1. Power Point Version 2010 SWPRSC©
Assessment Training
Correct Answer
In Correct Answer
Power Point Version
2010 SWPRSC©

2. Who do teachers report any breach of test security, loss of materials, or any other deviation to?
Building Assessment Coordinator
District Assessment Coordinator
State Assessment Coordinator at KSDE
The Board of Education President
Report any breach of test security, loss of materials, or any other deviation to your district coordinator who will contact Dr. Cherie Randall at KSDE.
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3. Who do teachers report any breach of test security, loss of materials, or any other deviation to?
Building Assessment Coordinator
District Assessment Coordinator
State Assessment Coordinator at KSDE
The Board of Education President
Report any breach of test security, loss of materials, or any other deviation to your district coordinator who will contact Dr. Cherie Randall at KSDE.
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4. Paper Pencil tests and test tickets should be locked is a secure location…
Before the testing window.
Between test sessions
After testing sessions
All the above
Store test materials (paper copies of the assessments and tickets) in a secure, locked area (before, between and after testing).
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5. Paper Pencil tests and test tickets should be locked is a secure location…
Before the testing window.
Between test sessions
After testing sessions
All the above
Store test materials (paper copies of the assessments and tickets) in a secure, locked area (before, between and after testing).
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6. Read-aloud scripts are not to be distributed to readers more than 24 hours prior to the assessments.
True
False
Read-aloud scripts are not to be distributed to readers more than 24 hours prior to the assessments. The read-aloud scripts should never be taken out of the building.
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7. Read-aloud scripts are not to be distributed to readers more than 24 hours prior to the assessments.
True
False
Read-aloud scripts are not to be distributed to readers more than 24 hours prior to the assessments. The read-aloud scripts should never be taken out of the building.
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8. The read-aloud scripts could be taken home the night before to study.
True
False
Read-aloud scripts are not to be distributed to readers more than 24 hours prior to the assessments. The read-aloud scripts should never be taken out of the building.
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9. The read-aloud scripts could be taken home the night before to study.
True
False
Read-aloud scripts are not to be distributed to readers more than 24 hours prior to the assessments. The read-aloud scripts should never be taken out of the building.
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10. When should coordinators distribute test materials to teachers?
One week before the assessments window.
Immediately before the students take the test.
One month before the assessment window.
Distribute test materials to teachers immediately before the testing session.
Instruct teachers not to open paper copies of test PDF’s or scripts prior to administration.
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11. When should coordinators distribute test materials to teachers?
One week before the assessments window.
Immediately before the students take the test.
One month before the assessment window.
Distribute test materials to teachers immediately before the testing session.
Instruct teachers not to open paper copies of test PDF’s or scripts prior to administration.
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12. Who is responsible for collecting and destroying student notes, scratch paper, and drawings, etc. at the end of each testing session (burn or shred).
The Principal
The assessment coordinator
The classroom teacher
The classroom para
The classroom teacher is responsible for collecting and destroying student notes, scratch paper, and drawings, etc. at the end of each testing session (burn or shred).
All paper copies of the tests must be destroyed (burn or shred) after testing. The district test coordinator must establish the procedures to be used.
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13. Who is responsible for collecting and destroying student notes, scratch paper, and drawings, etc. at the end of each testing session (burn or shred).
The Principal
The assessment coordinator
The classroom teacher
The classroom para
The classroom teacher is responsible for collecting and destroying student notes, scratch paper, and drawings, etc. at the end of each testing session (burn or shred).
All paper copies of the tests must be destroyed (burn or shred) after testing. The district test coordinator must establish the procedures to be used.
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14. No one Tests coordinators Principals Superintendents
Who, including test coordinators, principals, and teachers, may review tests or analyze test items before, during, or after the assessment is administered.
No one
Tests coordinators
Principals
Superintendents
Curriculum directors
No one, including test coordinators, principals, and teachers, may review tests or analyze test items before, during, or after the assessment is administered.
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15. No one Tests coordinators Principals Superintendents
Who, including test coordinators, principals, and teachers, may review tests or analyze test items before, during, or after the assessment is administered.
No one
Tests coordinators
Principals
Superintendents
Curriculum directors
No one, including test coordinators, principals, and teachers, may review tests or analyze test items before, during, or after the assessment is administered.
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16. What is the responsibility of the classroom teacher in regards to Examiners’ Manuel
Make sure they have access prior to the assessment window
Read pages 32 through 36
Sign off on page 36
All the above
Local personnel will sign an agreement to abide by state ethical testing practices. The Agreement to Abide by Guidelines on page 36 may be used for this purpose.
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17. What is the responsibility of the classroom teacher in regards to Examiners’ Manuel
Make sure they have access prior to the assessment window
Read pages 32 through 36
Sign off on page 36
All the above
Local personnel will sign an agreement to abide by state ethical testing practices. The Agreement to Abide by Guidelines on page 36 may be used for this purpose.
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18. May test materials be copied, reproduced, or paraphrased.
Yes No

