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District and State Test Coordinator
Training
Introduction
Spring 2014
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Joslyn OverbyEducation AdministratorAssessment and [email protected]
Assessment PoliciesTesting IrregularitiesGraduation RequirementsEnd-of-Course ExamsInterim Assessments
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Gabe MartinezAssessment CoordinatorAssessment and [email protected]
Assessment PoliciesSBA/HSGA Questions
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Michelle OsowskiAssessment CoordinatorAssessment and [email protected]
Assessment ReviewsStatistical Analyses
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Measured Progress (MP)Diana WardLiz GarciaProgram ManagersMara and Samantha - [email protected]
SBA OrderingReturningReports
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Information TechnologyIT StaffSTARS Help Desk505-827-7935
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Data Analysts
Data Analysts SOAP Help Desk505-827-6720
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New Mexico Legislature
http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/default.aspx
• Read state statute• Find legislators• Follow bill and votes
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NMSAP Components• SBA/HSGA: Standards Based Assessment/High School Graduation Assessment• NMHSCE: New Mexico High School Competency Exam • NMAPA: New Mexico Alternate Performance Assessment• AAHSG: Alternate Assessment for High School Graduation• ACCESS for ELLs: ELL language proficiency assessment • W-APT: ELL placement test • Alt ACCESS for ELLs: Alternate ELL language proficiency assessment • Interim Assessments: Four PED-Funded Programs• EoCs: End-of-Course Assessments
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NMSAP VendorsVendor Test(s) Help Desk Email Help Desk
Phone
Measured Progress
SBAHSGA HSCE
[email protected] 877-676-6722
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
NMAPAAAHSG [email protected] 800-254-6130
WIDA W-APTACCESS [email protected] 866-276-7735
Metritech ACCESS ordering [email protected] 800-747-4868
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Approved Interim AssessmentsVendor Contact Email Phone
Discovery Susanne Thompson [email protected] 240.662.6710
Houghton-Mifflin: Riverside
Heather Pillman [email protected] 800.323.9540
NWEA Brenda Hein [email protected] 503.624.1951
Renaissance Learning Tracy Daw tracy.daw@renlearn.
com877.988.8048ext. 1073
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NMSAP Manuals and Rules•Procedures Manual: Outlines all procedures, regulations, and special circumstances with regard to all statewide assessments•Accommodations Manual: Provides details about allowable accommodations and coding for tests•ADC Manual: Gives options for students to meet graduation requirements through Alternative Demonstrations of Competency•EoC DFA: Provides information about End-of-Course Exams (including background and administration information)•6.10.7 NMAC: State rules for Test Security & Administration
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Assessment-Specific ManualsSBA/HSGA and NMHSCE
TCM: Test Coordinator’s ManualDFA: Directions for Administering
NMAPA/AAHSGDTC: District Test Coordinator ManualTAM: Test Administrator’s Manual
ACCESS and W-APT Manuals at www.wida.us
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Training RequirementsSBA/HSGADTC/STC attends PED trainings 2x annually.TAs must be trained by DTC/STC 2x annually.
NMAPA/AAHSGTAs must attend training once every 3 years.
ACCESS and W-APT Training modules online at www.wida.us. DTCs can track TA progress in online training and quizzes.
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SBA Test Window• Districts and charters may create their own schedule within allowed testing window, 3/10-4/4.
• Extended 2014 for CBT only (3/3 – 4/4) with waiver.
• Schedule must follow 11 requirements outlined in Secretary Skandera’s memo dated May 2012.
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About SBA Testing Schedules1. Test within PED-designated window.2. No testing on materials-packaging day.3. All materials must be returned on designated
shipping day. (Call MP for exceptions.)
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About SBA Testing Schedules4. Make-up testing must
occur during testing window.
5. Test sessions must follow order in test booklet. (Make-ups may have exceptions.)
6. All schools in district must follow same schedule. *Exception for CBT*
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About SBA Testing Schedules7. No breaks during a session.8. Grades 5-8 writing sessions
must be administered consecutively—only a short stretch/bathroom break in between.
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About SBA Testing Schedules9. Test on any school day,
Monday to Friday.10. Test in mornings,
afternoons, or both.11. Schedule up to three (3)
sessions per day.
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WITHIN A SCHOOL• All students in a grade level must test either PBT or CBT. You may not split PBT/CBT within a grade level (exception: students with accommodations).
• CBT testers may use the week of 3/3 to test. PBT testers may only start testing 3/10 (see H2/H3 exception below).
• H2 and H3 must test simultaneously. If one is CBT, the other grade may test PBT during the 3/3 week.
• CBT testers must complete a particular session during 1 day. Student groups must not interact until all students have tested.
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WITHIN A DISTRICT• All PBT students within a grade must test simultaneously (ex: All PBT 4th graders must complete Reading Session 1 at the same time on the same day).
• CBT students may have different schedules across the district (ex: CBT 4th graders at School A may do Reading Session 1 on 3/3 and CBT 4th graders at School B may do Reading Session 1 on 3/6).
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SBA Participation• All public school students must participate in an assessment: Grades 3−8, H2, and H3 (H4 optional).
• Students on the ability pathway (with severe cognitive disabilities) take the NMAPA.
• Students on the career and standard pathways take the SBA. Accommodations are allowed for students with IEPs.
• BIE schools may use SBA for federal accountability.
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SBA Participation: H4+High school students have a maximum number of attempts to pass the HSGA to meet graduation requirements:
READING: 3 administrationsMATH: 3 administrationsSCIENCE: 2 administrations
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SBA Participation: H4/H4+H4 and H4+ students must meet ALL four of the following criteria to test on the spring HSGA: 1. They will not meet graduation requirements by May, 2014. 2. They plan to graduate before August 1, 2014. 3. They have NOT completed all allowable administrations. 4. They need to pass one or more of the required subjects (Reading, Math, and Science) to meet graduation requirements.
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