Morning Overview

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• Morning Overview
• Significant Changes to the Student Assessment
  Program
• 2012 Test Administration
• Test Security
• Scoring and Reporting
• Assessment Management System
• Test Materials and Shipping
• Assessment of English Language Learners

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• Afternoon Overview
• Assessment of Students Served by Special
  Education
• Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
• Daily Wrap-up / Questions Answers

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Please Note This training does NOT take the
place of reading the appropriate manuals.
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Question and AnswersPlease use parking lots
posted on walls.
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Significant Changes to the Texas Student
Assessment Program
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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• STAAR Standard-setting Activities and Report
  Dates
• STAAR (38), STAAR Spanish (35), STAAR L (38)
• Raw score reports April/May 2012
• Standard setting Fall 2012
• Results w/ standards applied January 2013
• STAAR EOC STAAR L EOC
• Standard-setting February 2012
• Results w/standards applied June 2012

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• STAAR Standard-setting Activities and Report
  Dates
• STAAR Modified
• Raw score reports June 2012
• Standard setting Fall 2012
• Results w/ standards applied January 2013
• STAAR Alternate
• Raw score reports May 2012
• Standard setting Fall 2012
• Results w/ standards applied January 2013

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Student Success Initiative (SSI)
• No grades 5 and 8 SSI retesting in 2012
• Standards will not be set until fall 2012
• Districts should use other relevant academic
  information to make
• promotion/retention decisions
• Assessments for Students Receiving Special
  Education Services
• Accommodated forms of STAAR are not available
• Format changes made to STAAR that are similar
  to
• TAKS (Accommodated)
• STAAR Modified and STAAR Alternate assessments
  available to
• students who meet participation requirements

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• STAAR Assessments for English Language Learners
  (ELLs)
• No exemptions for STAAR program
• STAAR L is a linguistically accommodated
  English version of
• STAAR for ELLs in grades 3 8 and on EOC who
  meet specific
• participation requirements
• STAAR Spanish is available for ELLs in grades 3
  5 who meet
• specific participation requirements
• ELLs not eligible for STAAR L or STAAR Spanish
  may be provided
• allowable linguistic accommodations on STAAR

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Scheduling Test Sessions
• Four-hour time limit policy and procedures
• Extra time or extra day accommodation available
  only to
• students who meet eligibility criteria
• Testing should end by the close of the regular
  school day
• (with exceptions for campuses testing more
  than one session)
• Make-up Testing
• Available for all grades, all subjects, and
  courses
• Available for all administrations

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Security Training for Testing Personnel
• Only one annual training in general test
  security and procedures
• required
• Oath requires signature and initials after
  training
• Optional Test Administration Materials and
  Procedures
• More allowable materials and procedures
  available to all students

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Testing Materials
• Grade 3 students record answers on separate
  answer document, not scoreable test booklet
• Separate test booklets and answer documents for
  each EOC
• subject area
• Manuals
• STAAR District and Campus Coordinator Manual
  (DCCM)
• STAAR Test Administrator Manuals
• - Grades 35
• - Grades 68
• - EOC

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• STAAR Grades 4 and 7 writing
• English I, English II, and English III
• Organization
• Test design
• Dictionary policy
• Time limits
• Duplication/photocopying

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Organization of grade 4 STAAR writing assessment
• Assessment split evenly over two days
• Day 1 First half of the multiple-choice
  questions and
• first composition
• Day 2 Second half of multiple-choice
  questions and
• second composition
• Field testing
• Both multiple choice questions embedded
• Mini stand-alone field test every three years
  to try out
• prompts

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Organization of grade 7 STAAR writing assessment
• Assessment split evenly over two days
• Day 1 All the multiple-choice questions and
• first composition
• Day 2 Second and third compositions
• Field testing
• Both multiple choice questions and prompt
  embedded

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Organization of English I, English II, and
  English III STAAR assessments
• Writing and reading assessed separately
• Writing component administered on Day 1
• Reading component administered on Day 2
• Scores reported separately for writing and
  reading
• Students retest only in the component they fail
• Both reading and writing field tests embedded
  in operational
• assessments

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Two-day design key test administration issues
• Grades 4 and 7 writing one test booklet with
  each day sealed
• separately
• English I, II, and III separate test booklets
  for writing and reading
• Answer documents
• Allowable space to write compositions and
  short-answer reading
• responses
• New dictionary policy
• 4-hour time limit (especially as it relates to
  compositions and
• short-answer reading responses)
• Duplication/photocopying of compositions and
  short-answer
• reading responses

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Mathematics and Science
• Reference materials
• Work space
• Calculators

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Reference Materials for Mathematics and Science
• Consists of formulas, constants, conversions,
  periodic table, etc.
• Are used for grades 38 mathematics, grade 8
  science, Algebra I,
• geometry, Algebra II, chemistry, and physics
• Are not used for grade 5 science or biology
• Will be embedded in the paper test booklets and
  perforated so
• students can tear them out
• Will be embedded in online tests as a pop-up
  window
• May be printed from the TEA website and
  distributed to students to
• use during paper and online testing

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Work Space for Mathematics and Science
• Paper tests will have blank space around test
  questions for students
• to make notes and perform calculations.
• Online tests will have new tools for making
  notes and performing
• calculations.
• Math tests will have graph paper embedded in
  the paper test
• booklets and perforated so students can tear
  it out.
• Online math tests will have a new pop-up window
  of graph paper.
• Campuses may print copies of the graph paper
  from the TEA website
• and distribute to students to use during paper
  and online testing.

