New York State Testing Program 2018 English Language Arts Test Session 1 Grade 5 April 11132018
New York State Testing Plan 2020 Grades half-dozen–8 English language Linguistic communication Arts Estimator-Based Tests Teacher's Directions March 24–31, 2020 Grades 6, vii, and viii 2020
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of The University BETTY A. ROSA, Chancellor, B.A., Thousand.S. in Ed., M.S. in Ed., M.Ed., Ed.D. ............. Bronx T. ANDREW BROWN, Vice Chancellor, B.A., J.D. .................................................. Rochester ROGER TILLES, B.A., J.D. ......................................................................................... Manhasset LESTER Westward. Immature, JR., B.S., G.Southward., Ed.D. ............................................................... Beechhurst CHRISTINE D. CEA, B.A., Chiliad.A., Ph.D. ..................................................................... Staten Island WADE S. NORWOOD, B.A. ..................................................................................... Rochester KATHLEEN K. CASHIN, B.Due south., M.S., Ed.D. ................................................................ Brooklyn JAMES E. COTTRELL, B.S., M.D. .............................................................................. New York JOSEPHINE VICTORIA FINN, B.A., J.D..................................................................... Monticello JUDITH CHIN, M.S. in Ed. ....................................................................................... Piddling Cervix BEVERLY L. OUDERKIRK, B.S. in Ed., M.S. in Ed. ................................................... Morristown CATHERINE COLLINS, R.Northward., North.P., B.Due south., Grand.S. in Ed., Ed.D. ....................................... Buffalo NAN EILEEN MEAD, B.A. ........................................................................................ Manhattan ELIZABETH South. HAKANSON, A.S., M.S., C.A.S. ........................................................ Syracuse LUIS O. REYES, B.A., K.A., Ph.D. ............................................................................ New York SUSAN West. MITTLER, B.S., Chiliad.Due south. ............................................................................... Ithaca Acting Commissioner of Education Shannon Tahoe Senior Deputy Commissioner, Office of Education Policy John D'Agati Deputy Commissioner, Role of Instructional Services Kimberly Wilkins Banana Commissioner, Part of State Assessment Steven Eastward. Katz Managing director, Office of Country Cess Zachary Warner The State Pedagogy Section does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, faith, creed, inability, marital condition, veteran status, national origin, race, gender, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or sexual orientation in its educational programs, services and activities. Portions of this publication can exist fabricated available in a multifariousness of formats, including braille, large print, or audio record, upon asking. Inquiries concerning this policy of nondiscrimination should be directed to the Department's Function for Diversity, Ethics, and Access, Room 530, Instruction Building, Albany, New York 12234. Developed and published under contract with the New York State Instruction Department by Questar Cess Inc. Copyright © 2020 by the New York Country Pedagogy Department. Permission is hereby granted for school administrators and educators to reproduce these materials, located online at the Office of State Assessment (http://world wide web.p12.nysed.gov/assessment), in the quantities necessary for their schoolhouse's use, provided copyright notices are retained as they appear in these publications. ii
Table of Contents Introduction.......................................................................................................one Step I: Check Your Computer-Based Testing Materials...............................................two Security .....................................................................................................................2 Unauthorized Materials .............................................................................................two Assist to Students..........................................................................................................three Temporary Absence from Testing Room......................................................................3 Emergency Evacuation of a School Building................................................................3 Student Cheating.......................................................................................................4 Disease.........................................................................................................................iv Proctoring..................................................................................................................4 Misadministration......................................................................................................iv STEP TWO: Program Your Estimator-Based Testing Schedule..................................................five Test Format and Schedule...........................................................................................5 Testing Accommodations for Students with IEPs and 504 Plans..................................7 Exam Read...................................................................................................................7 Scoring Student Writing ............................................................................................viii Use of Scribes............................................................................................................eight More Information on Testing Accommodations for Students with IEPs and 504 Plans.........................................................................................................8 Testing Accommodations for English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners...........viii Computer-Based Testing