Online Practice Tests Overview

Welcome Objective: Participants will receive an overview of the online practice tests and steps required for preparation, administration, and scoring. Who: District Test Coordinators, Content Leaders, and other Educators Topics: Online Tools Training Preparing for the Practice Tests Administration Overview of the Practice Tests Administering the Practice Tests Reviewing and Scoring Louisiana Believes

Agenda Online Tools Training (OTT) Preparing for the Administration Overview of the Practice Tests Administering the Practice Tests Reviewing and Scoring Louisiana Believes

Online Tools Training (OTT) Students and teachers should utilize the Online Tools Training (OTT) available within INSIGHT, the online assessment platform, prior to engaging in the online practice tests. These tools provide an opportunity for teachers and students to become familiar with INSIGHT and the online testing tools (e.g., highlighter, magnification, etc.). Additionally the OTT: may be reviewed as many times as desired; is not to be considered representative of an actual test; is available via computer desktop once INSIGHT is installed; is accessed through INSIGHT; and is available for by grade span for both mathematics and ELA. Louisiana Believes

Highlighter, Strikethrough, Sticky Note Online Tools: Highlighter, Strikethrough, Sticky Note Students may highlight within passages, strike through to eliminate answers and use sticky notes to annotate within the system.

Grade Appropriate Calculators Online Tools: Grade Appropriate Calculators Basic and scientific calculators are available as appropriate by grade level.

Online Tools: Ruler and Protractor Rulers and protractors are available within the system and can be manipulated as needed by the student.

Accommodations and Accessibility: Text-to-Speech Text-to-Speech with visual tracking and audio controls are available for meeting the needs of students with read aloud accommodations (or math accessibility).

Accommodations and Accessibility: Color Overlays Font and background color combinations can be adjusted at the student level.

Accommodations and Accessibility: Line Guide A line guide is available for students to use in visually tracking their reading on the screen.

Accommodations and Accessibility: Masking Tools Masking tools can isolate text and can be used by students to focus on particular portions of the screen, reducing distractions.

Accommodations and Accessibility: Magnifier/Variable Zoom Items are available in standard view, 1.5x magnification, and 2.0x magnification.

Agenda Online Tools Training (OTT) Preparing for the Administration Overview of the Practice Tests Administering the Practice Tests Reviewing and Scoring Louisiana Believes

Preparing for the Online Practice Tests In order to provide an authentic practice for test coordinators, administrators, and students, administration of the online practice tests includes a number of steps that are also required for the operational assessments. Step 1 District test coordinators add technology coordinators and school test coordinators to Practice eDIRECT, the online assessment management portal. Step 2 Technology coordinators install and configure the Testing Site Manager (TSM) and INSIGHT order to prepare for the online assessment. Step 3 Teachers and students use the Online Tools Training (OTT) to engage in the online assessment platform. Step 4 Districts or schools upload rosters of students that will be participating in the online practice tests. Step 5 Test coordinators enter accessibility and accommodations for students utilizing Spanish, large print, or text-to-speech. Step 6 Test coordinators create test sessions, print test tickets, and distribute the test tickets to teachers in order to create and provide login information to each student. Step 7 Teachers administer the online practice test using the directions provided in the guide. Students engage in the online practice test. Step 8 Teachers may complete the optional review and scoring of the online practice test using the directions provided in the guide. 14

Agenda Online Tools Training (OTT) Preparing for the Administration Overview of the Practice Tests Administering the Practice Tests Reviewing and Scoring Louisiana Believes

Overview of the Practice Tests Online practice tests provide students with the opportunity to engage in the online assessment system using test questions that are representative of the actual operational assessment, including technology-enhanced questions. Louisiana Believes

Using the Practice Tests Teachers may use the online practice tests strictly as a practice tool for students with the testing platform, or they may review and score responses to the online test questions to assess student learning. If a teacher does wish to review and score student responses, a number of action steps marked as optional in the directions below will need to occur. Louisiana Believes

Agenda Online Tools Training (OTT) Preparing for the Administration Overview of the Practice Tests Administering the Practice Tests Reviewing and Scoring Louisiana Believes

Administering the Online Practice Tests Documents Required Individual student test tickets (include username and password for login) Optional Online Practice Test Answer Sheets Steps for Completion Step 1: Provide Students with Test Tickets Provide each student with an individual test ticket. Instruct students to verify the information on the test tickets (e.g., name, grade level).   Step 2: Administer the Test Instruct students to click on the INSIGHT icon on their device desktop. The login screen will appear. Instruct students to enter the username and password from the Test tickets into the login screen. The practice test will begin. *Optional Step 3: Capture Responses Once students complete the practice test, they may capture their responses on the Online Practice Test Answer Sheet by completing the steps below: Log back into the test, using the same test ticket used to previously log in. Navigate the test and record responses on the Online Practice Test Answer Sheet. Turn in completed Online Practice Test Answer Sheet and test ticket. Louisiana Believes

