CAASSP Overview
2014
STAR Testing Window
2014
Elementary/Intermediate • April 8th – April11th
CAPA • April 8th – April17th
Includes make-ups
What is new this year?
• Testing only 5 & 8 Science CST/CMA
• Grades 2-8 CAPA
• One version of CAPA
• STS (Optional)
Continuous Enrollment Definition
• A student is considered continuously enrolled if the student
was enrolled in the same School or District from the Fall
Census Day (first Wednesday in October) to the first day of
testing, without a gap in enrollment of more than 30
consecutive calendar days.
STAR Test Coordinator: Training Video
• http://www.startest.org/training/
Test Site Coordinators Responsibilities
• Test Security
• Train Test Examiners
• Making sure that the school has the proper testing
materials
• Distributing and collecting testing materials daily.
• Answering questions from test examiner
• Monitor test administration
• Verify materials are marked correctly to ensure
correct student scores
• Packing and returning materials to the district.
See Page 8 of the STAR coordinators manual for
additional information.
Before Testing: Managing Test Security
• STAR Test Security Agreement must be signed and
returned by School Test Site Coordinator.
(Please sign agreement and return if you have not already done so)
• STAR Security Affidavits must be signed by all
teachers, proctors, and anyone else with access to
the test.
• Provide copies to Evaluation & Research when you
return your materials.
Before Testing: Delivery
• Elementary – March 31st April 1st
• Middle School– April 2nd
• Please inform your custodians that they will be required to
verify the quantity of boxes being delivered to your site.
Before Testing: Taking Inventory
• Place all materials in a secure and locked area and
retain all boxes.
• Inventory materials to confirm counts match
packing list within 48 hours.
o Please be sure to open boxes from the top.
• Keep all boxes, they will be need to return your
materials.
Before Testing: Additional Materials
PLEASE NOTE:
o If you will require additional testing materials
please contact us immediately.
o Please verify that you have received Special
Versions (Braille and/or Large Print) for special
needs students. Please contact us
immediately if you require these materials
because we will have to place a special order.
The last day to place an order will be March
17th. Any orders placed after this date will not
be guaranteed in time for testing.
Before Testing: Pre-Id and Hand-slugged
answer documents
• All students enrolled as of January 6, 2014 should
receive a Pre-Id answer document.
• Student enrolled starting on February 26, 2014 will
require a hand-slugged answer document.
Before Testing: Getting Prepared
• Plan all test administration logistics for your
school site:
• Notify Parents of Test Schedules.
• Notices will be available for all school sites
• Please send Tele-parent to all 5 & 8 grade parents reminding them of the
assessment
• Prepare a testing schedule within the District testing
window.
• Prepare and/or supervise the hand-marking of any
blank answer documents.
• Review IEP’s for any students taking the CMA or
CAPA.
• Identify any STS students.
• Prepare a check-in/check-out system.
Before Testing: Training
• Test site coordinators must train all test examiners,
proctors, and scribes.
o Examiner Training PowerPoint Available on Wiki at:
http://goo.gl/YF1ta
o The 2014 STAR Pre-Test online video clips are linked at:
http://www.startest.org/training/
• CAPA Training
o CAPA Training for Special Ed. Teachers
will be at Washington February 25th
Before Testing: Getting Prepared
• Ensure that testing rooms are
appropriately prepared for
administering the test. No
instructional material directly
related to the content of the
test should be visible.
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Before Testing: Getting Prepared
• Each testing location to include:
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DFA (Forthcoming)
Answer Documents and Booklets.
Two No. 2 pencils with erasers per student.
Do not Disturb Signs
o No unauthorized electronic devices sign
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2013 STAR Pre-Test Workshop || Slide 16
Test Administration
• Make sure students are taking the appropriate
version of the test; CST, CMA or CAPA.
o Verify all IEP’s prior to testing.
• Tests are not timed.
• Estimated times: Appendix J
M-105
CMA
M-74
• Students may take the CMA test if they:
o Have an IEP that specifies that they take the
CMA.
o Scored below basic or far below basic in a
previous year on the CST with or without
modifications and/or took the CMA in a previous
year.
o CMA Tests Available for:
• Science – Grades 5, 8 and 10 (Life Science)
o Student may take the CST and CMA test in
different subject areas.
