SPRING 2012 TEST COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION

1. SPRING 2012 TEST COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION Grade 2 ITBS

2. Grade 2 ITBS (April 2012 Only) Grade 2 Survey Battery, Level 8, Form B • Reading • Language • Mathematics About this test Grade 2 assessment was selected to meet testing requirements related to Act 54. • This is a Pilot Program. • Some materials and return procedures will vary slightly from other spring testing programs.

3. The Iowa Tests Survey ITBS Complete Battery Core Battery • Reading • Language • Mathematics • Social Studies • Science • Sources of • Information • Vocabulary • Word Analysis* • Listening* • Mathematics • Concepts & Estimation, Problem Solving & Data Interpretation, and Computation • Reading • Language Arts • Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation, Usage & Expression *Available in Levels 5 - 9 only.

4. Support for Families Message to Parents • Provides an overview of the test • Includes sample test items • Identifies skills to be measured • Provides suggestions to parents

5. Testing Eligibility • All grade 2 students enrolled in public schools are to be tested. • Home study students may be tested.

6. Grade 2 ITBS Test • ALL students enrolled in grade 2 are tested. • Exception • Due to the visual nature of the test, students using Braille as the primary learning media do not participate. • This must be documented on the Grade 2 ITBS Spring 2012 Accommodation form and submitted to LDOE. • Reading, Language and Mathematics tests • The Language and Mathematics tests are read aloud to all students. • The Reading tests are notread aloud to any students.

7. Grade 2 ITBS Test Accommodations • Approved accommodations are either BOLDED on IEP Accommodations page or in the Standardized Testing Accommodations section of the Section 504 plan. • After testing, document used accommodations on the Grade 2 ITBS Spring 2012 Accommodation Form • Completed form must be placed in the student’s cumulative folder for documentation purposes • Locate at https://la.drcedirect.com • click on Documents or in HANDOUTS

8. Grade 2 Key Dates Grade 2 materials arrive: March 14–16 Boxes marked with program label: Mint Green Second shipment containing the Grade 2 ITBS pre-identified labels will arrive on March 30. Deadline for ordering additional materials: Monday, April 2, 2012 by 4:30 p.m. With holidays and spring break close to the ordering deadline, do not wait until the last day to place your additional materials order. Test Administration: April 12–13, and 16 Makeup Testing: April 17–19

9. Secure Test Materials • Consumable Test Booklet: Student responds directly in the test booklet. Standard answer documents are not provided. • Directions for Administration Manual • May not be duplicated. • Under the supervision of the School Test Coordinator, Test Administrators may review the directions prior to testing. • Must be kept in the locked, secure area and checked out from and returned to the School Test Coordinator each day of testing. • Large-print booklets will be packaged with a consumable test booklet. • Responses must be transferred to the consumable test booklet.

10. Sample Consumable Test Booklet Label Box • The label box is not preprinted with any student information. • A bar-code label (preidentified or nonpreidentified) must be affixed to all consumable test booklets under the supervision of the School Test Coordinator.

11. School Bar-code Labels • Hand-coded documents require school (non-pre-identified) bar-code labels. • School bar-code labels are program specific (Grade 2 ITBS) and must be kept separate from all other operational program labels.

12. Unscorable Documents There are no unscorable document labels for this program. • Place document(s) in the unscorable document bag if a consumable test booklet was • damaged • soiled • for another student • marked with ink, highlighter, marker, or crayon • Unscorable consumable test booklets must not be thrown away. • Documentation about the incident should be kept by the District Test Coordinator. • Any student responses must be transferred to a consumable test booklet to be scored. • Do not place consumable test booklets for students whose tests should be voided in an unscorable document bag.

13. Stragglers • These are consumable test booklets that are incorrectly packaged or received by DRC after the cutoff date. • Procedures for handling straggler documents: • Documents will be scanned and scored at a later date. • A student report and student label will be provided and the student’s Web history will be updated.

14. Administration Procedures • Test Administrators must read aloud the directions printed in color in the Directions for Administration. • Directions must be read aloud word for word. • Test Administrators should stand in a central location so voice projection is consistent. • Regular type is information for the Test Administrator. • Test Administrators read aloud test questions for Language and Math tests. • The Reading tests cannot be read aloud. • Both page numbers and page locator art are used in the student booklet.

