State Assessment of Students with Disabilities and No Child Left Behind

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TIPS for Assessment Administrators
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Keep in mind
Accurate scoring depends on getting accurate
information
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• Student Responses

Responses MUST be transferred from assessment
booklet to students answer document
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• Student Responses

If answers are NOT on answer document, student
will be considered NOT ASSESSED
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• Transferring Responses

Use a No. 2 pencil
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Scanning equipment cannot pick up ink pens or
markers
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• Student Answer Documents

Do NOT put the answer documents INSIDE students
assessment booklets
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• Student Answer Documents

MI-Access answer documents MUST be put in Teacher
Return Envelope to be scanned and scored
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• Assessment Validity

BOTH PAA and SAA scores MUST be filled in on the
students answer document for assessment to be
valid
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• Grade and Form Number

The correct grade AND form number MUST be filled
in on the students answer document
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• Grade and Form Number

Determines which answer key is used to score the
assessment
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• Unused Answer Documents

Return unused answer documents with UNUSED
MATERIALS
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DO NOT put in Teacher Return Envelope
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• Damaged Answer Documents

Return damaged answer documents with UNUSED
MATERIALS
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Replace with a blank answer document
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• Preprinted Information

ONLY students whose preprinted information
appears on the answer document may use it
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• Preprinted Information

If student is no longer in school building a NEW
barcode label may be placed OVER previous
preprinted information
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• Preprinted Information

If student is no longer in school building do
NOT cross out preprinted names and write in new
ones
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• Teacher ID Sheet

ONLY assessment administrators receiving student
results complete the Teacher ID Sheet
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• Teacher ID Sheet

MUST record number of Student Answer Documents
being submitted, NOT number of students in
classroom
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• MI-Access Assessments

Students taking MI-Access for ALL content areas
MUST take the same MI-Access assessment in those
content areas
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• MI-Access Assessments

Do NOT mix and match assessments
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• READ THE MANUAL

how assessments are designed
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how they should be administered
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how to distribute, use, and return assessment
materials
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