CMA
M-74
• Students shall not take the CMA if they:
o Do not have an IEP
o Are eligible to take the CAPA.
o Have not scored below basic or far below basic
in a previous year on the CST’s.
M-13
CAPA
• Available for students with significant
cognitive disabilities enrolled in grades two
through eleven.
• Students designated to take the CAPA must
take the grade-assigned CAPA level or
CAPA Level 1.
o CAPA levels are listed on Table 5 on page 14.
• Examiners must be trained annually.
• 10% of CAPA students for each level must
have a second observer.
M-14
STS (Optional)
• English Learners with Spanish as their
primary language who have been in U.S.
schools less than one year.
• This test is not administered to EO, I-FEP,
or R-FEP students
• If a student takes the STS they must also
take the CST and/or CMA.
Accommodation vs. Modification
• Accommodations
o Change conditions, but not measurement
o Count as-is; no impact on API & AYP
• Modifications
o Change conditions and measurement
o Count as far below basic for API
o Do not count as proficient or as a participant for AYP
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Students may only use accommodations or modifications specified in
IEP’s or section 504 Plans during the test. If students use
accommodations or modifications, test examiners are responsible for
marking Section A3b on students’ answer document immediately after
testing. If a student has an IEP or Section 504 plan but does not use
accommodations or modifications only mark section A3a.
Note: No Audio CD are available.
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During Testing
M-63
• Monitor test administration
o Use a Test Site Inventory Form to check materials out to
and in from test examiners each day of testing.
o Distribute Student Absence logs to test examiners. Keep
completed forms on file at school site.
o Visit classrooms
• Make sure all teachers are reading directions verbatim
• Ensure all instructional materials directly related to the content
of the test are covered during testing.
• Students are marking the correct test taken and version
number
• Student desks are cleared during testing
• No Cell Phones
• Ensure security is being maintained
• Inform test examiners of where to send students who need
more time to test.
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REMINDER
• Materials must be checked in and out
each day of testing! NO exceptions
During Testing
M-63
• All Students must complete, even if Pre-ID was
used.
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During Testing
Reminders:
Examiners, proctors, scribes, and school
administrators CANNOT:
◦ Review test questions or passages independently,
with students, or with any other person before, during,
or after testing.
◦ Copy, scan or transmit any part of the test(s) or test
materials.
◦ Review students’ answers to coach, advise, or alert
students of wrong answers or to check answers.
During Testing
o Report testing irregularities or incidents to Evaluation and
Research
• Irregularity and Incident forms are on page 82 and 83 of STAR
coordinators manual. Contact E&R prior to completing.
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After Testing: Collecting and
Processing Test Materials
• Verify all testing materials have been returned.
• Separate scorable materials from nonscorable
materials.
o Scorable Documents Include
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Pre ID Answer Documents
Hand-Slugged Answer Documents
Parent Exemptions
CAPA Second Raters
M-64
After Testing
• Examiners cannot erase any marks in response
circles.
• Do NOT darken response circles inside answer
documents of grade two and three test booklets.
• Avoid teaching students in second and third grade
to mark through answer circles to eliminate
answers. Such marks MAY NOT be erased by
adults
Erase NOTHING in
answer circles
Mark Discrimination Analysis
• An automated process completed at the time of
answer document scanning
• Identifies erasures to determine if the response has
changed from:
o correct to wrong, or wrong left wrong
o wrong to wrong, or correct left correct
o wrong to correct, or no response
• From the analyses a report is produced and forward
to the CDE who in turn requests districts to conduct
an investigation based on the analyses
After Testing: Scorable Answer
Documents
• Separate scorable answer documents from all other
materials. Separate by grade level and exam: CST,
CMA, CAPA and STS. (page 57)
o Grade 5 & 8 CST and CMA are on the same answer document.
o Grade 2-8 CAPA are separate answer documents.
After Testing: Scorable Answer
Documents
• Verify that the correct version number has been marked
on the inside of the answer document for grades 5 & 8.
• For students in grades 5 & 8 who took the CMA for any
subjects, ensure box 7c is marked for the correct CMA
content area.
• Ensure all Large Print or Braille documents are
transcribed to regular answer documents. Documents that
are not transcribed will not be scored.
• Ensure all demographic information has been completed.
• Ensure that students taking science end-of-course
tests in grades seven through eleven mark the
specific content area name and test booklet version
number on answer documents.
