Reading Proficiency Tests in English (RPTE)

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Reading Proficiency Tests in English (RPTE)

• February 9, 2007

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• This training does not take the place of
• reading the appropriate manuals

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General Information RPTE

• RPTE measures English reading ability according
  to a language proficiency continuum that is based
  on the stages of language development of second
  language learners (p. 309).
• RPTE testing schedule should be as uniform as
  possible (I will be calling TEA for
  clarification on this)
• Date of RPTE II Field Test March 9th
• Date of RPTE live administration March 27th
• TELPAS turn in March 29th
• Every effort should be made to provide make-up
  administrations for students who are absent from
  RPTE on the scheduled day of testing

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General Information RPTE

• RPTE II will be implemented in the spring of 2008
• RPTE II will add a grade 2 assessment (grade span
  will be 2-12)
• RPTE II will be exclusively online in spring 2009

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General Information RPTE

• Grade clusters for RPTE and RPTE II

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RPTE II Field Test

• RPTE II field testing will occur with embedded
  items in the live RPTE test administration and
  online
• BISD schools were selected for online RPTE II
  field testing
• Information for administering these field tests
  will be provided to testing coordinators, test
  administrators, and technology staff via the
  Texas State Assessments website at
  http//etest.pearson.com/customers/Texas/eoct/txeo
  ct
• Grade 2 students will field test RPTE II online
  but will also be required to be rated for reading
  proficiency through TOP Observation Protocol

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing

• Both paper and online field testing will occur
  this spring during the TELPAS administration
  window.
• Paper field testing will occur much the same way
  as last year (embedded items in Grades 312 RPTE
  test booklets separate Grade 2 field-test
  booklet).

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing

• The paper booklets will be configured as they
  were last year to enable RPTE I to be
  administered and field-test data on RPTE II to be
  collected.
• The RPTE answer documents will match the
  configuration of the test booklets.

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing

• A mandatory, separate online field test will
  occur for Grades 212. Statewide, about 1/3 of
  the LEP students in these grades have been
  selected to participate.
• The selected students in Grades 312 will take
  their RPTE test on paper and also the online
  field test.

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Spring 2007 RPTE II Field Testing

• For Grade 2, LEP students not selected to
  participate in the online field test will take
  the paper Grade 2 field test. Grade 2 students
  will not take both a paper and online field test.

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RPTE II Online Field Testing

• Students who will not take the online field test
• ARD-exempt LEP students served by special
  education
• 2nd semester immigrant students deemed by
  the LPAC to read virtually no English
• visually impaired students served by special
  education or under Section 504 who need a
  braille or large-print test (These are not
  available for field tests.)

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RPTE II Field Testing, Grade 2

• The fact that there is a statewide Grade 2 field
  test does not mean second graders will not be
  assessed in TOP reading.
• Second graders will be rated for TOP in all
  domains, as in the past. The rating of TOP
  reading will be discontinued when RPTE II is
  implemented in spring 2008.

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RPTE II Field Testing, Grade 2

• Grade 2 paper booklets will be shipped regardless
  of whether the paper or online version of the
  Grade 2 field test is being administered.
• In both cases, the student identification
  information, TOP score code, and TOP rating
  information must be filled in on the cover of the
  paper booklet.

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Online Field Test Administration Materials

• Administration materials for the RPTE II online
  field test will be posted at http//etestTX.com.

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Testing AccommodationsRPTE

• Allowable Accommodations
• Signing/Translating Oral Instructions
• Colored Overlay/Place Marker/Magnifying Device
• Small-Group/Individual Administration
• Large Print/Braille
• Methods of Response

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• Nonallowable Accommodations
• The student may not receive any reading
  assistance
• The student may not use English-language or
  foreign-language reference materials
• Test items and reading selections must not be
  translated
• Test questions, answer choices, and selections
  may not be rephrased or clarified
• Other accommodations that would invalidate the
  test are prohibited

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RPTE Eligibility Requirements

• LEP students in grades 3-12, including LEP
  students with parental denials, are required to
  take RPTE
• LEP students served by SPED
• Second Semester Immigrants
• RPTE eligibility requirements and exceptions
  above apply to the grade 2 field test, except
  documentation requirements for ARDs

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Receiving Materials

• Verify number of test booklets and answer
  documents
• Do not break open sealed packages when you
  receive the materials
• Verify that the quantity of booklets in each
  package matches the quantity indicated on the
  white form by counting the booklets through the
  plastic
• Verify the nine-digit security number range
  stated on each white form matches the range of
  numbers on the packing list

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Scenarios

• Situations
• Failure to record all answers
• General statement Please check to be sure you
  have filled in your answers on the answer
  document.

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Designate and Train RPTE TA (Grades 2-12)

• 130 ratio
• RPTE TAs should be professionals or under the
  supervision of professionals who hold valid
  education credentials such as Texas educator
  certificates and permits which may include
• Teachers
• Counselors
• Librarians
• Substitute teachers
• Other professional educators

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• Distribute RPTE TA manuals before training
• Train all RPTE TAs by March 2
• Instruct TAs to read the TA oath of test security
  and confidential integrity and the section titled
  Test Security and Confidential Integrity in the
  RPTE TA manual
• TAs must sign the oath before handling secure
  materials
• TAs and monitors are required to have had annual
  training in general testing procedures as well as
  procedures unique to RPTE

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Arrange Testing Rooms and Organize Materials

• Rooms should be well lighted, well ventilated,
  quiet, and comfortable
• Students should have enough space and be
  sufficiently separated
• Testing-Do Not Disturb sign should be on the
  door

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Arrange Testing Rooms and Organize Materials

• Bulletin boards and instructional displays that
  might aid students during testing must be covered
  or removed
• RPTE tests are not timed
• Plan to move students who need extra time to
  another testing room if necessary
• No school activities that would interfere with
  testing conditions or timing should be scheduled
• Students who are absent on their scheduled day of
  testing should be given a make-up test before
  March 30th.

