STAAR Test Administrator Training 2015
Campus Name and Test Given
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Make sure you have signed in on the training
sign in sheet.
Please sign an oath (stack signed oaths in the
middle of the table)
Make sure you have a test administrator
packet or monitor packet based on your
assigned role
If you are a test administrator, ensure you
have received your STAAR manual.
Administration Dates
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March 30
Grades 4 and 7 writing (day 1)
English I
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March 31
Grades 4 and 7 writing (day 2)
Grades 5 and 8 reading
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April 1
English II
March 2015 STAAR Assessments
Answer Documents for Grades 5 and 8 Reading
– printed prior to the decision to shift the test
administration date for grades 5 and 8 mathematics
– labeled “March 2015 Mathematics and Reading”
– contain sections for both mathematics and reading
Make sure students mark their responses to the reading
questions on the reading portion of the answer
document.
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Be sure your room is ready for testing
Cover or remove any instructional displays that will aid students (any
instructional content regardless of subject). Only motivation posters can be
left uncovered.
Read and highlight the directions you will be giving in advance
Have extra pencils available
For 7th grade Writing, make sure you have dictionaries and thesauruses
available. These may be used for all portions of the test.
For 8th grade Reading, all teachers should have dictionaries available in their
classroom
LEP students can receive extra time. You will receive tickets for those
students. You will use tickets for both days. Do not discard.
For online testing, make sure there is one pair of headphones per student.
Ensure you are familiar with small group and sped rosters
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Enter school procedures including pick up
location and time.
Once you sign for test booklets it is your
responsibility to maintain their security the
entire time they are in your possession
Return all books to the testing center at
the completion of testing.
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8:45-9:00
•Check attendance/review seating
charts. Post seating charts to door.
•Collect cell phones and read script
•Have students sign cell phone oath
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9:00
•Pass out materials
•Begin reading directions
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9:15
•All testing sites should be able to
start no later than 9:15
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All students will report to their testing site.
Please review small group information with
your students prior to testing.
Be at your testing location before the
students arrive.
Tape your seating chart to the door once you
have verified students are in the correct
location.
Collect cell phones and have student
backpacks placed at the front of the room.
Read cell phone script
No personal belongings/books/papers/ect. on
student desks.
Cell phones should not be returned until all
testing is complete.
Computers must be off in testing rooms.
No electronic devices (teacher and student)
should be visible during testing.
Take attendance using the absentee form
provided.
All doors should be open
Students may use a highlighter to emphasize
important points.
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Students will have 4 (high school English I and II have 5 hours) hours to
complete their test unless they are in a LEP, 504, or Sped classroom (these
students may have extended time per their accommodations)
The start and stop time must be completed on the seating chart.
You must also record your lunch stop and start (resume) times.
Communicate orally and in writing, time remaining. Remind students all
answers must be recorded within the allotted time period.
The clock does not stop for water breaks, restroom breaks, snack breaks, or
short physical or mental breaks.
The clock does stop for lunch (make sure to record time) and medical
emergencies.
You should have 4 total times recorded on your seating chart.
Make sure to collect test material if a student leaves the room for any
situation.
Math, Science, Social Studies
Reading, Writing, English I, and English II
•Bilingual Dictionary
•Extra time (same day)
•Grades 3-5 Dictionaries of various types
•Extra time (same day)
•Clarification in English of word meaning of
words in
•Writing prompts (applies to all assessments
listed above)
•Short answer reading questions (English I
and II only)
STAAR L will be administered online. There is no STAAR L for Reading and
Writing, only Math, Science, and SS.
**Dictionary access to be provided for all students in grades 6 and up as a part
of STAAR dictionary policy.
