Winter 2014 Florida Next Generation
Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS)
End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments
Training Materials
for Test Administrators
Algebra 1, Biology 1, Civics,
Geometry, and U.S. History
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Test Administration Manual
One manual (Winter 2014
NGSSS EOC Manual) is
provided for the Winter 2014
administration.
Scripts and instructions for
administering computer-based
tests (CBT) ONLY are included
in this manual.
Scripts and instructions for
administering computer-based
and paper-based
accommodations are located at
www.FLAssessments.com/EOC.
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TestNav 8 (TestNav)
• New Platform for Winter 2014 and beyond
• Access www.FLAssessments.com/TestNav8
– Technical Specifications
– Resources
• Features available to all students:
– Color contrast, increase/decrease text size,
zoom, magnifier tool, and line reader tool
• Accommodated forms:
– Text-to-speech and masking
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CBT Test Administrator Quick
Reference Guide
• The CBT Test Administrator
Quick Reference Guide is
available at
www.FLAssessments.com/A
dditionalResources.
• This guide lists possible
error messages students
may encounter, explanations
for each message, and
troubleshooting solutions.
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Test Administration
Schedule
• The Winter 2014 NGSSS EOC testing schedule is
December 1-19.
– Algebra 1, Biology 1, Civics, Geometry, and US History must be
completed by December 19.
• The tests may be administered in any order, by school, based on
needs of students within a school. One subject test does not need to
be completed before another begins, and subject tests may be
administered concurrently.
– Additionally, testing should be completed within the least number of
days possible but must be completed by the last date noted above.
• All paper accommodations (for students with documented
accommodations only) must be administered on the first five days
5
of testing window; December 1-5.
EOC Manual 1, Training Packet
Test Administration
Schedule
Testing Duration
• Each NGSSS EOC assessment will be administered in one 160minute session with a scheduled 10-minute break after 80
minutes. Individual restroom breaks are permitted as needed.
• Students may not be dismissed during the first 80 minutes. At
the beginning of the break, any students who have completed
testing may be dismissed.
• After the 10-minute break, students may be dismissed from the
testing room as they complete testing.
• No special incentives should be given to students to encourage
them to finish early.
• Any student who has not completed the test by the end of the
allotted time may continue working; however, testing must be
completed within one school day.
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EOC Manual 1
Students to be Tested
Students with Disabilities
• Students with disabilities participate in the statewide assessment
program by taking one of the following:
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EOC assessment without accommodations,
̶ EOC assessment with accommodations, or
̶ Florida Alternate Assessment.
• All determinations regarding participation in the statewide
assessment program must be documented in the student’s IEP or
Section 504 plan.
• See Appendix A of the manual for information regarding
accommodations.
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EOC Manual 5; Appendix A
Students with Disabilities
Accommodations
• Administration Accommodations
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Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
Flexible
presentation
responding
scheduling
setting
Assistive Devices and Tools
• Paper-based Accommodations
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Regular print
Braille
Large print (No longer a Unique Accommodation for CBT)
One-item-per-page (OIPP) (No longer a Unique Accommodation for
CBT)
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EOC Manual 6; Appendix A
English Language Learners
Accommodations
• ESOL Levels 1-4 Only
– Students who are currently receiving services in a
program operated in accordance with an approved
district LEP plan:
 Flexible Setting
 Flexible Scheduling
 Assistance In Heritage Language
 Approved Dictionary
EOC Manual Appendix A
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Test Security
Per Test Security Statute, s. 1008.24, F.S., and Florida State
Board Rule, 6A-10.042, FAC, inappropriate actions by
school or district personnel can result in student or
classroom invalidations, loss of teaching certification,
and/or involvement of law enforcement.
Examples of prohibited activities include the following:
• Reading or viewing the passages or test items before, during, or after
testing
• Revealing the passages or test items
• Copying the passages or test items
• Explaining or reading passages or test items for students
• Changing or otherwise interfering with student responses to test items
• Copying or reading student responses
• Causing achievement of schools to be inaccurately measured or
reported
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EOC Manual 17-18, Appendix C
Test Irregularities/
Missing Materials
• Test administrators should report any test irregularities (e.g.,
disruptive students, loss of Internet connectivity) and possible
security breaches to the school assessment coordinator
immediately.
• Schools must investigate ANY report of missing materials and
report missing secure materials (e.g., Student Authorization
Ticket, used work folder, Session Roster) to Student Assessment
& Educational Testing immediately at 305-995-7520.
