Braden River Middle School WriteScore Training Note: A copy of this PowerPoint and handouts is posted on OneDrive. A direct link is on www.brmscounseling.com Under Teacher Resources

Testing Dates Test Date Grade Levels Writing November 1st (Wednesday) 6-7 PBT 8 CBT Writing Make-up November 2nd (Thursday) 6-8 PBT ELA Oct. 16 & 17  (Mon.&Tues.) Math 1, 2, Pre-Algebra,Algebra 1, Geometry Oct. 18 & 19  (Wed. & Thurs.) Science & Civics Oct. 23 & 24  (Mon. & Tues.) Testing Dates

Testing Procedures (Exception: Writing) Quarter 1 PBT Procedures Handout Testing Procedures (Exception: Writing)

Fill out ALL yellow areas when picking up and returning materials

Sign Here Fill out attendance with the date Fill out accommodations provided AND used.

Fill out all that is in red.

Fill out all of the above information. Either draw your seating chart Staple your seating chart to this one for EVERY period. OR

PBT Teacher Directions - Multiple Sessions Assessment & Research Department - SDMC Teacher Instructions for Administering District Paper-Based Assessments Page 1 of 4 Class-Set Scripts Session 1 During testing, do not use cell phones, classroom phones, or computers (except to contact your school assessment coordinator in an emergency). Do not check email, grade papers, etc. Your full attention should be on students AT ALL TIMES. Although it is your responsibility to ensure that students are working independently, you are prohibited from reading the contents of the test and answer books before, during, and after the test. Once testing has been completed at a district level, your assessment coordinator will give you access to the test materials for review and planning. Make sure that each student returns their test book and answer sheet when Complete the following steps: Scripts Session 2 Say Today you will be taking Manatee County’s District Assessment for (subject name) to see how well you are achieving the Florida Standards. You will be taking Session 2 of this assessment to test your knowledge of the standards that you learned so far this year. It is important to do the best you can on each question. The information from this assessment will be used to make decisions about instruction. At this time, please distribute all testing materials (Booklets, Answer documents, Worksheets) Say Check your name on the front of the answer sheet. If the answer sheet you have does not have your name on it, raise your hand.

District Quarter 1 Tests When finished with day 2 and beyond: Let Traci know (not me) if you have make-ups. If you do, she will not touch your bin. Place all completed bubble sheets on the top so she can scan them (after day 2). Let her know when you have completed all tests so she can take apart your bin. Scores will be in SchoolCity as soon as she scans them. After the two week window, she will give you back your bubble sheets for 10 days maximum for you to go over them with your students. She has to get them back to return them. The questions will be in SchoolCity for these 10 days only. District Quarter 1 Tests

Refer to Your Email Write Score Schedule

Find your Name on the schedule Find your Name on the schedule. Student Names will be filled in alphabetically and an alphabetical list will be posted for students. Mostly with the grade you teach the most (a couple of exceptions). Planning coverage-far right column Location (may be different from your classroom, but in most cases, it is not.) Write Score Schedule

Floaters/Runners

CBT Procedures This Handout: WriteScore (Use for Script) This Handout: BRMS Procedures CBT Procedures

1. Please pick up your testing bin in the morning between 8:30-9:00 a 1. Please pick up your testing bin in the morning between 8:30-9:00 a.m. in room 603. 2. All Language Arts Teachers will tell students where they will go for testing on Monday and again on Tuesday. 3. Students report to testing locations at the 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 1st. Write Score Qtr. 1 Test

Write Score Procedures 4. Take attendance on the white sheet provided in your testing bin (mark with a P or A). 5. Tape your yellow attendance (mark only Absent) and the half-pink time sheet on the outside of your door for someone to pick up. 6. Pass out test materials (Planning Sheet, Test Book, & Pencil). Have students write their names AND their language arts teacher’s name on the planning sheets. Write Score Procedures

4. Take attendance on sheet provided in your testing bin 4. Take attendance on sheet provided in your testing bin. Tape your attendance on the outside of your door for someone to pick up. 5. Pass out test materials (Planning Sheet, Pencil). 6. Have students to write their names on planning sheets. 7. Students log-in to computers under the TestNow username. Password is testnow. 8. When they open chrome, the WriteScore website should open in one of the tabs. If it doesn’t, then they just go to writescore.com. CBT Procedures

Tape this half pink sheet on your door after you begin testing.

Write Score Procedures 1. Fill out all paperwork like you did for the district quarterly tests. Cover Sheet Security Checklists Attendance will be A or P instead of the date Yellow attendance on door (absent only) Pink half sheet on door Security Log (anyone who enters the room) Seating Chart Write Score Procedures

Write Score Procedures Follow directions based on your script. The testing session is 120 minutes with a stretch break at 60 minutes. When you have finished testing, call the office at ext. 2006. If you have a proctor, please send them to 603 with your bin. They will then turn into a runner. A runner will be sent to other rooms to collect testing bins. Collect planning sheets and test booklets of students needing extended time (ESE/504/ELL) and paperclip them to the Blue Extended Time Cover Sheet (ESE/504) and the Green Extended Time Cover Sheet (ELL). Write their names on the blue or green sheet. These should be on the top of your testing bin. Collect all other (completed) planning sheets. Write Score Procedures

Write Score Procedures 7. Send 8th grade students for Computer Based Testing extended time to Room 224 (Computer Lab). 8. See your Write Score Schedule for extended time locations for 6th and 7th grade students. *Do not send student test materials, planning sheets, etc. with them! Someone will pick those up with your test bin. 9. All students stay in their testing locations until an announcement is made to release students. Write Score Procedures

Students with ESE, 504, or ELL Accommodations will be noted on your Attendance sheets. ELL Accommodation: Language Dictionary & Extended Time ESE/504 Accommodation: Extended Time, Frequent Breaks, Verbal Encouragement Students with any other Accommodations (i.e. oral presentation, etc.) will be pulled into smaller groups with our ESE inclusion teachers. About Accommodations

Language Arts Teacher’s Last Name

Student Name appears here Title of prompt appears here

Prompt Passage Students Write Here

Troubleshooting…… Name must be spelled the way it is in Focus. Some last names in Focus are hyphenated and some have two last names with a space. They must spell their Language Arts Teacher’s last name correctly. Students were imported a while ago, so, if their schedule changed after that, it is based on their assigned teacher that day. We manually entering students that enrolled after that. Your list will have their names from Focus, their ID # and their Language Arts teacher listed. Troubleshooting……

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