Accommodations ................................................................9 Classroom Accommodations....................................................................................12 General Features and Tools of the Nextera™ Test Delivery Arrangement..............................12 STEP 3: Prepare Your Calculator-Based Testing Room................................................13 Footstep FOUR: Prepare Your Students.....................................................................................xiv Practice Tests ...........................................................................................................14 Utilise Standardized Testing Procedures .......................................................................fourteen Stride 5: Prepare Computer-Based Testing Materials...................................................15 Scratch Paper...........................................................................................................xv Educatee Login Tickets ..............................................................................................15 Session Access Code................................................................................................17 Proctor PIN...............................................................................................................18 2020 Grades half-dozen–8 English language Language Arts Reckoner-Based Tests Instructor's Directions iii
STEP Half-dozen: Administer the 2020 Grades 6–viii English Language Arts Estimator-Based Test.......................................................................................19 Grades half dozen–viii—Twenty-four hours 1, Session 1 ....................................................................................nineteen Grades 6–8—24-hour interval two, Session two ................................................................................27 Appendix A: New York State Practice Tests.................................................A-i Appendix B: S uggestions for Creating a Secure Computer-Based Testing Environment................................................................A-5 Appendix C: P ausing and Reactivating a Figurer-Based Exam in Nextera™ Test Delivery System................................................A-six Appendix D: Sign In/Sign Out.......................................................................A-vii Appendix E: Roles, Responsibilities, and Permissions in Nextera™ Administration Organization for Computer-Based Testing...........A-12 Appendix F: G eneral Features and Tools of the Nextera™ Exam Delivery System.....................................................................................A-fourteen Appendix K: Troubleshooting.....................................................................A-19 Printing Educatee Login Tickets.............................................................................. A-19 Issues During Testing ........................................................................................... A-20 Information technology is important to read all of Steps I–V and the pertinent grade-level information in Step Six prior to administering the test. Exam content, pupil login tickets, Session Access Codes, and Proctor PINs must exist kept secure. You are not to discuss the test or photocopy the student login tickets, as the security of the exam could be breached. Yet, schoolhouse personnel may make photocopies of this Teacher's Directions if additional copies are needed. iv 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'south Directions
Introduction The New York State Instruction Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the development of the 2020 Grades 3–8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from beyond the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York Land Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Tests are administered in two sessions on two sequent school days. Students are asked to demonstrate their noesis and skills in the areas of reading and writing. Students volition have as much fourth dimension as they need each twenty-four hour period to reply the questions in the test sessions within the confines of the regular school solar day. For all three grades, each exam consists of multiple-selection (1-point) and short-response (2-point) questions and an extended-response (4-point) question. Each multiple-choice question is followed by four choices, one of which is the correct answer. Students select their responses in the Nextera™ Test Delivery Organisation. The short- and extended-response questions require students to type (rather than select) appropriate responses in the Nextera™ Test Delivery System. By post-obit the guidelines in this document, y'all assist ensure that the tests are valid, reliable, and equitable for all students. A series of instructions helps yous follow the steps necessary for administering the calculator-based tests within the test schedule. Of import DATES Computer-Based Testing Dates March 24–31, 2020* Computer-Based Testing Make-upwardly Dates March 30–April 3, 2020 *Each district, charter, religious, or contained school volition choose two sequent school days for the primary test administration for each grade of the test within this testing window. No one, under any circumstances, including the educatee, may change the pupil'southward responses on the test once the student has handed in their exam materials. Teachers and administrators who engage in inappropriate conduct with respect to administering and scoring State assessments may be field of study to disciplinary actions in accord with Sections 3020 and 3020-a of Education Law or to action confronting their certification pursuant to Part 83 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Didactics. 2020 Grades half-dozen–viii English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'southward Directions 1
