scores without improving students
  real knowledge, skills, or abilities in the areas
  tested.

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Practice

• It is desirable for students to be given a
  certain amount of practice so they will be
  familiar with the format of the test questions on
  the WASL.
• Students need to be given practice with
  multiple-choice, short answer, and extended
  response formats in regular instructional
  activities. Such test preparation activities
  should be viewed as being a continual process,
  not something that is only done immediately prior
  to testing.

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Set Expectations
Students must

• Write legibly
• Check their own work to assure it is complete
• Not disrupt others when finished

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Responsibilitiesof School Principal

• The principal ensures test security within the
  school building and that tests are administered
  according to OSPI guidelines. Specifically, the
  principal
• Attends required principal training
• Ensures test proctor training
• Reads and complies with OSPI instructions
• Stores test materials in a secure, locked area
  with restricted and limited access
• Implements adequate student supervision and
  staffing levels to ensure a secure testing
  environment, including testing of students with
  behavior or discipline problems and
• Monitors testing and test security during the
  testing window.

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Responsibilities ofSchool Assessment Coordinator

• The School Assessment Coordinator shall
• Maintain test security and accountability of test
  materials
• Follow appropriate procedures for counting,
  distributing, collecting, and returning test
  materials. These include detailed procedures for
  check-in and check-out of materials, as described
  in OSPI manuals containing Directions for
  Administration and the Assessment Coordinators
  Manual for each test.
• Sign test security affidavit, as required by
  OSPI.
• Report all testing irregularities according to
  OSPI instructions.

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Responsibilities of Teachers

• Teachers are expected to provide students with an
  opportunity to attain grade level expectations.
  Teachers shall accomplish this primarily by
  providing students with a rich instructional
  program.
• Teachers may not under any circumstances use
  secure test materials for instruction of
  students.
• Teachers shall maintain the confidentiality of
  individual students results.

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Responsibilities of Teachers Test Prep

• Teachers may also help students improve
  test-taking skills by
• Teaching students test-taking strategies
• Providing practice tests that demonstrate various
  item formats and
• Using resource materials such as test questions
  from the public domain.
• Secure test materials may not be reviewed to
  inform the instruction of students.

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Responsibilitiesof Test Proctors

• Test proctors shall be educational practitioners
  who also shall
• Attend all required training sessions and read
  all assigned training materials required for each
  test they proctor
• Administer tests according to the directions in
  the test manual and any supplemental materials
  provided by OSPI
• Ensure that test documents are given only to the
  student identified in the coding
• Maintain confidentiality concerning test items,
  test content, and individual student results
• Document and report immediately any testing
  irregularities to the school assessment
  coordinator or principal and
• Sign and submit test security affidavit, as
  required by OSPI.

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Preparing the Testing Environment

• Select a site that meets security and supervision
  requirements but is familiar and comfortable to
  students
• Remove or cover any materials in the classroom
  that may help students answer test questions.
• Allowed to remain
• Alphabet strip
• Number line
• Writing Checklist

My Word List Compare Contrast Connect Analyze Inte
rpret Synthesize Evaluate
Note The Writing Checklists have been revised
for 2007.
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Examples of Prohibited Activities

• Reading, revealing, or copying passages, test
  items, or performance tasks.
• Interpreting or reading test items or passages
  for students.
• Changing student responses to test items.
• Causing achievement to be inaccurately measured
  or reported.
• Copying or reading student responses.

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Edits to WASL HS DFA

• Before administering test make the following 4
  corrections
• to the Directions for Administration.
• Writing Page 35 first draft
• Writing Page 40 first draft
• Reading Page 54 7. If you finish early, you
  may check over your work in this Reading
  section only. (This error also appears in the
  student test booklet.)
• Science Page 79 In approximately 45 minutes
  you will have a short break. After you have
  been working for 90 minutes, I will check to
  see if you need more time.

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Providing Testing Materials

• Mathematics
• Approved calculators except during last session
• Tools and manipulatives (counters, base ten
  blocks, color tiles, number boards,
  hundred boards, geoboards, 3-D shapes, fraction
  shapes, representative currency and coins, or
  instructional clocks)
• Writing
• At least 3 sheets of lined yellow scratch paper
• Commercially published thesaurus or dictionary.
• Science
• Approved calculators
• Ruler or Straightedge

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Front Cover of Test Booklets
Grade level
Students at all grade levels will be required to
sign their name on the front cover of the test
booklet.
Proctor(optional)
Notes
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Part 6During Testing

• Read directions in Say boxes as written.
• No paraphrasing.
• Specific feedback must not be given to individual
  students about completing specific questions.
• Create a positive testing environment.

Note for Writing only You may define words or
phrases in the Checklist or Prompt as needed for
individual students, but your response may not
hint or imply how a student might write his or
her response.
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High School Writing

• This year high school students will write to
  three prompts. Only two of the prompts will
  inform the students scores. The third prompt
  will be a pilot of the prompt. There will be
  three separate test booklets for Writing.
• Proctors need to review changes in test
  administration in the Directions for
  Administration for 2007. One change is that they
  will not be reading the writing prompts to
  students this year due to multiple prompts.
• Proctors also need to note that only the test
  booklet for Writing Day 3 captures complete
  demographic data on the back cover (see pages 88
  and 89 of DFA). All accommodations and
  irregularities must be noted on Writing Day 3
  test booklet.
• During days 1 and 2, proctors should record on
  front cover in Notes box any information that
  will be needed for completing the demographic
  page on the Day 3 test booklet.

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Monitoring Testing

• MBWAMonitor by walking around.
• While the students are being tested, you are to
  observe the students to ensure that they are
  working on the correct page, writing in their
  booklets, and generally following the directions
  given at the beginning of each session.
• You may not point out to students an incorrectly
  answered question, point out questions that have
  not been completed, or read and comment on
  student essays. Also, you may not paraphrase
  questions or read the items to the students.

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Test Security

• Keep tests in a locked/secure location as defined
  in your schools test security plan.
• Develop system for tracking materials so that all
  testing materials are accounted for and returned
  to test coordinator after testing is completed.
• Follow building protocol for students who need
  more time.

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Report Irregularities in Test Administration

• Reproduction of test booklets or secure
  supporting testing materials
• Improper test preparation.
• Improper test proctoring including
• Providing group accommodations not permitted in
  DFA.
• Allowing breaks during testing outside the
  parameters listed in DFA.
• Providing student access to tools or materials
  not allowed for that test.
• Coaching, departing from prescribed script in
  DFA, or attempting to artificially inflate the
  test scores of students.
• Unforeseen interruption in test administration.

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Part 7After Testing

• Collect and account for all test booklets
• Ensure that all accommodations are gridded on
  back cover
• Document any special circumstances in Notes box
• Report errors in demographic information on
  student booklets
• Return all materials to School Assessment
  Coordinator
• Complete online Proctor Questionnaire
• Submit Proctor Security Report

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Demographic Page
(back cover)
If pre-identified student barcode labels are not
available you must hand grid the demographic page
(back cover) of each test booklet with student
information in boxes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7.  Note
There are 3 test booklets for high school Writing
this year. They must all have identical gridding
in boxes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7. Boxes 3, 6, 8 and 9-15
need only be gridded on Writing Day 3 test
booklet.
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Proctor Resources

• Contents
• Accommodations Checklist for Special Populations
• Proctor Security Report
• Front Cover of Writing Test Booklet
• Back Cover of Writing Test Booklet
• Instructions for Completing the WASL Demographic
  Page
• TestingDo Not Disturb sign
• Writing ChecklistExpository
• Writing ChecklistPersuasive