Agenda Online Tools Training (OTT) Preparing for the Administration Overview of the Practice Tests Administering the Practice Tests Reviewing and Scoring Louisiana Believes

Reviewing and Scoring the Mathematics Online Practice Test (Optional) Teachers wishing to score student responses on the mathematics practice test can do so by following the steps below.   Documents Required Students’ practice test tickets used for the administration of the practice test Students’ completed Online Practice Test Answer Sheets Optional Online Practice Test Scoring Guide Steps for Completion Step 1: Score Multiple Choice, Multiple Select, and Short Answer Questions Compare student responses on the Online Practice Test Answer Sheets against the Answer Key in the Online Practice Test Scoring Guide. Step 2: Review and Score the Technology-Enhanced and Constructed-Response Questions In order to review and score the technology-enhanced and constructed-response questions, the teacher will log in as each student in the online practice test within INSIGHT and proceed through the test. Step 3: Logging out of INSIGHT After reviewing and scoring the questions, click on Review/End Test. The review page will appear. Click on End Test at the bottom, right-hand side of the screen. Louisiana Believes

Reviewing and Scoring the ELA Online Practice Test (Optional) Teachers wishing to score student response on the ELA practice test can do so by following the steps below.   Documents Required Students’ practice test tickets used for the administration of the practice test Students’ completed Online Practice Test Answer Sheets ELA Writing Response File (Optional) Online Practice Test Scoring Guide Steps for Completion Step 1: Score Multiple Choice and Multiple Select Compare student responses on the Online Practice Test Answer Sheets against the Answer Key in the Online Practice Test Scoring Guide. Note: The item type column in the Online Practice Scoring Guide will indicate question type. Step 2: Review and Score the Technology-Enhanced Questions and ELA Prose-Constructed Response In order to review and score the technology-enhanced questions, the teacher will log in as each student in the online practice test within INSIGHT and proceed through the test. The ELA prose constructed-response can also be viewed this way or by using the ELA Writing Response File in practice eDIRECT. Louisiana Believes

Reviewing and Scoring the ELA Online Practice Test (Cont’d) Step 3: Review and Score the Prose Constructed-Response Using the ELA Writing Response File (Optional) As an additional way to review and score the prose constructed-response, the test coordinator can download the ELA Writing Response File in practice eDIRECT and provide teachers with access to the responses for reviewing and scoring.   The ELA Writing Response File: will be posted to practice eDIRECT weekly; will include all ELA Online Practice Tests for a particular school that have occurred to date; will be provided in a pipe delimited .txt format but can be saved to other formats for ease of use (e.g., .xls); and should be filtered by session name for distribution to individual teachers. Using the ELA Writing Response File: Compare student responses in the ELA Writing Response File against the scoring rubrics in the Online Practice Test Scoring Guide. Louisiana Believes

Key Dates Key Dates Event Second Week of Feb Online Training Tool (OTT) becomes available Online Practice Tests become available including text-to-speech Late February Online Practice Tests Spanish mathematics form becomes available. April 11-May 6 Administration of ELA and mathematics computer-based tests April 25-29 Administration of ELA and mathematics paper-based tests

Assessment Office Hours Assessment office hours are available every Thursday at 11:00 am and will include an overview of the weekly newsletter update and a question/answer session for test coordinators, technology coordinators and other stakeholders. Office Hours Login Information: (*No pre-registration required) Click here to join the meeting or go to https://louisianaschools.adobeconnect.com/dtc/ Enter the meeting room as a guest and provide your name. Select the "listen only mode" if joining the meeting via computer or smartphone or access audio via phone bridge: (800) 832-0736 / room number: 3423602

Continuous Support Continuous support is available when seeking information or assistance about assessment administration and accountability.  Assessment@ All stakeholders are encouraged to email assessment and accountability questions and/or concerns to assessment@la.gov. Assessment Hotline District-level staff may call the Assessment Hotline if they have assessment and accountability questions that require immediate assistance.  844-268-7320 LDEData@la.gov District-level staff with questions about PII may email the data staff. DRC Customer Service Available to district test coordinators each day from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM using 1-888-718-4836 or LAHelpDesk@datarecognitioncorp.com Louisiana Believes

Next Steps Louisiana Believes Actions Share updated timelines and resources with other stakeholders Access and share the Guide to the Online Practice Tests Access and share the practice tests resources Complete steps required for administration of the OTT and online practice tests For more information, contact assessment@la.gov. Louisiana Believes