1. Rethinking Test Security and Alternate Assessments Toni Wheeler Special Education Statewide Assessments Coordinator Idaho State Department of Education tcwheeler@sde.idaho.gov

2. Test Administration Idaho PortfolioNCSC No required formal trainingRequired training modules for District Test Coordinators and Test Administrators No administration quizRequired to pass training quiz No scriptsScripted Test Administration Direction Allowed full physical promptEmbedded supports but requires student independence-hand over hand is a violation. Rethink: How do we ensure TA’s are trained and followed all test administration procedures? What are the ways they can access materials without having to print?

3. Items Idaho PortfolioNCSC Artifacts-no standardizationStandardized items Allowed full physical promptingMust follow Directions for Test Administration Artifacts collected over time and could be part of instruction On demand Teacher judgment for determining difficulty of items No teacher judgment for item assignment Rethink: How do we ensure teachers administer each item as intended? How do we ensure TAs know the difference between allowable accommodations/supports vs coaching or prompting?

4. Materials Idaho PortfolioNCSC Teacher createdConsortium created Only secure once PII was addedAll materials secure, at all times No policy around destruction of materials Clear policy around security and destruction of all printed materials- paper, electronic- before, during and after test administration Rethink: How do we ensure all electronic and paper copies are destroyed? Who oversees this? How do assist TAs in having access to appropriate technology so material do not need to printed? If not printed, where are electronic copies saved and how to ensure deletion?

5. Testing Environment Idaho PortfolioNCSC Environment was not a factorSpecific wording on securing environment No constraints on who could administer- TC should administer-Idaho allowed non-certificated to administer only under direct supervision of certificated teacher Rethink: How do we ensure only those who have passed training have access to test items and student responses during testing?

6. Roles Idaho PortfolioNCSC Long window-state provided most of the support to TAs Shorter window-districts had to support their TAs State system- allowed state to run progress reports TCs were needed to monitor district/school and teacher progress Rethink: How do we ensure that district and building TCs take an active role in all parts alternate assessment? How do message their importance in this process?

7. Student Data Idaho PortfolioNCSC Online submission system requires user role AND password Online delivery requires password Online system run by Idaho-no outside vendors Data runs through vendor Scored by Idaho teachers in the same platform Scored by vendor for items not automatically scored Enrollment not dependent on SLDSInitial enrollment dependent on SLDS- Rethink: How do we work within Idaho’s hefty Student Data Privacy Law? What information do we have to collect vs need/want to collect? How do we clean up our SLDS reporting to get the information we need? How do we message the importance of accurate data reporting by the district?

8. More on Student Data Revisit data elements required to be submitted to SLDS –Includes the state no longer collecting specific accommodation information Idaho Statute 33-133 –Limits who can be provided PII –Up to $50,000 penalty for breach