2011 EOC Geometry Assessment(Field Test)

Procedural Training

OPERATIONAL EOC & FIELD TESTING EOC Assessments will be administered both online

and via a paper-based administration. HB 3, passed in 2009, authorizes TEA to collect

data through the administration of EOCs in order to establish performance standards prior to the first high-stakes administrations in spring 2012.

EOC Assessments measure a student’s mastery of statewide curriculum, the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)

VMA selected to participate in the following: English I - April 6 & 7, 2011 - paper administration

Day 1 - Writing Day 2 - Reading

Physics - May 11, 2011 - paper administration Geometry - May 24, 2011 - online administration

ELIGIBILITY FOR EOC ASSESSMENTS Online - maximum number of

students required to test - 350 Paper - all eligible students

enrolled in the course are required to test

Special Education. - all students who take the TAKS

Oral administration is not available for the English I EOC

Oral administration is available for Geometry and Physics

Students with accommodations that would invalidate the assessment are not required to participate

ARD committees are not required to convene to determine test placement at this time

LEP - all students except first-year immigrants granted an exit level LEP postponement or LEP exemption from the 2011 spring TAKS

EOC RESULTS*There will be no “student results” because the passing standards have not been set.

Districts will receive raw scores only, and not by individual

student.

*No performance results for students, campuses, districts,

or the state will be provided for any EOC assessment.

Test Security & Confidentiality Requirements TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B

EOC Assessments are secure including field tests. 19 TAC 101

ALL test materials must be handled in strict accordance with the instructions contained in the test administrator manual.

Each person with access to test materials must maintain and preserve the security and confidentiality of ALL tests.

Student information used or obtained in the administration of these assessments is confidential.

Each person with access to student information must maintain and preserve the confidentiality of this information.

A 2011 Oath of Test Security and Confidentiality for Test Administrators (General) has been signed and filed.

All requirements apply. (active monitoring, range of penalties, obligation to report any suspected violations)

Test Security & Confidentiality Requirements

UNAUTHORIZED VIEWING, DISCUSSION, DUPLICATION,

OR SCORING OF SECURE TEST MATERIALS IS NOT PERMITTED AT ANY TIME.

ORAL ADMINISTRATION

No person may record confidential test content, write notes, perform calculations, solve test items, or place any other marks in a test booklet

Provide allowable accommodations and be aware of different levels of reading support

Nonverbal assistance may not be provided

Test administrators should read sample items in the same manner as he/she would read test questions

Reading support includes test questions, answer choices, charts, tables, graphics, the state supplied mathematics or science charts, and allowable or approved supplemental aids

Test administrators must not rephrase, clarify, or interpret any test content

Voice inflection must be kept neutral (words that are boldfaced, italicized, or printed entirely in capital letters must be emphasized)

Required Material for Testing Student authorizations which contain the

information that students need to access an online test. (generated and printed one day before the test and stored in a secure location - campus testing coordinator will print authorization letters)

Scratch paper and graph paper (must be collected when testing is completed for the day - must be destroyed if students wrote or made notes on material)

Two #2 pencils with erasers per student One scientific or graphing calculator per student

(Geometry reference material will be provided.)

Online Administration Directions2011 Geometry EOC Test Administration

DirectionsManual (pages 5 - 9) Give students all the time they need to respond

to each test question. Before reading the administration directions

aloud verbatim, distribute the required material.

You may repeat the directions as many times as needed.

The information in italics is meant for the test administrator and should not be read aloud to the students.

Test Procedures for 5/24/2011 8:15 A.M. - Report to assigned room

Seating chart must be completed If a student is moved to another testing room, it must be

done online and a new seating chart must be completed 8:15 - 8:25 A.M. - students are reporting to the testing

room 8:25 - 8:35 A.M.

Allow students to go to the restroom Pick up all backpacks & cell phones (items may be

returned to students as they complete the test and are sent back to their regularly scheduled classes)

Place “Testing Do Not Disturb” sign outside door Use “Help” sign & Nurse/Bathroom passes as needed Pass out all test material (authorization letters,

scratch/graph paper, pencils/highlighters, calculators) 8:35 - 8:45 A.M. - Mr. Rodriguez will address students in

each testing area Begin test directions as soon as Mr. Rodriguez has

finished addressing your students 9:00 A.M. - Tape attendance roster outside the door 11:10 A.M. - Pause all testing (secure room) 11:15 A.M. - LUNCH - Test Administrators & Monitors

will line students up and walk them to the cafeteria

Test Procedures Continued 11:20 - 12:00 P.M. - Lunch for Test

Administrators 11:30 - 11:55 A.M. - Monitors will remain with

students during their lunch to ensure they do not talk about the test.

11:55 A.M. - Monitors will walk students back to their testing room.

12:00 - 12:40 P.M. - Lunch for monitors who are teachers

12:00 - 1:00 P.M. - Lunch for counselors Turn in all test material and SIGN BOTTOM

OF OATH with N. L. Espinoza in her office Remember to:

Collect authorization lettersCollect ALL scratch paper & graph paper

MATERIALS FOR RETURN

Place highlighters and pencils in baggies Nurse & Bathroom passes Return the following material

“Help” sign, Nurse / Bathroom passes “Testing Do Not Disturb” sign Seating Chart Authorization letters Scratch paper & graph paper Calculators Test Administrator’s Manual Sign Section 2 of Test Specific Oath Oral Administrators will need to sign Section 3

of Test Specific Oath

INDIVIDUAL EMERGENCIES

Occasionally a student may need to leave for a brief time. No testing

material may be taken from the testing room. If student returns, the Campus Testing Coordinator, and test administrator involved will determine

whether confidentiality has been maintained and if the student should

continue testing. If the student cannot continue testing, campus & district

administration will determine whether the student’s answer document should

be coded “S” score, or “O” other.

SCHOOL EMERGENCIES

If a campus emergency takes place (example - Fire Alarm) you will leave

the tests where they are and go quietly outside, following campus procedures

for exiting the building. The safety of you and the students are a

priority. The test administrator and all other personnel MUST closely

monitor their testing groups to make sure that no one discusses the test. The student should resume testing

once the building has been cleared for reentry.

EOC INFORMATION Detailed EOC Testing Procedures and seating

chart have been provided to you in your boxes Refer to Administrative & Procedural Training

PowerPoint (General) located in the VMA campus website under Testing Information (TAKS) - (General Test Security and Confidentiality Information, preparing the testing room, active monitoring, lunch, cell phone use, individual emergencies, changing testing rooms, etc.)

Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:30 A.M. - Geometry EOC Mandatory Training for Online Administration in Rm. C121

Wednesday, May 24, 2011 - Geometry EOC Administration (B117,C121, C128, D121, Library Computer Lab)

EOC Test Administration Directions Manual and this PowerPoint are located on our campus website -Testing Information (EOC)

TEST ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES

This PowerPoint is not a substitute for reading the EOC General Testing Administration &

Test Administration Directions Manuals. These manuals are available online.

Enter the VMA website, click on Testing Information, then click

on the tab labeled EOC.