• Francisca Palacios Assessment Director

STAAR Online Testing

Online Practice and Tutorials

• Understanding STAAR Accessibility (3)

–Accessibility within the STAAR Program (4-5)

• Considering Paper Versus Online (6)

–Online Accessibility Features

–Online Designated Supports

• STAAR Online Testing Platform (7-13)

• Resources (14)

Accessibility within the STAAR Program

• Goal – to ensure that each student can interact appropriately with the content, presentation, and response modes of the state assessment.

• The various features and accommodations made available on STAAR paper and online tests are also designed to be the same or similar to those accommodations commonly used during classroom instruction.

Understanding STAAR Accessibility

Program Grade Subject Paper Available

Online Available

STAAR 3 – EOC All

Accessibility within the STAAR Program

STAAR Accessibility- routinely used during classroom

instruction and testing

Accessibility Features

Previously referred to as “Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials,” accessibility features may be provided to students based on their needs.

Locally Approved Designated Supports

Previously referred to as “Type 1 accommodations” or “linguistic accommodations,” locally approved designated supports include accommodations that may be made available to students who meet eligibility criteria.

Designated Supports Requiring TEA Approval

Previously referred to as “Type 2 accommodations,” these designated supports require the submission of an Accommodation Request Form to TEA.

Accommodation Resource - Handout

Paper Online

Accessibility Features

Bilingual Dictionary √ √

Color Overlay/Color Setting √ √

*

General Reminders to Stay on Task √ √

Highlighter, colored pencil, etc. √ √

*

Individual Administration √ √

Minimize Distractions (e.g., stress ball, headphones, music) √ √

Place Marker/Guideline √ √

*

Read Aloud Writing Prompt to Student √ √

Read TestAloud to Self √ √

Scratch Paper √ √

Signing Test Directions √ √

SmallGroup √ √

Third Grade Math Reading Assistance √ √

Translating TestDirections √ √

Magnifying Devices/Zoom √ √

*

Designated Supports

Amplification Devices √ √

Basic Transcribing √ √

Braille √

Calculation Aids √ √

Content Supports √

*

Dictionary √ √

ExtraTime √ √

Individualized Structured Reminders √ √

Language and Vocabulary Supports √

*

Large Print √

Manipulating Test Materials √ √

Math Manipulatives √ √

Oral/Signed Administration/Text-to-Speech √ √

*

Projection Devices √ √

Spelling Assistance √ √

Supplemental Aids √ √

Designated Supports RequiringTEAApproval

Complex Transcribing √ √

ExtraDay √ √

Math Scribe √ √

Other √ √

Photocopy √

* These features and supports are embedded within the online system. All other accommodations are administered independent of

the online system

• Online Accessibility Features

– Zoom

– Color

– Guideline

– Highlight

Considering Paper Versus Online

• Online Designated Supports

– Text to Speech

– Pop-ups

– Rollovers – words/phrases

– Rollovers as content supports or language and vocabulary supports

– Additional Supports

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®)

• Online tutorials

• Practice tests

• Operational assessments

Rules for the use of computers during testing

1. Rooms to be used for ONLINE test administrations MUST have existing network connections or adequate wireless coverage. (ex. PE office, Instructional Coach office, Parent Educator office…..)

2. Computers used for ONLINE test administrations MUST be existing computers currently on the PSJA ISD network.

3. Computers that have not been used in some time MUST be approved for use by a District Technician.

4. No personal laptops are allowed. NON-NEGOTIABLE

5. If you will be setting up a new computer lab for testing please consult with Hector Rodriguez, MIS Director ext. 1243

STAAR ONLINE TESTING PLATFORM

• STAAR• STAAR Alt 2• TELPAS• TAKS

TUTORIALS

available for various grades/subjects and courses

show students how to navigate through the test

show students how to respond to the different question types

show students how to access the available tools

provides short videos to illustrate how to use the various features and tools

NOTE: Videos do not have sound except for the Speak and Audio videos, which only read aloud

the text on the screen.

PRACTICE TESTS

released STAAR test forms that have been previously administered

provide opportunity to interact with the test interface, respond to questions, and locate and use available tools

available for various grades/subjects and courses.

TUTORIALS ON THE STAAR ONLINE PLATFORM

This tutorial shows how to take a STAAR test on the computer.

Select a Grade

Select a Subject Select A Test

EOC

ENGLISH No SupportsALG. I All SupportsBIOLOGY Content / Language and Vocabulary SupportsUS HISTORY Text to Speech

PRACTICE TESTS ON THE STAAR ONLINE PLATFORM

Select a Year 2016Select a Grade EOC

Select a Year 2017Select a Grade EOC

Select a Subject Select a Test

NO PNPALL PNP

( PNP’s)Personal Needs and Preferences

C- Content SupportsL- Lang. and Voc. Supports

T- Text to Speech

ENGLISH ISTAAR Eng. ISTAAR A Eng. I

ENGLISH IISTAAR Eng. IISTAAR A Eng. II

ALGEBRA I

STAAR Alg. ISTAAR L Alg. ISTAAR A Alg. I

BIOLOGY STAAR Bio.STAAR L Bio.STAAR A Bio.

US HISTORYSTAAR US HistorySTAAR L US HistorySTAAR A US History

PRACTICE TESTS ON THE STAAR ONLINE PLATFORM cont’d

STAAR A is an accommodated online version of STAAR for

students who meet eligibility requirements.

STAAR A will be the same as STAAR in the following

ways:

-Same passing Standards

-Same time limits

-Same assessed curriculum

-Same test blueprint

-Same progress measures

STAAR L is a linguistically accommodated English version of the STAAR for EOC

mathematics, science, and social studies assessments. TEA provides the STAAR L

for English language learners (ELLs). STAAR L is an online testing program.

STAAR A will be differentthan STAAR in the following

ways:

-No field test questions

-Online administration

-Embedded accommodations and accessibility features

Language and Vocabulary Supports

• Pop-ups

• Rollovers

• Pre-reads

Content Supports

• Pop-ups• Rollovers• Supplementary

Material

Resources

Online Resource Materials

Resource materials available online Located at

Accommodation Resources http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/accommodations/

Coordinator Manual Resources http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/manuals/dccm/

LPAC Resources http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/ell/lpac/

online testing technology http://TexasAssessment.com

STAAR Released Test Questionshttp://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/STAAR_Released_ Test_Questions/

STAAR Resources http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/staar/

Student Assessment Division http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/

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