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Policy and Procedure Highlights

• Calculators for Mathematics and Science
• A graphing calculator must be provided to each
  student taking the
• Algebra I, geometry, and Algebra II
  assessments.
• A scientific or graphing calculator must be
  provided to each student
• taking the chemistry and physics assessments.
• A calculator must be available for every five
  students taking the
• biology assessment.
• Will be embedded in online math tests as a
  pop-up window
• A calculator must not be provided to students
  taking the grades 38
• assessments unless eligibility criteria for an
  accommodation is met.

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• Test Administration
• Calendar
• Manuals
• STAAR Resources

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Texas Student Assessments

• New STAAR Assessments
• 2012 STAAR tests
• grades 38 mathematics
• grades 38 reading
• grades 4 and 7 writing
• grades 5 and 8 science
• grade 8 social studies
• End-of-course (EOC) twelve tests

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Texas Student Assessments

• New STAAR Assessments
• 2012 STAAR includes
• STAAR Spanish - grades 35
• STAAR L - grades 38
• - EOC
• STAAR Modified - grades 38
• - EOC (English I, Algebra I, biology,
  world geography, English II field test, and
  geometry field test)
• STAAR Alternate - grades 38
• - EOC (except Algebra II, physics, and
• chemistry)

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Texas Student Assessments

• TELPAS
• grades K 12 - all English language
  learners
• classified as limited English
• proficient (LEP)
• TAKS
• TAKS grades 10 11 exit - English language
  arts,
• mathematics, science, and social
  studies
• TAKS LAT - English language arts,
• - grade 10 eligible immigrant ELLs
  mathematics, and science
• TAKS exit level retest - English language
  arts,
• mathematics, science, and social
  studies

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http//www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id21475040
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2012 Calendar


Notice that 2012-2013 calendar is posted on
website and is available for comment until
January 13, 2012.
http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/cale
ndars/
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2012 Calendar

• Pointing out 2012 dates
• STAAR Alternate Window January 9April 20
• TAKS
• grades 10, 11, exit level retest March 5,
  March 7-9
• - Schedule affected by election
• - Ship scorables Monday, March 12
• TELPAS March 19April 11

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2012 Calendar

• Pointing out 2012 dates
• STAAR /STAAR Modified March 26-29
• - English I and III writing Monday
• - English I and III reading Tuesday
• - English II writing Wednesday
• - English II reading Thursday
• - Grades 4 and 7 writing Tuesday
  Wednesday
• - Grades 5 and 8 math Tuesday
• - Grades 5 and 8 reading Wednesday
• - ship scorables grades 4, 5, 7, 8
  Friday, March 30
• - ship scorables English I, II, III
  Monday, April 2

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2012 Calendar

• Pointing out 2012 dates
• TAKS
• grades 10, 11, exit level retest April 23
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• - ship scorables Monday, April 30
• STAAR/STAAR Modified April 24 27
• - ship scorables Wednesday, May 2
• STAAR/STAAR Modified EOC May 7-18
• - ship scorables Tuesday, May 22
• STAAR July 9 13
• - ship scorables Monday, July 16
• TAKS exit level retest July 9 12
• - ship scorables Monday, July 16

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2012 Manuals

• 2012 District and Campus Coordinator Manual
• - STAAR
• - TELPAS

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2012 Manuals

• Key Changes to the
• 2012 District and Campus Coordinator Manual
• Approximately half the length of last years
  coordinator manual
• DTC and CTC activities
• interwoven
• Limited to action items
• Supporting material moved to Web
• Notes column with live links

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2012 Manuals

• DCCM Design
• Enhancements
• Uniform style
• Streamlined and simplified
• content (bullet points and
• subheads)
• Action-oriented checklists
• embedded in text
• (also available on website)
• Activities are designated DC,
• CC, or DC/CC
• Notes column for jotting down information

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2012 Manuals

• DCCM Online
• Enhancements
• Icons indicate additional resources
• - Calendar of Events
• - additional information
  available online
• - TexasAssessment website
• - Coordinator Manual Resources
• Icons include live, light-blue links
  underneath them for accessing other resources

