2.  Updates  Before the test › Training › Oaths › Test Schedule  Conducting the test › Directions › Errors  After the test › Closing out the test › ARD exemptions

3.  Accommodation types (1–3) that are new for STAAR will be recorded for TELPAS too  New : Sample items no longer included with tests  TELPAS reading tests will remain untimed for spring 2012

4.  Tests to be administered in new TestNav browser-based, easy- access format  Process change for requesting paper version of reading test for accommodation reasons › New: Use same process as for other paper requests › Do not use Accommodation Request Form any more

5.  New: Browser-based to reflect TestNav changes › No files to download, install  As in past, tutorials separate from tests  Recommended for students new to TELPAS › Several different test item formats › Since no sample items with test, practice with item formats and online interface is useful  Updated tutorials available  http://www.TexasAssessment.com/TELPAS- tutorials http://www.TexasAssessment.com/TELPAS- tutorials

6.  Sign the oath for being a TELPAS Test Administrator  Read the TELPAS Administrator Manual  Gather materials for testing: › Copy of the TELPAS Administrator Manual › Seating Chart › Session Roster(s) › Printed Student Authorizations › Blank scratch paper for each student › Pencils to use with the scratch paper

7.  Page 55-56 TELPAS Manual  Log into TAMS  Go to Test Management > Manage Test Session  Click the session name on the Session Details screen  Click the Authorizations button and select the preferred option from the Student Authorizations menu.  Print the PDFs

8.  New: If student withdraws before testing window begins (before March 19), district should remove student’s test assignments (2–12 reading and K– 12 holistic rating)  Receiving campus will not be able to add test assignments or account for student in Assessment Management System if sending campus does not do this

9.  TELPAS manual pages 57-61  Testing Environment › One test administrator for every 30 students › Support test security during online testing by making an effort to prevent students from seeing one another’s monitor (manila folder or cardboard) › Bulletin boards and instructional displays that might aid in the answering of the questions must be covered › No element of the testing room should hinder any student’s performance (lighting, quiet, well ventilated, etc.) › A “Testing- Do Not Disturb” sign should be posted outside the testing room

10.  Scheduling › Follow the schedule submitted by your campus TELPAS testing coordinator. › Every effort should be made to administer the TELPAS reading test to students who are absent on a given day of testing within the TELPAS window  Testing Procedures › The seating chart must be completed, including the names of students testing and the students’ locations in the room. Also include the names of ALL test administrators/monitors involved in a session. › All student workstations are cleared of books and other materials not required for the test › Test is untimed › No reference material can be used › Scratch paper is allowed- but must be blank. All scratch paper must be returned to the testing coordinator to be destroyed › Test administrators must actively monitor the testing room while students are working. Test administrators should confirm that students do not have access to nonallowed materials. › Test administrators must ensure the student has submitted properly before the student leaves the room

11.  TELPAS manual pages 62-64 › Log into TAMS › Go to Test Management > Manage Test Sessions › Click the session name › Click the “Start” button  Read the directions verbatim › Grades 2-5 pages 72-75 › Grades 6-12 pages 77-82

12.  Any student that is absent from the test session will need to be moved to a Makeup session (the test session can not be stopped until all tests are submitted and all absent students have been moved out)  TELPAS Manual Page 54

13.  TELPAS manual pages 63-65  Use the “Refresh” link in the Status column of the student list on the Session Details screen to refresh the data on the screen  Exiting vs. Submitting › If the student is done, they must Submit rather than Exit. Exit indicates they are not done.

14.  TELPAS Manual Page 65-65  Once all students’ tests are submitted > Click the “Stop” button

15.  TELPAS Manual Page 66  If a student has an “ARD Exemption” for the reading test: › Log into TAMS › Go to Test Management > Manage Test Sessions › Click the session name › Click the students name › Click Edit › Select the reading “Do Not Score” Score Code › Click Save › Then “Mark Test Complete” Page 68

16. New: Applicable code now selected from dropdown on Mark Test Complete screen; no longer need to type in reason and also mark code

17.  District and Campus Coordinator Manual  Coordinator Manual Resources Webpage  TELPAS Manual for Raters and Test Administrators  TELPAS Resources Webpage PowerPoints  Assembling and Verifying Grades 2–12 Writing Collections (Optional Online Course in Texas TrainingCenter)  Coordinator’s and Rater’s User Guides for Online Holistic Rating Training  Educator Guide to TELPAS  User’s Guide for Texas Assessment Management System  User Roles and Permissions for Texas Assessment Management System  TestNav 7 Combined Technical Guide  Unified Texas Minimum System Requirements