JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration - Calendar - Resources Test Administration - Calendar - Resources

2015–2016 Testing Calendars – TEA Student Assessment Calendar – Calendar of Events JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration -located in District and Campus Coordinator Manual and on TEA website -posters delivered with Coordinator Manuals

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration - notification about revisions sent to the district and ESC testing coordinators

Calendar Highlights – STAAR grades 4 and 7 writing redesigned to be completed in one four-hour administration on a single day – Administration of STAAR mathematics and reading for grades 3, 4, 6, and 7 moved to May – Administration of STAAR grades 5 and 8 science and grade 8 social studies moved to May – Student Success Initiative grade advancement requirements for mathematics will be reinstated and three testing opportunities will be available JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration

Calendar Highlights – STAAR English III and Algebra II assessments are available for administration on May 11 and May 12, respectively – TELPAS testing window has been expanded by one week – STAAR Alternate 2 three-week testing window moved from February to April – Report dates have shifted – STAAR EOC and TAKS testing moved to the week after July 4th JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration -TELPAS -report date is May 6, STAAR writing grades 4 and 7 -administration March 29, report date June 15, STAAR Alternate 2 -report date May 18, 2016 Calendar Highlights

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Calendar Highlights -STAAR grades 3, 4, 6, and 7 mathematics and reading; grades 5 and 8 science; grade 8 social studies - administration during the week of May 9–12, report dates June 15, 2016

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration 2016–2017 Calendar -posted November 18, summer administration of STAAR EOC and TAKS moved to June 19–23, 2017

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration 2016 Manuals 2016 District and Campus Coordinator Manual – STAAR – STAAR Alternate 2 – TELPAS Keep for the entire year!

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 District and Campus Coordinator Manual – announcing posting of the Coordinator Manual sent December 14, 2015 –NOTE: language in the Coordinator Manual requiring students to leave the room after they have completed testing has been changed. –After students submit their tests online, or after their paper tests are collected, students may be allowed to quietly read books or leave the testing room. –Replacement pages will be available online.

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 District and Campus Coordinator Manual –Details expanded for reading assistance on the STAAR grade 3 mathematics test –STAAR calculator policy updated to allow graphing calculator applications on tablets –Moved appendix on oral/signed administrations out of the Coordinator Manual and created a separate manual –Revisions made to include new shipping instructions for STAAR

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 District and Campus Coordinator Manual –Precoded labels will no longer be used on students’ answer documents –TEA will collect data during the spring 2016 STAAR administration on the time it takes for students in grades 3–8 to complete the test first year students from out-of-state –STAAR Algebra II and English III assessments will be available for districts to administer on an optional basis –TELPAS calibration must now be completed in a monitored setting

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration 2016 District and Campus Coordinator Manual District and Campus Coordinator Checklists –General security section –Administration processes for district and campus coordinators –Materials control form

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration 2016 District and Campus Coordinator Manual STAAR Alternate 2 –revised STAAR Alternate 2 Materials Control Form –one form per test administrator –streamlined

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration 2016 Manuals 2016 STAAR Test Administrator Manuals Grades 3–5 Grades 6–8 EOC –will be posted online February 2016 –will arrive in districts February 2016 –will only be shipped once Keep for the entire year!

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals –Instructions are limited to test administrator duties. –Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials are included. –Appendix added that details tools available in the STAAR Online Testing Platform. –Oaths of Security and Confidentiality that are applicable to all programs are included.

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals –The Oral/Signed Administration appendix has been rewritten as a stand-alone manual. –Test administrators will record the amount of time each student took to test on their answer document for each test session.

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals Time-to-Test in Grades 3–8 –Directions for marking time-to-test are located in test administrator manuals. –Use the AGENCY USE field to record each student’s time-to-test. –One column measures time-to-test; another column measures time taken for breaks that do not require the time clock to be stopped.

TestHound Room Start/Stop Report

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals –online scripts combined and condensed

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Directions –internal Table of Contents at the beginning of the Test Administration Directions section

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals Guide to the Test Administration Directions –contains general information about using the scripts

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals Guide to the Test Administration Directions –use of tutorials is expected for students testing online –includes specific information about accommodations and oral administration that must be read by the test administrator prior to the administration of the test

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Highlights of the 2016 Test Administrator Manuals Guide to the Test Administration Directions –describes special considerations for English language learners –reiterates that a test administrator must have training from the campus coordinator regarding oral administration prior to testing

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Additional Manuals and Resources for the Student Assessment Program

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Test Administration Additional Manuals and Resources for the Student Assessment Program

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JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency STAAR Administration STAAR Material Shipments

2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency STAAR Administration Receiving Test Materials Refer to the Calendar of Events for dates of when to expect shipments. Shipments will be combined and include both nonsecure and secure materials. Precoded answer documents may arrive in a separate shipment. – Beginning March 2016, precoded labels will be eliminated. All precoded information will be placed directly onto the answer documents.

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency STAAR Administration Receiving Test Materials Campus Boxes -shipped in brown boxes – Campus Box 1 will contain: shipping notice for the campus paper bands Class ID Sheets Campus and Group ID Sheets Voided Answer Document ID Sheets blank answer documents – test booklets – Box Content document – precoded answer documents will be shipped separately except for May and June grades 5 and 8 mathematics and reading retests and December EOC

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency STAAR Administration Returning Scorable Materials White cartons for the return of scorable materials are provided with each campus shipment. Cartons have pre-affixed return tracking label with green stripe. Cartons are flattened for delivery to campus and require the campus coordinator to tape the bottom of the box prior to returning to the district. Scorable materials include used and voided answer documents. 2 Inch Carton (Flat) 7 Inch Carton (Flat)

JANUARY 2016 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency STAAR Administration Returning Scorable Materials Box counts should be recorded by the Campus Coordinator prior to returning to the district. The count (X of Y) should reflect the number from the given campus for scorable materials only. Tracking labels are assigned to the specific campus for purposes of tracking return boxes. Do not consolidate materials from multiple campuses.

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