May 2016 Issue #10

Go from ordinary to

extraordinary… find your inner

super hero!

THE EXAMINER

For every student that takes the STAAR assessments they will receive a CSR with their testing results.

Campuses must: Verify upon receipt that all stu-

dents tested have a CSR Notify the district Testing Of-fice of any missing CSRs

Provide a copy to parents by the date established in the DCCM and

file a copy in the student’s permanent records If there is a Labels page, ensure that the testing label

has been affixed to the page Ensure that students who took more than one state as-

sessment have a CSR filed (current LEP students should have both the STAAR and the TELPAS CSR) in the student’s permanent record

It is the responsibility of the campus to ensure that the results are placed in the student’s records

T RAINING

May 31

Summer CTC (Grades 5 and 8)

9 to 11

May 31

Summer CTC (EOCs and TAKS)

2 to 4

You MUST register in EDUPHORIA!

IMPORTANT DAT ES

End-of-Course (see Testing calendar) May 2-5

STAAR 3—8 STAAR re-test 5 and 8

May 9-12

AP Testing May 2—13

Late AP Testing May 18-20

Results

TELPAS May 6

STAAR Alternate 2 May 18

STAAR (5 and 8 second administration) May 31

EOC Results June 3

STAAR 3—8 Results June 15

Returning ADs

Summer student re-test rosters will be required from all campuses on

the formatted spreadsheet provided by the testing Office. Campuses will

not change or add any columns to the spreadsheet. Summer rosters will be due for STAAR 5 and 8 by June 2 and for EOCs by June 3.

UPDATES, REMINDERS & TIPS

FOR SUCCESSFUL TESTING

ADMINISTRATIONS

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Students in grades 8 –12 should have attempted the assigned TSI assessments by May 20th. Make-ups for all students

should be completed by May 27th. Weekly updates are required on total number of students tested by grade

level to the Testing Office by the end of business on Mondays. For more infor-

mation, contact Ms. Contreras.

New procedures for returning an-swer documents after a state ad-

ministration. All answer documents (scored, voided, unused) will be returned by the date posted in the

training power point. Campuses will highlight the names of students on the student pre-code roster from

Crystal for each student that a scorable answer document was

submitted for .

Calendar

Update!

T SI

Tudent Results (Confidential Student Results (CSRs))

Summer Testing

SAISD Board of Education

Patti Radle President

Arthur V. Valdez Vice President

Debra Guerrero Secretary

James Howard Assistant Secretary

Ed Garza Member

Olga M. Hernandez Member

Steve Lecholop Member

Pedro Martinez Superintendent

Testing’s Mission Statement

To provide training, support, information, and technical assistance for successful and effective implementation of all state, federal and programmatic test requirements.

Testing Office

Cindy Blair Director of Testing

Robert Forti Assistant Director of Testing

Shara Contreras Testing Specialist

TBA Testing Specialist

Daniel Pacheco Testing Data Analyst

Cornelia Pacheco Department Secretary

5th & 8th Retest FAQs Who retests in May? All students who did not pass the March administration of Math and/or Reading, including LEP students and students who took STAAR A or L (unless otherwise indicated in the IEP)

Any student who did not test during the March administration

Any new student who enrolls from out of state, private school or homeschool What if students do not pass the May Retest? If students do not pass the 2nd attempt, they are subject to SSI testing requirements with the exception of: Parent Waivers

ARD Decisions

First Year Asylee/Refugees Do we have to complete the Time Study? No, the Time Study is only required for primary administrations only. Time Study information will NOT be recorded for 5th & 8th Math/ Reading Retest.

SSI

THANKS “They said it couldn’t be done…..” Edgar Albert Guest

We want to thank everyone that has worked this year with the state assessments. It has been a rough year with the change in testing vendors, software, materials, and late deliveries. Through it all, you have proven again the caliber of commitment you have to the dis-trict and most importantly to our students. Your dedi-cation and ability to maintain your humor is greatly ap-preciated by us all. We wish you all “good testing”!

The Testing Department

welcomes suggestions for future

newsletter topics and discussions.

Please send ideas to

testingdept@saisd.net

TSI Reminders

It is critical that you have been and are saving the student’s

individual score reports (ISRs) each time the student has

tested. This is the most efficient method for retrieving

scores when needed. This will become easier next year

when student’s grade level will be included.

If students are retesting under a secondary ID number

(banner ID) it is important that you go back into TSI web-

site and merge the student’s records as early as possible.