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Move around the classroom
Constantly observe the students
Maintain a QUIET testing environment the
entire time (even if your class is finished)
Follow required accommodations
Check that students have appropriate test
booklet
Check for cell phones and electronic devices
Ways to Avoid An Irregularity
•Not actively monitoring students during testing
•Test administrator leaving students alone during
testing
•Material not secure. Test administrator not
present in room but test material visible (on desk,
ect)
•Test administrator using cell phone during testing
•Students using cell phones during testing
•Student does not record answers on answer
document./Test administrator accepts a blank
answer document.
•Ineligible students were tested or given the wrong
assessment.
•Incorrect student bubbling on blank scantrons.
•Viewing a test before, during, or after an
assessment with authorization.
•Discussing secure test content or student
responses.
•Failure to read directions as prescribed in manual
•Students write the composition for the appropriate
writing prompt on the wrong part of the answer
document.
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Never leave test material
unsupervised.
As soon as a student finishes
testing, inspect answer
document and if student did not
bubble all answers say, “You
have not recorded all of your
answers on the answer
document, please do so now.”
Actively monitor students at all
time, especially with the
writing prompts.
Ensure students understand
there is not free time if they
finish early. They may read a
book or put their head down.
Verbal/Written reminders of
time remaining to ensure
student has time to record
answers or answer sheet.
Review small group and sped
rosters in advance
Ensure students are writing on the
correct composition
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Make sure you sign in and out when you relieve a teacher.
Make sure you actively monitor students while in testing site.
If a student has to be moved, make sure they do not carry their test
material.
Students must be supervised by an authorized person at all times.
Students must be supervised if they take a restroom break. Only one
student at a time in the restroom unless you step in the restroom.
Students may use highlighters to emphasize important information on a
subject-area test.
During material collection, everyone will be asked to cover a class so that
teachers may turn in test material.
If you notice instructional material posted inside our outside of classroom,
please remove and/or let test administrator know.
Review small group locations so that you can assist students in getting their
to their.
Do not leave the testing area for prolonged
periods of times.
 Please let other monitors know if you are leaving
the testing area.
 Relieve test administrators for breaks as needed.
 Pay attention to the classrooms you are
assigned to. (Need Relief signs will be posted)
 Always make sure restroom stations are
covered.
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Complete seating charts in advance.
Do not include SPED, 504, LAT, or small group students not testing
in your classroom.
 Only include students who will actually test in your classroom.
 Make sure to include start and stop times.
 Test Relievers will sign in on your seating chart indicating when
they were in the classroom.
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Overview
• Distribute materials and give directions as described in your manual.
Do not deviate from the directions. You will say what appears in bold
print. You may repeat directions as many times as needed.
• Verify that students have put their test booklet number on their answer
document.
• Verify that students have written their name on their test booklet.
• Students should use No. 2 pencils, not mechanical pencils.
• Once students are finished, collect their test material, mark score code,
and complete test form information on scantron. DO NOT ALLOW
STUDENTS TO SIT WITH MATERIAL ON DESK WHEN THEY
ARE FINISHED.
• Students should sit quietly when finished or put their head down.
• Actively monitor at all times.
• All testing irregularities will be reported to State and National
Assessment and TEA.
Lunch stop and start (resume) times must be recorded on the seating chart.
Make sure you collect test materials and store them in a locked location
during lunch.
 Students must be monitored all times even during lunch.
 Make sure to record stop and start time for lunches when testing
resumes.
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Test Booklet Number:
**Students should complete based on the number
located on their student booklet.
Test Taken Info:
Be sure to bubble
English or Spanish
Score Codes
A= absent
O= other, illness
S= Score
Score Code Field indicates
whether a student’s test
should be scored
Failure to grid correctly may
result in a score of zero
Student
Accommodation
Field
For LEP, 504, and
Sped Testers
Test Booklet Number:
**Students should complete based on the number
located on their student booklet.
Test Taken Info:
Be sure to bubble
Correct test and
form number based
on student book
Score Codes
A= absent
O= other, illness
S= Score
Score Code Field indicates
whether a student’s test
should be scored
Failure to grid correctly may
result in a score of zero
Student
Accommodation
Field
For LEP, 504, and
Sped Testers
Test Booklet Number:
**Students should complete based on the number
located on their student booklet.
