INTRODUCTION TO
SPRING 2014
COMPUTER-BASED TESTING
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COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER-BASED TESTING
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Participate in an Infrastructure Trial (brown site)
Complete State Certification Process (CBT Certification Tool)
ePAT Students
Create Test Sessions in Pearson Access (blue site)
Enroll New Students as Necessary
Manage Test Sessions
Authorization Tickets, Session Rosters, Seal Codes
Cache sessions
Start sessions
Resume students
Stop sessions
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
PearsonAccess – www.pearsonaccess.com/fl
(the blue site)
• A website used for almost all test preparation (e.g., PreID), setup,
administration, and reporting tasks.
• Correct test administration must be selected each time you log in.
• Requires a username and password.
• Links to support materials:
www.FLAssessments.com/SpringRMS
• PearsonAccess will timeout after 14 minutes of inactivity. TestNav and
TestHear do NOT timeout.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
PearsonAccess Training Center
(the brown site)
Accessed from the Training
Center tab on PearsonAccess
Home page.
Provides an opportunity to
 Practice PearsonAccess tasks
 Manage the Infrastructure Trial in
preparation for testing
Requires a username and
password.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Proctor Caching
• Proctor Caching is a process of loading or “caching” test content
locally on a computer at the school level.
• Reduces test delays due to network congestion.
• Provides students with a more seamless testing experience.
• Required for all FCAT/FCAT 2.0/EOC computer-based testing in
Florida.
• Test Coordinators are required to “cache” their testing sessions in
the blue site prior to starting the sessions.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
TestNav 6.9 (TestNav)
• Platform for Florida’s high-stakes
computer-based statewide
assessments.
• Software application installed either
on a file server or on each computer
that will be used for testing.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
TestHear
• Platform used to deliver accommodated forms (e.g., large print,
zoom, color contrast, screen reader, assistive devices) for Florida’s
high-stakes computer-based statewide assessments.
• Software application installed on each computer that will be used to
test students who require computer-based accommodations.
• It is recommended that TestHear be installed on a hard-wired
computer (not on a workstation using wireless Internet connectivity).
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ePAT
• Electronic Practice Assessment Tool
• Students are required to take an ePAT for each computer-based test.
• If a student has previously participated in an ePAT for the subject
test he or she will take, the student is not required to participate
in an ePAT for this administration.
• A script is used to administer the ePATs.
• Students can practice additionally without hearing the script.
• Provides students an opportunity to practice using the computer-based
platform prior to testing.
• Available for download at www.FLAssessments.com/ePATs.
• Download ePAT launcher separately from test content.
• Accommodated ePATs are also available. Launcher is bundled with the
practice test content for accommodated forms.
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PEARSON SUPPORT
Contact Pearson Support
• Phone Number: 1-877-847-3043
• E-mail: Florida@support.pearson.com
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COMPUTER-BASED TEST
SCHEDULE
Grade 10
Reading Two 70 minute sessions over two days
Testing can begin April 14 and must conclude by April 24
Grade 6
Reading Two 70 minute sessions over two days
Testing can begin April 14 and must conclude by April 24
Grade 7
Reading Two 70 minute sessions over two days
Testing can begin April 16 and must conclude by April 29
Grade 8
Reading Two 70 minute sessions over two days
Testing can begin April 21 and must conclude by April 30
Grade 6
Math
Testing can begin April 23 and must conclude by May 2
Grade 9
Reading Two 70 minute sessions over two days
Testing can begin April 23 and must conclude by May 2
Grade 5
Math
Testing can begin April 25 and must conclude by May 6
Two 70 minute sessions in one day
Two 70 minute sessions over two days
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Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
April 29
Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
April 29
Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
April 29
Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
May 5
Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
May 5
Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
May 5
Paper accommodation tests are due to Accountability by
May 5
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Student Authorization Tickets
• For each test session, each student needs a Login
ID and a test code (password), which are printed
on the Student Authorization Tickets.
