1. Test Security and Ethics
Kansas Assessment Program

2. Purpose
Test security is essential to obtain reliable and valid scores for accountability purposes. Accordingly, the Department of Education must take every step to assure the security and confidentiality of the state test materials.

3. Purpose
It is the responsibility of individuals who develop the tests, who administer the tests, and/or those who use the results to follow test security protocols, regulations, and procedures.

4. Purpose
All Kansas assessment programs must abide by test security and ethical testing practices.
Kansas assessment summative and interim assessments
KELPA2
cPass
DLM (additional training modules provided for staff administering this assessment)

5. Security/Ethics Yearly Training
All staff who administer a state assessment must be trained yearly!
Must be an employee of the school system.
No volunteers, parents, etc.

6. Training Options KSDE Conference
Requires follow-up review of Test Security and Ethics Fact Sheet and the KAEM
Online training – available November 1, 2017:
Veteran DTCs – short version
New DTC – complete training
Educator – option – can be used by DTC to adapt for training in their district

7. Resources Download: Test Security and Ethics Fact Sheet - KSDE website
Monitor Checklist – KSDE website
Kansas Assessment Examiner’s Manual – KAP website

8. Test Security and Ethics Fact Sheet
Posted on KSDE website
Content changes/tweaks:
Still divided into Sections for Roles and Responsibilities – DTC, BTC and Teachers/Test Proctors
Acceptable and Unacceptable Practices Ethical Practices
Updated Information on Test Security and Item Issues

9. Kansas Assessment Examiner’s Manual
KAEM will be available the first week of January on the Any staff member who administers or supports the administration of the state assessment must read the KAEM and the Test Security and Ethics Fact Sheet before administering a state assessment.

10. Agreement to Abide by
District and building-level personnel must sign “The Agreement to Abide by Guidelines” found in the KAEM, or a district may customize a form to meet their own needs. Building-level personnel includes any staff member who administers a state assessment, including administrators, educators, para-educators, etc. Parent volunteers may not administer a state assessment.

11. Documentation of Agreement
Written verification is needed for the protection of each teacher/proctor and the district (and not all proctors have access to Educator Portal).
DTCs/BTCs must keep written documentation that could be produced during a monitor visit

12. Roles and Responsibilities: District Test Coordinators
List of responsibilities included with fact sheet, posted on the KSDE website, and in the Examiner’s Manual
Review carefully to be certain all expectations have been met

13. District Test Coordinators
Oversee test security for the entire district.
Establish and implement test security and ethics procedures for the district.
Train district and building-level personnel before testing begins, which includes training regarding test security procedures, ethics of testing, and reporting/documentation of accommodations.
Document which individuals have received training, when the training was provided, and the way in which the training was provided; documentation must be kept at both the district and building level.

14. District Test Coordinators
Establish procedures that determine who has access to information in Educator Portal.
Determine role assignments within the district.
Remove/inactivate users in Educator Portal for staff who have left the district and/or changed roles with the district; this task should be completed by the end of September.

15. Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Inform staff that personally identifiable information (PII) must not be conveyed when testing issues are reported. The documentation for Kansas regarding allowable identifiers in an specify that only the Student State ID number and no other identifying details should be provided in an .

16. Reporting Issues to KITE Service Desk
Please do not report any PII (personally identifiable information) The documentation for Kansas regarding allowable identifiers in an specify that only the Student State ID number and no other identifying detail is to be used in .

17. Teachers/Test Proctor Reminders
Actively monitor the testing environment by moving around the room. Moving around the room encourages students to focus on their own work.
All chalkboards and white boards in rooms used for testing should be clean and have no information on them.
Teacher/test proctor may not say nor do anything that would let a student know whether an answer is correct.

18. Monitoring Handheld Calculator Use
An on-screen calculator is available from the KITE Client toolbox for certain items.
Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 have access to a basic four-function calculator and a scientific calculator (TI-30XS Multiview).
Students in grade 10 have access to a basic four-function calculator and a graphing calculator (TI-84).

19. Monitoring Handheld Calculator Use
Students are also permitted to use their own calculators on parts of the test where the calculator tool is available.
Students do not have access to the calculator on test items that require students to demonstrate direct knowledge of computational skills. These items are contained in a different part of the test, and the calculator tool is unavailable.

20. Monitoring Handheld Calculator Use
If students choose to use a handheld calculator, the memory must be cleared both before AND after each testing session.
Schools must keep a record of each student using a handheld calculator.

21. Soft Break
At the break between calculator-active and calculator-inactive parts, collect handheld calculators from students.
Calculator-active parts are at the beginning of each test session.

22. Soft Break
You may want to have students raise their hand when they complete the calculator-active part so that you know when to collect the calculators.
The calculator-inactive parts have 10 or fewer items, so you will be able to tell which part the student is working on by looking at the progress bar across the top of the screen.

23. Monitoring Calculator Use
Monitoring calculator use and having procedures in place will be critical to ensure that calculators are used on the correct part of the test session.

24. Teachers/Test Proctor Reminders
All chalkboards and white boards in rooms used for testing should be clean and have no information on them.
Teacher/test proctor may not say nor do anything that would let a student know whether an answer is correct.