STEP 1 Cheque Your Computer-Based Testing Materials To administer these tests, you will need the materials listed below. If any materials are missing, notify your school main. For the teacher ■■ Computer-Based Tests Instructor's Directions ■■ Student login tickets (See page xv for stride-by-step instructions on how to print educatee login tickets.) ■■ "Practise Non Disturb" sign (not provided) ■■ Device with Internet access to monitor testing ■■ Session Access Code (See page 17 for instructions on where to find the Session Access Code.) ■■ Proctor Pin (provided by School Exam Coordinator) For each student ■■ Student testing device prepared according to the Nextera™ Setup and Installation Guide. ■■ One canvass of lined newspaper, such equally loose leafage paper, to utilize as scratch paper. In add-on, for all test sessions, the proctor should have on hand a further supply of scratch paper to provide to students who request additional sheets during the test session. Annotation: Scratch paper is considered secure textile and must be collected and deeply destroyed later on testing. ■■ No. 2 pencils (non provided) Security The 2020 Grades half dozen–8 English Language Arts Reckoner-Based Tests include secure materials. Schoolhouse personnel responsible for testing must ensure a secure environment at all times. No section of the tests may exist discussed with the students before, during, or later on assistants. You may, nonetheless, draw the format of the tests and the testing schedule to the students. At no fourth dimension may the contents of the test exist reviewed, discussed, or shared through any electronic ways. Unauthorized Materials Students should be under shut supervision at all times during the administration of the tests and may not use any unauthorized notes, printed materials, tools, or personal electronic devices that might give them an unfair advantage on the tests. When students enter the testing room, proctors must ensure that students do not bring any unauthorized materials such as those listed above. All students are prohibited from bringing personal electronic devices, other than the device on which they are taking the test, into a classroom or other location where a Land test is existence administered. Exam proctors and schoolhouse officials shall retain the right to collect and agree any prohibited electronic devices, other than the device on which they are taking the test, prior to the start of the test administration. two 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Figurer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
Whatsoever student observed with any prohibited device while taking a Country exam must be directed to plow it over to the proctor or monitor immediately. To allow for all possible outcomes of procedural due process, the educatee should be allowed to consummate the test. The incident must exist reported promptly to the school principal. If the student had a prohibited device in their possession during the examination assistants, the pupil'south test must exist invalidated. No score may be calculated for that student. The incident must exist promptly reported by the principal, in writing, to the Office of State Assessment (OSA) by fax at 518-474-1989 or by due east-mail (emscassessinfo@nysed.gov), as is the case for all student- related testing irregularities, misadministrations, or other violations of State testing policy and procedures. Note: Some students with disabilities may use sure recording/playback devices merely if this adaptation is specifically required as a provision of the student'southward Individualized Pedagogy Program (IEP) or Section 504 Adaptation Programme (504 Plan). In addition, a student may exist allowed to retain an otherwise prohibited personal device in their possession if there is documentation on file at the school from a medical practitioner that the student requires such a device during testing. Without this documentation, the general policy on communications devices as provided above is in effect, and the school may non permit the student to retain any such personal equipment while testing. Aid to Students Teachers may requite students assistance merely in the mechanics of taking the examination, such as understanding access and navigation of the Nextera™ Test Delivery System, or that their responses must be entered into the Nextera™ Test Delivery Organisation. No one, nether any circumstances, may interpret or explicate test questions to students, nor may anyone review or comment to a educatee about the correctness or sufficiency of the pupil's response while the test is in progress. In response to inquiries by students concerning the meaning or estimation of test questions, proctors should propose students to use their own best judgment. Temporary Absence from Testing Room No student may exist permitted to get out and then return to the testing room during the session of the examination unless the student is accompanied by a proctor for the duration of their absenteeism from the testing room. Information on "Pausing and Reactivating a Paused Test," should information technology exist necessary, tin be found in Appendix C of these directions. Emergency Evacuation of a School Building Evacuation of a school building during a test may exist required considering of an emergency such equally a fire alert or bomb threat. In any situation in which the safety of the students is endangered, the principal has full authority to interrupt the test immediately. If it is possible, the students should exist kept under supervision during the emergency. Then, when work can be resumed safely, allow the students the necessary time to complete the test. Following the examination, a written report of the circumstances should be sent by postal service or fax to OSA. (See the section "Reporting Irregularities and/or Misadministrations" in the School Ambassador's Manual.) 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Instructor's Directions 3
