1. Training and Materials
PSAT
Training and Materials

2. Test Characteristics
Non-content related activities/questions: minutes
Total test administration time: 3 hours
Four sections of the test
Reading test- 60 minutes
5-minute break
Writing and language test- 35 minutes
Math test- no calculator- 25 minutes
Math test- calculator- 45 minutes
Collecting materials and dismissing students – 5 minutes

3. Training Test Associates and Proctors
All Associate Supervisors/ Test Associates (aka Test Administrators) and Proctors must be trained prior to testing
Must be school staff members
Neither the STC, Test Associate, or Proctor may serve in their role if they are the immediate family member of a student taking the test on the same date at any school
Proctor required in rooms with more than 34 students
Test Associate must check out materials from STC on morning of testing. Use materials tracking system.
Describe process for materials on the morning of the test. Get to school early. Unseal plastic bags. Ensure all tubs/envelopes are correct for each home room testing session. Each test associate will check out their materials. They must inventory and sign for the total quantity received. The materials are then the Test Associate’s responsibility to keep secure until they are checked back in to the STC/IAF at the conclusion of testing.

4. Test Associates Must:
Thoroughly study Supervisor’s Manual prior to testing
Secure all testing materials in their assigned room and returning them to the supervisor
Distribute materials to students individually
Follow all test procedures and directions exactly as written in the Supervisor’s Manual
Read script exactly as written
Script can be tricky, depending on the Option the school selects for administration. It is imperative that the Test Associate thoroughly student the Manual prior to test day.
Cannot distribute a stack of 5 books for students to take one and pass back. Each student must receive one test book and answer sheet individually from the test associate.

5. Test Associates Must:
Demonstrate directions/actions with an extra answer sheet and test book
Monitor students
Cannot grade papers, read, etc.
Report all testing irregularities to STC
Document on Supervisor’s Irregularity Report
Sample irregularities and actions pages 13-18
Return all test materials
Cannot practice demonstration prior to testing!
Sections 11 and 12 of the A/S: students are using information on the back of the test book to complete these sections of the A/S. It is important to ensure students do not open the test books during this time.
See also Administrator handout in folder.

6. Proctors Must be assigned in rooms with more than 34 students
Must be trained
Can help distribute and collect materials during the testing session
Monitor students
Avoid distracting behaviors

7. Test Day Requirements Must have visible clock and second timing device
4 feet apart between students
Measured from center of desk to center of desk
Facing same direction
Test at the same time in the morning
Can NOT break for lunch and return to testing
Turn off classroom bells
Develop plan for 9th and 12th graders

8. Test Day Requirements
Classroom and hallway wall displays with test content or test-taking strategies must be covered or removed
Complete prior to test day
Seating chart
Assign seats and record on seating chart (pg. 36)
Do not allow students to select their own seats
College Board school code and school address written on board prior to testing
Having a seating chart can be of great importance if you have to submit an Irregularity Report to College Board. Maintaining a copy of this in your records is imperative. This does not need to be submitted to College Board, unless requested. This can be completed prior to testing.

9. Late Students
May join testing room if all students have not yet started Section 1 of the test
Cannot have had the opportunity to communicate with peers
May complete missing identifying information when other students have been dismissed
No students may join a room where Section 1 (or later section) has already begun
Have a plan in place for distributing late arrival students to test sessions or other school activities
Have a plan and a space to deal with late arriving students. Ensure front office staff is acutely aware of this plan for test day. Then, they will not be calling you every 5 minutes.

10. Administration
Students with a label (Supervisors Manual for Bulk Registration)
One Day Administration (Pre-administration same day) - 4 hours
Script page then 24-30

11. Timing: All Students
The entire time for standard and nonstandard administrations must be provided to the students
Cannot move on to the next section, even in the event all students stop work before time is called
Timing Chart on page 25 of Supervisor’s Manual
Test Associate should check both timing devices to avoid mistiming irregularities prior to calling time

12. Restroom Breaks
If a student has to leave the room for any reason, the test book and answer sheet must be collected by the Test Associate
The student must be monitored
Time out of the classroom will not be given back to the student
Students may not go back to work on previous sections of the test booklet if they finish early

13. Prohibited Aids Supervisor’s Manual pg. 4
Include, but not limited to:
Cell phones, any personal computing device, timers, cameras, smart watches, pens, highlighters, mechanical pencils, books, references, rulers, notes, scratch paper, earplugs
If students are seen using any of these devices or if the device makes any noise (ringing or vibrating) during testing or a break, the student will be asked to leave and their answer sheet will be voided

14. Irregularities/Misadministrations
All irregularities must be documented on the Supervisor’s Irregularity Report
Examples and actions: Supervisor’s Manual pgs
Supervisor’s Irregularity Report must be submitted to PSAT with returned materials
No irregularities will be reported into OTISS
Do not submit PSAT/NMSQT irregularities into OTISS.

15. Irregularities/Misadministrations
Student answer sheets may be voided in the following scenarios:
Test administrator mistimed test
Student becomes ill during the test and/or must leave before all sections are administered
Student giving/receiving information
Working on the wrong section of the test
Working longer than the time permitted
See official information pgs

16. Student Answer Sheets Current Grade Level must be coded correctly
Schools will be charged for students outside of 10th and 11th grade
Tell students they cannot change this, even if it is wrong!
CMS Student ID number (box 19) must be bubbled correctly
Start from the left, bubble full 10-digit ID number
Use leading zeros, if necessary
This may be completed in a secure setting prior to testing
School Field (box 22) is NOT 6 digit courier code. Use College Board School Code
Harding’s Code is