1. Local Oral Administration/ STAAR A using PowerPoint ILT FEBRUARY 2, 2016

2. Problem: Oral administration and accommodations for local assessments  Staffing/logistic concerns for administration  Potential lack of standardization of administration conditions between students and between administrators  Lack of opportunities for students to receive accommodations and practice using tools in systems similar to STAAR online administrations  Insufficient data available to make appropriate assessment decisions for students eligible for SOA, STAAR A, and STAAR L

3. Desired system for local assessments  Allows teachers and administrators to create assessments by being flexible, easy to use, and available to all  Captures objective evidence for use in assessment decisions  Provides students with opportunities for higher achievement and provides adults with peace of mind

4. STAAR A Simulation for Local Assessments PRESENTED BY: DR. ROBERT BAYARD, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (FORMERLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION) CLEAR CREEK ISD

5. Using PowerPoint to create local tests  Template  Introduction slide with basic navigation instructions  Up to 60 test items – one per slide  STOP slide  Navigation slide to revisit items  Reference materials  Accommodation tools - Rollovers/popups for definitions, formulas, simplified language

6. See the Simulation ALGEBRA I ENGLISH II

7. Using PowerPoint to create local tests  Overview of creation process  Capture screen shots of items, paste into numbered slides  Record voiceover for each slide/item  Add accommodation tools (sparingly)  Delete unneeded slides  Password protect  Save as PowerPoint Show  See handout for more details

8. Test Construction Example GRADE 6 MATH

9. Using PowerPoint to administer local tests  Test Administration  Provide students with test materials  Paper copy of the test  Aware answer document  Reference materials  Passages for reading/writing  Use password to open test  Student navigates through items, controls audio, uses accommodation and other tools (highlighter, pencil, magnifier)

10. Caveat  Simulation mimics some attributes of state online testing  All accommodations available in STAAR assessments are NOT included  STAAR SOA  STAAR A  STAAR L  Caution should be exercised when including accommodations within the test environment

11. Moving forward  Templates will be made available through secure folders for campus use with common assessments  Training will be provided as needed – likely via webinar  C&I departments will work toward providing oral administration tests for some CBAs in May  Plans for district-developed OAs for CBAs will be considered by Assessment Council and possibly incorporated into the CBA development schedule for 2016-2017