Educatee Adulterous Do non permit students to obtain information from or give information to other students in any way during the tests. If you lot suspect that such an attempt has occurred, warn the students that whatsoever further attempts will issue in the termination of their examination. If necessary, movement the students to another location. If these steps fail to cease attempts to obtain or give information, notify the chief immediately and terminate the students' tests. At the conclusion of the test session, all suspected adulterous must be reported to the principal. Illness If a pupil becomes ill during a session of the test, the student should be excused until the student is well enough to continue. When the student is well plenty to consummate the test (as long as the testing or make-upwardly period has not concluded), the student may exist given the remaining office of the test. Other unadministered sessions of the test should also be administered according to these directions as long every bit the testing or make-upwardly menstruum has not ended. When a student is taking a partially completed session of the test, that educatee must exist closely supervised so that they do not become back to previously completed questions on the test. (Come across Appendix C for guidance on how to reactivate a paused examination.) Proctoring Proctors must circulate periodically around the room during the administration of the tests to ensure that students are working independently and recording their responses to exam questions in the proper manner and in the proper place. While circulating effectually the room, proctors should back up students in the mechanics of taking the tests and ensure a secure environment is maintained. Proctors should review the Review screen with the student to ensure the student has answered all of the questions before the student selects Submit examination. Proctors may not comment to the pupil on the definiteness or sufficiency of any answer. Proctors should not use their ain personal communication devices during the test, unless an emergency situation arises. Note: The proctor demand non exist concerned if a educatee submits the exam without having commencement shown the Review screen to the proctor. Misadministration Notify your main immediately if whatsoever session of the exam is administered improperly. Examples of misadministration include the following: permitting students to accept unauthorized tools and engaging in other types of nonstandard exam administration (for example, cheating). (Run across the section "Reporting Irregularities and/or Misadministrations" in the Schoolhouse Administrator's Manual.) 4 2020 Grades vi–eight English Language Arts Calculator-Based Tests Teacher'due south Directions
Stride TWO Program Your Computer-Based Testing Schedule ■■ The test sessions must be administered in order, on consecutive days. See folio i for testing and make-up dates. ■■ Schedule testing to allow sufficient time for instructions and preparations. Plan to read instructions to students at a moderate, steady pace. ■■ Read the 2020 Grades six–8 English Linguistic communication Arts Figurer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions in its entirety prior to administering the examination. ■■ Program to accept schoolhouse technical support available during testing, including contact information if staff is not available to be in the testing room. ■■ Avoid testing merely later students accept had strenuous concrete activity Test Format and Schedule The 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests each consist of two sessions: Session ane and Session ii, administered on two consecutive schoolhouse days. Session 1 contains multiple-selection questions; Session 2 contains short-response questions and an extended-response question. In Spring 2012, in order to accept the data obtained from field exam questions improve reflect students' level of effort, New York Country began embedding multiple-choice questions for field testing within the operational tests. For 2020, the embedded questions volition occur in Session 1. This ways that field examination questions volition exist interspersed with operational exam questions in this session. The field test questions volition non count toward the educatee'southward final score, but will be used to collect valuable information on how well the questions perform and for possible inclusion on hereafter operational tests. Students will non know whether a question is a field test question that does not count toward their score or an operational test question that does count toward their score. Each multiple-choice question is followed by 4 choices, i of which is the right answer. Students select their responses in the Nextera™ Test Delivery System. The brusk- and extended-response questions require students to type appropriate responses in the Nextera™ Test Delivery Arrangement. Students who finish the test before other students should bank check their work. When the pupil is ready, the test responses must exist submitted through the Nextera™ Test Delivery System. After a educatee'southward examination responses are submitted, that student may be permitted to read silently. This privilege is granted at the discretion of each school. No talking and no other schoolwork is permitted. One time all students consummate and submit the exam, you may finish the session. For the Jump 2020 tests, there are no fourth dimension limits. On average, students in Grades 6–8 will need approximately 80–90 minutes of working time to consummate Session ane and 90–100 minutes of working time to complete Session 2. Some students will accept more than or less fourth dimension. Please plan accordingly to allow students to consummate the test at their own pace. All students who are productively working should be allowed to complete the test within the confines of the regular school day regardless of the fourth dimension approximations listed higher up. These approximations are an estimate that can be used for planning purposes merely. 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Estimator-Based Tests Teacher's Directions 5
