1. Online Test Administration Overview Copyright © 2014 American Institutes for Research. All rights reserved. Training Module

2. By the end of this presentation, you should understand How to prepare staff and students for the online assessments; Test security and how to report test security incidents; and AIR’s public-facing systems used for administering online assessments. These include: Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) Test Delivery System (TDS) Online Reporting System (ORS) Objectives 2

3. All students enrolled in grades 3–8 and 11 are required to participate in the Smarter Balanced summative mathematics test except:  Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who meet the state’s criteria for a mathematics alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (approximately one percent or less of the student population). All students enrolled in grades 3–8 and 11 are required to participate in the Smarter Balanced summative English language arts/literacy (ELA) test except:  Students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who meet the state’s criteria for the English language arts/literacy alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards (approximately one percent or less of the student population).  English Learners (ELs) who enrolled within the 12 months prior to the beginning of testing in a U.S. school have a one-time exemption. These students may instead participate in their state’s English language proficiency assessment consistent with state and federal policy. Student Participation 3

4. Estimated Testing Times 4 *Smarter Balanced assessments are designed as untimed tests; some students may need more or less time than shown in this table

5. Accessibility Resources 5  Universal Tools  Designated Supports  Accommodations  Contact your state education agency for information about state-specific implementation of the supports available for students.

6. Notify School and District Test Coordinators, as well as educators, students, and parents/guardians about the test. Notify IT staff that they should review the Technical Specifications Manual and view the Technology Requirements for Online Testing training module. Participate in training opportunities. Start determining testing schedules. Compile information about necessary student accessibility resources. Refer to the Smarter Balanced Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines at www.smarterbalanced.org. Consult your state portal for resource materials and information about specific policies and procedures related to training and preparation for online tests. Preparing for the Online Test 6

7. Your state portal is the source for information about the online Smarter Balanced tests. Use this site to access user guides, manuals, the online systems, practice training tests, and technical specifications, as well as additional resources. http://vt.portal.airast.org Portal Location 7

8. Copyright © 2014 American Institutes for Research. All rights reserved. 8 Test Security

9. District and school staff responsible for test administration should be responsible for the following: Maintaining a secure testing environment; Making sure printers are secure; Securing test materials and student information; Maintaining security of usernames and passwords; and Reporting potential test security incidents. Additional information about security can be found in the Test Administration Manual Test Administration Security 9

10.  Security incidents should be reported directly to the designated District/School Test Coordinator.  All test security incidents should be recorded in the Test Security Incident Log provided by the District/School Test Coordinator.  Staff should refer to the state policy and procedure in the Test Administration Manual for all security incidents. Test Security Incidents 10

11. AIR Systems Overview 11

12. Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE)

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14. Banner 14

15. Roles and Permissions 15 Task District Coordinator Test Administrator Retrieving Student Records Viewing and Editing Students Retrieving User Accounts Adding User Accounts Viewing and Editing User Details Downloading and Installing Voice Packs

16. Secure Browser

17.  The secure browser prevents students from accessing other computer or Internet applications and copying test information during testing.  Training and practice tests can be accessed with either the secure browser or with Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer 10 and 11, or most native tablet web browsers.  Your portal will have information about installing the secure browser. Secure Browser 17

18. Test Delivery System (TDS)

19. Student Interface

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21. Student Interface: Test Interface 21

22. Student Interface: Pause and End Test 22

23. For performance tasks and for CAT assessments that have been paused for less than 20 minutes, students returning from a break in testing can revisit any items in the current test segment and change their answers if desired. Students taking a CAT assessment who have paused their tests for longer than 20 minutes may only return to the most recently visited page containing unanswered test items in the current test segment. They may change any answers present on this page, but may not access any items on previous pages or in previous segments of the test. If all items on the most recently visited page were answered prior to pausing, the student will resume the test on the next page with unanswered items, and will not be allowed to access previous pages or segments of the test. Pause Rules 23

24. Test Administrator (TA) Interface

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26. TA Interface: Creating a Test Session 26

27. TA Interface: Pausing and Stopping Sessions 27

28. Online Reporting System (ORS)

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30. ORS: Score Reports 30

31. ORS: Test Management Center 31

32. Thank You! Further Information http://vt.portal.airast.org Help Desk Information  Email: vthelpdesk@air.orgvthelpdesk@air.org  Phone: 1-844-218-1184