• If a test irregularity or security breach is identified, the school
assessment coordinator must contact Student Assessment &
Educational Testing to discuss possible test invalidations.
Note: Secure student information (e.g., SSN) must not be
communicated via email.
EOC Manual 19
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Electronic Devices
• School personnel must ensure that students do not have access
to their cell phones or other electronic devices at any time
during testing, including breaks (restroom breaks, etc.), even
if they do not use them or have them turned off.
− “Possession” is defined as “within arm’s reach,” even if the
electronic device is not visible.
− Students should not have cell phones in their pockets, clipped to
their belts, at their desks, or anywhere they can be easily
accessed during testing or breaks.
• If a student is found to be in possession of ANY electronic
devices during testing or during a break, his or her test must be
invalidated.
• Students and parents/guardians must be made aware of this
policy prior to testing.
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EOC Manual 30, 31, Appendix D
Testing Rules
Acknowledgment
• All EOC assessments include a Testing Rules
Acknowledgment that reads, “I understand the testing
rules that were just read to me. If I do not follow these
rules, my test score may be invalidated.”
• The last portion of the testing rules read to students now
reads, “After the test, you may not reveal details about
the test items to anyone. This includes any type of
electronic communication, such as texting, emailing, or
posting online, for example, on websites like Facebook,
Twitter, or Instagram. If you are found sharing
information about test items, your test will be invalidated.”
• Students and their parents/guardians should be made
aware of the testing rules prior to testing.
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EOC Manual 32, 34
BEFORE TESTING
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Prepare the Room for Testing
• Make sure that each room is free of
distractions and has
– Comfortable seating
– Good lighting
– Sufficient workspace
– Adequate ventilation
• Make sure that:
– students are not facing each other when
seated at tables
– there is at least three feet between
students
– students cannot view others’ computer
screens (visual barriers are installed)
• Remove or cover all visual aids on student
desks or displayed in the room, such as
posters showing mathematical and scientific
concepts.
EOC Manual 27
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Test Materials Needed
(as applicable):
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Winter 2014 EOC Test Administration Manual
Scripts and Instructions for administering CBT/PBT accommodations
Session Roster or Administration Record/Security Checklist
Seating Chart
Student Authorization Tickets
Test Group Code
Security Log
CBT Work Folders
CBT Worksheets
Calculators
Reference Sheets or Periodic Tables
Test and Answer Books (accommodations)
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EOC Manual 29-31 and www.FLAssessments.com/EOC
Winter 2014 EOC Manual
• The Winter 2014 End-of-Course Assessments Test Administration
Manual must be used to read the non-accommodated CBT test
administration script(s) to students.
• When testing students with accommodations, you may need to
modify the scripts. Review the scripts BEFORE testing begins to
determine the necessary modifications.
• NEW! The scripts and instructions for the administration of
accommodated computer-based test forms (text-to-speech
and/or masking) and paper-based accommodations are located at
www.FLAssessments.com/EOC.
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EOC Manual 33, 37-89 and www.FLAssessments.com/EOC
Training – Test Administrators
and Proctors
•
•
Read the Florida Test Security Statute and the State
Board of Education Test Security Rule (Appendix C) in
the test administration manual.
Ensure that test administrators sign the Test
Administration and Security Agreement and Test
Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement
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(Appendix D).
Train your test administrators and proctors,
including non-school-based instructors
(e.g., itinerant teachers).
Test administrators must be certified
educators.
Test administrators must NOT administer the EOC
assessments to their relatives or friends.
If any students who require accommodations are
testing at your school, discuss with test administrators
how accommodations will be provided (Appendix A).
EOC Manual 17-18 and Appendix A, C, D; Training Packet
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Training – Test Administrators
and Proctors, cont.
Supervise Test Administration
While students are working, ensure that students:
• Have cleared the area around their workstations of all materials except
for Student Authorization Tickets, pens or pencils, and, as applicable,
calculators, work folders, worksheets, reference sheets, and periodic
tables.
• Check the Testing Rules Acknowledgment box and enter the correct test
group code.
• Do not have electronic devices (except for approved calculators) of any
kind during testing, even if they do not use them.
• Do not talk to other students or make any disturbance.
• Are working independently.
• Are working in the correct test.
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EOC Manual 35
Training – Test Administrators
and Proctors, cont.