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2012 Manuals

• DCCM Resources Pages
• DCCM posted
• Online resources as noted in
• the "Notes" column of the
• DCCM
• Some materials available only online include
• - Checklists for STAAR and
• TELPAS administrators
• - Seating charts
• - Planning Checklist for Campus
  Coordinator Training
• - Diagram of shipping box
• contents

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2012 Manuals

http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/manu
als/dccm
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2012 Manuals

• STAAR Test Administrator Manuals
• Three Test Administrator Manuals
• - Grades 3-5
• - Grades 6-8
• - End-of-Course
• Include general information and
• test administration directions for
• STAAR, STARR Spanish, STAAR L,
• and STAAR Modified
• (STAAR Alternate, TELPAS, and TAKS manuals
  are separate)
• Will only be shipped once
• Due in districts by February 24, 2012

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2012 Manuals

• Test Administrator Manuals New Look
• New styles also applied to
• Test Administrator Manuals
• Fewer scripts covering multiple subjects and
  programs
• To accommodate some differences in programs, the
  new manual will use callout boxes

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2012 Manuals

• Test AdministratorManuals New Look
• Wider boxes have program-specific and subject
  specific instructions
• Please retain your manuals for use throughout the
  testing year!!

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2012 Manuals

TAKS - Grades 10 11 - Due in campuses by
January 13

• STAAR Alternate
• Available online
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/spe
  cial-ed/staaralt/manuals/

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STAAR Resources

• Test Administration
• www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar
• Optional Test Administration and Procedures
• - May be provided to any student based on
  his or her needs
• - Student must have experience with the
  specific procedure or
• material
• - Must have been determined effective in
  meeting student needs
• - May not require students to use them
• - Not intended for every student

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STAAR Resources

• Test Administration
• www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar
• STAAR Time Limits Policy and Procedures
• - Start and stop times
• - Test administrator SAY directions
• - Breaks
• - Lunch
• - Announcement of time to test
• - Late-arriving students

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• Test Security
• Resources
• New to Test Security
• Highlights

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Test Security Resources

• Test Security
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/secu
  rity/
• 2012 Test Security Supplement
• Launch of Web-based Texas Test Administrator
• Online Training Modules
• - www.TexasAssessment.com/TAonlinetraining
• PowerPoint from 2011 Assessment Conference
• - Tips for Conducting Thorough
  Investigations
• - Test Security Update

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New to Test Security

• Security Training
• all district and campus personnel who
  participate in state-
• mandated testing and/or handle secure test
  materials
• any person who has more than one testing role
  must receive
• training and sign an oath for each role
• only one training on general test security and
  administration
• procedures required for 2012 testing year
  (administration specific
• training must be provided)
• Oaths Superintendent, DTC, and CTC
• located in DCCM www.tea.state.tx.us/student.as
  sessment/security/oaths/
• superintendent signs at end of testing year
• DTC and CTC sign after training and at end of
  testing year
• return to Pearson at end of year

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New to Test Security

• Oaths Test Administrators, Materials Handlers,
  and
• Technology Support
• required to sign only one oath for 2012 testing
  year
• (exception STAAR Alternate and TELPAS)
• required to initial and sign oath only after
  training
• additional section to be signed for Viewing
  Secure Test Materials
• separate oaths for test administrators and
  technology staff
• located in Test Administrator Manuals (coming
  soon to online)

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New to Test Security

• STAAR Oaths Test Administrators, Materials
  Handlers, and Technology Support

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New to Test Security

• Student Cheating
• determined by districts
• IF cheating determined, district MUST
  invalidate (other) the test
• report discipline taken locally through the
  Locally Determined Disciplinary Action Form
  (online)
• http//www.txetests.com/DAF/index.asp

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New to Test Security

• Irregularities Procedural vs. Serious
• new terms
• simpler reporting procedures
• new online reporting form
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/s
  ecurity/incidents/
• documentation requirements differ for two types
  of irregularities
• district coordinators responsible for
  evaluating errors, determining
• the severity (type of error), and summarizing
  the incident

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New to Test Security

• Procedural Irregularities
• - reflect minor errors, minor deviations in
  testing
• - do not represent severe breaches in
  security or confidentiality
• - call to TEA not required unless guidance
  needed by the district
• - require an online incident report
  submission
• - require an accurate summary of event
• - do NOT require supporting documentation
• - must be submitted within ten working days

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New to Test Security

• Serious Irregularities
• - constitute severe violations of test
  security or confidentiality
• - can result in the individual(s)
  responsible being referred to the
• TEA Educator Certification and Standards
  Division for
• consideration of disciplinary action
• - must be reported to TEA as soon as
  coordinator is made aware
• of situation
• - coordinator responsible for
  investigating, filing incident report,
• and submitting required documentation in
  a timely manner

