1. Test Administrator Training (Required for DTCs, STCs, and TAs)

2. Big Picture Objectives
Test Administrators
Big Picture Objectives
Understand the roles and responsibilities of test administrators
Understand how to use valid test administration practices
Learn where to find test administration resources and tools
Be aware of what’s new this year in the statewide assessment system

3. Training Overview Training will cover the following topics:
Test Administrators
Training Overview
Training will cover the following topics:
TA Training Overview
Accommodations
Test Security
OAKS Online*
ELPA*
Writing*
Each training module is designed to take between 5 – 15 minutes to present.
“Dos, Don’ts, and Promising Practices” slides provide practical examples of how to successfully implement testing policies and rules.
If you are administering OAKS Online through the Braille Interface or the Extended Assessment, you will also need to receive special training from ODE specific to that assessment.

4. TA Roles and Responsibilities
Test Administrators
TA Roles and Responsibilities
Before testing:
Provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with the test format and procedures
Review student IEPs or education plans to identify appropriate test formats and accommodations
Make arrangements for students who are not testing
Review Test Administration Manual
-Practice tests are available online to familiarize students with the test format and available tools. Student directions are included in Appendices B, G, and H to walk students through the process of testing.
-The Best Practices Guide contains guidance to help with providing for students who are not testing
-Identify ahead of time any students who are supposed to take a particular test format (e.g., English-Spanish side-by-side, Braille, or Extended) or receive specific accommodations (e.g., magnification, read-aloud)
During testing:
Ensure that students receive the appropriate test (includes settings such as language and print size)
Enforce test environment requirements

5. Test Environment Requirements
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Test Environment Requirements
Supervision at all times by a trained TA
Quiet environment void of distractions
Only allowable resources made available to students upon request
Limited interaction with students
Read student directions
Administer accommodations appropriately
No coaching
-Test environment requirements are described on pp. 10 – 11 of the Test Administration Manual (TAM)
-Allowable resources are listed by content area in Appendices C – H of the TAM.

6. Test Administrators
What’s new ?
For students in grades 3 – 8, there are 2 OAKS test opportunities per subject
Retesting students in grades 3 – 8 who have already met requires explicit parental consent
3 test opportunities for students in High School; no restriction on retesting
ODE offers multiple opportunities as a means of limiting the impact of the “real world” on a student’s results (e.g., adult errors, network problems, student illness, invalidation, or expiration). Individual test opportunities may be lost due to test expiration (the student does not complete the test within 45 days of starting it) or invalidation (based on an impropriety).

7. Test Administrators
Do’s and Don’ts
Do’s
TAs must read the Test Administration Manual, receive annual test administration and security training, and sign an Assurance of Test Security form before administering state tests.
If you’re administering OAKS through the Braille Interface, you must also receive ODE-provided Braille Interface training
If you’re administering the Extended Assessment, you must also receive ODE-provided Qualified Trainer or Qualified Assessor training
-TAs administering OAKS Extended or OAKS Online through the Braille Interface must receive additional training beyond test admin/security training. Additional training requirements are identified in Part VIII of the Test Administration Manual.

8. Do’s and Don’ts, cont’d Do’s
Test Administrators
Do’s and Don’ts, cont’d
Do’s
TAs may only provide students with allowable resources listed by content area in the Test Administration Manual.
TAs may only provide the restricted resource of printed test items to students for whom the district has identified individual student need.
TAs must read verbatim the student directions provided in the Test Administration Manual.
-Allowable resources are listed by content area in Appendices C – H of the Test Administration Manual.
-Printed test items are a restricted resource for OAKS Online Reading, Math, Science, and Social Sciences. Note: printed reading passages remain an allowable resource available to all students.
-Student directions for OAKS Online tests (all subjects) are in Appendix B of the Test Administration Manual. Student directions for Writing are in Appendix G, and student directions for ELPA are in Appendix H. ODE has provided paraphrased student log-in directions that TAs may read to students after students are familiar with the log-in process. These directions must still be read verbatim as provided in Appendix B of the Test Administration Manual. When using the paraphrased directions, TAs should remain attentive to the needs of individual students who are new to OAKS Online or who may continue to benefit from having the full log-in directions read to them at the start of each testing event.

9. Do’s and Don’ts, cont’d Don’ts
Test Administrators
Do’s and Don’ts, cont’d
Don’ts
TAs may not allow untrained aides, volunteers, or substitutes to assist with test administration.
TAs may not coach students (including requiring students to show their work).
Students may not access non-allowable resources such as textbooks, class notes, or cell phones during testing.
Students may not talk to or help other students during testing.
-These “don’ts” are considered testing improprieties and may result in test invalidations. Part IV – Test Security of the Test Administration Manual provides additional guidance on the requirements of a secure test environment and additional examples of both adult- and student-initiated testing improprieties.

10. Test Administrators
Promising Practices
TA reviews the Test Administration Manual before testing, focusing on test security and content-specific allowable resources and accommodations.
TA seeks clarification from STC on any rules that are unclear before administering tests
TA spaces students appropriately or provides visual barriers to prevent students from seeing others’ tests.
TA reads student directions verbatim and circulates through test environment to ensure proper testing conditions.
TA makes available but does not require students to use allowable resources.
-Even seasoned TAs should review as there may be changes from year to year
-Asking questions in advance is always better than using a practice that turns out to be an impropriety, resulting in the invalidation of tests

11. In a Nutshell TAs must receive training each year
Test Administrators
In a Nutshell
TAs must receive training each year
Special training requirements for Braille Interface and Extended Assessments
TAs enforce valid test environment for students
When in doubt about a particular testing practice, before testing begins:
Check the Manual
Check your training notes
Ask your School Test Coordinator
If all else fails, assume the answer is “no”

12. Test Administration Resources
Test Administrators
Test Administration Resources
Test Administration Manual
Accommodations Manual
Best Practices Guide
Promising Testing Practices
Test Administration Manual contains test security and administration requirements for OAKS Online, Writing, ELPA, and Extended assessments.
Accommodations Manual contains accommodations tables for OAKS, Writing, and ELPA, as well as guidance on selecting and administering accommodations.
Best Practices Guide contains guidance on appropriate testing practices such as when to test
Promising Practices webpage contains tips on implementing various test administration and security requirements

13. Test Administrators
Acorns for Storage
What 3 things must a test administrator do before administering a state test?
What are some examples of assistance to students that are not allowed?
What are some methods we can use to reduce test improprieties?
-Read the Test Administration Manual, receive test administration and security training, and sign an Assurance of Test Security form
-Answering questions related to a test question, reminding students to use instructional strategies during testing (e.g., showing work or using Think Aloud), reading the Reading test aloud to a student, providing students with access to non-allowable resources
-Get clarification from your STC or DTC on whether particular practices are allowed before testing, review and ensure understanding of how to properly administer accommodations, review test-taking procedures with students before testing begins and ensure sufficient spacing between students