Supervise Test Administration
• It is not appropriate to use cell or classroom phones, grade papers, or
work on the computer during testing.
• While you may encourage students to continue working, you may not
talk with them about test items or help them with their answers.
• If a student’s computer is disconnected from the test, contact the
school assessment coordinator or technology coordinator to help
diagnose any technical issues. The student will need to be resumed in
PearsonAccess before logging back in.
• If a student has continual difficulty logging in or gets kicked out of the
test more than once, do not have the student continue attempting to
log in until the issue is diagnosed and resolved.
• If students finish the test in the first 80 minutes before the 10-minute
break, you may encourage them to go back and check their work. 20
EOC Manual 35, 115
Training – Preparing for CBT
• Ensure that all software applications, including Internet browsers,
are closed on all student workstations.
• Start TestNav, type in the correct URL, and open each student
workstation to the student login screen, but do not log in for
students.
• Display the student comment form URL
(www.FLAssessments.com/EOCStudentCommentForm) on the
day of testing, or create shortcuts on student workstations to
ensure each student is able to complete the form after testing.
• Ensure that the test administrator has a way to contact the
technology coordinator or school coordinator during testing
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without leaving the room unattended.
EOC Manual 35, 115, scripts
Session Roster
• School assessment coordinators will provide a Session Roster
(CBT only), which includes the following information:
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Test Administration
Session Name
Test to be Administered
Password
Student Names
Student ID Numbers
Student Birth Dates
Class Information
− Test Form/Form Group Type
− Username
− Blank space to record
attendance and
accommodations
information
• Session Rosters may be used to record required administration
information.
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EOC Manual 9-10, 155
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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EOC Manual 9-10, 113
Required Administration
Information
 Record the following required information on your Session
Roster or Administration Record/Security Checklist:
Students assigned to the room
Attendance information
Accommodations provided to students
Accommodations used by students
Test group code
Unique security number of secure documents assigned to
each student (paper-based accommodations only)
• Signatures of test administrator and school assessment
coordinator
• Dates and times for when secure materials are received and
returned
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EOC Manual 27-28
Student Authorization Tickets
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NEW: For the test, each student needs
a Username and Password, which
are printed on the Student
Authorization Tickets.
Students will need a pen or pencil
during testing to sign their tickets.
Provide 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.
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.
EOC Manual 7
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Seating Chart
•
An accurate seating chart must be maintained for each testing room for each
test session. Seating charts should record the following information:
− Room name/number
− Subject
− Student names and their location in the room during testing
− Direction students are facing
− Date
− Starting and stopping times
− Test administrator name
− Names of proctors (if applicable)
− Test group code
− Session name in PearsonAccess (CBT)
− NEW: Laptop/Mobile Device Assignment (if applicable)
•
If students are moved to a new location or the seating configuration changes
during testing, a new seating chart must be created.
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EOC Manual 28 and Training Packet (see sample provided)
Test Group Code
• A test group code is a unique four-digit number used as a
security measure to identify a group of students tested
together.
• School assessment coordinator will provide the test group
code.
• Each testing room must use a different test group code.
• Students will enter the test group code before beginning the
test, as indicated in the scripts.
• If students are absent for a test session, a different unique
code must be used for each make-up session.
• The code must be recorded on the required administration
information and on each seating chart.
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EOC Manual 8
Security Log
A Security Log
must be
maintained for
each testing room.
Anyone who enters
a room for the
purpose of
monitoring a test
MUST sign the log
for that testing
room.
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EOC Manual 29 and Appendix D
Work Folders
• The Florida Computer-Based Testing Work Folder is a piece of
yellow 11x17 paper folded in half with graph paper printed on
the back cover.
• For the Algebra 1, Biology 1, and Geometry EOC assessments,
students are provided with work folders to work the problems.
• Work folders must be distributed to students at the beginning of
each test session.
• Ensure that students have enough desk space to use their
folders.
• Collect all work folders when students finish testing before they
leave the testing room, and return folders to the school
assessment coordinator.
• Used work folders are secure materials.
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EOC Manual 8
CBT Worksheets
• If schools choose to provide them, students
taking the computer-based Civics and U.S.
History Assessment may use a CBT
Worksheet to make notes rather than using
the CBT notepad tool.
• The worksheet is an 8½ x 11 page (located
in Appendix D and PearsonAccess) that
may be copied and distributed to students
at the beginning of a test session.
• Students must have enough desk space to
use their worksheets.
