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2011 Campus Test Coordinator Training

Test SecurityTest Security

January 26, 2011Freeport Intermediate school

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Active Monitoring• Monitoring during test administrations is the

responsibility of the test administrator, the campus test coordinator, the campus principal, and the district test coordinator.– Teachers are required to actively monitor students during testing.

– Principals and Campus Test Coordinators are required to actively monitor testing sessions at their campus.

– The district testing coordinator is required to ensure that testing sessions at all campuses within the district are monitored.

• A team of central office personnel trained to monitor testing sessions will be used to assist the district testing coordinator in monitoring campus testing sessions. Every testing session will be actively monitored.

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What Is Active Monitoring?

Watching students during testing. The focus of the teacher’s attention is on the students and not elsewhere.

– Walking around to better observe what students are doing. (Are students; working on correct section of test, marking answers on the answer document, not cheating, not using cell phones, not talking or communicating with other students, etc.?)

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What is NOT Active Monitoring?

• Anything that takes the test administrator’s attention away from the students during testing. Examples include;– Working on the computer or doing email.– Reading a book, magazine, or newspaper.– Grading papers or doing lesson planning.– Leaving the room without another trained test

administrator in the room.– Leaving students unattended during lunch or breaks.

• Be sure to not read the test content over a student’s shoulder and do not examine specific student responses during testing, since doing these will be a test security violation committed while active monitoring.

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Online Training Moduleshttp://texas.testsecuritytraining.com/TestAdministratorTraining.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport

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• Individual– Required to enter information – Certificate will print out for each module– Turn in copies of certificate to Harding

• Group– Groups of 2 or more – One person logs on as an individual– Group participates while going through the module and taking the

quiz– Individual logged in will print one certificate per module– All members in the group will sign the certificate– Honor System: if you sign the certificate, you are responsible for

knowing and following guidelines– DUE DATE for Completion and all certificates turned in:

Friday, February 11, 2011 by 4:00 pm.

Online Test Administrator Training Modules

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• Designed to supplement mandatory annual training in test security and test administration procedures

• Target audience = test administrators• Designed to be taken in either a group or individual

setting (certificates w/individual only)• Modules include

o Active Monitoringo Distribution of Test Materialso Proper Handling of Secure Materials

• Each module contains a knowledge check (5 Questions)• One Certificate per Module (3 total certificates)

Online Test Administrator Training Modules

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Module 1: Active Monitoring

Goals of the module:• Understand how to correctly implement active monitoring• Know how to differentiate between what is considered active

monitoring and unauthorized viewing• Be aware of the more common errors made by students

during testing• Understand what TEA considers a blank answer document

and how to properly address a student who turns in an answer document or scorable test booklet with responses left blank

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Module 1: Active Monitoring

Outline:• What is active monitoring?• Importance of active monitoring• Monitoring expectations for test administrators• Monitoring outside of the classroom• Improper monitoring• Detecting improper student behavior• Risk factors associated with improper student behavior• What constitutes a blank answer document?• Blank answer document implications

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Module 2: Distribution of Test Materials

Goals of the module:• Know the more common errors that occur when assigning or

distributing tests to students• Be better prepared to prevent mistakes that might occur

while distributing materials to students• Know strategies to use when preparing for a test

administration• Be more familiar with the implications of improper

distribution of test materials

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Module 2: Distribution of Test Materials

Outline:• Preparation Strategies

o Know your materialso Know how to report problemso Use student rosters

• Common Materials Distribution Errorso Not confirming student identitieso Not following the rostero Not issuing appropriate materialso Not properly implementing accommodations

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Module 3: Proper Handling of Secure Materials

Goals of the module:• Understand the expectations for protecting the security

and confidentiality of secure materials• Be aware of the common errors made in the handling of

secure materials• Understand the importance of following secure

materials accounting procedures• Be aware of the risks and consequences of not properly

accounting for all materials

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Module 3: Proper Handling of Secure Materials

Outline:• Preparation strategies

o Inventory controlo Common inventory control errors

• Properly securing materialso Not securing materials during disruptions in testingo Leaving materials unattendedo Allowing untrained staff to handle secure materialso Allowing students to handle secure materials

• Risks and implicationso Risks associated with improper handling of secure

materials

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Successful Testing Begins and Ends with Good Training, Test

Security and Confidential IntegrityQuestions About Test Security?

All three module certificates are due byFriday, February 11th.