No Bubble = No Score
After Testing: Scorable Answer
Documents
• Carefully check Sections A2, A3, and A4 and verify that
answer documents have been marked appropriately by the
test examiner.
• Ensure all stray marks on answer
documents are erased.
• Ensure there are no stray marks
along left hand tick marks.
After Testing: Scorable
Answer Documents
• CAPA Documents
o Verify all documents have a signature
o Verify CAPA level is marked in Box 7a
o Ensure 10% of each CAPA level have a second rater
• Fields to be bubbled on student answer documents for 2nd rater
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1 - Name, etc.
3 - Date of Birth
5 - Name
6 - Gender
7a - CAPA Level
7b - Grade
11 - Student ID
12 - SSID
M-49
Version Number – Test Taken
Test will not
be scored if
left blank
Box A3
Accommodations and Modifications
Box A3-a
Box A3-b
• To be completed for all
students that have an IEP or
504 plan regardless if they use
an Accommodation or
Modification.
• To be completed only if a
student used an
accommodation or modification
as specified in the students
IEP or 504.
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Pre-ID and hand slugged
documents
School and Grade Identification Sheet - SGID
Fields to be Completed on SGID Sheets
Required
Possibly (Based on Situation)
Do Not Complete
Grades 2-8
Write in School, Grade, & Test Date
Do Not Write Teacher, Counselor, or Group
Should be Pre-ID
Leave Grade
Level blank
for CAPA
Should be Pre-ID
SGID Instructional Materials Codes Grades 2-8 Only
Grades 2-5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
ELA
3
3
2, 24, 25
2, 24, 25
Math
3
3
12, 29
29, 37
History
11
2
1
1
Science
8
8
5
5
2012
Complete a separate SGID sheet for Each Grade level
Complete one SGID for each grade level per test: CST/CMA(together), and STS.
Complete one SGID for all CAPA answer documents. --- Include 2nd rater documents in count
Grades 2-8 must complete the back of SGID sheet for each grade level with the 37
instructional materials codes provided
Master File Sheet
Complete one Mater File
Sheet.
This document is used to
record the number of
SGID Sheets and
Scorable Documents at
each grade level.
Note: Fill in Zeros for
grade levels not
testing at your site.
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After Testing
Documents to Return
• Return all documents within an administration in same
shipment
• Separate scorables (with SGID) from nonscorables: make
sure grade on answer documents matches grade on
SGID. Page 53
• Ensure correct school code correct (not correctable later)
Whittier City Specific
• Include in Box 1
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Test Site Packing List from ETS
Site Inventory Control Sheet
Site Daily Control Forms - 1 per teacher
Additional Materials Received
Reconciliation Form
Attendance Records - 1 per teacher
Exemption Letters
Returning Materials to E&R
Non-Scorables: (page 58)
• Unused blanks answer documents
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Voided answer documents
Test booklets
• Grade 5 & 8 test booklets
• Special Version
•
CAPA examiners manual
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After Testing: What is a non-scorable
answer document?
The following answer documents are to be marked void
and returned with the non-scorable materials:
o Absences
• Mark “Void-Absent”
o Student no longer at your school
• mark “Void-Student Moved Prior to Testing”
o Damaged Booklets:
• Mark “Void Damaged-Document Transcribed”
o Wrong student Information
• Mark “Void-Wrong Pre-ID Info.”
After Testing: Packaging
Non-Scorable Materials
• Separate all non-scorables by grade level and exam:
CST, CMA, CAPA and STS using the Non-scorable
packing lists.
• Place the Green non-scorable shipping labels on the
boxes.
Reference Pages in STAR Manual
• Answer Document Demographic Codes
Appendix E
Pages 73-81
• Primary Disability Codes
Appendix E
Pages 82-83
• Primary Language Codes
Appendix E
Page 84
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Matrix of Test Variations, Accommodations & Modifications
Appendix A2 A3 A4
• Examiners Training
Pages 105
Page 40
o http://www.startest.org/training/
• Irregularity Reports
Page 64
To do...
• Distribute and collect affidavits
• Get familiar with paperwork on Wiki and
manual (forthcoming)
• Set up examinee training
• Build momentum for SBAC testing at site
Resources
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/
• http://www.startest.org/
• http://goo.gl/YF1ta
• abaltierra@whittiercity.net
• Ext. 3028