Testing Times – March 16 2015 PARCC – Day 1_1

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Testing Times – March 16 2015 PARCC – Day 1_1
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TESTING TIMES
2015 PARCC PBA Testing
Inside this issue:
TESTING
TIMES
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL TESTS
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The Testing Times is a daily e-paper containing step-by-step directions and
reminders for the day. The Testing Department will email it
daily to principals, assistant principals, school test coordinators, and test monitors. It can also be found at on the JPPSS
website, in the Statewide Testing section.
Please email [email protected] or call 655-2846 if you have any
questions or concerns.
There are no test materials due for return today!
Please inform the home school and nonpublic school parents that they must
wait for the class to complete testing before the students can be dismissed.
Have a successful testing day.
CLASSROOM REMINDERS
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Door windows must be uncovered.
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Seating for state or district test
monitor must be at the front
or rear of the classroom.
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Directional symbols must be
posted on the board.
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Timing box must be posted on
the board.
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TAs must announce when 10
minutes remain in the testing
window.
MONDAY
March 16, 2015
PARCC Unit 1
Grades 3—8
Unit 1 - Literary Analysis
Reminders for Test Administrators
SIGNS
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SCRATCH PAPER
All rooms where testing is occurring must have a “Testing—
Do Not Disturb” sign
on the door.
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Scratch paper must be distributed
to the students during all testing
sessions.
Students are allowed to write in
their consumable test booklets.
Mark responses with a no. 2
pencil.
CELL PHONES
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All cell phones belonging to students, test
administrators, proctors, and hall monitors
must be turned off and be placed out of
sight.
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Collect student cell phones and make sure
they are turned off.
PARCC - PBA Testing Time
Task
Time to be Allotted
for Test Administration
Preparation after students arrive (includes reading instructions to students
and answering questions).
10 minutes
Distribute test materials to students.
5 minutes
Administer unit.
Subject and Grade
Unit
Unit Testing Time
(Actual Minutes)
ELA/Literacy Grade 3
Unit 1 (Literary Analysis)
75
ELA/Literacy Grade 4 ELA/
Literacy Grade 5
Unit 1 (Literary Analysis)
75
ELA/Literacy Grade 6 ELA/
Literacy Grade 7 ELA/Literacy
Grade 8
Unit 1 (Literary Analysis)
75
End-of-unit activities, including closing units and collecting test materials.
5 – 10
minutes
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CELL PHONES
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All cell phones belonging to students, test administrators,
proctors and hall monitors be turned off and be placed
out of sight.
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Collect student cell phones and make sure they are
“To catch the reader's attention, place an
turned off.
Inside Story Headline
interesting sentence or quote from the story
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here.”
If a student’s cell phone or other electronic devices are
seen, ring, or have any activity while the student’s possession and the student is testing, the test is voided.
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Test Booklets
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Booklets are cons
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Students may mak
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The student must leave the testing room for the rest of
the subject’s test.
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The test administrator must alert the School Test Coordinator.
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The test administrator must complete and irregularity
report.
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The School Test Coordinator must complete a Void Notification Form.
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The School Test Coordinator must notify the Accountability department.
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If a student’s cell phone rings and the test administrator
CIRCULATE
Monitor the students closely to make sure
they are working on the correct section.
GO ON directions appear on the bottom of
the of test booklets to help determine
whether the students are working the correct testing session.
has the phone, students continue testing, and an investigation is conducted.
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If a test administrator’s cell phone rings during testing, the
students continue testing, and an investigation will be
ERASURE ANALYSIS
IRREGULARITIES
WHEN IN DOUBT, FILL IT OUT!
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Student answer documents are scanned for excessive wrong to right
erasures. Tests with excessive wrong to right erasures will be voided for
accountability if erasures are determined to be a violation.