Grade 10 SBAHSGQE

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Proctors

• Duties and Responsibilities

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Spring 2008 HSGQE Test Administration
HSGQE Proctor
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Prior to Testing
HSGQE Proctor

• Make sure you READ and UNDERSTAND the Test
  Security Agreement.
• Contact your Building or District Test
  Coordinator if you have ANY questions.
• Sign the Test Security Agreement.

• This is for your protection, to ensure you are
  aware of your LEGAL responsibilities during the
  current test administration.
• Each line must be initialed to indicate you have
  read the requirement.

• Your District Test Coordinator should provide a
  copy of the Alaska Testing Code of Ethics which
  further details your responsibilities.
• Also located on the assessment website
  http//www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/testsecu
  rity/TestEthics.pdf

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Schedule
HSGQE Proctor

• Schools must administer the exams as follows
• Reading on April 1
• Writing on April 2
• Mathematics on April 3
• Regulation does not permit variations on this
  schedule.

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Check Your Test Materials
HSGQE Proctor

• For proctors who prepare test materials
• Test Administration Directions
• Test books for your testing group
• Precode labels or district/school labels for your
  testing group
• Do Not Score labels
• Do Not Disturb sign (not provided by DRC)

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Check Your Test Materials (cont.)
HSGQE Proctor

• For each student
• Content area test book designated for the day of
  testing
• Ruler (white)
• Protractor
• Sharpened No. 2 pencil with eraser (no mechanical
  pencils)
• Extra erasers
• Scratch paper for writing and mathematics tests
• Optional Book to read upon completion of the
  test

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Administration
HSGQE Proctor

• Length of Exam
• The Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE and HSGQE Retest will take
  approximately two to four hours per day for most
  students.
• The test is not timed.
• Recommended Testing Schedule
• Take a 2 minute stretch break after the first 60
  minutes of testing.
• Take a 10-15 minute break after the next 60
  minutes of testing.

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Plan Your Testing Schedule
HSGQE Proctor

• Review Test Administration Directions in advance.
• Do not read test items (either to yourself, to
  students, or to another individual) unless it is
  required to provide a documented accommodation to
  an individual or student group.
• Allow an additional 10 minutes to fill in
  student-identifying information for those
  students who do not have precode labels.

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Use Standardized Administration Procedures
HSGQE Proctor

• One proctor per 30 students is required for the
  HSGQE.
• Follow the instructions exactly to ensure similar
  testing conditions in all classrooms.
• Read all text preceded by the Say bubble
  exactly as written.
• You may reread (as written) any of the text
  preceded by the Say bubble.
• You are NOT allowed restate or clarify
  directions.
• Contact the Building or District Test Coordinator
  if you have ANY questions about acceptable
  testing practices.

SAY
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Use Standardized Administration Procedures (cont.)
HSGQE Proctor

• On the day of testing, it is not permissible to
  conduct review sessions of the content area prior
  to testing.
• You may discuss the SAMPLE items in the test
  books keeping these discussions specific to the
  sample items ONLY.
• You may answer questions about the sample items.
• You may NOT answer questions students may pose
  about ANY test questions.
• Tell students you are not allowed to provide
  additional information and they should make their
  best attempt to respond to the test item.

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Organize Your School Test Center
HSGQE Proctor

• Cover or remove instructional materials. (The
  district must determine what items can be SAFELY
  removed or covered.)
• Plan extra time for distribution and collection
  of test materials.
• Plan seating arrangements.
• Make sure there is proper lighting.
• Eliminate distractions.
• Use a Do Not Disturb sign.

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Materials
HSGQE Proctor

• Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE one form
• Reading Form D Test Book
• Writing/Mathematics Form D Test Book
• HSGQE Retest
• Reading/Writing/Mathematics Form D15 Test Book

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Accommodated
Materials
HSGQE Proctor

• Large Print Test Books (separate by subject)
• Braille Test Books (separate by subject)
• Audiotapes
• Writing and Mathematics for Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE
• Reading (EED approved Modified HSGQE ONLY),
  Writing, and Mathematics for HSGQE Retest

Transcribers will be required to transcribe
students responses into a Form D (Grade 10
SBA-HSGQE) or D15 (HSGQE Retest) test book.
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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Accommodated
Materials
HSGQE Proctor

• If a student uses a Large Print, Braille, or
  audio version of the test, or has keyboarded
  his/her responses, school staff must transcribe
  verbatim the students responses into a standard
  Form D (Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE) /Form D15 (HSGQE
  Retest) test book.
• Test books must bear the signature(s) of the
  transcriber(s) and the transcription date on the
  inside front cover.
• Its NOT permissible to insert, adhere, staple,
  or clip a keyboarded response into a test book.

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Labeling
Test Books
HSGQE Proctor

• Two sets of precode labels will be produced for
  students taking the Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE. One
  should be placed on the reading test book and the
  other should be placed on the writing/mathematics
  test book.
• The HSGQE Retest is a single book. One precode
  label is provided.
• All test books must have a label applied before
  the test books are used by students.
• Test books that do not have a precode label or
  district/school label will be considered unused
  and will NOT be scored.

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Labels
HSGQE Proctor
PRECODE LABEL
DISTRICT/SCHOOL LABEL
DO NOT SCORE LABEL

• One white precode label for HSGQE Retest two
  white precode labels for Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE
• Do not fill in bubbles on test/answer book cover

• Yellow label
• Bubbles on the test / answer book cover must be
  filled in

• White with a yellow bar.
• Apply to test books DRC
• should not score.

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Grade 10 SBA-HSGQE HSGQE Retest Tracking of
Materials
HSGQE Proctor

• On each day of testing, only the secure materials
  needed for that day should be checked out.
• If secure materials are not returned, document
  this in the Reason if Item is not Returned
  section on the school security checklist with as
  many details as are known.
• You may customize the form provided by DRC or use
  your own form.
• Immediately after testing, check in all secure
  test materials.

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Returning Materials
HSGQE Proctor

• A precode label or district/school label MUST be
  applied to all test books that are to be scored.
• The label corresponds with the district, school,
  and test to which the scores should be
  attributed.
• The Teachers Use Only field is filled in with
  any applicable codes.
• NOTE Modified tests are not scored. Check with
  your DTC BEFORE you fill in this bubble.
• Students have removed writing and mathematics
  reference sheets.
• Students have removed all loose paper from the
  test books.

It is NOT permissible for proctors or test
administrators to open student test books for any
reason, including checking to see if bubbles are
filled in or tests are completed. Ask the
STUDENTS to check their books for completion
prior to turning them in.
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