The following charts provide data nearly the format of the tests. 2020 Grade 6 English Language Arts Computer-Based Test Solar day 1, Session 1 ■■ Reading: 35 multiple-choice questions Mean solar day ii, Session 2 ■■ Writing: 6 short-response questions and 1 extended-response question 2020 Course 7 English Arts Estimator-Based Test Day ane, Session 1 ■■ Reading: 35 multiple-choice questions Solar day 2, Session ii ■■ Writing: 7 brusque-response questions and i extended-response question 2020 Grade 8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Test Day one, Session i ■■ Reading: 35 multiple-pick questions Day two, Session 2 ■■ Writing: 7 short-response questions and 1 extended-response question 6 2020 Grades half-dozen–viii English Linguistic communication Arts Calculator-Based Tests Teacher'southward Directions
Testing Accommodations for Students with IEPs and 504 Plans In general, students with disabilities must be provided with the testing accommodations specified in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and Section 504 Accommodation Plans (504 Plans) when taking these tests. However, testing accommodations that alter the constructs, or what a test is measuring, are non permitted on uncomplicated- and intermediate-level State tests. In administering the 2020 Grades three–viii English language Linguistic communication Arts Computer-Based Tests to students with disabilities, schools should follow the guidelines on testing accommodations provided in the School Administrator'southward Transmission. Test Read Both sessions of the test may exist read to students whose IEPs or 504 Plans include this adaptation. More detailed information about this adaptation tin can exist establish on the Function of Special Education Section'due south website (http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/documents/changes- in-allowable-testing-accommodations-class-3-8-ela.pdf). A human reader or the online text-to-spoken communication accommodation may be used for these students testing on the computer. Read Aloud (by human): For the 2020 Grades 3–8 English language Linguistic communication Arts Tests, the Read Aloud (by homo) accommodation is available for students testing on computers. The Read Aloud (by human) accommodation indicates that all student directions, passages, questions, and multiple-choice respond choices will be read aloud by the teacher, except where otherwise indicated within the pupil'due south IEP or 504 Plan. Text-to-Speech (TTS): For the 2020 Grades iii–8 English Language Arts Tests, the text-to-speech (TTS) accommodation is available for students. The TTS accommodation will read all student directions, passages, and questions. Students who have been identified as having the accommodation of TTS will see a toolbar when they accept logged into the test. The following options are available to them: 1. Play All two. Play Passage 3. Play Question 4. Play Answers 5. Speed Option 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Reckoner-Based Tests Teacher's Directions 7
Additionally, if a student wants to hear only a portion of the passage, question, or answer options, the student can identify the cursor where they desire the TTS to begin, right click, and select "Play From Here." Scoring Student Writing Students may not have requirements for use of consummate sentences—including correct spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation—waived for any constructed-response question on the 2020 Grades three–8 English Language Arts Tests. Note: Utilize of a spell checking device is permissible for those students whose IEP or 504 Programme and then specifies. Use of Scribes The employ of scribes is an allowable accommodation for the 2020 Grades 3–8 English Linguistic communication Arts Tests. More detailed information about the procedures to follow for the utilise of scribes may be institute in the School Ambassador'due south Manual. More Data on Testing Accommodations for Students with IEPs and 504 Plans More than detailed information on testing accommodations for students with disabilities can exist constitute on the Office of Special Education Section's website (http://world wide web.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/). Testing Accommodations for English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners Information on accommodations for English language Language Learners/Multilingual Learners (ELLs/MLLs) can be found in the School Administrator'due south Transmission. Note that testing accommodations may exist provided to onetime ELLs/MLLs who were identified as English language proficient based on their scores on one of the two about recent administrations of the New York State English as a 2nd Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT), either Spring 2018 or Spring 2019. viii 2020 Grades half dozen–8 English Arts Reckoner-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
Computer-Based Testing Accommodations The Nextera™ Exam Delivery System includes the following computer-based testing accommodations: ■■ Answer Masking Tool ■■ Reverse Dissimilarity ■■ Initial Folio Zoom ■■ Text-to-Speech communication (online just) ■■ Groundwork Colour ■■ Read Aloud (by human) Employ of any of these accommodations must be consistent with the educatee'due south IEP or 504 Plan. These options need to be identified and coded in the Nextera™ Assistants Arrangement (Nextera™ Admin) prior to testing. Please piece of work with your School Test Coordinator to verify the computer-based testing accommodations are selected for the applicative students in Nextera™ Admin before testing begins. 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Reckoner-Based Tests Teacher'due south Directions 9
