Oklahoma School Testing Program

Oklahoma School Testing Program

2018?2019

Test Preparation Manual

Oklahoma State Department of Education

Grades 3?8 OSTP and the 11th Grade CCRA Assessment Program: Science and U.S. History Content Assessments

Important Note: Please read this manual before distributing materials and administering the tests. It contains before-testing and after-testing instructions.

Contact Information

For information regarding Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) policies and procedures, contact the Office of Assessments at Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Oklahoma State Department of Education sde.

Office of Assessments Phone: 405-521-3341

Fax: 405-522-6272 State Special Education Office

405-521-3351 Questions regarding the OSTP test materials, online or paper/pencil testing, and receipt and pickup of materials should be made by the District Test Coordinator and directed to the Measured Progress Oklahoma Service Desk.

Measured Progress Oklahoma Service Desk oktechsupport@ Phone: 866-629-0220 Help & Support Site:

oklahoma.onlinehelp.

No person is to read or view the contents of a test book or an online test at any time, except the student taking the test at the time of testing.

Developed and published under contract with the Oklahoma State Department of Education by Measured Progress, 100 Education Way, Dover, NH 03820. Copyright ? 2019 by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. All rights reserved. Only State of Oklahoma educators and citizens may copy, download, and/or print the document, located online at . Any other use or reproduction of this document, in whole or in part, requires written permission of the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the publisher. All brand and product names found in this publication are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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2018?2019 Testing Dates

Oklahoma School Testing Program Administration Dates for Grades 3?8 OSTP and the

11th Grade CCRA Assessment Program (Science and U.S. History Content Assessments)

2018?2019 School Year Online Assessment Window

April 1?May 3, 2019* Paper/Pencil Assessment Window

April 1?19, 2019

* Grades 5 and 8 computer-based testing for ELA must be completed and submitted by April 26, 2019, to receive preliminary reports for those grades.

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CONTACT INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

2018?2019 TESTING DATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

GENERAL GUIDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Contents of the Test Preparation Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rationale and Purpose for the Oklahoma School Testing Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 OSTP Spring Assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 OSTP Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WAVE Precode Data Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Testing all Eligible Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PREPARATIONS FOR TEST ADMINISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Prepare Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Prepare the Testing Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Grade 3 Paper/Pencil Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Grades 4?8 and the Grade 11 CCRA Science and U.S. History Content Assessment. . . . . . . 7 Prepare Classrooms/Testing Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Prepare Testing Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Test Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 District Level Test Security Form (Appendix E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Building Level Test Security Form (Appendix F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Test Administrator/Proctor Test Security Form & Nondisclosure Agreement (Appendix G). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Prepare Paper/Pencil Testing Booklets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using Student Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 No Student Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Completing the Student Demographic Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

RESPONSIBILITY CHECKLISTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 District Test Coordinator (DTC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Building Test Coordinator (BTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Test Administrator (TA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 In the presence of a Test Proctor:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Test Invalidations/Irregularities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Test Proctor (TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

ADMINISTERING THE ASSESSMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Important Procedures for Paper/Pencil Test Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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UNIQUE TESTING SITUATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Students Who Receive Instruction Away from Sites of Official Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Make-Up Testing and Special Handling of Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Online and Paper/Pencil Make-up Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Student Becomes Sick During Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Contaminated or Damaged Test Booklet (Paper/Pencil). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Contaminated or Damaged Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ACCOMMODATED ASSESSMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Transcribe Answer Documents for Students Taking Large-Print and Braille Versions of the Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Typed Responses Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Information Required for Each Page of Student's Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

RECEIVING, INVENTORYING, AND DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 District Overage Test Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 District Test Administration Materials Shipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 School Test Administration Materials Shipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 DTC Inventory of Test Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 BTC Electronic Security Checklist/Inventory of Test Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ordering Additional Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Collecting and Returning Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Preparing for Return of Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Contaminated or Damaged Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Scheduling Return of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Packing Diagrams for the Return of Testing Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Affixing UPS Return Shipping Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

APPENDIX A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 APPENDIX B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 APPENDIX C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 APPENDIX D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 APPENDIX E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 APPENDIX F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 APPENDIX G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 APPENDIX H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 APPENDIX I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 APPENDIX J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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