19. May test materials be copied, reproduced, or paraphrased.
Yes No

20. Who makes the decision for Paper Pencil download Access?
District Office
Principal
Teacher
Special education department

21. Who makes the decision for Paper Pencil download Access?
District Office
Principal
Teacher
Special education department

22. What preparations must be made prior to assessing students?
Computer Lab schedule created
Removing or covering instructional bulletin boards
Turning off the bell system
All the above

23. What preparations must be made prior to assessing students?
Computer Lab schedule created
Removing or covering instructional bulletin boards
Turning off the bell system
All the above

24. Teachers may conduct comprehensive reviews or drills of tested indicators the day of a test or during the local testing window.
Yes No

25. Teachers may conduct comprehensive reviews or drills of tested indicators the day of a test or during the local testing window.
Yes No

26. Who makes the decision for Paper Pencil download Access?
District Office
Principal
Teacher
Special education department

27. Who makes the decision for Paper Pencil download Access?
District Office
Principal
Teacher
Special education department

28. Students may be required to use scratch paper, to show their work, or to use the online tools (e.g. the highlighter).
True
False

29. Students may be required to use scratch paper, to show their work, or to use the online tools (e.g. the highlighter).
True
False

30. Students cannot be required to use specific test-taking strategies.
True
False

31. Students cannot be required to use specific test-taking strategies.
True
False

32. Teachers may grade scratch paper.
True
False

33. Teachers may grade scratch paper.
True
False

34. What types of documentation will be needed for the paper / pencil accommodation and will be part of the checklist for visiting districts during test administration.
Student Intervention Team notes
Ell Plan
504 Notes
IEP documents
All The above

35. What types of documentation will be needed for the paper / pencil accommodation and will be part of the checklist for visiting districts during test administration.
Student Intervention Team notes
Ell Plan
504 Notes
IEP documents
All The above

36. The assessment questions and answer choices may be read to the student by…
A teacher
A paraprofesional
The computer voice David
All the above
Non of the above

37. The assessment questions and answer choices may be read to the student by…
A teacher
A paraprofesional
The computer voice David
All the above
Non of the above

38. The read-aloud accommodation may be delivered via KCA, by an adult reading to an individual student, or by an adult reading to a group of two or three students.
True
False

39. The read-aloud accommodation may be delivered via KCA, by an adult reading to an individual student, or by an adult reading to a group of two or three students.
True
False

40. Spanish translations are available for some assessments
True
False
Science and Math general assessments only

41. Spanish translations are available for some assessments
True
False
Science and Math general assessments only

42. What is the qualifier for a student to receive a Spanish Assessment?
The student is ELL
The student is instructed in Spanish
The classroom teacher believes it is in the students best interest
The ELL teacher believes it is in the students best interest

43. What is the qualifier for a student to receive a Spanish Assessment?
The student is ELL
The student is instructed in Spanish
The classroom teacher believes it is in the students best interest
The ELL teacher believes it is in the students best interest

44. For the testing year, EL students who first attended school in the US on or after February 16, 2010 are defined as recent arrivals for mathematics and reading.
True
False
Pg 14

45. For the testing year, EL students who first attended school in the US on or after February 16, 2010 are defined as recent arrivals for mathematics and reading.
True
False
Pg 14

46. EL students who first attended school in the US on or after February 16, 2010 are defined as recent arrivals for history / government and science.
True
False
EL students who first attended school in the US on or after March 16, 2010 are defined as recent arrivals for history / government and science.

47. EL students who first attended school in the US on or after February 16, 2010 are defined as recent arrivals for history / government and science.
True
False
EL students who first attended school in the US on or after March 16, 2010 are defined as recent arrivals for history / government and science.