• Students will need a pen or pencil during testing to
sign their tickets.
• Students taking a two-session test will log in using
the same Student Authorization Tickets for both
sessions.
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Student Authorization Tickets (cont.)
• Student Authorization Tickets must be handled
in a secure manner and returned to the
school assessment coordinator immediately
after each day of testing is completed.
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The test administrator will give each student a
ticket only AFTER all students have entered the
testing room, as instructed in the script, and all
tickets must be collected BEFORE students
leave the testing room.
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Student Authorization Tickets (cont.)
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Session Roster
MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
A Session Roster is a list of all students scheduled in a test session
that displays important information including:
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Test Administration
Session Name
Test to be Administered
Test Code (password)
Student Name
Student ID
Student Date of Birth
Class information
Login ID
Blank space to record attendance information and accommodations used.
The Session Roster may be used to record required administration
information.
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Session Roster (cont.)
• Session Rosters must be handled in a
secure manner and returned to the
school assessment coordinator
immediately after each test session is
completed.
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Session Roster (cont.)
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Test Group Code
• A test group code is a unique four-digit number used to identify a
group of students testing together.
• Each group of tested students, initial and make-up, in a testing
room should receive a unique test group code.
• School assessment coordinators will need to create their own
unique four-digit codes.
• Students will enter the test group code before beginning the test,
as indicated in the scripts.
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TEST CODE &
TEST GROUP CODE
Test Code
Test Group Code
A six-digit code created by PearsonAccess
and printed on Student Authorization Tickets
and Session Rosters. The Login ID and the
test code are required to log in to TestNav.
A unique four-digit number created by
district assessment coordinators or by school
assessment coordinators used to identify
groups of students tested together. The test
group code is entered after the Welcome
screen in TestNav and before students see
the first question.
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Seal Code
MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
• A seal code is a unique four-digit number used to
allow students to access Session 2 of a computerbased test after they have completed Session 1.
• Seal codes will be provided in PearsonAccess, and all
students in a test session will use the same seal code.
• Seal codes should not be given to students until
directed to do so on Day 2 when Session 2 is
administered.
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Seal Code (cont.)
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MATERIALS NEEDED
FOR TESTING
Seal Code (cont.)
Students
enter the
seal code
here
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SCHOOL COORDINATOR
BEFORE TESTING
 Arrange practice test sessions.
 Train test administrators.
 Communicate the process for collecting required administration
information to your test administrators.
 Verify student information and create test sessions.
 Cache test sessions.
 Distribute test group codes to test administrators.
 Assign proctors, as needed.
 Ensure that appropriate test settings are available for all test sessions.
 Distribute Session Rosters and Student Authorization Tickets on the
day of test administration.
Distribute seal codes when appropriate.
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CREATE TEST SESSIONS
• Test sessions are like testing rooms for
computer-based testing.
• Our schools create test sessions based on
subject, location, and test administrator.
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COMPUTER-BASED
ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATION
(CBT CERTIFICATION TOOL)
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The Computer-Based Assessments Certification process must
be completed and submitted as directed by the FDOE.
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Schools are responsible for providing information about the
number and types of computers to be used for computerbased testing and the number of students to be tested on
each day of the administration window.
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Schools must also respond to questions about whether
readiness activities have been completed.
More information will be sent in Leadership Links about
logging in and completing this tool for your school.
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SCHOOL COORDINATOR
DURING TESTING
 Ensure the test sessions have been started in PearsonAccess.
 Provide test administrators with additional materials, as necessary.
 Monitor each testing room to ensure that test administration and test security
policies and procedures are followed, seating charts and Security Logs are
being properly completed, and required administration information is being
collected.
 Be available during testing to answer questions from test administrators.
 In PearsonAccess, monitor session status and resume students’ tests, if
necessary.
 Arrange for and supervise make-up administrations.
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SCHOOL COORDINATOR
AFTER TESTING
 Verify that all distributed secure materials have been returned.
