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PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT
2010 STAR Pre-Test Workshop
Elementary Schools
February 16, 2010
Educational Services Training Room
Testing Windows
Tracks Test Dates Oversight Dates
A 4/2/10 – 4/28/10 4/30/10
B 4/12/10 – 4/28/10 4/30/10
Traditional 4/19/10 – 5/13/10 5/17/10 & 5/18/10
C, D, E 5/7/10 – 6/3/10 6/7/10
Objectives
STAR coordinators will:
• Follow correct, current STAR procedures
• Ensure all materials are handled securely and
appropriately
• Provide training and monitoring
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Agenda
• Registration and Take Quiz
• New for STAR 2010
• STAR Coordinator Responsibilities
• California Standards Tests (CSTs)
• California Modified Assessment (CMA)
• Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS)
• Multiple-Choice Tests
• California Alternate Performance Assessment
(CAPA)
• After Testing
• Questions & Answers
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STAR Site Coordinators
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January 2009
Coordinator
New for STAR 2010 Manual (M)
Overview Page 2
• No 2010 STAR Pre-Test Videos
(http://www.mavricmedia.com/startest)
• No CST or CMA writing test in grade 4
• No audio CDs
• Changes to answer documents or test booklets
– Section 7c, “Assessed with CMA”
– Sections 8 and 9, “Ethnicity/Race”
– Version numbers on second and third pages
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New for STAR 2010
Videos 2010
• No updated videos; no DVDs distributed
• “2010 STAR and CAPA” video access Web
page at
http://www.mavricmedia.com/startest
– Includes Introduction, Site, and Examiner
Update documents
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New for STAR 2010 M2
Changes to answer documents or test booklets
Grade 3
• Students taking one or more CMA tests will need
to return a CMA AND a CST test booklet
• Staff must complete Section 7c on the CST test
booklet for each of the CMA taken
Grades 4 & 5
• Section 7c, “Assessed with CMA” must
be completed for all 4th and 5th grade
students taking a CMA
Quiz
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Answer Documents 2010 M 2, 12
GRADE CST CMA
2 N/A
3 Separate Separate / return both
4- 7 Combined
8 - 11 Separate Separate / return both
• Students taking the CMA in grade three will receive a
separate CMA answer document.
• Return both answer documents for CMA students. Mark
section 7C on CST Answer Document/Test Booklet.
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New for STAR 2010 M 2, 112
Changes to answer documents or test
booklets
– Sections 8 and 9,
“Ethnicity/Race”
• Make sure that
students mark only
one circle in Section 8.
• Make sure students
mark at least one circle
in Section 9.
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New for STAR 2010 M2
Changes to answer documents or test
booklets
• Version
numbers on
second and
third pages
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STAR Site Coordinator
M 54
Responsibilities
• Handle testing materials
– Ensure test security
– Receive, inventory, store, distribute,
track, collect, and return materials
• Prevent errors
• Verify materials are marked correctly to
ensure correct student scores
• Return materials promptly
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STAR Program M 4, 36
Multiple-Choice Tests
• CSTs
– Most students take CSTs
– Grades 2–11 unless taking CMA or CAPA
• CMA
– Grades 3–11; varies by grade and content area
– Must have IEP and meet eligibility criteria
• STS
– For Spanish-speaking English learners
– Grades 2–11
– Must also take CST and/or CMA
Q6
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California Standards Tests
• (CSTs)
Grades 2–11 for most students M 4, 36,
• Unless taking CMA or CAPA 83
• Subjects tested:
– English–Language Arts: all grades
– Mathematics: grades 2–7 and end-of-course (EOC)
7–11
– Science: grades 5, 8, 10, and EOC 9–11
– History–Social Science: grades 8, 11, and EOC 9–11
• See “Allowable Test Variations, Accommodations and
Modifications” at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa
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CST Elementary School
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January 2009
M 4,
14, 72
CMA Tests for 2010
• CMA for ELA in grades 3–9 (added grade 9)
– CMA for Writing in grade 7
• CMA for Mathematics in grades 3–7
• CMA for Algebra I (EOC for grades 7–11) (new)
• CMA for Science in grades 5 and 8
• CMA for Life Science in grade 10 (new)
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Who Takes CMA? M 14,
• Students: 72, 89
– Have an IEP
– Meet the SBE-adopted eligibility criteria
