SESSION 1ACHIEVEMENT TESTING PRE-TEST TRAININGAchievement District Test Coordinator Responsibilities

AzMERIT and AIMS Science

School Year 2015-2016

Overview for Achievement TestsAzMERIT and AIMS Science

Test Calendar 2015-2016

AzMERIT

• Aligned to Arizona’s K-12 Academic Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics

• Available in Computer-Based-Test (CBT) and Paper-Based-Test (PBT)

• Vendors • American Institutes for Research (AIR)• Measurement Incorporated (MI)

AzMERIT

• Grades 3 – 8• ELA• Reading and Writing

• Math

AzMERIT

• End-of-Course (EOC)• High School level courses• ELA • ELA 9, ELA 10, ELA 11

• Math• Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II

AIMS Science

• Students in Grades 4 and 8• High School Students in Cohorts 2018 or 2019

• Aligned to Arizona Academic Content Standard for Science• High school level aligned to Strands 1-4

• Vendor• Pearson

District Test Coordinator

• District Superintendent or Charter Representative must designate an Achievement Testing District Test Coordinator.

• Referred to as District Test Coordinator during these trainings.

• Responsible for AzMERIT and AIMS Science Tests

Resources for District Test Coordinators

ADE Websitewww.azed.gov/assessment/testcoordinators/

• Test Coordinators Manual• Test Administration Directions• Testing Conditions, Tools, and Accommodations

Guides • Security Agreements• Incident Report Form

The Examiner

• Quarterly Newsletter sent from the ADE Assessment Department• August• November• February• May

AzMERIT Portalwww.azmeritportal.org/

• Test Coordinator Tab• Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE)

User Guide• Test Administrator (TA) User Guide• Online Reporting Systems (ORS) User Guide

PearsonAccesswww.pearsonaccess.com

• Order AIMS Science materials• AIMS Science Additional Order• Track AIMS Science shipments• AIMS Science reports

District Test Coordinator Responsibilities Before testing

Responsibilities Before Testing

• Correct administration of all achievement testing• AzMERIT• Computer-Based Testing• Paper-Based Testing

• AIMS Science• District Test Coordinator may delegate some

responsibilities to School Test Coordinators• However, ultimately District Test Coordinator assumes

ultimate responsibility.

Responsibilities Before Testing

• Submit a signed copy of the Test Security Agreement signed by the Superintendent or Charter Representative and the District Test Coordinator to ADE prior to the first test administration your district/charter will be participating in.

• Each staff member will also be required to submit a security agreement.

Responsibilities Before Testing

• Implement and maintain test security procedures,

• Communicate test security procedures and responsibilities to the Test Administrators, and

• Schedule and train Test Administrators on test administration procedures.

Responsibilities Before Testing

• Prepare lists of students testing,• Schedule testing activities within the district or charter schools,• Communicate testing schedules,• Train Test Administrators on test administration procedures, • Help select appropriate classrooms or other sites where testing will take place,• Help prepare sites where testing will take place,• Inventory all test materials when they arrive in the district,• Arrange for sufficient supply of required materials, and• Follow up on all test questions from Test Administrators.

Additional Responsibilities for AzMERIT

Tasks to be complete in TIDE:• Verify students enrollment in TIDE,• Selecting appropriate accommodations in TIDE, • Large Print and Braille

• Add appropriate users in TIDE,• Verify all Test Administrators have completed the Test Administration

Certification Course;

Additional Responsibilities for AzMERIT (CBT)

Prior to administering AzMERIT Computer-Based Tests:• Add the new Secure Browser to all devices that will be used for CBT• Ensure that devices to be used for testing are ready;• Train Test Administrators in the use of the online testing platform;• Ensure Test Administrators and students have had appropriate practice with

the AzMERIT Sample Tests; and• Prepare test tickets for students, if applicable.

Additional Responsibilities for AzMERIT (PBT)

Prior to administering Paper-Based Tests:• Receive, inventory, and order additional test materials;• Apply Pre-ID Labels to test booklets;• Print additional Pre-ID Labels as needed;• Arrange for a supply of commercially published paper dictionaries

and commercially published paper thesauruses for use on ELA Writing only;

• Arrange for a supply of appropriate calculators for use, when permitted, on Math only; and

• Ensure students familiarize students with how the innovative-computer-based item types will render on the paper-based form of the test;

Additional Responsibilities for AIMS Science

• Order test materials from Pearson• Receive test materials from Pearson;• Inventory materials and Test Coordinator’s Kits upon arrival;• Order additional materials, if necessary;

District Test CoordinatorResponsibilities During Testing

Responsibilities During Testing

• Monitor all testing activities,• Ensure the test security procedures are followed;• Ensure that test administration procedures are

followed; and• Report any testing improprieties to ADE.• CBT through TIDE• PBT and AIMS Science using Testing Incident Report

Additional Responsibilities for AzMERIT (PBT) and AIMS Science

• Maintain an accurate inventory of all test materials;• Check out/in test booklets to the Test Administrators during testing;• Each day of testing, a record must be maintained of everyone in a test room,

this is to include:• Test Administrator,• Test Proctor,• Any other adult that was in room during the test session, and• A list of all students in room and test they are taking.

District Test Coordinator Responsibilities After Testing

Responsibilities After Testing

• Verify all students that were expected to test have completed all test sessions prior to test window closing.

• Report any testing improprieties to ADE.

Responsibilities After Testing AzMERIT PBT and AIMS Science

• Ensure all student responses have been transferred to a regular AzMERIT test booklet or AIMS Science answer document.• Large Print, Braille, assistive technology, contaminated materials

• Dispose or securely dispose appropriate AzMERIT materials• Box materials for return shipping;• Ensure scorable and nonscorable materials are prepared for return by the

scheduled return dates.• Contact shipping vendor and have materials out of the building per the dates

that are provided in the appropriate Test Coordinator Manual.

District Test Coordinator Responsibilities

This session covered the District Test Coordinator Responsibilities. These responsibilities are for both the AzMERIT and the AIMS Science tests. This session only has to be viewed once for the school year, but will be available throughout the year that so you can go back and review at any time.

District Test Coordinator Responsibilities

There are additional sessions that also must be viewed to complete the Pre-Test Training for the School Year.

Session 2 - Test Administrator Responsibilities

Session 3 – AIR Systems

Session 4 – Fall 2015 AzMERIT EOC

Session 5 – Spring 2016 AzMERIT Grades 3 – 8 and EOC

Session 6 – Spring 2016 AIMS Science

Verification

This session is now complete. The District Test Coordinator must verify that Session 1 has been Reviewed. This is done by selecting “Session 1 Reviewed” on the Achievement Testing Pre-Test Training website.

Session 2 will cover the Test Administrator Responsibilities.