48. If an EL student first attended school in the U. S. after Feb
If an EL student first attended school in the U.S. after Feb. 16, 2010, the student does not need to take the reading assessment, but must take the KELPA.
True
False

49. If an EL student first attended school in the U. S. after Feb
If an EL student first attended school in the U.S. after Feb. 16, 2010, the student does not need to take the reading assessment, but must take the KELPA.
True
False

50. Absolutely nothing from a reading passage may be read or pronounced, including single words or isolated words.
True
False

51. Absolutely nothing from a reading passage may be read or pronounced, including single words or isolated words.
True
False

52. What if the reading passage is read to the student?
The students score will not be included in the calculations for AYP
The student will count as non participating
Both 1 and 2
None of the above

53. What if the reading passage is read to the student?
The students score will not be included in the calculations for AYP
The student will count as non participating
Both 1 and 2
None of the above

54. Readers must receive training in how to administer read-aloud assessments?
True
False
Training documents are available on the Testing/Assessment page on the KSDE website: .A script will be available and must be used (refer to the section below titled Read-Aloud Accommodation and Scripts for more details).

55. Readers must receive training in how to administer read-aloud assessments?
True
False
Training documents are available on the Testing/Assessment page on the KSDE website: .A script will be available and must be used (refer to the section below titled Read-Aloud Accommodation and Scripts for more details).

56. All assessments are untimed
All assessments are untimed. Each student must be allowed as much time as is necessary and reasonable to complete each test part in one sitting. Typically, students can complete a test part in 45 to 60 minutes.
True
False

57. All assessments are untimed
All assessments are untimed. Each student must be allowed as much time as is necessary and reasonable to complete each test part in one sitting. Typically, students can complete a test part in 45 to 60 minutes.
True
False

58. Teachers may not review tests or analyze test items before, during, or after the assessment is administered.
True
False

59. Teachers may not review tests or analyze test items before, during, or after the assessment is administered.
True
False

60. Teachers may not respond to questions during testing that would help the student to understand the question, aid the student in responding to an item, or advise/encourage the student to edit or change a response.
True
False

61. Teachers may not respond to questions during testing that would help the student to understand the question, aid the student in responding to an item, or advise/encourage the student to edit or change a response.
True
False

62. Teachers may direct or prompt students to use certain strategies at the beginning of the test session or during the test. It is appropriate to remind students about strategies the day before the assessment.
True
False

63. Teachers may direct or prompt students to use certain strategies at the beginning of the test session or during the test. It is appropriate to remind students about strategies the day before the assessment.
True
False

64. Review sessions on content and test-taking strategies are not allowed during the assessment window.
True
False

65. Review sessions on content and test-taking strategies are not allowed during the assessment window.
True
False

66. Teachers may not coach or cue students in any way during test administration. This includes gestures and facial expressions.
True
False

67. Teachers may not coach or cue students in any way during test administration. This includes gestures and facial expressions.
True
False

68. Teachers may ask students how they got an answer.
True
False

69. Teachers may ask students how they got an answer.
True
False

70. Which of the following Items is permissible
Teachers telling students to review or redo.
Giving the definition of a word in the reading text.
Pronounce words outside of the reading text.
Review tested indicators between test sessions.

71. Which of the following Items is permissible
Teachers telling students to review or redo.
Giving the definition of a word in the reading text.
Pronounce words outside of the reading text.
Review tested indicators between test sessions.

72. Textbooks, dictionaries, and other instructional/curricular materials are NOT to be used during testing. This includes classroom posters, teacher or student-generated journals, and other instructional materials that may have been used during the course of instruction and/or permitted during previous years’ testing.
True
False

73. Textbooks, dictionaries, and other instructional/curricular materials are NOT to be used during testing. This includes classroom posters, teacher or student-generated journals, and other instructional materials that may have been used during the course of instruction and/or permitted during previous years’ testing.
True
False

74. Graphic organizers and computation tables that are generated solely by the student on blank paper during the assessment are allowed on any test part.
True
False

75. Graphic organizers and computation tables that are generated solely by the student on blank paper during the assessment are allowed on any test part.
True
False
Exception: Students may not use a self created computation table on section three of the math assessment

76. Computation Tables or Fact Tables are considered calculators and may not be used on section three of the Math assessment.
True
False

77. Computation Tables or Fact Tables are considered calculators and may not be used on section three of the Math assessment.
True
False

78. What is a confidence level?
Confidence in the delivery of math and reading curriculum
Confidence in students’ recall of curriculum taught
Confidence of student scoring near the same level if they took the same test again

79. What is a confidence level?
Confidence in the delivery of math and reading curriculum
Confidence in students’ recall of curriculum taught
Confidence of student scoring near the same level if they took the same test again

80. What is Safe Harbor? A group of suspicious assessment results
A situation where a group of students not making AYP must improve 10% the following year
Assessments designed for at risk students

81. What is Safe Harbor? A group of suspicious assessment results
A situation where a group of students not making AYP must improve 10% the following year
Assessments designed for at risk students