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2012 Highlights

• Seating charts
• - require start and stop times
• - record names of all assigned test
  administrators
• - districts keep for five years
• Honor statements
• - STAAR, STAAR L, and STAAR Modified EOC
  exams
• Maintain test security materials for 5 years
• - signed test administrator and technology
  staff oaths
• - seating charts
• Investigations

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2012 Scoring and Reporting

• Components of the 2012
• Texas Assessment Program
• State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness
  (STAAR)
• STAAR Spanish
• STAAR L
• STAAR Modified
• STAAR Alternate
• TAKS and TAKSM (grades 10 and exit level)
• Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment
  System (TELPAS)

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• Answer Documents
• STAAR, STAAR Spanish and STAAR L one combined
  answer document
• STAAR Modified separate answer document
• STAAR Alternate no answer documents should be
  submitted for students assessed with STAAR
  Alternate

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• Answer Documents
• (continued)
• Grade 3 answer document, not a scorable booklet
• Precoded labels EOC, Modified, and grade 4 and
  7 writing
• Precoded answer documents STAAR grades 3-8
  reading, mathematics, science, and social studies

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• Answer Documents
• (continued)
• TELPAS no answer documents should be submitted
  except in rare circumstances
• TAKS and TAKSM no changes from last year

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• Answer Documents
• (continued)
• Less score codes in STAAR!
• S tested
• A absent
• O other (illness, testing irregularity,
  EOC/above grade level, etc.)
• paper/online or STAAR/STAAR Modified
• NOTE For each subject area, only ONE score code
  should be gridded.

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• Answer Documents
• (continued)
• An score code is present on all STAAR and
  STAAR Modified answer documents that have two
  subject areas tested.
• NOTE For each subject area, only ONE score code
  should be gridded.

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• Answer Documents
• (continued)
• TEST TAKEN INFO field information about the
  test form (STAAR or STAAR L) and the language
  version (English or Spanish) must be recorded in
  this field.
• EN or SP for grades 3, 4, and 5
• Blank bubble for grades 6, 7, 8
• L bubble for math, science and social studies

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• Answer Documents
• (continued)
• For each subject area tested, only ONE bubble, if
  applicable, should be gridded in the TEST TAKEN
  INFO field to show which assessment the student
  was administered.
• Determine if the student is eligible for STAAR or
  STAAR L.
• Next, determine the language version of the
  assessment that the student will take (grades 3,
  4, and 5 only).
• Follow the same steps to grid the TEST TAKEN INFO
  field even if the student is absent from the test
  or illness/test irregularity occurs during
  testing.

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STAAR STAAR L
STAAR Modified
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STAAR English I, II, III
STAAR STAAR L Algebra II
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Precoding STAAR Grades 38

• March Grades 4, 5, 7, 8 Administration
• Submit for these grades only
• April Grades 38 Administration
• Submit only grades 3 6 other grades will be
  loaded from data submitted for March
  administration can download students and update
  if needed
• If a student will be testing one subject on grade
  level and one above grade level, the above grade
  level answer document will need to be hand
  gridded

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Precoding STAAR EOC

• There is NO PEIMS option for EOC all districts
  must submit a file or hand-grid/hand-enter
  information
• Records must indicate if the student will test
  online or on paper
• Districts will receive precoded labels for
  registered students that are designated as
  paper-mode testing
• Students designated as online testing will be
  registered into the online system
• Students taking STAAR L or STAAR Modified should
  be noted as paper-mode

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Precoding STAAR EOC (cont.)

• For March and May, records should be only for
  students with a STAAR EOC testing requirement for
  graduation (first enrolled in grade 9 and below
  in 20112012).
• The only exception should be for campuses that
  were selected to participate in mandatory testing
  for STAAR EOC. Those campuses will also submit
  records for students enrolled in grades 10, 11,
  and 12 (students with a TAKS graduation
  requirement).

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Precoding STAAR EOC (cont.)

• March English I, II, and III Administration
• Submit for English I, II, and III only
• May Administration
• Submit only for Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II,
  Biology, Chemistry, Physics, World Geography,
  World History, and U.S. History
• July Administration
• Pearson will load students who did not meet Level
  II Satisfactory according to mode specified by
  district (paper or online testing)

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• STAAR Scoring and Reporting
• NOTE Information presented is the current plan
  although we believe this plan will be
  implemeted as is in 2012, it could possibly
  change.
• A document will be posted in early 2012 with
  finalized plans.