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Receive Shipment of Secure Test Materials

• Secure shipment of TELPAS materials contains RPTE
  test booklets
• You will received grade 2 RPTE booklets whether
  you administer the paper Gr. 2 field test or the
  online version
• Inventory the secure materials and confirm you
  received the right number and sequence of
  booklets
• Do not open the plastic packages when you receive
  the materials
• Verify the nine-digit security number range
  stated on each white form matches the range of
  numbers on the packing list
• Order additional materials as soon as possible
• Notify the district testing coordinator
  immediately if a discrepancy exists in the counts
• Keep all secure testing materials in locked
  storage

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Precoded Labels and Answer Documents

• Precoded labels for grades 2 and 3
• Precoded answer document for grades K-1 and 4-12
• Verify precoded information
• Instructions for correction of student name/PEIMS
  identification number

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• Hand-gridding scorable test booklets and blank
  answer documents
• It is strongly recommended that the scorable test
  booklet covers and answer documents be gridded
  prior to test administrations. If they are not,
  the students name must be printed on the booklet
  or answer document prior to testing
• Verification of student data elements
• Appendix A

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Score Codes

• No score code for Gr. 2 RPTE II field test
• Score code for RPTE
• A
• N
• X
• O
• S
• Failure to mark the appropriate score code may
  result in a score of zero for the student.
• If student is ARD-exempt or a second semester
  immigrant who is a non-English reader, the
  students score code must be marked X or N,
  not A

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Additional Codes

• Rater Info.
• OP Code
• Large Print
• Agency Use
• DAEP Coding
• Grade
• Should reflect the students enrolled grade

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Years in US Schools

• Crucial for accountability
• 2nd semester
• 1st semester
• Two years
• Three years
• Four years
• Five or more years

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RPTE Materials

• Utilize the materials control form
• Once RPTE is administered answer documents and
  scorable RPTE booklets are secure and can not be
  checked out
• All RPTE test materials assigned must be returned
  after the testing session

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Materials for RPTE Testing Sessions

• Grades 2 and 3
• Two no. 2 pencils with erasers per student
• One scorable test booklet per student
• Grades 4-12
• Two no. 2 pencils with erasers per student
• One test booklet per student
• One answer document per student
• One answer document for demonstration purposes
• The total number of test booklets distributed to
  each test administrator should not be more than
  the number of students he or she will be testing

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Ensure Proper RPTE Testing Procedures

• You and your principal are responsible for
  ensuring that all eligible LEP students on your
  campus are assessed
• You and your principal are responsible for test
  security on your campus
• A test administrator who has been trained must be
  in the testing room at all times

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• Ratio 130
• No reference materials
• No scratch paper
• TAs are not allowed to require students to mark
  their answers in their test booklets and then
  transfer them to the answer document
• Students may use highlighters and colored pencils
  in non-scorable booklets
• SPED students may use a highlighter if it is
  documented in the students IEP. The students
  scorable test booklet will need to be transcribed

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• Students must remain seated during testing
• Before a student leaves the testing room, the TA
  must inspect the complete answer document to be
  sure the student has bubbled in his or her
  answers as instructed. You have not recorded all
  of your answers on the answer document. Please do
  so now.
• RPTE is untimed and students should be allowed as
  much time as necessary to complete the test
• Each student must be allowed to work at his or
  her own pace
• Every effort should be made to administer a
  make-up test to students who are absent on the
  scheduled day of testing

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• Transcriptions
• Answering Questions
• I cant answer that for you just do the best
  you can.
• TAs cannot
• translate test questions into another language
• rephrase or add information to questions
• discuss test questions with anyone before,
  during, or after testing or
• score test items or discuss with students how
  they performed

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• Breaks
• Lunch
• Cell Phone Use
• Emergencies
• Changing Testing Rooms

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BISD Cell Phone Policy

• Communicate through a letter before the test date
  that cell phones are not allowed in testing
  environment
• Request students turn-in their phones before
  testing begins
• Have teachers turn off or leave cell phones out
  of the classroom
• If a cell phone rings, phone will be confiscated
  and student will be referred to the assistant
  principal
• School administration will investigate to
  determine if test security or confidential
  integrity has been compromised

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Collecting RPTE TA Materials

• Verify no grades 4-12 answer documents have been
  left inside nonscorable test booklets
• Verify that all test booklets and answer
  documents are accounted for
• You are responsible for locating any missing
  testing booklets

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Scorable

• Used grades K-1 and 4-12 answer documents
• Used grades 2 and 3 scorable test booklets
• Voided grades K-1 and 4-12 answer documents
• Voided grades 2 and 3 scorable test booklets
• Note TELPAS answer documents and scorable test
  booklets with any score code marked must be
  returned with the scorable materials for scoring
  or scanning
• Follow procedures on p. 400-406

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Non-Scorable

• Grades 4-12 RPTE test booklets grouped by grade
  cluster
• Unused grades 2 and 3 scorable RPTE test booklets
• Unused or voided precoded labels
• Unused or voided ID sheets
• Unused answer documents
• Typed or tape-recorded materials

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• Materials that do NOT need to be returned
• unused paper bands
• coordinator manuals
• coordinator packets
• RPTE test administrator manuals
• TOP rater manuals
• packing lists or packing cover sheets

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