Grade 2 ITBS
SPRING 2012 TEST
COORDINATION AND
ADMINISTRATION
Grade 2 ITBS (April 2012 Only)
Grade 2
Survey Battery, Level 8, Form B
 Reading
 Language
 Mathematics
About this test
Grade 2 assessment was selected to meet
testing requirements related to Act 54.
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This is a Pilot Program.
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Some materials and return procedures will
vary slightly from other spring testing
programs.
The Iowa Tests
ITBS Complete Battery
Survey
Core Battery
• Vocabulary
• Word Analysis*
• Listening*
• Mathematics
Concepts & Estimation,
Problem Solving & Data
Interpretation, and
Computation
• Reading
• Language Arts
Spelling, Capitalization,
Punctuation, Usage &
Expression
• Social Studies
• Science
• Sources of
Information
*Available in Levels 5 - 9 only.
• Reading
• Language
• Mathematics
Support for Families
Message to Parents
• Provides an overview of the test
• Includes sample test items
• Identifies skills to be measured
• Provides suggestions to parents
Louisiana Grade 2 Assessments
Testing Eligibility
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All grade 2 students enrolled in
public schools are to be tested.
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Home study students may be
tested.
Grade 2 ITBS Test
► ALL
students enrolled in grade 2 are tested.
 Exception
►Due
to the visual nature of the test, students
using Braille as the primary learning media do
not participate.
►This must be documented on the Grade 2
ITBS Spring 2012 Accommodation form and
submitted to LDOE.
► Reading,
Language and Mathematics tests
 The Language and Mathematics tests are read
aloud to all students.
 The Reading tests are not read aloud to any
students.
Louisiana Grade 2 Assessments
Grade 2 ITBS Test Accommodations
► Approved
accommodations are either
BOLDED on IEP Accommodations page or in
the Standardized Testing Accommodations
section of the Section 504 plan.
► After testing, document used
accommodations on the Grade 2 ITBS Spring
2012 Accommodation Form
 Completed form must be placed in the
student’s cumulative folder for
documentation purposes
► Locate at https://la.drcedirect.com
 click on Documents or in HANDOUTS
Louisiana Grade 2 Assessments
Grade 2 Key Dates
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Grade 2 materials arrive: March 14–16
• Boxes marked with program label: Mint
Green
• Second shipment containing the Grade 2
ITBS pre-identified labels will arrive on
• March 30.
Deadline for ordering additional materials:
Monday, April 2, 2012 by 4:30 p.m.
• With holidays and spring break close to the
ordering deadline, do not wait until the last day
to place your additional materials order.
Test Administration: April 12–13, and 16
 Makeup Testing: April 17–19
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Secure Test Materials
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Consumable Test Booklet: Student responds
directly in the test booklet. Standard answer
documents are not provided.
Directions for Administration Manual
• May not be duplicated.
• Under the supervision of the School Test
Coordinator, Test Administrators may review the
directions prior to testing.
• Must be kept in the locked, secure area and
checked out from and returned to the School Test
Coordinator each day of testing.
Large-print booklets will be packaged with a
consumable test booklet.
 Responses must be transferred to the
consumable test booklet.
Sample Consumable Test Booklet
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The label box is
not preprinted
with any student
information.
• A bar-code label
(preidentified or
nonpreidentified)
must be affixed to
all consumable
test booklets
under the
supervision of the
School Test
Coordinator.
Label
Box
School Bar-code Labels
Hand-coded
documents require
school (non-preidentified) bar-code
labels.
 School bar-code
labels are program
specific (Grade 2
ITBS) and must be
kept separate from all
other operational
program labels.
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Unscorable Documents
There are no unscorable document labels for this program.
► Place document(s) in the unscorable document bag if a
consumable test booklet was
 damaged
 soiled
 for another student
 marked with ink, highlighter, marker, or crayon
► Unscorable consumable test booklets must not be thrown
away.
► Documentation about the incident should be kept by the
District Test Coordinator.
► Any student responses must be transferred to a consumable
test booklet to be scored.
► Do not place consumable test booklets for students whose
tests should be voided in an unscorable document bag.
Stragglers
 These are consumable test booklets that
are incorrectly packaged or received by
DRC after the cutoff date.
 Procedures for handling straggler
documents:
• Documents will be scanned and scored
at a later date.
• A student report and student label will
be provided and the student’s Web
history will be updated.
Administration Procedures
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Test Administrators must read aloud the directions
printed in color in the Directions for Administration.