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• STAAR Reporting
• EOC and 38 will have separate data files/reports
• All reports will be provided online in PDF format
• STAAR, STAAR Spanish, STAAR L, STAAR Modified,
  and STAAR Alternate will all be reported on the
  same file

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• STAAR Standard Reports
• Confidential Student Reports (CSRs)
• Confidential Student Labels
• Confidential Campus Rosters
• Campus and District Summary Reports (including
  phase-in)
• Data Files

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• STAAR Optional Reports (Formats)
• CSRs extra copy or PDF on CD-ROM
• Labels extra copy or no labels
• Rosters paper or PDF on CD-ROM
• Summaries paper or PDF on CD-ROM
• Data Files CD-ROM

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• EOC Reporting CSRs
• One page per subject
• Includes explanatory text (no parent brochures)
• PDF online
• Paper copies shipped to district
• Same data will be available in the student portal

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• EOC Reporting Labels
• Labels will be the same size as TAKS labels
• Will provide current administration results
• Up to eight rows (one row per assessment) per
  label
• Students will have two labels if takingmore than
  eight assessments

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• EOC Reporting Rosters
• One page per subject reading and writing on
  separate pages (English I, II, and III)
• Separate rosters for STAAR, STAAR L, STAAR
  Modified, and STAAR Alternate
• All Students and Students Not Achieving
  Satisfactory Performance
• PDF online

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• EOC Reporting Rosters (cont.)
• Student ID
• Scale Scores
• Performance Levels
• Achieved Minimum Score
• Level II Satisfactory at Initial Standard
• Level II Satisfactory at Final Standard
• Level III Advanced
• Reporting Category Results

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• EOC Reporting Summaries
• One page per subject writing, reading, and
  constructed responses on separate pages (English
  I, II, and III)
• Separate summaries for STAAR, STAAR L, STAAR
  Modified, and STAAR Alternate
• All Students only
• PDF online

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• EOC Reporting Summaries (cont.)
• Administration Summary
• Students Tested
• Absent
• Other
• Total
• Demographic/Program Information Groups
• Number of Students Tested

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• EOC Reporting Summaries (cont.)
• Passed ( and )
• Level II Satisfactory (and above)
• Level III Advanced (subset of Level II)
• Did Not Pass ( and )
• Level I Unsatisfactory (all students that did
  not pass)
• Achieved Minimum Score (subset of Level I)
• Average and of items correct for each
  reporting category by demographic group

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• English Writing Summary
• RC 4 broken out into two subcategories (one for
  each essay)

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• English Reading Summary
• RC 1 broken out into three subcategories (two
  short-answer items and multiple-choice items)

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• EOC Reporting Summaries (cont.)
• Constructed Responses Summary (English I, II, and
  III)
• One page for reading showing the distribution of
  score points for the reading open-ended items
• One page for writing showing the distribution of
  score points for the written compositions

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EOC Reporting Summaries (cont.)

• Phase-In Summary one for each content area
• Number and percent of students at Level II (and
  above) for the Initial Standard and Final
  Standard
• One each for STAAR, STAAR L, and STAAR Modified

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• EOC Reporting Data Files
• Two data files for EOC
• Administration data file will only have
  information for the administration being reported
  one record per student/assessment
• Will have student response information 1 for
  correct items and 0 for incorrect items
• Student Expectation information will beposted on
  TEA website

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• EOC Reporting Data Files (cont.)
• Cumulative History data file will have history
  and cumulative score information
• One record per student that tested during the
  administration with information about all 12
  subjects and cumulative score information for
  each content area
• First used in Summer 2012

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• EOC Reporting
• Cumulative information in the data portal
• TBD please provide any input that you have
• Who needs to have access?
• By student or groups of students?
• Send suggestions to Paul.Matzen_at_pearson.com

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EOC Reporting Data Availability

• First Phase Part One
• STAAR and STAAR L will have standards set
  performance levels will be reported
• STAAR Modified and STAAR Alternate will NOT have
  standards set until fall will only report raw
  score information for Alternate and information
  about which students tested for Modified

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EOC Reporting Data Availability

• First Phase Part One (cont.)
• For spring reporting, reports will first be
  available on or about Monday after the test
  window closes (May 21) this will include online
  testers and possibly some students that tested on
  paper and were submitted early by districts
• Rosters and data files

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EOC Reporting Data Availability

• First Phase Part One (cont.)
• Rosters and data files will continue to be
  provided
• Every 24-48 hours data will be reported for
  students that tested on paper in the order it was
  received
• The incremental rosters and data files will
  only include the students that were processed
  after the last group was reported

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EOC Reporting Data Availability

• First Phase Part Two
• When all documents for a district are processed,
  CSRs and summaries will be posted online, and a
  complete set of rosters and a complete data file
  will be posted
• CSRs and labels will be shipped to thedistricts
  along with any optional reports (formats) ordered
  (due in districts 6/8/12)

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EOC Reporting Data Availability

• Second Phase
• Late June Data files will be updated and
  reposted with possible information pertaining to
  AYP reporting
• STAAR Modified records will include raw score
  information

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EOC Reporting Data Availability

• Third Phase
• January 2013 after standards for STAAR Modified
  and Alternate are set, CSRs and labels will be
  sent to districts CSRs, rosters, summaries, and
  data files will be updated and posted

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting CSRs

• Not provided until standards are set (January
  2013)
• PDF online
• Paper copies shipped to district
• Same data will be available in the student
  portal

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Labels

• Same format as TAKS labels
• Will not receive labels until January 2013

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Rosters

• One page per subject
• Separate rosters for STAAR, STAAR Spanish, STAAR
  L, STAAR Modified, and STAAR Alternate
• All Students and Students Not Achieving
  Satisfactory Performance
• PDF Online

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38 Reporting Rosters (cont.)