Adaptation Clarification Answer Masking Answer Masking is an embedded adaptation that allows for the responses to be shaded so the responses do non distract the focus of the pupil from the question. • To reveal a response option, the educatee clicks on the crossed out eye icon next to that option. • To hide a response pick, the pupil clicks on the eye icon side by side to that option. Reverse Contrast Reverse Contrast is an embedded adaptation that changes the color of the text and the background for students that have an easier time reading white text on a blackness groundwork. Initial Page Zoom Initial Folio Zoom is an embedded accommodation that enlarges the text and images on the screen so the pupil tin view or read the text more hands. Options available are 100%, 150%, 200%, and 300%. 10 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Estimator-Based Tests Teacher'due south Directions
Accommodation Clarification Text-to-Spoken language Text-to-Spoken language (online just) is an embedded adaptation that reads all (online simply) student directions, passages, questions, and the reply choices for multiple-choice questions through the device'due south speaker. Because of this, headsets are recommended when using this accommodation. When using this accommodation, ensure the volume on the pupil'due south device is on, unmuted, and adjusted prior to launching the secure browser. Background The Background Color option is an embedded accommodation that allows Color the colour of the background to exist changed. The following color options are bachelor: • Black-on-pink • Blackness-on-blue • Blackness-on-light-green • Blackness-on-yellow Read Aloud Read Aloud (by man) is a combination of an online- and (by man) human-delivered accommodation. A human reads the examination, in its entirety, to the educatee from a paper test, and the pupil enters the responses on the figurer, except where otherwise indicated within the educatee's IEP or 504 Programme. 2020 Grades vi–eight English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions 11
Classroom Accommodations Accommodations provided to students outside of the Nextera™ Test Commitment System, such as flexibility in scheduling or flexibility in setting, must be consistent with the student'due south IEP or 504 Plan. These options demand to be identified and coded in Nextera™ Admin before testing begins. Please work with your Schoolhouse Exam Coordinator to verify classroom accommodations are selected for the applicable students in Nextera™ Admin before testing begins. Full general Features and Tools of the Nextera™ Test Delivery System All students testing on calculator have access to general tools and features that are available through the Nextera™ Examination Delivery System and can help to raise their examination-taking experience. Some features tin help the student make adjustments to the test-taking environment, such as the zoom tool, which helps students to enlarge or minimize text. Other tools help to enhance their test-taking strategies, such every bit highlighters and answer eliminators. As with the paper-based tests, certain tools for students who are testing in Math are but available for specific grades and test sessions (e.g., calculators, rulers, and more). Please refer to Appendix F: Full general Features and Tools of the Nextera™ Exam Commitment System for additional information on the testing tools bachelor to students for reckoner-based testing. 12 2020 Grades 6–8 English language Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'south Directions
STEP Iii Prepare Your Computer-Based Testing Room ■■ Plan for the distribution and collection of materials. ■■ Provide a well-lit, well-ventilated, and serenity testing room. ■■ Each student volition need their own device that has been configured for testing. Please work with your school administrator to verify the devices are ready for testing. The Nextera™ Setup and Installation Guide has detailed instructions for setting up devices for testing. ■■ Plan seating arrangements. Let enough space between students to prevent sharing of answers. To help prevent advice between students during testing, make sure that each student is clearly visible to the proctor at all times. Students must not be permitted to speak to ane some other while the tests are existence administered. For additional suggestions for arranging a secure testing surround for computer-based testing, encounter Appendix B. ■■ A seating chart is recommended in the effect that the Internet fails and a pupil needs to go dorsum to a certain device to submit their exam at a later time. ■■ Eliminate distractions such as bells or telephones. ■■ Completely encompass or remove from the walls all charts and blank or completed graphic organizers and all board piece of work pertinent to English Linguistic communication Arts. This includes any such materials that pertain to the New York State computer-based testing system tools. ■■ Place a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door of the testing room. ■■ Make sure students' work spaces are cleared of all unauthorized materials. 2020 Grades six–8 English language Linguistic communication Arts Reckoner-Based Tests Teacher'south Directions xiii
Step Four Fix Your Students ■■ Help students approach the testing in a relaxed, positive style. ■■ Explain that the purpose of taking these tests is to find out which concepts take been mastered and which demand further development. ■■ Bespeak out that some questions may be more hard than others and that, for constructed-response questions, partial credit may be given. Encourage and motivate your students to put forth their all-time effort. ■■ Be certain students empathize the directions and accept had the opportunity to practise using the Practice Tests, which can be accessed through the Questar Secure Browser or on the web-based Question Sampler (https://ny.nextera.questarai.com/tds/#exercise). For information on how to access the Exercise Tests, delight encounter Appendix A. ■■ Assist students with test-taking procedures, but be careful not to inadvertently give hints or clues that indicate an answer or help eliminate answer choices. Do not assistance students with any exam questions. ■■ Encourage students to endeavor all questions. Tell them to read each question advisedly and brand their best effort at answering each one. Practice Tests Prior to the examination window opening, all students taking the 2020 Grades 3–viii English Language Arts Test on the calculator should take experienced taking practise tests in the Questar Secure Browser or on the spider web-based Question Sampler (https://ny.nextera.questarai.com/tds/#practise) to familiarize themselves with testing in this format. It is recommended that schools participating in computer-based testing set up up time in February and March to go students accepted to taking the exam on estimator. For information on how to access the Practice Tests, please see Appendix A. Utilise Standardized Testing Procedures This test must be administered under standard weather. Follow the directions carefully. The same test assistants procedures must be used with all students so that valid conclusions tin can be fatigued from the test results. 14 2020 Grades six–eight English Language Arts Reckoner-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