Test Taken Info:
Be sure to bubble
Correct form
number based on
student book
Score Codes
A= absent
O= other, illness
S= Score
Score Code Field indicates
whether a student’s test
should be scored
Failure to grid correctly may
result in a score of zero
Student
Accommodation
Field
For LEP, 504, and
Sped Testers
Answer Documents (cont.)
GRADE 5
Answer Documents (cont.)
GRADE 7
Answer Documents (cont.)
GRADE 8
Answer Documents (cont.)
EOC
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GA = general accommodation
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BR = braille administration
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LP = large print administration
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OA = oral administration
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XD = extra day
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LA = linguistic accommodation
 “S” – tested
 “A” – absent
 “O” – other (illness, testing irregularity, EOC/above
grade level, substitute assessment, etc.)
 “*” – paper/online (STAAR/STAAR A or STAAR/STAAR
L)
 SSI score codes
 EOC defaults to “O” if student previously achieved
Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance (score
code default set to “3”)
NOTE: For each subject area, only ONE score
code should be gridded.
Answer Documents (cont.)
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TEST TAKEN INFO field — information about
the language version (English or Spanish) must
be recorded in this field.
 “EN” or “SP” for grades 3, 4, and 5
STAAR Writing
Grade 4
STAAR Writing
Grade 7
English I and II
STAAR and STAAR
Spanish 3-8 Reading
Any student may have the
prompt read to them.
Any student may have the
prompt read to them.
NOTE: There are no
required reference
materials for the grade 4
writing assessment;
however, allowable
accommodations may be
read aloud to an eligible
student
Required reference
materials may be read
aloud to a student per IEP.
Reading section: test
questions, answer choices,
and required reference
materials
may be read aloud to a
student
Test questions, answer
choices, and required
reference materials may be
read aloud to a student
Writing section: required
reference materials may be
read aloud to a student
Revising and editing
passages, test questions,
and answer choices may
NEVER be read aloud to a
student.
Reading selections may
NEVER be read aloud to a
student.
Revising and editing
passages, test questions,
and answer choices may
NEVER be read aloud to a
student.
Reading selections may
NEVER be read aloud to a
student.
STAAR, STAAR Spanish,
and STAAR L
mathematics (grades
3–8 and Algebra I)
STAAR, STAAR Spanish,
and STAAR L science
(grades 5 and 8 and
biology)
STAAR and STAAR L
social studies (grade 8
and U.S. history)
Test questions, answer
choices, and required
reference materials may be
read aloud
to a student
Test questions, answer choices,
and required reference
materials may be read aloud
to a student
Test questions, answer
choices, and required
reference materials may be
read aloud
to a student
Test Security & Confidential
Integrity- Reminders
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All test must be administered in strict accordance with the instruction contained in the test administrator
manuals.
No person may review the student responses during or after the test administration.
No person may change any response or instruct a student to do so.
Any person who violates, assists in the violation of, or solicits another to violate or assist in the violation of test
security or confidential integrity, and any person who fails to report such violation, may be penalized.
Placement of restrictions on the issuance, renewal, or holding of a Texas Teacher Certificate, either
indefinitely or for a set term
Inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand
Revocation or cancellation of a Texas Teacher Certificate without opportunity for reapplication
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Remember…
There is no substitute for reading the manual.
All staff members must sign an oath
What are the four sections that should be bubbled
on every student’s answer document?
2. Which test(s) can students use a dictionary?
3. When should attendance be taken?
4. What should be posted and where once testing has
started?
6. What needs to be recorded on the seating chart?
7. How many start and stop times should be recorded
on the seating chart?
8. What two things can your students do when
finished?
****BONUS****
If you forget everything from training and even if you do
not, what should you do?
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Thank you for your
time and attention!