• Same type of information available as for EOC
• Because standards will not be set initially, raw
  score will be reported instead of scale score
• STAAR Modified will initially only have
  information about which students tested and which
  ones did not

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Summaries

• One page per subject writing will also have a
  constructed responses page
• Separate summaries for STAAR, STAAR Spanish,
  STAAR L, STAAR Modified, and STAAR Alternate
• All Students Only
• PDF Online

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Summaries (cont.)

• Same type of information available as for EOC
• Because standards will not be set initially, raw
  score averages will be reported instead of scale
  score averages
• STAAR Modified will be reported by form no
  summaries until standards have been set

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38 Reporting Summaries (cont.)

• Phase-In Summary one for each grade
• Number and percent of students at Level II (and
  above) for the Initial Standard and Final
  Standard for each subject
• One each for STAAR, STAAR Spanish, STAAR L, and
  STAAR Modified

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Data File

• One data file for 38
• Similar type of information that was reported for
  TAKS
• Will have student response information 1 for
  correct items and 0 for incorrect items
• Student Expectation information will beposted on
  TEA website

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Data Availability

• First Phase
• When all documents for a district are complete,
  rosters, summaries, and data files will be posted
  online
• Only raw score information will be reported
  STAAR Modified will only haveinformation about
  which studentstested

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Data Availability

• Second Phase
• Updated data files will be provided online
• Will provide information pertaining to AYP
  reporting
• Will also provide updated STAAR Modified records
  with raw scores

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
38 Reporting Data Availability

• Third Phase
• January 2013 after standards are set for 38,
  CSRs and Labels will be sent to districts
• CSRs, rosters, summaries, and data files will be
  updated and posted online

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
Test Taken Information Changes

• A different process will be used for STAAR than
  for TAKS (TAKS will use the same process as in
  the past)
• Updates will be made through the Texas Assessment
  Management System
• An area within Test Results will be available
  to search for the student and make the
  appropriate updates
• Because this is a pilot year, there will be no
  charge for making Test Taken Information Changes
• Updated CSRs and data files will be provided
  online will be a charge if districts require
  hard copy updates

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
Score Code Changes

• A different process will be used for STAAR than
  for TAKS (TAKS will use the same process as in
  the past)
• Updates will be made through the Texas Assessment
  Management System
• An area within Test Results will be available
  to search for the student and make the
  appropriate updates
• Because this is a pilot year, there will be no
  charge for making Score Code Changes
• Updated CSRs and data files will be provided
  online will be a charge if districts require
  hard copy updates

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
Student Test Warning (Record Changes)

• A different process will be used for STAAR than
  for TAKS (TAKS will use the same process as in
  the past)
• Updates will be made through the Texas Assessment
  Management System
• An area within Test Results will list all of
  the students that require an update (update
  required because the student has invalid ID
  information PEIMS ID, name or DOB or the
  students PEIMS ID matches the student directory
  but the name/DOB do not)
• Warnings can be updated as soon as records are
  processed (do not need to wait until reports are
  produced)
• Updated CSRs and data files will be provided
  online (if the updates are made after the reports
  have been sent)

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2012 Scoring and Reporting
TAKS and TELPAS

• Same reports will be offered as in previous years
• In 2011, all TELPAS reports were offered online
  this will also occur for TAKS in 2012
• Record Changes, Test Taken Information Changes,
  and Score Code Changes done through SchoolHouse

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Texas AssessmentManagement System

• ESC Training
• January 2012

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Texas Assessment Management System

• Updates in the Texas Assessment Management
  System for 2012-2013
• STAAR Alternate tab and new Manage Teacher
  Assignments
• Sending files Student Data, Roster, and User
  Account files
• User roles and permissions
• Student directory and student registration data

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Texas Assessment Management System

• There are also updates to the teacher portal for
  2012-2013.
• All topics are in presentations from the
  conference and are located on the resources page
  of the Assessment Management System.
• http//www.texasassessment.com/tx_conference

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Texas Assessment Management System STAAR
Alternate Manage Teacher Assignments

• Updates include
• Changes in User Role Set-up
• Changes to Adding and Registering Students
• New process for linking teachers to students