15. Administration Procedures (continued) • Students bubble answers in test booklets. • Students are not penalized for guessing. • Proctors may be helpful. • If testing group is large. • In distributing and collecting materials. • In monitoring student behavior.

16. Administration Procedures (continued) Use only the Accommodations instructions provided in the Grade 2 ITBS Test Coordinators Manual. Ignore sections in the Directions for Administration that mention Accommodations…(pages 5 - 7). Use only the Coding instructions provided in the District and School Administrative Package. After testing, code all test accommodations used on the Grade 2 ITBS Spring 2012 Accommodations Form.

17. Test Administrator Responsibilities Provide the following to students: • No. 2 pencil • Adequate desk space • Scratch paper (only for the Math test) • Used scratch paper must be immediately destroyed. • Instructions on how to mark answers • Encouragement and reassurance

18. Timed and Untimed The Iowa Tests • 30 minutes or less of testing per session • Designed with logical, frequent breaks • Each subtest requires 12 minutes or less Timing • Untimed, except for one portion of math • Teacher-paced • Allows most students to finish each section

19. Reading Reading: 44 items, 30 minutes • Vocabulary: 19 items, 10 minutes • Comprehension • Pictures 7 items 4 minutes • Sentences 6 items 4 minutes • Stories 12 items 12 minutes (Times are estimates or suggestions.)

20. Language Language: 42 items, 25 minutes • Spelling: 11 items • Capitalization: 7 items • Punctuation: 7 items • Usage & Exp: 17 items

21. Mathematics Mathematics: 50 items, 30 minutes • Concepts: 13 items 10 minutes • Problems: 20 items 12 minutes • Computation: 17 items 8 minutes (Times are estimates or suggestions, except for the last Computation section, which is timed at 4 minutes.)

22. Packaging Materials for Return to DRC • When testing is complete: • Stack the consumable test booklets with the demographic side UP. • Complete the Grade/Class Identification (Header) Sheet(s). • Insert the pre-slugged Building Identification (Header) Sheet(s). • Complete the Test Booklet (Consumable) Count for Riverside Scoring Services form. • Package for return to DRC. • Refer to the instructions in the Grade 2 ITBS Test Coordinators Manual and in the Stacking Diagrams found in the Administrative Package.

23. Packaging Materials for Return to DRC • Collect materials from all schools and package them for return, using the Grade 2 ITBS DRC return labels. • NEW: Package scorable materials in the DRC Return Bags. Seal the bag with one of the provided plastic ties. • Affix gray DRC return labels to flap A of each box containing scorable materials. • Affix UPS Next-day Air Return Service labels to flap B of each box for returns on April 19 and 20. (Do not make copies of UPS labels.) • Package the nonscorable materials in a separate box. Affix white DRC return labels to flap A of each box containing nonscorable materials.

24. Building Identification (Header) Sheets • Included in each School Administrative Package is one pre-slugged Building Identification (Header) Sheet. • Included in each District Administrative Package is one blank Building Identification (Header) Sheet. • These are used if there are any approved home study program students testing in the district (use site code 998). • This header sheet must be placed on top of the consumable test booklets in the first box of Grade 2 ITBS materials being returned for scoring. • Do NOT PHOTOCOPY the header sheets.

25. Grade/Class Identification (Header) Sheets • Included in each School Administrative Package are two blank Grade/Class Identification (Header) Sheets. • One for every twenty-two students to be tested. • Do NOT PHOTOCOPY the header sheets. School Test Coordinators must contact their District Test Coordinators if additional header sheets are needed.

26. Test Booklet (Consumable) Count for Riverside Scoring Service Form • Only one Scoring Service form completed for each district. • Instructions for completing this form are in the Grade 2 ITBS Test Coordinators Manual.

27. Summary of Exceptions The following are not applicable to the Grade 2 ITBS test: • The Directions for Administration Manual replaces the Test Administration Manual. • No TA System available. • No Comment Sheets or Online Surveys.