Welcome to PARCC Field Test Training!

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Welcome to PARCC Field Test Training!

• Presented by the PARCC Field Test Team

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Outline

• 1. Overview
• Participating schools
• Paper and online
• Grades and test sessions
• 2. Proctoring the test
• Calculator
• Testing accommodations
• Testing Protocols
• 3. Preparing your school
• Resources
• The PearsonAccess website
• Sample Test Items for students

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1. Overview

• This year, we are running a Field Test of the
  PARCC exam, to prepare us for full-scale testing
  in the future.
• Approximately 11 of our students will be tested.
• 47 schools will be doing online testing.
• 17 schools will be doing paper testing.
• Students nor schools will receive scores.
• Purposes of field test
• To test the reliability of the items.
• To test readiness and help prepare for future
  online testing on a mass scale.

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Overview Schedule and Subjects

• Schools testing PBA (Performance-Based
  Assessment) will test
• March 24 April 25
• Schools testing EOY (End of Year) will test
• May 5 May 21
• Schools who are testing both PBA and EOY
  Assessments.
• PBA Assessment is March 24 April 11
• EOY Assessment is May 5 May 21
• The tested subjects are Math and/or English
  Language Arts (ELA).

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Overview Roles

• There is one Test Coordinator per school.
• That person oversees the Test Administrators.
• There should be one Test Administrator per test
  session.
• A Test Administrator may be assisted by Proctors.
• All Test Administrators and Proctors must be
  trained prior to administering or monitoring a
  testing session.
• See the Test Coordinator manuals on PearsonAccess
  for more detailed definitions and descriptions of
  who may serve in those roles.

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Key Responsibilities of Field Test Coordinator

• Be familiar with relevant manuals
• Establish and communicate test schedule
• Develop Security Plan, including Chain-of-Custody
  documentation
• Develop Training Plan
• Plan ahead to provide accommodations for those
  who are permitted to use them
• Meet with Test Administrators meet with
  students
• Confirm necessary test materials are available
• Securely destroy test materials as detailed in
  Coordinators manual

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Overview Test sessions

• Each participating class will need to take the
  test over two or three Sessions per subject.
• A single session will have a total time of 60 to
  120 minutes depending on the class and session.
• Extended time beyond the allotted session time is
  permitted for students with that accommodation.
• Allow for
• Each session must be done within one day.
• Two sessions of a test may be done within one
  day, but not three in one day.
• All students within the same grade level and
  subject must test on the same day.

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Overview Test sessions

• Example The third grade ELA test has three PBA
  sessions and two EOY sessions.
• See the Test Coordinator Manual for Paper-based
  Testing for all grades.
• The amount of time allotted for each test session
  consists of Session Time and Additional Time
  Allowed.
• The total Field Test time includes any
  individual interruptions (e.g., bathroom breaks).

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Guidelines for Session Times
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2. Proctoring the test.

• Calculators
• Testing accommodations
• Security Protocols
• Testing Protocols

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Calculators

• Tests for grades 3-5 do not involve use of a
  calculator.
• All other grades have a calculator part of the
  math test, in which a calculator may be used.
• Grades 6, 7 Four-function calculator with square
  root
• Grade 8 Scientific calculator
• High school Graphing calculator consistent with
  the TI-84.

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Calculators and accommodations
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Accommodations

• Accommodations on IEPs, 504s, and ELLs require
  selection during student test registration.
• Appendix G of the Coordinators manual, and
  Appendix D of the Administrators manual list
  accessibility features and accommodations and
  content area and tests permitted.
• Accommodations that have been used must be
  indicated on the student registration record.

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Read-Aloud

• Is an Accessibility Feature for math.
• Or Accommodation for ELA/Literacy Assessment.
• A test administrator giving a Read-Aloud will
  need a Proctor Authorization Ticket in order to
  access the test administrator copy of the test.

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Accommodations Documentation

• There is much information on accessibility and
  accommodations in the manuals and training
  modules at PearsonAccess.
• Test Coordinator Manual, Appendix G
• Test Administrator Manual, Appendix D
• www.parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-a
  nd-accommodations-manual
• Accessibility Features and Accommodations
  Training Module

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Security Protocols

• All staff involved in testing must sign security
  agreement and kept for 3 years.
• Distribute and collect materials from Test
  Administrators.
• Implement a Chain-of-Custody plan which ensures
  that test materials are accounted for before,
  during, and after the test administration.

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Paper-Based Test Materials

• Test Booklets
• Answer Documents (grades 4high school)
• Vendor-supplied Rulers and Protractors
• Vendor-supplied Mathematics Reference Sheets
• Scratch Paper
• Calculators where permitted in Math tests

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Contaminated/Damaged Materials
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Testing Protocols

• Sessions must be administered in order.
• Schedule sessions for entire allotted time.
• Students who finish early may read or do
  classwork that is unrelated to test content.
• Student may not leave test room if finish early.
• Bathroom breaks permitted, one at a time.
• At discretion of test administrator, permitted
  ONE class break up to 3 minutes.
• No student may go onto next session before all
  students in session have completed the session.
• Test protocol breaches are reported to the test
  coordinator, who then contacts Cindy.

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More Testing Protocols

• Test Administrator must actively proctor at all
  times
• Prohibited Materials during testing
• Materials that define, explain, or illustrate
  terms in the subject area tested
• Graphic organizers
• Word lists
• Number lines
• Math charts, including those with formulas (a
  math reference sheet is supplied with the test)
• Definitions
• Cell phones or music devices

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Post-test protocols

• ID Labels
• etc.

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Field Test Survey

• ID Labels
• etc.

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3. Preparing Your School

• Training of your Test Administrators should
  consist of
• Their reading of the Test Administrator manual
  (online or paper).
• Viewing the relevant training sessions on the
  PearsonAccess website.
• Having their students go through sample items.

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Resources/Manuals

• Relevant documentation can be found at the
  PearsonAccess Website using the Support Tab
• Pearson Access User Guide
• Test Coordinator Manual for Paper-Based Testing
• Test Administrator Manual for Paper-Based Testing
• Accessibility Features and Accommodations
  Training Module

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The PearsonAccess Website

• Go to www.pearson.access.com, and choose PARCC in
  the drop-down menu.

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The PearsonAccess Website

• For documentation and training, use the relevant
  links in the Support tab,

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The PearsonAccess Website

• The PearsonAccess website has two sections for
  which you need distinct accounts to enter.
• Training site Here is where you set up an
  Infrastructure Trial.
• Home Also called the Live, or Development site.
  Here is where you register Field Test.

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The PearsonAccess Website

• To run an infrastructure trial, you need an
  account on the Training side of the website.

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The PearsonAccess Website

• To run the Field Test, you need an account on the
  Live, or Development side of the website.

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Sample Test Items

• It is recommended that each school allow
  participating students to become familiar with
  the nature of the test by viewing Sample Items.
• If done, must be done at least one day before the
  test.
• These are available at
• http//parcconline.org/samples/math
• Follow the links to the relevant grade level and
  subject.

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Sample Test Items

• If you show students the sample items, you may
  help a student see how answers are written.
• During the test, you will not be allowed to help
  a student enter answers.

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4. Any questions?

• Thanks for being here, and for your past,
  present, and future work!