The PASA

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The PASA

• Logistics

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Logistics Materials Distributed from PASA

• Test booklets
• Test kits
• Envelope for each test administrator

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Logistics
Early February One set of boxes Delivered to
schools -gt test administrators in the
school/district
A second set of boxes Delivered to Service
Providers Assessment Coordinator -gt Test
administrators
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First Set of Boxes
TEST KITS containing most of the objects needed
to administer the assessment at specific grade
and levels of the assessment
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14 Kits of Objects

• Different kits by subject, grade, and difficulty
  level
• Math 3/4A, 5/6A, 7/8A, 11A
• Math 3/4B, 5/6B, 7/8B, 11B
• Math 3/4C, 5/6C, 7/8C, 11C
• Reading 3/4A, 5/6A 8,500 kits packaged
• Each packaged separately, boxed, labeled
• Mailed directly to schools in District run
  program
• Mailed to Assessment Coordinators for IU and
  Charter School programs for distribution to
  teachers

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Assessment Kits

• Each school will have (at least) one Kit for
  every grade and level pre-assigned to students in
  that school.
• In IU programs, approved private schools
• 1 Kit for every 5-6 teachers administering that
  grade and level of PASA

Please Share!
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Second Set of Boxes Testing Materials
To be distributed by Assessment Coordinator to
each test administrator
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An Envelope
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Logistics Test level assignments

• Check envelope
• Student not enrolled?
• Contact PASA
• Missing 3 stickers for each student enrolled ?
• Contact PASA
• Wrong level?
• Apply for change in level at www.PASAassessment.or
  g
• Do not just use different test!

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LogisticsTest level assignments

• Assignment of assessment levels was based on
• Goal of having students challenged, but not
  overwhelmed by assessment
• Reading and Mathematics Checklists submitted at
  time of enrollment
• Past student performance, if available
• Generally NOT available for students in grades 3
  and 11

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Part IVReturning Materials
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Part IV Returning Materials

• Preparing
• Media or notes

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Prepare recordings for return
Part IV Returning Materials

• Finalize DVD
• not finalized, we cannot score
• View to make certain recording
• happened!
• Affix the preprinted student label

. . . in a way that will not affect playback of
the medium. Please do not put labels on disks.
Write the Student ID on the disk with a marker
and put a label on the case
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Part IV Returning Materials

• If more than one video was required
• Create a label and affix it to the second video
  (or DVD or cassette) with the same information
  that is on the preprinted label (students name,
  student identification number, and the name of
  the service provider).
• Write 1 of 2 on the first label and 2 of 2 on the
  second label.

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Part IV Returning Materials

• If student performance was recorded with
  narrative notes
• Make sure notes can be read
• Affix the preprinted student label to the first
  page of the narrative notes
• Verify that there are notes for both the Reading
  and Math tests or for the Science test, and that
  the content area is clearly indicated, and staple
  together all the narrative notes.

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Part IV Returning Materials
New this year

• Prepare
• Plastic Media Envelope

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Part IV Returning Materials
Place preprinted student label here
Include
1. Recording medium with a preprinted label
attached OR completed Narrative Note-Taking
Record with a preprinted label attached.

• 3. Check all that apply
• ? Will a foreign language interpreter be needed?
• (If yes, which
  language?)___________
• ? Will a sign language interpreter be needed?
• ? Were adapted test items from the PASA website
  used?
• Was the DVD finalized? (If it is not finalized,
  the scorers will not be able to view and score
  it.)

2. Completed Supporting Documentation Form (More
later )
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Part IV Returning Materials

• Complete
• Supporting Documentation Form
• See Appendix D

New form this year
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Place Student Label Here
Test Administrators Name_______ Work Phone______
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Receptive Communication Used
Expressive Communication Used
Amplification Aids Used
Visual Aids Used
Tactile Aids Used
Other Adaptations
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Part IV Returning Materials

• Check one more time that you did everything you
  were supposed to do
• Review Start-to-Finish
• Inside back cover of Administrators Manual and
  inside front cover of Test Booklet.

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Inside back cover
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Part IV Returning Materials

• Give recorded performances and Test Booklets to
  Assessment Coordinator
• Follow instruction in materials
• For return to University of Pittsburgh
• Using pre-paid UPS label
• Recordings MUST BE RECEIVED BY APRIL 2 It is
  very helpful if all the recordings are in one
  package and all the returned test materials are
  in a separate package
• Assessment Kits to be mailed back at the same
  time using prepaid UPS label

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We Just Covered the Basic Process

• Preparing,
• Administering,
• Returning
• Next
• Part V Scoring and Reporting