Know Your P’s & Q’s for Successful MAP Test Administration for Spring 2008

1. Know Your P’s & Q’s for Successful MAP Test Administration for Spring 2008

2. Welcome! Introductions

3. Objectives for Training • To provide updates and information related to MAP testing for Spring 2008 • To help districts become proactive in preparing for a positive test environment, proper testing administration, and appropriate use of testing accommodations • To address topics prior to testing (e.g. scheduling) • To clarify common misconceptions around the proper administration of the test

4. Overview/Agenda • Welcome/Introductions • MAP Updates/Information • Format for Spring 2008 Tests • Scheduling of Tests • Test Security • Administration of Tests • Testing Miscellaneous • Common Concerns and Alerts • Closure/Evaluation

5. MAP UPDATES AND INFORMATION

6. MAP End of Course Exams Current Status

7. Course Expectations • Mathematics • GLEs Version 2.0 are in draft form and if all goes well, will be final shortly. • Includes course expectations for Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II • Communication Arts • GLEs Version 2.0 are in draft form and if all goes well, will be final shortly. • Includes course expectations for English I, English II, English III, English IV

8. Course Expectations • Science • GLEs Version 2.0 with only course expectations (Grades 9-12) are in draft form. Hopefully, these will be finalized on or before Oct. 1, 2007. • Includes course expectations for at least Biology I, Chemistry I & II, Physics I & II, Physical Science, Earth & Space. • Social Studies • GLEs Version 2.0 should be posted soon in draft form for feedback from all stakeholders • Includes course expectations for American History and Government

9. MAP End of Course Exam Guiding Principles • Released forms • 3 large testing windows per year • Summer, Winter, Spring • Online and paper versions of test • Two-60 minute testing sessions • Criterion Referenced Test

10. MAP End of Course Exam Guiding Principles • Locally scored PE items for local student accountability • State scored SR and PE items will be used for AYP and APR • State guidance (office of accountability) will offer guidance on the use of student raw score for local student accountability • It is recommended (via DESE) that student performance on the tests be used as part of the students’ final course grades.

11. MAP End of Course Exam Implementation • Bid for end of course exams awarded to Riverside Publishing Company • Item writing fall 2007 • Field test spring 2008 • End of course exams will be ready for operational use during the first semester of 2008-2009.

12. MAP End of Course Exam Courses • End of Course Exams used for AYP • MAP Algebra I, MAP English II, MAP Biology I • Mathematics-AYP-Middle School • End of Course Exams used for APR • MAP Algebra I and ???? • MAP English II and ???? • MAP Biology I ????

13. MAP End of Course Exam Unknowns • Target date-----Winter 2008 implementation date • District Cost: Expect information coming from DESE soon.

14. Personal Finance Exam Field Test in October Online testing should begin in Dec. 07

15. Personal Finance (PF) State Law: Students must earn ½ high school credit in Personal Finance to be eligible for graduation. Three Possible Options • Students take (and pass) a ½ credit Personal Finance course in high school. Then, students are not required to take the Personal Finance Test. However, districts have the option of asking students to take the test. • Districts that embed the personal finance content/credit in another course (e.g. ROTC, FACs, etc.) are required to have students take and pass the Personal Finance Test. • STILL UNDECIDED ------Students may try to test-out (CLEP out) of taking any class by taking and passing the Personal Finance test.

16. Changes in Regard to Testing for Spring 2008 • Grades 3-8 will have only one test booklet that contains all mandated tests for each grade level. • Two Examples: • Grade 5 test booklet will contain the MAP mathematics, communication arts and science tests. • Grade 6 test booklet will contain MAP communication arts and mathematics tests. • High school will still use separate test books for all three content areas.

17. Changes in Regard to Testing for Spring 2008 • Four sessions in grades 3, 7, and 11 comm. arts test. • Embedded field test items in all/most tests. • NO released items in math and communication arts • NO early returns or voluntary tests • Mandated science testing in grades 5, 8, and 11 • Fewer LND--- Now a student is showing a “valid attempt” if he/she participates in all or part of the test. Basically---participation.

18. Changes in Regard to Testing for Spring 2008 • One Group Information Sheet (GIS) per grade-level per building. • Student Information Sheet (SIS) on the back of the test booklet will be much less complicated and will only contain information related to the actual testing (i.e. Absent/Cheating/Teacher Invalidation/Accommodations---for each content area tested)

19. Changes in Regard to Testing for Spring 2008 • Student demographics such as gender, birth date, ethnicity, disability diagnosis, % of time in special education classroom, etc will be captured in core data and not on the Student Information Sheet (SIS). • The core data for each child in your district must be up to date and accurate in the month of April. There will no longer be any fall clean-up on data.