• Directions must be read aloud word for word.
• Test Administrators should stand in a central
location so voice projection is consistent.
Regular type is information for the Test
Administrator.
Test Administrators read aloud test questions for
Language and Math tests.
The Reading tests cannot be read aloud.
Both page numbers and page locator art are used in
the student booklet.
Administration Procedures (continued)
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Students bubble answers in test booklets.
Students are not penalized for guessing.
Proctors may be helpful.
• If testing group is large.
• In distributing and collecting materials.
• In monitoring student behavior.
Administration Procedures
(continued)
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Use only the Accommodations instructions
provided in the Grade 2 ITBS Test
Coordinators Manual.
• Ignore sections in the Directions for
Administration that mention
Accommodations…(pages 5 - 7).
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Use only the Coding instructions provided in
the District and School Administrative Package.
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After testing, code all test accommodations
used on the Grade 2 ITBS Spring 2012
Accommodations Form.
Test Administrator Responsibilities
Provide the following to students:
No.
2 pencil
Adequate
Scratch
desk space
paper (only for the Math test)
• Used scratch paper must be
immediately destroyed.
Instructions
on how to mark answers
Encouragement
and reassurance
Timed and Untimed
The Iowa Tests
• 30 minutes or less of testing per session
• Designed with logical, frequent breaks
• Each subtest requires 12 minutes or less
Timing
• Untimed, except for one portion of math
• Teacher-paced
• Allows most students to finish each section
Reading
Reading:
44 items,
30 minutes
 Vocabulary:
19 items,
10
minutes
 Comprehension
►Pictures 7 items
4 minutes
►Sentences
6 items 4 minutes
►Stories 12 items 12 minutes
(Times are estimates or suggestions.)
Language
Language: 42 items, 25 minutes
Spelling:
11 items
Capitalization:
7 items
Punctuation:
7 items
Usage
17 items
& Exp:
Mathematics
Mathematics: 50 items, 30 minutes
 Concepts: 13 items
10 minutes
 Problems: 20 items
12 minutes
 Computation: 17 items
8 minutes
(Times are estimates or suggestions,
except for the last Computation
section, which is timed at 4 minutes.)
Packaging Materials for
Return to DRC
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When testing is complete:
• Stack the consumable test booklets with the
demographic side UP.
• Complete the Grade/Class Identification (Header)
Sheet(s).
• Insert the pre-slugged Building Identification
(Header) Sheet(s).
• Complete the Test Booklet (Consumable) Count for
Riverside Scoring Services form.
• Package for return to DRC.
►Refer to the instructions in the Grade 2 ITBS Test
Coordinators Manual and in the Stacking
Diagrams found in the Administrative Package.
Packaging Materials for
Return to DRC
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Collect materials from all schools and package them for
return, using the Grade 2 ITBS DRC return labels.
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NEW: Package scorable materials in the DRC Return
Bags. Seal the bag with one of the provided plastic ties.
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Affix gray DRC return labels to flap A of each box
containing scorable materials.
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Affix UPS Next-day Air Return Service labels to flap B
of each box for returns on April 19 and 20. (Do not
make copies of UPS labels.)
Package the nonscorable materials in a separate box.
Affix white DRC return labels to flap A of each box
containing nonscorable materials.
Building Identification
(Header) Sheets
 Included in each School
Administrative Package is one preslugged Building Identification
(Header) Sheet.
 Included in each District
Administrative Package is one blank
Building Identification (Header)
Sheet.
• These are used if there are any
approved home study program
students testing in the district
(use site code 998).
 This header sheet must be placed on
top of the consumable test booklets
in the first box of Grade 2 ITBS
materials being returned for scoring.
Do NOT PHOTOCOPY the header sheets.
Grade/Class Identification (Header)
Sheets
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Included in each School
Administrative Package are
two blank Grade/Class
Identification (Header)
Sheets.
• One for every twenty-two
students to be tested.
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Do NOT PHOTOCOPY the
header sheets. School Test
Coordinators must contact
their District Test
Coordinators if additional
header sheets are needed.
Test Booklet (Consumable) Count for
Riverside Scoring Service Form
 Only one Scoring Service form completed for each district.
 Instructions for completing this form are in the Grade 2
ITBS Test Coordinators Manual.
Summary of Exceptions
The following are not applicable to the
Grade 2 ITBS test:
 The
Directions for Administration
Manual replaces the Test
Administration Manual.
 No TA System available.
 No Comment Sheets or Online
Surveys.