• Collect all worksheets when students finish
testing before they leave the testing room,
and return worksheets to the school
assessment coordinator.
• Used worksheets are secure materials.
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EOC Manual 9 and Appendix D
Four-Function Calculators
TestNav
The computer-based TestNav Algebra 1 and Biology 1 EOC Assessments have a
built-in four-function calculator.
Students may use the built-in calculator, or they may use a handheld fourfunction calculator.
Test administrators should provide handheld calculators at the beginning of a
test session to all students who request them.
Adequate supply of approved four-function calculators should be made
available.
Students with visual impairments may use the approved large key/large display
calculators or approved talking calculators supplied by the FDOE.
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EOC Manual 9-10
Scientific Calculators
TestNav
The TestNav Geometry EOC Assessment has a built-in scientific calculator.
Students may use handheld scientific calculators, if the school has chosen to
provide them.
Handheld scientific calculators will not be provided by the FDOE for students
taking the Geometry EOC Assessment using TestNav.
The approved talking scientific calculator is the Orion TI-36X or one that is
comparable in function to the Orion TI-36X. No other calculators may be
used.
Students with visual impairments may use large key/large display scientific
calculators that are comparable in function to the approved scientific calculators
(on pages 9-10 of the Winter 2014 EOC Manual).
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EOC Manual 9-10
Reference Sheets and
Periodic Tables
• Reference sheets and periodic tables are provided in an online format
only for CBT testers. However, schools may provide hardcopy reference
sheets or periodic tables to students.
• Any hardcopy reference sheets or periodic tables must be photocopies
of the reference sheet and periodic table in Appendix D of the manual
(also available at www.FLAssessments.com/EOC).
• If your school will provide hardcopy reference sheets or periodic tables
to students, check each copy before distributing to students and follow
the instructions in the administration scripts.
• Reference sheets and periodic tables for students with paper-based
accommodations are packaged with test materials, and should be
distributed to students as indicated in the administration scripts.
• Once students complete the test session, the test administrator should
collect all reference sheets and periodic tables.
• Used reference sheets and periodic tables are secure materials.
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EOC Manual 10 and Appendix D
Additional Items
• Pens and/or pencils
– Ensure each student has a pen or
pencil to sign his or her authorization
ticket and make notes or work the
problems during testing
– Students taking paper-based tests
must use No. 2 pencils
• Clock or watch
• Signs (Appendix D)
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Do Not Disturb Sign—display on all
entrances
Electronic Devices Sign—display
where it will be visible to all students
in the testing room
EOC Manual 29-30 and Appendix D
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DURING TESTING
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Supervision of
Test Administration
• Ensure that 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 properly completed, and required
administration information is collected.
• Be available during testing to answer questions from test
administrators and to ensure that there are no technical issues.
• Arrange for and supervise make-up administrations.
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EOC Manual 115
Monitor Session Status
After a session begins, you can monitor the real-time status of students.
Refer to the following table for a description of each possible status.
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EOC Manual 117
Early Warning System
• Certain circumstances, such as loss of an Internet connection, trigger
the “Early Warning System” (EWS) on the interface that students see
during testing. The EWS alerts students to possible problems with the
transmission of their test data and allows the test administrator to take
action to ensure student responses are captured.
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EOC Manual Scripts and 119.
AFTER TESTING
EOC Manual 121-141
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Test Invalidation
• A test MUST be invalidated if either of the following circumstances
occurs:
̶ A student has an electronic device during testing
̶ A student is cheating during testing
̶ A student is given an accommodation not allowed on EOC assessments
̶ A student is given an accommodation not indicated on the student’s
IEP, Section 504 plan, or ELL plan
̶ An error occurs in test administration or procedures that could
compromise the validity of test results
̶ A student is given unauthorized help during testing
• A test MAY be invalidated if one of the following circumstances
occurs:
̶ A student becomes ill and is unable to finish
̶ A student is not allowed the correct amount of time
̶ A student was not provided an allowable accommodation indicated on
the student’s IEP, Section 504 plan, or ELL plan
̶ A disruption occurs during testing (e.g., severe weather)
̶ A student is disruptive during testing
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EOC Manual 24-25, 126-127
Paper-Based Tests (PBT)
• The following slides relate to the administration of paperbased tests (regular print, large print, one-item-per-page,
or braille), which are available for eligible students who
have such accommodations identified in their IEPs or
Section 504 plans.
