WHERE DO I BEGIN?
Karen Hester
School Counselor/Campus Testing Coordinator
Giddings Elementary School, Giddings ISD
[email protected] 979-542-2886
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AGENDA
TAKS:How to use benchmark data to improve performance in targeted subgroup populationsHow to make training less monotonous and more excitingHow to prepare for and monitor test administrationStaying organized
TELPAS tips
HOW TO USE BENCHMARK DATA
TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN TARGETED SUBGROUPS
Which subgroups?AEIS (State)AYP (Federal)
Know your numbers.How many do you have?How many do you need?Where are we now?Where are we headed?
Know how your campus accountability will be determined.
2010 Accountability Manual – TEA website
Individual student progress
Group progress
Individual student progress – each student has a tag - paper color = ethnicity (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) - dots indicate special programs (At-Risk, Economically Disadv., LEP, SPED, GT) - score on most recent benchmark places the student “above” or “below” the line - grouped by ethnicity
Group progress – - breakdown according to accountability subpops (Total, African American, Hispanic, White, Economically Disadvantaged) - use the individual progress chart to find: 1st column = how many students count in each subpop 2nd, 3rd, 4th columns = how many students have to be successful for each accountability level rating 5th column = where we are now (benchmark scores)
MAKE TRAINING FUN
Training and Testing CalendarMeet with your administrator -- have list of training deadlines and suggested dates/times/places for trainings.
Color code calendar : blue-TAKS, purple-TELPAS, red-deadlines, black-additional information.
Include all training dates, testing dates, refresher course window opening/closing, TELPAS window
opening/closing, writing collection due dates, Texas TrainingCenter URL, etc.
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Writing Collections begin on Feb. 2nd2 Last Day for TELPAS Writing Verifier TrainingK-1 and 2-12 Online Refresher course opens:www.texasassessments. com/telpasonlinetraining3451st TELPAS writing sample due…any type of writing6
789TAKS Administrator training at 3:30 in the cafeteria ** 10TAKS Administrator training at 3:30 in the cafeteria ** 11122nd TELPAS writing sample due….NARRATIVE about a past event13
14151617TAKS Administrator training at 3:30 in the cafeteria ** 18TAKS Administrator training at 3:30 in the cafeteria ** 19 3rd TELPAS writing sample due… ACADEMIC (math, science, or social studies)20
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2526 4th TELPAS writing sample due… ACADEMIC (math, science, or social studies)27Last day for TAKS Admin. trainingLast day for Hall Monitor training
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MAKE TRAINING FUN
SnacksKeep it movingHandouts or emailTake out what doesn’t pertain to your campus (or leave in??)Games/prizesSign In SheetsOaths
PREPARE FOR TEST ADMINISTRATION
Pre-Code data verification – changes in red, add any newly enrolled students
Know groups, TAs, locationsSticky notes for students with data corrections or for
students using special test forms. Use group rosters, make corrections to dataPlastic sweater boxesSecure Material Control FormHave “Extras”: blank seating charts, secure materials
control form, TA manuals, pencils/ erasers, “Do Not Disturb” and “Help” signs
Testing map for each day – post If giving special pencils, do not give them on the day of
testingRoom check
PREPARE FOR TEST ADMINISTRATION
Plastic sweater boxes:1 per TA
Name on back of sticky note
Test books/answer documents
Other materials (math/science charts, proper nouns list)
Test group roster with room assignment
Accommodations (drop down list)
Signs (“Do Not Disturb” and “Help”)
Extra pencils (sharpened)
Blank seating chart
Secure materials control form
Signed oath
PREPARE FOR TEST ADMINISTRATION
Arrive early.
Patience – you set the tone.
Relax or fake it – especially in front of the students.
MONITOR TEST ADMINISTRATION - BEFORE
Make sure all students /TAs have had breakfast.Check in with “fragile” students.Test Administrators count materials and sign
out.Keep – signed oath and signed secure materials
control formHave:
“Extras” Two-way radio Cell phone (SILENCED) Clip Board: Monitoring Form, Testing Groups,
Testing Map, Accommodations
MONITOR TEST ADMINISTRATION - DURING
Monitoring form.
Contact DTC with any questions or problems.
Regrouping:Check in ALL testing materials.Shuffle students.New secure materials form.New seating chart.
END OF THE TESTING DAY
Account for all secure testing materials.New groups for the next day.Repack sweater boxes.New secure materials control form and seating chart.Attendance roster – PEIMS clerk.
END OF THE TESTING ADMINISTRATION
Account for all secure materials.Check/bubble test taken and score codes.Check to make sure no other data has been
changed.Prepare campus and grouping sheets.Know when and how DTC
wants materials returned.
CONSIDERATIONS
How/where will materials be signed out?How will students who aren’t testing in their homeroom
get to their testing location?How will TA contact me for materials return?When will we regroup?How, who, and where will new groups be?What distractions might there be? (playground,
announcements, squirrel)How will TAs get a break during testing? Who will
relieve them?Where will we place any students who are exempt from
testing?Are we having snacks?Will we test past the regular school day? How will /who will notify parents?
CONSIDERATIONS
How will we handle:
lunch – for those who are still testing?
for those who have finished testing?
attendance?
lunch count?
late student?
ill student or TA?
upset student?
student who refuses to work?
sleepy student?
BENCHMARKS
Just like the actual test day: groups
accommodationsdistractionsmaterials sign out and sign in
ORGANIZATION
Binders:Training agendasTraining sign in sheetsTraining materialsOathsStudent groupingsAccommodation listOrder formsPre-Code data verificationAttendance reportsSecure materials formsSeating ChartsCampus Monitor checklistsTesting irregularitiesARFs and approval emails
“Anything” and “Everything”
TELPAS
Monitor training on LMS website.Texas TrainingCenter user name and password –
sealed envelopes.Identify all ELLs, including parent denials.Create test sessions (2-12).
Exited (M1, M2, F, S) do not test.Keep test sessions open until all student information is entered.Do not remove a student from a session if information has been entered, you will lose the information.Close test sessions only after all information has been entered.Accommodations?
TELPAS
K-1 writing collections – nothing larger than 8 ½ x 11 paper.
Writing sample deadlines.Writing sample verification worksheet.
Assign writing collection verifiers.
TELPAS check-out sheetWhat about students who enroll or withdraw
during the testing window? Keep documentation of whom and when you
contacted the other campus/district, and who will test/rate/submit.
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://GIDDINGS.GES.SCHOOLFUSION.US“CAMPUS RESOURCES” “COUNSELOR’S
PAGE”
Training and Testing CalendarSecure Materials Control FormSeating ChartCampus Monitoring FormWriting Sample Verification worksheetTELPAS Check-Out SheetA copy of this presentation …and
more
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