– Enrolled in grades 3–11
– May take CMA for some subjects, CST for other subjects
– Must take grade-level CSTs when a CMA is not offered
– May have previously taken CMA, regardless of score
– Not eligible to take CAPA
• IEP specifies CMA and subject(s)
• No modifications
• Allowable Testing Variations and Accommodations for the 2010
CMA is available on the STAR Web site at
http://www.startest.org/pdfs/CMA.acc_table.2010.doc
Q9
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CMA Materials 2010
• CMA booklets for grade 3
– Separate scorable test booklet
– Must also return CST test booklet
• CMA for Grades 4–7
CST and CMA in same answer document
• CST answer documents
– 7c for CMA tests taken
Q1
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CST/CMA Answer Document
Right inside
CMA section
has:
• Different
subject icons
from CST
• Alternate row
shading for
the response
bubbles
• Three answer
choices
• Fewer
number of
questions
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CMA Elementary School
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M 4,
STS 15, 17
• STS for Reading/Language Arts
(RLA) in grades 2–11
• STS for Mathematics in grades 2–7
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Who Takes the STS? M 4, 15
• Required for Spanish-speaking English learners
(EL), grades 2–11, who either:
– Receive instruction in Spanish; or
– Have been enrolled in a school in the U.S.
less than 12 cumulative months.
• Not to be administered to English-only, I-FEP,
or R-FEP students
Q 11
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M 20
STS and EL Variations
• While English Learner Test Variations are available
to ELs, they are NOT to be applied to the STS.
– page 20, paragraph 1of the DC manual : “Matrix
2 includes variations available for testing English
learners on the CSTs and the CMA—there are no
English learner test variations for students taking
the STS because those tests are administered in
Spanish.”
• If students are receiving instruction in Spanish for
Reading Language Arts only, they do NOT take the
STS for Math (and vice versa).
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STS Elementary School
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January 2009
Multiple-Choice Tests
Receive delivery
Train Dist. 10–20 days before testing
School 5–10 days before testing
Inventory
Distribute and Prepare
track materials materials
Ensure correct
Test Master File and
SGID
Return for scoring Pack with
Dist. 5 days after testing complete labels
School 2 days after testing
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Before Multiple-Choice Testing
Answer Documents M 36, 58
• Use 2010 answer documents only
• Do NOT copy answer documents
• Complete Sections 8 and 9 if not in Pre-ID
• Make sure that students mark only
one circle in Section 8.
• Make sure students mark at least
one circle in Section 9.
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During Multiple-Choice Testing 50
M
• Use Directions for Administration (DFAs)
correctly
– Read “SAY” boxes exactly as written
– Translate boxes with “T” ONLY
(NO questions, prompts, or
passages)
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During Multiple-Choice Testing 50
M
• Give correct test booklets and answer
documents to students
• Give breaks only at end of part
• Answer documents
– Section 7c for CMA tests taken
– Correctly mark Test
– Correctly mark Version #
Q 1, 13
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After Multiple-Choice Testing
Complete Back of Answer Document
• A1 M 34, 63
– DO NOT complete without CDE notification
• A2 Special Conditions
– “All tests” column removed
• A3 Accommodations and Modifications
– “All tests” column removed
– “P” student used an audio CD presentation has
been removed
• A4 English Learner Test Variations
– No change
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CAPA M 14
• Performance-based, one-on-one test
• Student must have an IEP
• IEP specifies CAPA and Level
• For students with significant cognitive disabilities
unable to take the CSTs even with accommodations
and/or modifications or the CMA with
accommodations
• Do not take STS
• Answer document if not in Pre-ID:
– Ensure correct CAPA Level
is marked in 7a
Q9
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CAPA Observers M 48
• Districts must double rate at a minimum of (10%)
of the CAPA students per level/per site
• Double ratings are randomly selected
• Observers must mark Observer and sign the answer
document
• Examiner uses Pre-ID answer document
• Observer uses blank answer document
Q 14
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Preparing To Administer the CAPA
Observers must mark
sections
1 - Name, etc.