20. LNDs The only way to get a Level Not Determined (LND) will be: • Absent all three sessions • Cheating • Completing the book in ink so answers do not scan • Paraphrasing test items in any content area • Oral Reading/Signing Comm. Arts

21. Major Things To Think About Related to-----ONE TEST BOOK • How does your district/building want the student test book labels sorted and returned to the district? By homeroom? In alphabetical order? By first tested subject area? • How will your school set up testing sessions? • How will tests be administered since there is only one test booklet? • Who will administer the tests? • What training needs to occur?

22. Format for the Spring 2008 Tests West Central MAP

23. Communication Arts Grades 3 and 7 Timings and item counts are approximate and may vary by grade level.

24. Communication Arts Grades 4, 5, 6, and 8 Timings and item counts are approximate and may vary by grade level.

25. Communication Arts Grades 11 Timings and item counts are approximate and may vary by grade level.

26. Mathematics Grades 3, 5, 6 and 7 Timings and item counts are approximate and may vary by grade level.

27. Mathematics Grades 4, 8 and 10 Timings and item counts are approximate and may vary by grade level.

28. Science Grades 5, 8 and 11 Timings and item counts are approximate and may vary by grade level.

29. MAP SCHEDULING

30. Schedule • Start several months ahead to plan the schedule your test administration. • Testing window is 3-31 through 4-25 • Three-day pick-up window to return tests (April 29 and 30, May 1) • If districts do not return the tests on any one of these three days, they must pay their own shipping costs.

31. Sample MAP Testing Schedule Happyville Elementary – Grade 5 Testing time is from 8:00 until 10:30 A.M.

32. Sample MAP Testing Schedule Happyville High School – Grades 10-11

33. TEST SCHEDULINGQuestions and Answers

34. Can I give more than one testing session per day? Yes, but it is important to consider the rigor and length of the sessions. • Consult the handout given out by DESE that shows the times for each testing session. For shorter and less demanding sessions, it may be acceptable to schedule two sessions in one day. Consult the test coordinator’s manual for suggested times and allow extra time to ensure that all students have finished.

35. Is it possible for me to break a testing session up so that my students can complete the session throughout the day? No, each session of the test must be completed in one sitting. Breaks can only be taken if specified in the examiner’s manual.

36. Can I start the writing prompt in the afternoon and have my students finish it the next morning? No, each session of the test must be completed in one sitting.

37. How long are breaks during a testing session?Does that include lunch? Breaks may be taken before or after a testing session, but not during a session unless specified in the examiner’s manual. Lunch should be eaten before or after a session.

38. My students need beverages and snacks during testing. Can they have these items at their desks? Yes, but it is best to have food or drink before the test or during breaks so nothing is spilled on a test booklet. If this happens, the test may have to be retaken or answers transcribed to another test booklet.

39. My students will testbetter if they are divided into small groups. Is it okay if I divide them into small groups (for example, 5 or less) for the MAP test? Small group testing is an accommodation. Students may not be tested in smaller groups for the purpose of MAP testing unless this accommodation is being used.

40. I want to test all students that I instruct. Can I test different groups of students over the same sessions of the test on different days? It is not recommended that the test is administered over an extended period of time, because it can lead to test security issues. Testing all grade level/subject area students at the same time during the day is recommended.

41. TEST SECURITY

42. Test Security Plan now to secure storage availability for test books and materials in school buildings and at the district level. This may be more of an issue if trying to transport or exchange student books between/among different content area teachers for test administration.

43. Access to test books before testing • Storage of books • Teacher access to books • Grading test responses • Practice tests

44. TEST SECURITYQuestions and Answers

45. I want to view the test booklets before I hand them out to students. How soon can I get the books to preview them? • Only the school test coordinator and the district test coordinator should have access to tests before testing sessions begin. • The exception may be a special education teacher pre-selecting items for a student whose IEP requires this accommodation OR an ELL translator who needs to prepare for test administration. • In both instances, these processes should be done under the supervision of the school test coordinator and in a secure area.

46. Can special education teachers view the test booklets in advance of testing? Special education teachers can view the test bookletsonly if they have students with IEPs that specify the accommodation of pre-selected items. The previewing process should be done under the supervision of the school test coordinator and in a secure area.

47. All of the teachers in my department want to see what the MAP test looks like. Can they view a test booklet at any time? No, teachers are not permitted to view the test booklets at any time.

48. I want to grade my students’ responses so I can assign classroom points. Is that okay? No, grading test booklets is not permitted.

49. Is it acceptable if I take notes on the current test? I know those items won’t be on the test next year, so does it matter? No, alltest questions and their contents are secure.

50. TEST ADMINISTRATION