TERRANOVA 3
EDITION
PRE-TEST WORKSHOP
RD
PRESENTED BY: DR. MARY KEARNEY
This PowerPoint, Test Coordinator’s Manual, and other TerraNova resources can be found
on the OCS portal (http://ocs.archchicago.org)
TERRANOVA QUICK GLANCE
TerraNova, Third Edition Multiple
Assessments measures important higherorder thinking skills as well as basic and
applied skills. These assessments
generate norm-referenced
achievement scores, criterionreferenced objective mastery scores,
and performance-level information.
Features:
•Includes reading, language,
mathematics, science, and social
studies tests
•The only standardized achievement
test to combine selected-response items
with constructed-response items that
ask students to produce their own
responses
Subject Areas and Grades
•Reading (Grades 1–12)
•Math (Grades 1–12)
•Language (Grades 3–12)
•Science (Grades 1–12)
•Social Studies (Grades 1–12)
Assessment Type
•Standardized Norm-Referenced
Achievement Test (2007 Norms)
Delivery Formats
•Paper and pencil
Test Item Types
•Constructed-Response
•Selected-Response
BEFORE ADMINISTERING THE EXAM
• Communicate test schedule to your school community by February 28th.
(Overview of Testing Schedule on Next Slide)
• Attach bar-code labels to the answer booklets (PowerSchool Users).
• Conduct training workshop.
• Prepare for testing:
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Gather materials
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Review materials: student information ( pgs. 12-16 TCM).
• Identify a secure storage area for exams.
• Store test boxes for shipping and storage.
STUDENT INFORMATION
TCM – Pg. 12
• Select schools with Power School have been given
barcodes.
• Place barcode in labeled space.
• Discard unused barcodes.
• If pre-coded barcode is inaccurate, manually bubble
in all of a student’s information.
Smith, Alex
Barcodes
Smith, Alex
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFO
Where ?
• Barcode or Bubble
• Bubble: Inside front
cover of the test book.
What ?
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Student’s name
Teacher’s name
Student birth date
Student’s gender
Student’s grade
Codes
Program
Ethnicity/Race
Home Language
SPECIAL CODING
Archdiocesan Codes
• K = Chicago Title 1
• 1= yes
• L= Caritas Scholarship
• 1 = yes
• M= Access Scholarship
• 1= yes
• O= 3 or > years AoC
school
• 1 = yes
Programs
• Do NOT fill in any bubbles in
this area if student is taking
TerraNova under standard
conditions.
• IEP
• 504
• LEP/ELL
• Do NOT bubble IEP+504.
Week 1:
Test
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
*
Thursday
Friday
Subtest
InView
Principal’s
Choice:
Reading
or Math
Science
Principal’s
Choice:
Reading
or Math
Social
Studies &
Language
* Ash Wednesday
Week 2:
Administer any make-up exams or continue testing for students
who receive accommodations.
TESTING SCHEDULE
HOW DO YOU ADMINISTER THE EXAM?
DURING : ADMINISTRATION
• Establish a process for the daily distribution and collection of test materials.
• Establish a system to actively monitor test administration.
• Establish a system to provide relief to teachers during testing. Post the relief
schedule.
• Remind teacher’s to review answer documents daily. ( TCM pg. 10)
• Schedule Test Pick-Up. (http://programs.ctb.com/archdiochicago)
Click Link: http://programs.ctb.com/archdiochicago
AFTER ADMINISTERING THE EXAM
• Complete and check Group Information Sheets (Teachers).
• Complete School Group List ( Test Coordinator/Principal).
• Prepare documents for shipping ( TCM: pgs. 21-22).
• Collect re-usable test items:
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Inventory ( Appendix B)
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Store in a secure location.
REVIEW APPENDICES
• Appendix A: Birth Date Error Notice
• Appendix B: Inventory
• Appendix C: Test Security, Administration, and Test Results
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No copying of test materials
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Irregularities: report immediately to Dr. Pena ( jpena@archchicago.org)
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Motivation for testing
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Administration of test: fidelity to test directions
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Test results.
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Reading
Objective
Level
Oral Comprehension
11
Science Inquiry
11-21/22
Basic Understanding
11-21/22
Physical Science
11-21/22
Analyze Text
11-21/22
Life Science
11-21/22
Evaluate and Extend Meaning
11-21/22
Earth and Space Science
11-21/22
Reading and Writing Strategies
11-21/22
Science and Technology
11-21/22
Introduction to Print
Science
13-21/22
Writing Strategies
13-21/22
Editing Skills
13-21/22
Number and Number Relations
11-21/22
Computation and Numerical
Estimation
11-21/22
Operation Concepts
11-21/22
Measurement
11-21/22
Mathematics Geometry and Spatial Sense
11-21/22
Data Analysis, Statistics, and
Probability
11-21/22
Patterns, Functions, Algebra
11-21/22
Problem Solving and Reasoning
11-21/22
Communication*
11-21/22
Level
Personal and Social Perspectives in Science 13-21/22
11-12
Sentence Structure
Language
Objective
Social Studies
History and Nature of Science
19-21/22
Geographic Perspectives
11-21/22
Historical and Cultural Perspectives
11-21/22
Civics & Government Perspectives
11-21/22
Economic Perspectives
11-21/22
Now that Objectives have been identified,
where can I find the subskills for each
Objective?
ACTIVITY
Get into small groups
and locate in the
Teacher’s Guide where
the subskills for each
objective are found.
Share:
In past years, additional
information in the
Teacher’s Guide has
been useful to teachers
in your school.
Schedule of Important Dates for Spring 2014 Testing
January 6
Test materials received at individual school building. Report shortage to CTB
at 800.538-9547 option 1.
February 5
Pre-test workshop 1:00 - 2:30 pm at Quigley Pastoral Center (registration not
required)
February 20
Pre-test workshop 9:30-11:00 am at Quigley Pastoral Center (registration not
required)
February 21
Last day to order additional test materials from CTB (800-428-2669)
February 25 – 28
Schools may administer Practice Tests (optional)
March 3 – 14
Conduct scheduled testing for TerraNova, Third Edition and InView.
March 10 – 12
Schools schedule online pickup of answer documents:
http://programs.ctb.com/archdiochicago.
March 14
Last day to assemble and package all answer documents for shipment to
CTB.
March 10 - 17
Answer documents to be picked up between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. for
shipment to the CTB Scoring Center.
April 4 - 14
Test reports to be delivered to schools. Report any discrepancies to CTB(800428-2669)
May 6 - 7
Post-test data analysis workshops to be held (TBD locations/times)
Academic Team: TerraNova Support
•Mary Kearney
CTB SUPPORT
Brian Bell
Evaluation Consultant
Phone:
(630) 305-0613
Email:
Brian.Bell@ctb.com
mkearney@archchicago.org
•Jorge Pena
jpena@archchicago.org
•Christopher Haruska
charuska@archchicago.org