• The upper-left corner of the following slides show an image
of a pencil and a paper-based test (see below) to indicate
that this information pertains to paper-based tests only.
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PBT Materials
Materials Needed for Testing
• Test Documents
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Algebra 1 EOC Assessment Test and Answer Books
Biology 1 EOC Assessment Test and Answer Books
Civics EOC Assessment Test and Answer Books
Geometry EOC Assessment Test and Answer Books
U.S. History EOC Assessment Test and Answer Books
• Reference Sheets (Algebra 1 or Geometry)
• Periodic Tables (Biology 1)
• Calculators (approved four-function or scientific)
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EOC Manual 30
PBT
Security Numbers
• Used to account for each test and answer book.
• Consists of a nine-digit number followed by a check digit
located in the upper right corner of test and answer books.
• Packing list shows the number ranges assigned to each
school, and written documentation of the number ranges
must be maintained at all times during distribution and
return of books.
• Test administrator should maintain a list of all secure
materials assigned to him or her, including any additional
materials assigned throughout the administration.
• Blank Administration Record/Security Checklist is provided
in PearsonAccess and in Appendix D of the manual.
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EOC Manual 19-21 and Appendix D
PBT Defective Materials,
DNS and UNDO Bubbles
• If a defective test and answer book is identified before testing begins, the
student should be given a replacement document and the defective
document should be returned with all other NOT TO BE SCORED materials.
• If a student discovers that a document is defective during testing, the
student must be given a replacement and must, under close supervision,
transcribe the exact responses from the defective document into the
replacement when the test session is over.
– The DNS bubble must be gridded on the defective document and it should
be returned with NOT TO BE SCORED materials.
• If a defective test and answer book is identified after testing, the student
must be given a replacement and must, under close supervision, transcribe
the exact responses from the defective document into the replacement.
The defective document should be returned with all other NOT TO BE
SCORED materials.
• If a DNS bubble has been gridded by mistake, erase the DNS bubble and
grid the UNDO bubble. Package the document with TO BE SCORED
materials.
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EOC Manual 22-23
Appendices
Appendices in the 2014-2015 EOC Manual include:
• Appendix A—Accommodations
• Appendix B—Pearson Support and PearsonAccess
• Appendix C—Test Security Statute and Rule
• Appendix D—Forms, Cover Sheets, Checklists, Signs
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Comment Forms
• After testing, test administrators, school coordinators,
and technology coordinators are encouraged to
complete the appropriate comment form located at
www.FLAssessments.com/EOC.
• FDOE and Pearson appreciate feedback from district
and school personnel.
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EOC Manual 153
Reminders
Test Security Policies and Procedures
• Per Florida State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.042, FAC, and Test
Security Statute, s. 1008.24, F.S. (see Appendix C), district and school
personnel are required to maintain test security before, during, and
after testing.
• Please remember that inappropriate actions can result in student or
classroom invalidations and/or loss of teaching certification.
• All school personnel, including itinerant teachers and proctors, must
receive thorough training in test administration and security policies
and procedures, familiarize themselves with all relevant content of the
test administration manual, read the Statute and Rule in Appendix C,
and then sign a Test Administration and Security Agreement (Appendix
D).
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EOC Manual 17-18; Appendix C and D
Reminders
Test Administrator Policies
• ALL test administrators must be certified educators.
• Test administrators are required to sign a Test Administrator
Prohibited Activities Agreement in addition to a Security Agreement.
Test administrators must record their certification numbers on this
document.
• The Florida EOC Test Administration and Security Agreement and the
Test Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement may be copied
together so that double-sided, single-page copies can be distributed to
test administrators.
• School assessment coordinators must file the signed forms with their
signed security agreements.
• Test administrators must NOT administer the EOC assessments to
their family members
EOC Manual 19-20; Appendix C and D
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Pearson Support and
PearsonAccess
Contact Pearson Support at:
• 1-877-847-3043 (Monday–Friday, 7:00 am–8:30 pm ET)
• Florida@support.pearson.com
Appendix B in the Winter 2014 EOC Manual provides the
following information:
• PearsonAccess
̶ User accounts (FDOE distributed instructions for setting up user
accounts to district assessment coordinators.)
̶ Browser requirements
̶ Logging in for the first time
̶ Resetting passwords
• Training Center
̶ Test Setup Exercise
EOC Manual Appendix B
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Thank you for ensuring secure and
successful administrations of the
EOC assessments this year.
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