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California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) USING THE ONLINE PRACTICE TEST JANUARY 2015
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California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
USING THE ONLINE PRACTICETEST
JANUARY 2015
PURPOSE
o By the end of this training parents will know:
o The importance of students to take the Practice Tests
o The tools and layout of the testing interface o How students log onto Practice Testso How to administer a practice test session
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o About Practice Tests and Training Tests
o Logging On and Starting a Test
o Test Tools and Layout
o Live Demonstration
o Questions
AGENDA
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ABOUT PRACTICE TESTS3
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUTPRACTICE AND TRAINING TESTS
o Practice Tests do not:
o Assess all of the standards that will be in the operational tests
o Predict or gauge a student’s success on the operational assessments
o Produce scores
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PURPOSE OF THE PRACTICE TESTS
o Allow students and administrators to become familiar with:
o The experience of a grade-level assessmento A variety of grade-specific items and difficulty levelso Performance tasks (PTs)o The format and structure of the operational
assessments
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ABOUT THE PRACTICE TESTS
o Practice Tests are available in grades 3–8 and 11 for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics
o Each Practice Test contains approximately 30 items.
o Performance tasks are available for both ELA and mathematics.
o All universal tools, designated supports, and accommodations are available.
Link to Keyboard Commands:o http://californiatac.org/rsc/pdfs/KeyboardCommandsForStudents.2015.pdf
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LOGGING ON AND STARTINGA PRACTICE TEST 7
HOW TO ACCESS THE TESTS
o There are two means for accessing the Practice Tests:
1. Through http://caaspp.org on a Web browser
1. Through the secure browser
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HOW TO ACCESS THE TESTS (CONT.)o Through the secure browser
(Used by school sites for administrating)
o The recommended way to access the testso Simulates the online test environmento Secures students from accessing other
computer or Internet applicationso Gives access to the text-to-speech
accommodation
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HOW TO ACCESS THE TESTS (CONT.)o Through a Web browser
o For students and parents who want to access the tests from home
o Accessible on the following Web browsers:o Mozilla Firefox 10+o Safari 5+o Chrome 31+o Internet Explorer 10 or 11
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STUDENT LOGON THROUGHWEB BROWSER
1.Navigate to http://caaspp.org. 2.Select the “Practice & Training Tests”
button.
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STUDENT LOGON THROUGHWEB BROWSER (CONT.)
3. Select the [Student Interface for Practice and Training Tests] button. − Note: To simulate an online test session with students, TAs
will need to select the [TA Interface for Practice and Training Tests] button to create a practice or training test session.
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STUDENT LOGON THROUGHWEB BROWSER (CONT.)
4. Make sure the checkboxes next to “Guest User” and “Guest Session” are checked.
5. Select [Sign In].
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STARTING A PRACTICE TEST
1. Select a grade level.a. After logging on, select a
grade level from the “Grade” drop-down list.
b. Select [Yes] to continue.2. Select a test.
− Note: If students access the tests with their credentials and a Session ID, the grade field will be automatically populated and the available tests will only be the ones the TA has chosen for the session.
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STARTING A PRACTICEOR TRAINING TEST (CONT.)
3. Choose test settings.a. Select the option(s)
you want for each available test setting.
b. Select [Select] to continue.
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STARTING A PRACTICE OR TRAINING TEST: TEST SETTING OPTIONS
o Languageo English (default) o Spanisho Braille English
o Color Contrasto Black on White (default)o Black on Roseo Yellow on Blueo Medium Gray on Light Grayo Reverse Contrast
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STARTING A PRACTICE OR TRAINING TEST: TEST SETTING OPTIONS (CONT.)
o Highlighter
o American Sign Language (ASL)o Show ASL videos
o Calculatoro Mark for Reviewo Text-to-speech
o Passage and Itemso Stimulio Items 17
STARTING A PRACTICE OR TRAINING TEST: TEST SETTING OPTIONS (CONT.)
o Maskingo Strikethrougho Word List
o English Glossary default
o Expandable Passages
o Student Commentso Notepad
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STARTING A PRACTICEOR TRAINING TEST (CONT.)
4. Confirm selected test and settings.a. Review the screen and
confirm the test and settings.
b. If the settings are not correct, select [No]. You will receive a warning message and will be taken back to the logon screen.
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STARTING A PRACTICEOR TRAINING TEST (CONT.)
5. Begin the test.a. Read the information on
the “Test Instructions and Help” page, which is the final introductory page.
b. Select [Begin Test Now] at the bottom of the screen. The first page of the test will automatically appear.
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TEST TOOLS AND LAYOUT21
STUDENT TEST INTERFACE LAYOUT
Keyboard Commands For Students 22
BASIC TEST RULES
o Students may not skip test items.o Students must answer all test items on a page
before going to the next page.o Students may mark items for review and use the
“Questions” drop-down list at the top of the page to return to those items.
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TEST TOOLS
• The following tools are available for all Practice and Training tests:1. Calculator2. Zoom in and out of test pages3. Access to the Test Instructions and Help
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TEST TOOLS (CONT.)• The following tools are available for all Practice
and Training tests:4. Highlight text in passages and test questions 5. Mark items for review 6. Make notes about an item in the notepad 7. View tutorials about item type 8. Strikethrough (cross out answer options)
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ACCESSING TEST TOOLS
Students can access additional test tools, such as Highlight Selection, and Strikethrough by selecting text within the item stimuli and/or item responses and using the right-click on a two-button mouse.
Students can access the Tutorial, Notepad and Mark for Review tool by clicking on the Context Menu button.
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ACCESSING TEST TOOLS (CONT.)• Students can access the test tools by using the
following methods on different testing devices: ● Mouse or Trackpad
• Select an answer option so that it is “active” (a light blue border will appear around it).
• Caution: This will result in the answer option being selected until the student selects a different option.
• Select the Context Menu button [ ]. The Context Menu will open.
● Tablets• Tap an answer option so that it is “active” (a light blue
border will appear around it). • Caution: This will result in the answer option being selected
until the student selects a different option. • Tap the Context Menu button. The Context Menu will
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ACCESSING TEST TOOLS (CONT.)o Two-Button Mouse
o Right click anywhere on an answer option. The Context Menu will open.
o Single-Button Mouse (for Use with Mac Computers)
o Move the mouse to an answer option.o On the keyboard, press the [Ctrl] key and select the mouse
button. The Context Menu will open.
o Chromebookso Using the trackpad, move the mouse pointer to an answer option.o Press and hold the [Alt] key on the keyboard.o Press down on the trackpad until it “clicks.” The Context Menu will
open.
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TEST TOOLS (CONT.)
o The following grades have access to calculators on mathematics assessments:
o Grade 6: Basic Calculatoro Grade 7 and 8: Scientific Calculatoro Grade 11: Graphing, Regression, and Scientific Calculators
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LIVE DEMONSTRATION
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caaspp.org
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QUESTIONS?32
