Best Practices

Forum

2017 – 2018

Best Practices Forum

Updates

2

STAAR Alternate 2 and TELPAS

Online Testing

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PearsonAccessnext

Updates

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PearsonAccessnext Chat

Chat coming soon!

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Texas PearsonAccessnext Online User Guide

Texas-specific

New! Online User’s Guide coming soon

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PearsonAccessnext Training Site

New Infrastructure Trial Administration

Available

Headset Test form to test headsets for

TELPAS Listening and Speaking

Infrastructure Trial form to practice test set

up and for students to become familiar with

TestNav

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TELPAS Headset Test From TestNav App

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Headset Requirements

http://texasassessments.com/uploads/

unified-system-reqs.pdf

STAAR Alternate 2 and TELPAS

Updates

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STAAR Alternate 2 Key Dates

Activity Date*

Enrollment Collection Oct 23 – Nov 10

Student data submission (student registration) Jan 10 – Apr 24

Materials list posted online Mar 2

Additional order window Mar 2 – Apr 13

Materials due in district Mar 5 – Mar 9

Preview window Mar 19 – Mar 30

STAAR Alternate 2 Assessment window Apr 2 – 20

Verification window Apr 23 – Apr 24

Deadline for Ordering Additional Reports Apr 24

Districts return all STAAR Alternate 2 materials Apr 27

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* These are draft dates and will not be final until the Calendar of Events is finalized.

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Enter STAAR Alternate 2 Student Responses

Creating test sessions no longer required!

From Testing > Student Tests, select

student(s) and check “Update Student Test

Details” and “Enter Student Tests”

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TELPAS Key Dates

Activity Date*

Data collection option Nov 13 – Dec 15

District Receive TELPAS Rater and Test Administrator

manuals

Jan 4 – Jan 8

Student data submission (student registration) Jan 10 – Apr 6

Test session setup begins Jan 10

Proctor Caching Available Feb 19

TELPAS assessment window Feb 26 – Apr 6

Deadline for ordering Additional Reports Apr 6

Districts Return TELPAS Materials Apr 16

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* These are draft dates and will not be final until the Calendar of Events is finalized.

TELPAS window extended one week!

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Online multiple-choice reading

test with shorter blueprint

Listening and speaking test now

online

Student writing collections still

holistically-rated

TELPAS Grades 2-12 Updates

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TELPAS Training Center

Testing coordinators no longer required

to print certificates

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Grade 2-12 raters only calibrate in the

domain of writing

Each training course has a practice

activity outside of the modules

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Educator Guide to TELPAS

15

Updated for 2017- 2018 to reflect

the changes in the test design

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TELPAS Tutorials

New TELPAS tutorials will be released in January

http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/ell/telpas

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TELPAS Alternate

New TELPAS Alternate being developed for

potential pilot study in 2018-2019

Online Testing Updates

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TestNav Updates

Chrome TestNav app updated 8/29/17

Can be used for TELPAS reading and

listening & speaking online tests!

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TestNav Updates

New download.testnav.com page

Auto-detects TestNav compatibility

Resources and Support

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Online resource tool

Avocet

avocet.pearson.com/TX/Home

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Upcoming Training

On-site STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS,

and Online Testing Training

Tentative dates in February, invitations

forthcoming

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Support

Pearson Customer Support

Phone: 800-627-0225

TEA Student Assessment Division

Phone: 512-463-9536

Chat feature coming soon!