STEP V Prepare Computer-Based Testing Materials Scratch Paper Schools that will be administering the English Arts Tests with Computer-Based Testing (CBT) should prepare to replenish scratch newspaper to their students for utilise when taking the tests. At the start of each examination session the proctor should hand out scratch newspaper to each pupil testing on computer. For the Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Tests, each student should be given i sheet of lined paper, such as loose leafage paper. In add-on, for all test sessions the proctor should have on paw a farther supply of scratch paper to provide to students who asking boosted sheets during the test session. Students testing on computer should besides be advised that any piece of work done on this scratch paper will not be counted. The scratch paper distributed to students testing on computer must be collected at the end of the session, whether used or unused, and securely destroyed. Student Login Tickets Teachers will need educatee login tickets for each student to sign in with, a Session Access Lawmaking for each examination session, and a Proctor Pin for students who may pause the test. The information that follows provides step-by-step instructions on how to retrieve this information from Nextera™ Admin. For each educatee in your class, verify that you have the correct student login tickets. If y'all are printing the login tickets for your class, follow the steps below. ■■ To impress the student login tickets, complete the following steps: 1. Sign in to Nextera™ Admin. For farther details on the login process, refer to Appendix D for step-by-pace instructions to sign in and sign out. two. Select Tests from the Tests tab. The Tests page displays. 2020 Grades 6–eight English language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'due south Directions 15
3. Select View for the applicable test. iv. Select Login Tickets. 5. Select the applicable course. xvi 2020 Grades 6–8 English Linguistic communication Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'southward Directions
6. Select OK. seven. The pupil login tickets will brandish. Use the Print office to print the student login tickets. Each label includes a student'due south name, NYSSIS ID, password, and test name. ■■ All student login tickets or labels are secure testing materials and must also be stored in the safe or vault if they are printed prior to administration. Session Access Code ■■ You will need to provide students with a Session Admission Code in order for the students to access their tests in the Nextera™ Exam Commitment System. Instructions for providing the Session Access Code to students is included in Step Six: Administrate the 2020 Grades vi–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Test of this manual. ■■ To decide the Session Admission Code, complete the following steps: 1. Sign in to Nextera™ Admin. For further details on the login process, refer to Appendix D for step- by-stride instructions to sign in and sign out. ii. Select Tests from the Tests tab. The Tests screen displays. 2020 Grades 6–eight English Language Arts Figurer-Based Tests Instructor's Directions 17
3. Select View for the applicable examination. 4. The Session Access Code is the access lawmaking that volition be provided to the students during the assistants of the tests. Each session of the test will crave a different Session Access Code. Proctor PIN If a student pauses the examination during assistants, a proctor PIN will exist required to let the student to re-enter the examination session. The Proctor Pivot volition be provided by your school administrator before administering the test. The Proctor Pin is secure and should not be distributed to students. 18 2020 Grades 6–8 English Linguistic communication Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
STEP Half-dozen Administrate the 2020 Grades six–8 English Language Arts Figurer-Based Test Delight read these directions advisedly earlier administering the tests. When you administrate the tests, the directions you are to read aloud are preceded by SAY. Read all directions to students at a moderate, steady pace. The italicized instructions to teachers should not be read aloud. Grades six–8—Day 1, Session 1 Earlier you begin the tests, make certain you have the student login tickets for each educatee, scratch paper for each pupil, the Session Access Code, and the Proctor PIN. At the beginning of the test administration, proctors must read the following argument to all students taking State tests. SAY You cannot have any personal communications device, other than the device on which you are taking the exam, including a cell phone, with you during this exam or during any breaks, such as a restroom visit. Such devices include, but are non limited to: zz Prison cell phones zz iPods and MP3 players zz iPads, tablets, and other eReaders zz Laptops, notebooks, or whatsoever other personal computing devices zz Cameras, other photographic equipment, and personal scanning devices zz Wearable devices/smart wearables, including smart watches and health wearables with a brandish zz Headphones, headsets, or