Report any missing materials to your district assessment coordinator
and conduct the necessary investigation.
 Make copies of all collected required administration information,
seating charts, and Security Logs and file the copies.
 In PearsonAccess, stop test sessions and invalidate student tests, if
necessary.
 In PearsonAccess, record accommodations actually used by
students.
 Organize materials and return them to your district assessment
coordinator.
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Technology Coordinator
Before, During, and After
Testing
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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR
BEFORE TESTING
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Read the test administration manual.
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Read the Test Administration Policies and Procedures and sign the FCAT/FCAT 2.0
Administration and Security Agreement.
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Ensure all workstations meet the minimum requirements at
www.FLAssessments.com/MinimumSpecs.
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Confirm TestNav 6.9 software has been installed on all computers to be used for testing.
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Install TestHear on all computers to be used for testing students requiring accommodated CBT
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Ensure all student workstations have successfully loaded the Infrastructure Trial.
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Meet with the school assessment coordinator to discuss the administration of the computerbased test, to walk through the test administration procedures, and discuss plans for handling
possible technical interruptions during testing.
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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR
BEFORE TESTING
MONITOR DISPLAY AND SHADING
• To ensure students will see all of the content in the test,
students are asked to confirm that they can see 15% shading
on the Test Group Code screen when they first log in to the test.
• If students cannot see the shading, they must exit the test and
their monitor settings must be adjusted.
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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR BEFORE
TESTING
PROCTOR CACHING
IT Support will share instructions on how to complete proctor
caching tasks for each session.
Proctor caching each test session is required and can be
accomplished by the test coordinator or the technology
specialist (school-based decision).
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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR BEFORE
TESTING
TESTHEAR EPATS
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Students are required to participate in a practice test using
the ePAT with the same accommodations that will be
provided to them on the operational assessment.
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The accommodated ePATs must be downloaded and
installed on the computer workstation that will be used for
the practice test.
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TestHear ePATs will only operate on Windows PC workstations
and on Macintosh workstations that have Mac OS 10.5 or
later installed and are running Windows (e.g., via Boot
Camp). TestHear ePATs will not work on Mac OS 10.4 or on
Macs that cannot also run Windows.
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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR BEFORE
TESTING
TESTHEAR
• TestHear must be installed locally on all computers that will be
used by students requiring accommodated CBT forms (e.g.,
large print, zoom, screen reader, color contrast, assistive
devices).
• TestHear will only operate on Windows PC workstations and on
Macintosh workstations that have Mac OS 10.5 or later installed
and are running Windows (e.g., via Boot Camp). TestHear will
not work on Mac OS 10.4 or on Macs that cannot also run
Windows.
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TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR
DURING TESTING
 Ensure Proctor Caching software is running on
all Proctor Caching computers.
 Adjusting monitors that are not correctly
displaying test items with shading.
 Monitor each testing room to ensure that there
are no technical issues.
 Be available during testing to answer questions
from test administrators.
 Contact Pearson Support if technical issues
arise.
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COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER-BASED TESTING
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.


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Participate in an Infrastructure Trial (brown site)
Complete State Certification Process (CBT Certification Tool)
ePAT Students
Create Test Sessions in Pearson Access (blue site)
Enroll New Students as Necessary
Manage Test Sessions
Authorization Tickets, Session Rosters, Seal Codes
Cache sessions
Start sessions
Resume students
Stop sessions
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NEXT STEPS
1. Practice in the brown site.
2. Complete an infrastructure trial at your
school.
3. We will send out information about the
CBT Certification Tool in Leadership
Links by the beginning of February.
4. We will have another training closer to
the actual testing window to go over
procedures and policies.
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HELP
To better serve our test coordinators,
Accountability is using http://help or
http://help.leeschools.net to manage
testing requests.
• Examples of these requests include:
• Materials request
• PearsonAccess account issues
• Testing dates and general testing
information
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