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STAAR Alternate Manage Teacher Assignments
Changes in User Role Set-up The Alternate
Assessment Teacher role cannot be paired with a
District Testing Coordinator, Campus Testing
Coordinator, District Testing Assistant and
Alternate Assessment Assistant roles. The
Alternate Assessment Teacher role does not need
to be associated with registration groups of
students. Once the teacher is set-up, linking to
a student by subject is now completed in the new
Manage Teacher Assignments section in the STAAR
Alternate tab.
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STAAR Alternate Manage Teacher Assignments
Changes to Adding and Registering
Students When adding new students and
registering them for the 2012 STAAR Alternate
administration the user no longer has to create
or add them to a registration group to link to an
alternate assessment teacher. Additionally,
students in grades 3-8 will have the subject
assignments made automatically. The subjects will
have to be chosen for students in grades 9-12.
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STAAR Alternate Manage Teacher Assignments
New process for linking teachers to
students Alternate assessment teachers are
linked to the students and subjects using the new
Manage Teacher Assignments section of the new
STAAR Alternate tab. For all registered students
the user can assign assessment subjects and link
teachers to students by assessment subject from
this new tab.
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STAAR Alternate Manage Teacher Assignments
Additional information covered in the STAAR
Alternate training presentation includes changing
a registered students campus and/or grade. This
can occur as a result of electing to have Pearson
roll over the TAKS-Alt registered students for
the STAAR Alternate administration. It also
includes how to handle students that move
campuses or districts during the test window.
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User Roles and Permissions
New assistant roles have been added for
delegation flexibility District Testing
Assistant District User Account Assistant
Student Data Assistant Test Setup Assistant
Alternate Assessment Assistant Also Mark Test
Complete can be added to roles that do not
already have that ability.
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Send File Processes

• Updates to the file processes include
  enhancements to
• Send student data
• Send roster data
• Send user account data

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Send File Processes Student Data File

• There are two new options for the send student
  data process.
• Validation Only
• Send student data for Validation Only is used to
  identify errors before the registration window is
  open. Students will not be registered
• Student Directory Only
• Send student data for Directory Only is used to
  add students to the directory so they can be
  added to Rostered Groups.

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Send File Processes Roster File

• New for the roster file process is the ability to
  request a roster group file. New actions
  available with the roster group file are
• Remove Student matches on Group Name and PEIMS
  ID and removes student
• Rename Group matches on Group-Name-Current and
  renames group to Group-Name
• Delete Group matches on Group-Name and removes
  students from group and deletes group

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Send File Processes User Account File

• Updates include
• Forgot password/user ID
• Updating accounts through file submission
• Locking and Deleting accounts
• Expired accounts

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Send File Processes User Account File
If the user forgets their user ID or password
they can use the link on the log in page to have
that user ID emailed to them or to reset their
password.
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Send File Processes User Account File
The user can submit user account files to perform
user account maintenance including -
Updating e-mail address - Authorizing
organizations/classes - Editing roles
- Locking/unlocking accounts - Updating
start/end dates - Deleting accounts This
information is explained in the Users Guide for
the Texas Assessment Management System, section
Creating a User Account File
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Send File Processes User Account File
All Alternate Assessment Teacher and TELPAS
Rating Entry Assistant accounts have been locked
until the DTC can verify the user has
successfully completed training. The DTC will
need to unlock those accounts when the test
windows open. Additionally, accounts set-up last
year may have expired preventing the user from
logging into the system. The DTC will need to
reset the end date for those accounts.
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Student Directory and Student Registration Data

• There are 3 levels of data for a student in the
  Assessment Management System.
• Student directory (PEIMS demographic) data
• Student administration registration data
• Student test data

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Student Directory Data
Because assessment data is retained, students are
not removed from the directory when they graduate
or otherwise withdraw from Texas schools.
Enrollment is not removed when a student is
promoted from Elementary School to Middle School.
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Student Directory Data
Permanent and Temporary Students A Permanent
student is one who is already in the Student
Directory, either from the student assessment
history or a PEIMS snapshot. A Temporary student
is a student who did not already exist in the
Student Directory. For reference, see the
Student Directory Overview document available on
the Resources page of TexasAssessment.com.
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Data Sources
Student Directory Data
October PEIMS snapshots Send Student Data or
manually adding students within the Assessment
Management System Assessment data from
completed test administrations
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Student Directory Data
Districts can update Student Directory data
during Record Changes / Student Test Warnings
process. Districts can correct a
students PEIMS-ID (for suspect records
only) LAST-NAME, FIRST-NAME MIDDLE-INITIAL and
DATE-OF-BIRTH.
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Student Administration Registration Data

• At Registration-level
• Grade
• Administration Demographics (Demographics left
  blank will initially default from the Directory
  when Sending Student Data)
• Registered Group
• Assigned Tests

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Student Test Data

• At Test-level
• Accommodations
• Score Code
• Format
• Do Not Report
• Do Not Report Reason

