Updates Assessments available online Resources available Online testing components Testing Coordinator Quick Checklist Technology Coordinator Quick Checklist Accommodations available for online testing Contacts

Updates STAAR A grades 4 and 7 writing –Will require seal codes STAAR Alternate 2 –Student answers will be transcribed into an online form TAKS –Online only New version of proctor caching software ( ) released –Update is optional

Assessments Available Online

User’s Guide for the Texas Assessment Management System TestNav 7 Combined Technical Guide Minimum System Requirements Manuals/ Documents PearsonAccess Overviews Online Testing Presentations No log-in required Training Modules Mirrors live assessment management system No live student data affected Practice online testing setup, including creating test sessions Practice Center Electronic Practice Assessment Tools (ePATs) No set up required Student Resources GO Resources Available

Online Testing Components

Testing Coordinator Quick Checklist Testing Coordinator Online Testing Checklist View online testing resources Enroll students in campus Register students for test administration Assign students to group and test(s) Verify TestNav configuration Create test session Add students to test session Proctor cache test content Print student authorizations and proctor authorizations/seal codes, if necessary Start/monitor test session Verify student(s) are in “Completed” or “Marked Complete” status Enter accommodations, if necessary Stop test session

Technology Coordinator Quick Checklist Technology Coordinator Online Testing Checklist View online testing resources Verify minimum system requirements Allow destination/protocol/port combinations through firewall Disable automatic applications Install proctor caching software on proctor caching computer Verify network user capacity Configure TestNav Proctor cache test content after test sessions created Monitor test sessions Purge test content after test administration

Accommodations Available for Online Testing Oral administration, as an accommodation, may be offered the following ways: a)test administrator reads allowable words aloud b) administration of STAAR A, a version of STAAR that contains embedded accommodations in an online administration including a text-to-speech functionality for allowable text c)STAAR administration using standardized oral administration (SOA), a text-to- speech accommodation in an online administration for allowable text on select assessments in specific grades Note: STAAR L and STAAR A have an audio component for individual words or phrases. The assistance is considered an embedded accessibility feature, not an oral administration accommodation.

Accommodations Available for Online Testing Before a student with a testing accommodation can test online, his or her ARD, 504, or other appropriate committee must specifically approve the student for online testing. Committee members may review the resources listed below to determine if online testing is appropriate for the student

Resources: Contacts TEA Telephone: Fax TEA Student Assessment website Call TEA’s Student Assessment Division for assistance with: information about online testing or online testing procedures testing accommodations notification of a disruption in online testing requesting changes to the testing schedule questions about the time-limit policy including taking breaks testing beyond normal school hours handling unusual circumstances on test days violations of test security handling school emergencies that affect testing questions about general online testing policy questions about oral administration of test sessions assistance with technology applications questions about TEA communications

Resources: Contacts Pearson’s Austin Operations Center 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM CT Monday–Friday Toll free: Call or Pearson’s Texas Online Team for assistance with: information about online testing or online testing procedures navigating the Texas Assessment Management System accessing and using the Practice Center managing examinee data setting up test sessions assigning login IDs and passwords accessing resources questions about Pearson Online Testing communications setting up a test run of the TestNav test delivery system network problems proctor caching issues evaluating infrastructure hardware and software requirements or problems the TestNav Early Warning System wireless networking issues technical emergencies solving online testing set-up issues