ESC 15 State Assessment Team Carol Stevens—Security Pam Yarbrough—STAAR Alt 2 Mary Castanuela—TELPAS & ELL Patti Wyatt—STAAR Administration, Accessibility, and Designated Supports within the STAAR program

Implementation of House Bill 2349 House Bill 2349 requires a school district or charter school that administers a STAAR test to report to the agency whether an assessed student transferred into the school or district from out of state during the current school year.

Accessibility Procedures and Materials

Accessibility Procedures and Materials

Test Administrators

Who can be a test administrator?

Oral Administration by a Test Administrator

2017 Manuals 2017 STAAR Test Administrator Manuals Grades 3–5 Test Administration 2017 Manuals 2017 STAAR Test Administrator Manuals Grades 3–5 Grades 6–8 EOC Will be posted online late January 2017 Will arrive in districts February 2017 Will only be shipped once Keep for the entire year!

Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Instructions are limited to test administrator duties. Accessibility Features--These are procedures and materials that are allowed for any student who needs them. (Previously referred to as “Allowable Test Administration Procedures and Materials” Oaths of Security and Confidentiality that are applicable to all programs are included. Information about Accommodations updated to include embedded supports (text-to-speech, language and vocabulary supports, and content supports)

Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Number of test questions for STAAR grades 3–8 assessments reduced to meet HB 743 requirements TEA will collect data during the March and May 2017 STAAR grades 3–8 administrations (primary administrations only) for students in grades 3–5 that take more than 2 hours to complete the test for students in grades 6–8 that take more than 3 hours to complete the test

Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Time-to-Test in Grades 3–8 Test Administrators will indicate in the Agency Use field Directions for marking time-to- test are located in test administrator manuals

Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Directions Internal Table of Contents at the beginning of the Test Administration Directions section

Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Guide to the Test Administration Directions Contains general information about using the scripts all test administrators must read

Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Guide to the Test Administration Directions Describes special considerations for English language learners Includes specific information about accommodations and oral administration that must be read by the test administrator prior to the administration of the test

Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Test Administration Highlights of the 2017 Test Administrator Manuals Use of tutorials is expected for students testing online Online scripts combined and condensed Revised to include directions for students receiving text-to-speech, content supports, and/or language and vocabulary supports

Additional Manuals and Resources for the Student Assessment Program Test Administration Additional Manuals and Resources for the Student Assessment Program http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/

Test Administrator Responsibilities

Materials Needed to administer assessments

STAAR Materials Control Form

Online Administrations

Ensure Proper Testing Environment

Materials needed for Online Administration

Monitor Administrations

Ensure Proper Testing Procedures

Seating Charts

Active Monitoring

Active Monitoring

Active Monitoring

Active Monitoring

Questions about STAAR Administration Contact Patti Wyatt 325/481-4075 Patti.wyatt@esc15.net