3 - Date of Birth
5 - Name
6 - Gender
7a - CAPA Level
7b - Grade
11 - Student ID
12 - SSID
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CAPA
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January 2009
M 40,
After Testing 55, 57,
63
• Transcribe Braille and large print
(or not processed)
• Write VOID on any answer
document(s), with marks,
not to be scored; return
with nonscorables
Q 15
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After Testing M 64, 93
Master File Sheets
• Return with each school and district
• Required:
– Write “0” (zero), no blanks
– If not tested, note that school did not test
Q 16
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After Testing M 40, 64
Pack and Return
• Return all documents within an
administration in same shipment
• Separate scorables (with SGID) from
nonscorables
• Return Home/Hospital with student’s
school
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Complete Labels Correctly
Do NOT
mark here!!!
Both district
and school
counts
required
Q 17
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Scheduling
• Item and Estimated Time Charts
– CST, CMA, CAPA, STS: untimed
• Recommended 1 part/day, grades 2–3
• CST, CMA, CAPA, STS
– Administered during same testing window
• CST and CMA Writing
– Tests administered on specific date only
• CAPA
– Allow time to assemble manipulatives
– Start testing early in testing window.
Scheduling Considerations &
Best Practices!
• Promote positive attitudes
• Middle of the week
• Avoid days before/after vacations or
important school functions
• Mornings generally recommended
Scheduling Considerations &
Best Practices!
• One test session per day best
– Consider the rigor of the testing sessions
• Provide for all test variations
– Test examiners must know what will be
provided and to which students
– Plan for the individual and small-group testing
• Make use of all site and district staff
Scheduling Considerations & Best
Practices!
• Testing all grade level/subject area
students at the same time during the
same day best
• Same teacher/same seat best
• Schedule the time for make-ups
Scheduling Considerations & Best
Practices!
• What will reduce anxiety in teachers and
students
• Schedule around the test
– How can noise disruption be avoided
• How will make-up testing be as effective as
during the regular schedule
Test Parts
• Each subject of the CST and CMA is divided into
“parts.” Each part must be administered in a
single sitting.
• CST test parts SHOULD be administered
contiguously without another test interrupting.
• Refer to your Coordinator’s Challenge matrix to
be certain that you have scheduled all parts of all
tests.
CST Times
• Estimates of the time required by most students
• Plan for students who might run over on CSTs or
CMA.
Coordinator’s Challenge
• Security
• Communication
• Quality Control
• Communication
• Positive Test Environment
• Communication
• Security
District Accuracy Check and Pack-up Plan
• To increase the accuracy of our data by
increased Oversight without increasing costs to
the district or reducing quality of testing at the
sites.
• Finalize Oversight review at the sites (vs.
centrally) and utilize all of Educational
Services to inspect answer documents.
• This will streamline the process, allowing for
19 testing days while achieving our data
accuracy goal.
District Accuracy Check and Pack-up Plan (Con’t)
• Sites will be required to organize student
answer documents for ease of Oversight
review (Assessment Division will distribute
all procedures, timeframes, etc. to support
new processes).
• Sites will be required to provide resources
to perform Zangle look-ups for missing
student data.
District Accuracy Check and Pack-up Plan (Con’t)
• District Office personnel will be trained in all
requirements of the Oversight procedure, and
they will be provided with an inspection
checklist.
• Upon completion and sign-off of Oversight at
the site, the inspection and packaging of
materials will be complete and ready for
pickup and delivery directly to the PSUSD
warehouse.
Questions and Answers
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Thank you!!!
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