STAAR Wars: Episode 3

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When are you allowed to pass out testing login tickets and post the session ID?

• As students arrive in the testing room.
• When the "say directions" and procedures in the test administrator manual instruct you to do so.
• Wait? You gave me testing tickets?

What are the procedures for passing out materials?

• You can place all scratch paper and reference materials on desks before students arrive in the room.
• You must provide scratch paper for math assessments and as requested for other assessments.
• You can remind and expect all students to use scratch paper for testing strategies.

Answer explanation

Page 30 of your STAAR Manual - Distribute Test Materials to Students.

Before reading the administration directions aloud, distribute the following materials to students...

Please read this page carefully!

ALL testing tickets and session IDs must be accounted for and returned to the testing coordinator. (Session IDs would need to be erased from board.) In order to prevent a procedural accounting irregularity, what are the campus expectations when leaving the room?

• Just guess and hope that you have everything.
• Click your heels three times and say "There's no place like home."
• This ain't my first rodeo. I can remember all the things all the time.
• Use the checklist provided by the CTC to ensure you have completed all tasks before leaving the testing environment for lunch, relocation, or returning materials.

During the STAAR Math administration, a test administrator notices a student has a handmade multiplication chart on white grid paper. The test just started and the TA knows it wouldn't be possible for the student to have created it in the last 30 seconds. What should the test administrator do?

• Give the student a high five for using a strategy!

• Allow the student to continue the test.

• Place their "Needs Assistance" sign to let a hallway monitor know they need the Campus Testing Coordinator immediately.

• Pretend they never saw this happen.

Answer explanation

While we love when students use all the strategies, we have to ensure that any handmade strategies are:

*unprompted by the Test Administrator

*created AFTER the Test Administrator says "If there are no additional questions, you may begin."

Scenario:

During the STAAR Math administration, a test administrator notices a student has a handmade multiplication chart on white grid paper. The test just started and the TA knows it wouldn't be possible for the student to have created it in the last 30 seconds.

Based on this scenario, what procedures does our campus have in place to prevent this?

• Math grid paper is copied on a colored paper - NOT white. (Usually tan or pastel)

• Test materials are not distributed to students until immediately before the say directions are read.

• Active monitoring by the test administrator

• We only offer scratch paper for math IF the student requests it.

Answer explanation

To help prevent use of outside materials:

*prepare the testing environment by cleaning out desks and turning them around

*STAAR Math grid paper and Reference Materials are copied on colored paper

*We actively monitor at all times