Kansas State Assessments

All students have the option for having the Science State Assessment Read Aloud.

• True

• False

You may hand students back their scratch paper after all the tests have been completed.

• True

• False

Teachers should NOT do the following during the KSA.

• Monitor the testing environment by moving around the room.

• Verify the End Review Screen to ensure all test items have been answered.

• Prompt students on meanings of words or what the question may be asking.

• Read the proctoring directions located in the Examiner's Manual.

If there is a testing issue, teachers should do the following.

• Take a picture of the students computer and text it to Jessie and Shane.

• Call KSDE, the phone number is on the KS Assessment website.

• Call/text Jessie or Shane saying there is an issue. Have the student name, test section/stage and summary of issue ready to share.

• Write down the test question where there is an issue and email it to Jessie & Shane. Have the student continue testing.

The following are appropriate testing practices:

• Discussing the most irritating test questions with all your teacher friends.

• Stand behind a student and create an answer key for the state assessment. This will help create the BEST study guide.

• Man these test questions are SO great - let's use these for common assessments. Why recreate the wheel - write these down!

• This kid REALLY needs a read aloud. He doesn't have the text to speech option, so I will just read it to him myself.

• Seriously? None of these are acceptable - the state assessment police are on their way!

Students may be encouraged to use scratch paper but are not required to use it.

• True

• False

What do we do with the scratch paper?

• Put it in the classroom's recycle bin.

• Burn it.

• Send it to the office with a student.

• Hand it directly to Jessie or Shane when they come to your classroom/office or bring it yourself to the office recycle bin.

At the end of the test please ask the students to do the following.

• Redo specific items.

• Review the non-calculator part, just in case.

• Review the items with you, you just want to verify they answered them correctly.

• To answer any questions they did not answer.

Which of the following is NOT true about monitoring visits?

• One school from each district will get a visit this year.

• 10% of Kansas Schools will get a monitoring visit this year.

• Schools may volunteer to have a monitoring visit.

• Schools may be chosen at random to have a monitoring visit.

Which of the following are acceptable practices for read aloud.

• Any student may have a word or phrase read aloud by a teacher (except in reading passages) at the teacher's discretion.

• Any student who meets the criteria for a text to speech read aloud and has documented paperwork on file may have it read aloud by the KITE system.

• Any student in which the teacher feels that the accommodation would be valuable.