25. Monitor Visit
Monitor team visits – representative sample of districts across Kansas, across all state BOE regions including both large and small districts Monitor team members – Kansas Assessment Advisory Council members and KSDE staff Monitor team visits in 2018 – goal is to continue visiting new districts

26. Monitor Checklist
Review with staff prior to testing and include in your training!
Posted on the KSDE website – assessment page
Carefully review information related to documentation of accommodations.

27. Monitor Checklist
Kansas Assessment Advisory Council (KAAC) updated checklist during the school year; checklist was easier to follow and understand expectations
checklist – added information about monitoring calculator use

28. Additional Security Measures
New measures added this year to enhance security on a larger scale:
Click History
Monitoring of Reactivations

29. DTC Validation of Training
DTC Test Security and Ethics 2018
Once the PowerPoint is posted you can click on the link and enter your information to indicate you have participated in the training for 2018.

30. Kansas Interim Assessment System
Predictive
Mini-tests

31. Interim Launch
Interim system pilot Over 200,000 mini-tests were administered Over 200 districts participated
Thank you to all of the educators, schools and districts who participated in the interim pilot!
319 mini-tests administered since Sept. 15, 2017

32. Field Input
Over 3,500 educators in KS provided input on our state assessment program including the interim system
Changes were made based on the input and now the interim system has:
Fewer clicks, easier management of assigning tests to students, better student reports and more!

33. Interim
Predictive
Mini-tests
The mini-tests are designed to be used frequently during the course of instruction to:
provide feedback to help students
to evaluate students’ learning
to aid teachers in adjusting instruction

34. Mini-tests Are available throughout the school year
Interim
Predictive
Mini-tests
Are available throughout the school year
For a list of available mini-tests visit (interim page)
Additional mini-tests are continuing to be added throughout the remainder of the school year

35. Mini-tests ELA and Math
aligned to state curriculum standards, claims, and targets
allow educators to administer tests that match the instruction that is happening in the classroom
allow educators to build tests or “copy” tests
provide immediate results
Mini-tests (6 to 12 items)

36. Mini-tests Mini-tests are designed to:
be used frequently during the course of instruction
provide feedback to help students
evaluate students’ learning
aid teachers in adjusting instruction

37. Mini-tests Mini-tests are not:
intended to be technology practice for the state assessment
intended to be “get ready prep” for the state assessment
Interactive-Demos (technology practice tests)

38. Interim
Predictive
Mini-tests
Interim predictive assessments provide an estimate of future performance on Kansas summative assessments.
These assessments allow educators to evaluate students’ knowledge and skills relative to the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards.

39. Interim
Predictive
Mini-tests
Three predictive interim assessments each in ELA and in Mathematics
Grade level specific
Each interim predictive test has 25 test questions; about one class period
To receive a predictive score students must answer all 25 test questions
Three predictive tests in ELA and three predictive tests in math
The predictive score is a range.

40. Predictive Testing Windows
Interim predictive assessments are available during each of the three two-week testing windows.
ELA and Math Predictive Interims
Fall
October
Winter
December 4 – 15
Spring
February 5 – 16

41. “Required”
You may give one, two, or all three predictive tests!

42. Predictive Provide Student, Building, and District reports
Interim
Predictive
Mini-tests
Provide Student, Building, and District reports
Student reports available upon completion of testing
Building & District at the end of the window

43. Getting Ready
Before administering an interim predictive test, districts must submit a TASC record through KIDS to roster students and teachers.
The KITE system will automatically assign students with a TASC record to each predictive assessment.
Educators will assign students with a TASC record to mini-tests
TASC records – should be uploaded as new students enroll
TASC records can be uploaded as often as needed; enrollment changes are factored in with TASC records just like with the summative TEST sends
Submit TASC records for students in the test grades for ELA and Math
DO NOT SUBMIT TASC records for other subjects, other grades or for students who will be taking the DLM assessments.

44. Getting Ready
Educators must have an active account in Educator Portal.

45. Getting Ready Download Educator Resources www.ksassessments.org
Interim User Guide
Understanding the Predictive Interim Score Report
Important resources to become familiar with the Interim system

46. Interim User Guide www.ksassessments.org
Includes directions on how to:
Administer tests
Assign tests
Manage tests
Take tests
Obtain results
Updated user guide

47. Getting Ready…Taking the Test
You will want to make sure you are using this year’s version of KITE Client as well as whitelist the following domains to prevent testing interruptions. *.cete.us *.s3.amazonaws.com
Attend ATS session later today to learn more.

48. Taking a Test
The interim assessments are administered online via the KITE® Client (Student Portal).
Each student has a username and password.
The username and passwords are the same for all assessments administered in the KITE Student Portal.

49. Taking a Test
Interim tests do not use a Daily Access Code. TTS is available for students who need this as an accommodation – must be marked in the PNP. Additional tools – such as a highlighter, calculator, guideline bar, etc. are available

50. Taking a Test
Students will be able to select “Save” for interim tests if they haven’t completed the test and want to continue taking it later. (no need to reactivate)
Predictive tests should be completed on the same day

51. Results

52. Understanding the Predictive Interim Score Report
Provides a comprehensive walk-through to understand the results

53. Understanding the Predictive Interim Score Report
Page 2 shows the student’s performance on each question

54. Questions
KITE Service Desk Mary Matthew, KAP Director