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Teacher Portal

• New Manage Teacher Directory
• Link Teachers to PEIMS classes
• Export Teacher file
• Teacher Home
• View Rostered Groups and PEIMS Classes
• A training module for district coordinators
  showing how to use the new Manage Teacher
  Directory is at http//www.TexasAssessment.com/tra
  ining

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Available Resources

• Assessment Management System Resources
• There are many sources of support for the Texas
  Assessment Management System. All support
  documentation and resources can be found on the
  Support page of the Texas Assessment website.
  There you will find
• User's Guide for the Texas Assessment Management
  System located on the Resources page of the Texas
  Assessment website at http//www.TexasAssessment.
  com/guide
• Guide to the Student Portal of the Texas
  Assessment Management System
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Support Center Information
• If you have questions about the Assessment
  Management System, you can call Pearsons Austin
  Operations Center at 800-627-0225 (MondayFriday,
  730 AM530 PM, Central Time) to talk to a
  support specialist.
• E-mail Information
• To contact system support personnel, email
  TxPearsonAccess_at_support.pearson.com.

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Test Materials and Shipping Update
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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools Available
• Distribution Model
• Additional Orders

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools
• Advance Letters/Materials List
• Available online at http//www.TexasAssessment.com
  /login
• E-mails will be sent to district testing
  coordinators as soon as the documents are posted
  to the website above

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• Advance Letters/Materials List, Cont.
• Instructions for accessing can be found in the
  Users Guide for the Texas Assessment Management
  System located under Resources at
  http//www.TexasAssessment.com

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• Advance Letters/Materials List, Cont.
• District Level
• Available approximately one month before each
  test administration
• Quantities listed show district totals including
  district overage
• Numbers are based directly on the participation
  counts submitted during the fall and January
  update periods

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• Advance Letters/Materials List, Cont.
• Campus Level
• Quantities show number of materials being shipped
  for individual campuses
• Numbers are based directly on the participation
  counts submitted during the fall and January
  update periods

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• Advance Letters/Materials List, Cont.
• Campus Level, Cont.
• Can be downloaded individually by campus and
• forwarded electronically OR
• printed and distributed by campus
• Use to compile list of additional materials
  needed for each campus and the entire district

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• White Boxes
• First box in shipment will always be white
• Easy to find
• Contains packing lists
• Contains District Coordinator Packets

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• Schools Boxed Separately
• Schools will always be boxed separately from one
  another
• No need to open at district office
• Forward directly to school to inventory
• Exceptions very small schools

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Test Materials

• Aids/Tools, Cont.
• Packing Lists
• Packing lists indicate materials in each box
• Detailed materials descriptions
• Pallet Detail Report indicates box numbers and
  the number of boxes for each campus

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Test Materials

• Distribution Model
• All initial distributions are combined shipments
  NEW for 2012
• Nonsecure and secure materials are packed
  together in one shipment
• Precoded materials will be shipped separately for
  most administrations

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Test Materials

• Distribution Model (cont.)
• Precoded materials for all retest administrations
  will arrive in the shipment of testing materials,
  not as a separate shipment
• Important Reminder
• Precoding files have no impact or connection to
  the quantity of materials shipped to a district
  or campus. Distribution numbers are based
  directly on the participation counts submitted
  during the fall and January update periods

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders
• Must be submitted via the online system
• Access through the Texas Assessment Management
  System website at http//www.TexasAssessment.com/
  login
• Instructions for accessing the system can be
  found in the Users Guide for the Texas
  Assessment Management System located in the
  Resource section of the website listed above

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders, Cont.
• Many items will be available in packages
• Read order form carefully to ensure ordering the
  right amount of material
• Assessment Management System allows districts to
  view and track all orders

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders, Cont.
• E-mails containing shipping information will
  continue to be sent out the day after the order
  leaves Pearson
• Back-order capability for items temporarily
  out-of-stock

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders, Cont.
• Braille orders
• New process for 2012
• 2012 Braille Ordering broadcast email sent to
  districts on November 7th, 2011
• Posted under Communications in the Resource
  section of the Assessment Management System
  website

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders, Cont.
• Braille orders. Cont.
• Deadline to submit initial orders for 2012 Spring
  administrations was November 30, 2011
• Districts will have an opportunity order
  additional materials and change braille order
  information during an update period before each
  administration
• Deadline for updating orders for braille for the
  March administrations is February 20, 2012

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders, Cont.
• When To Order
• As early as possible
• Review the Advance Letter and Materials List as
  soon as it is available
• Distribute Campus Materials Lists to individual
  campuses for their review
• Fill shortages from district overage materials
  first

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Test Materials

• Additional Orders, Cont.
• When To Order, Cont.
• Compile additional district needs and submit one
  order per test administration
• Do NOT wait until the materials have arrived and
  been inv