2011 EOC PHYSICS Assessment(Field Test)

Procedural Training

OPERATIONAL EOC & FIELD TESTING EOC Assessments will be administered both online

and via a paper-based administration. HB 3, passed in 2009, authorizes TEA to collect

data through the administration of EOCs in order to establish performance standards prior to the first high-stakes administrations in spring 2012.

VMA selected to participate in the following: English I - April 6 & 7, 2011 - paper administration

Day 1 - Writing Day 2 - Reading

Physics - May 11, 2011 - paper administration Geometry - May 24, 2011 - online administration

ELIGIBILITY FOR EOC ASSESSMENTS Online - maximum number of

students required to test - 350 Paper - all eligible students

enrolled in the course are required to test

Special Education. - all students who take the TAKS

Oral administration is not available for the English I EOC

Oral administration is available for Geometry and Physics

Students with accommodations that would invalidate the assessment are not required to participate

ARD committees are not required to convene to determine test placement at this time

LEP - all students except first-year immigrants granted an exit level LEP postponement or LEP exemption from the 2011 spring TAKS

EOC RESULTS

*There will be no “student results” because the passing standards have not been set. Districts will receive raw scores only, and not

by individual student.

*No performance results for students, campuses, districts, or the state will be provided for any

EOC assessment.

Test Security & Confidentiality Requirements TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B

EOC Assessments are secure including field tests. 19 TAC 101

ALL test materials must be handled in strict accordance with the instructions contained in the test administrator manual.

Each person with access to test materials must maintain and preserve the security and confidentiality of ALL tests.

Student information used or obtained in the administration of these assessments is confidential.

Each person with access to student information must maintain and preserve the confidentiality of this information.

A 2011 Oath of Test Security and Confidentiality for Test Administrators (General) has been signed and filed.

All requirements apply. (active monitoring, range of penalties, obligation to report any suspected violations)

Test Security & Confidentiality Requirements

UNAUTHORIZED VIEWING, DISCUSSION, DUPLICATION,

OR SCORING OF SECURE TEST MATERIALS IS NOT PERMITTED AT ANY TIME.

ORAL ADMINISTRATION

No person may record confidential test content, write notes, perform calculations, solve test items, or place any other marks in a test booklet

Provide allowable accommodations and be aware of different levels of reading support

Nonverbal assistance may not be provided

Test administrators should read sample items in the same manner as he/she would read test questions

Reading support includes test questions, answer choices, charts, tables, graphics, the state supplied mathematics or science charts, and allowable or approved supplemental aids

Test administrators must not rephrase, clarify, or interpret any test content

Voice inflection must be kept neutral (words that are boldfaced, italicized, or printed entirely in capital letters must be emphasized)

Required Material for TestingTwo #2 pencils with erasers per

studentOne test booklet per studentOne answer document per

student (Make sure each student receives the document with his or her name on it.)

One scientific or graphing calculator per student

Administration Directions2011 Physics EOC Test Administration

DirectionsManual (pages 11 - 17) Give students all the time they need to respond to

each test question. Students must use a #2 pencil to mark their

answer documents. Students are not allowed to use scratch paper but

instead write in their test booklets if necessary. Read aloud verbatim the material printed in bold

type. You may repeat the directions as many times as

needed. The information in italics is meant for the test

administrator and should not be read aloud to the students.

Test Procedures for 5/11/2011 8:00 A.M. - Pick up test material in N. L. Espinoza’s Office

(Verify & Initial the “OUT” box of the Materials Control Form) - Keep testing Material secure at ALL times

Seating chart must be completed 8:15 - 8:25 A.M. - students are reporting to the testing room 8:25 - 8:35 A.M.

Allow students to go to the restroom Pick up all backpacks & cell phones (items may be

returned students as they complete the test and are sent back to their regularly scheduled classes)

8:35 A.M. - distribute testing material & begin testing directions

Place “Testing Do Not Disturb” sign outside door Use “Help” sign & Nurse/Bathroom passes as needed

8:40 A.M. - Mr. Rodriguez will address students 9:00 A.M. - give attendance roster to Cynthia Cardenas 11:45 A.M. - Pick up ALL test material (turn in test material

to N. L. Espinoza to be locked and secured during lunch) 11:55 A.M. - Sack Lunch will arrive for students 11:55 - 12:35 P.M. - Test Administrator’s lunch (students

will be monitored by Sub/Reliever) 12:35 P.M. - Pick up test material from N. L. Espinoza and

resume testing SIGN BOTTOM OF OATH with N. L. Espinoza

MATERIALS FOR RETURN

Place highlighters and pencils in baggies Nurse & Bathroom passes Return material in the following order:

“Help” sign “Count” form “Transfer” Form Seating Chart Answer documents in alpha order Test booklets in numerical order (used or

unused) Test Administrator’s Manual Sign Section 2 of Test Specific Oath Oral Administrators will need to sign Section 3

of Test Specific Oath

INDIVIDUAL EMERGENCIES

Occasionally a student may need to leave for a brief time. No testing

material may be taken from the testing room. If student returns the Campus Testing Coordinator, and test administrator involved will determine

whether confidentiality has been maintained and if the student should

continue testing. If the student cannot continue testing, campus & district

administration will determine whether the student’s answer document should

be coded “S” score, or “O” other.

SCHOOL EMERGENCIES

If a campus emergency takes place (example - Fire Alarm) you will leave

the test where they are and go quietly outside, following campus procedures

for exiting the building. The safety of you and the students are a

priority. The test administrator and all other personnel MUST closely

monitor their testing groups to make sure that no one discusses the test. The student should resume testing

once the building has been cleared for reentry.

EOC INFORMATION Detailed EOC Testing Procedures have been

provided to you via email, paper copy (Seating Chart, Administration Specific Oath)

Refer to Administrative & Procedural Training PowerPoint located in the VMA campus website under Testing Information (TAKS) - (General Test Security and Confidentiality Information, preparing the testing room, active monitoring, lunch, cell phone use, individual emergencies, changing testing rooms, etc.)

Monday, May 9, 2011 - Physics EOC Mandatory Training

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Physics EOC Administration (seminar room next to library)

EOC Test Administration Directions Manual and this PowerPoint are located on our campus website -Testing Information (EOC)

TEST ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES

This PowerPoint is not a substitute for reading the

EOC Testing Administration Manual. This manual is

available online. Enter the VMA website, click on

Testing Information, then click on the tab labeled EOC.