in-ear headphones such every bit earbuds, and zz Whatsoever other device capable of recording audio, photographic, or video content, or capable of viewing or playing back such content, or sending/receiving text, audio, or video messages If you brought whatever of these items to the building today, and have not already stored it in your locker or turned it over to me, a examination monitor, or schoolhouse official, you must requite it to me now. You may not keep your cell phone or any of these items with y'all, or near you, including in your pockets, backpack, desk, etc. If you go on a cell phone or whatever of these items with yous, your examination will exist invalidated and you volition get no score. Is there anyone who needs to give me any of these items now? This is your concluding opportunity to do and so before the examination begins. Repeat listing of devices. Pick upwardly devices from students and return them later testing. 2020 Grades half dozen–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'south Directions xix
SAY Yous will be taking the 2020 Class [say appropriate grade] English Language Arts Exam. At that place are two sessions for this test. Today, yous will respond the questions in Session one. You will answer the questions in Session 2 tomorrow. Today, you will read some passages and answer questions nigh what you accept read. You must select your answers in the online test. You lot volition have equally much time as you need today to reply the questions. Distribute one clean page of lined scratch paper to each student. SAY Y'all may use this scratch paper to take notes equally you have the examination. You lot must record your final answer for each test question in the online examination. Anything that y'all write on the scratch paper volition not count toward your final score. This scratch paper must be returned to me after yous complete your test. If y'all need additional scratch paper while yous are taking the test, delight raise your hand. Provide students with their secure educatee login tickets. SAY On your estimator screen, locate the pinwheel or the icon titled "Questar Secure Browser." Double-click this icon and the online test will launch. Once the programme has opened, you lot will meet the "Sign In" page. Do not enter annihilation until you take been instructed to practice so. Please enhance your hand if you lot practise non see the "Sign In" page. Sample sign in folio: Delight note: If a educatee clicks on the heart icon, the countersign will be visible. This will assistance students enter their countersign correctly. 20 2020 Grades 6–viii English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
SAY Look at the NYSSIS ID on your pupil login ticket. Type that NYSSIS ID in the field titled "NYSSIS ID." Now select the "Password" field. Type in your password. Your countersign is also on your student login ticket. Does anyone have any questions or need help finding the data you demand to enter? Break for questions. SAY Afterwards you accept entered your password, select "Sign In." Sample verification folio: SAY Now you should run into a screen with your name on information technology. If you do not run across your own proper name, enhance your mitt. If your proper name is not spelled correctly, heighten your manus. Now await at the rest of the information on the screen. Make sure it is right. Check your zz grade zz school's name zz teacher's name zz appointment of birth If any of the information is not right, please raise your manus. You lot exercise non need to verify your NYSSIS ID. If the student information is incorrect: cheque to exist sure the student has the correct login ticket. If the date of nativity or teacher's name is incorrect or the student's proper noun is misspelled, document the mistake and notify the School Test Coordinator later the test session has ended. The pupil should brainstorm testing and the error can be corrected at a afterward time. 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Calculator-Based Tests Instructor's Directions 21
If the class is incorrect, the student should non continue the login process. The student should click "No" and log out of the secure browser. Notify the School Exam Coordinator or Commune Test Coordinator equally before long as feasible to do so. The Schoolhouse Test Coordinator or District Examination Coordinator will need to go in to Nextera™ Admin and correct the grade level for the pupil. The student will then get a new login ticket in order to begin testing. If the student sees the wrong form on this screen, they will be presented with the wrong exam. SAY If all of the data is correct, select "Aye" at the bottom of the screen. Practise not start the test until I tell you to do so. Sample Test Page: SAY Now we are going to brainstorm the exam. Select "Start test" side by side to ELA Session ane. You should now run into the showtime page of the directions that will help you acquire about how to take your examination. Take a few minutes to review the directions and read about the tools you can use. Make sure all students are on the correct screen. A pop-up window displays and details the test proper name and examination session. Directions are customized for students receiving computer-based testing accommodations. Students select the correct facing arrow to read through the directions, or select the X to exit the directions. Sample directions page: Pause for 2 minutes to allow the students to click through the directions. 22 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'south Directions
SAY At present select "Terminate Directions." Yous should now run across a screen asking for the Session Access Lawmaking. I will provide you lot the session access code in a moment. Sample Access Code page: SAY Once you lot finish your examination, yous may check your work. To review your examination earlier submitting information technology, select the "Review" push button. It volition help you to encounter if you have answered all the questions. You can go back to a question past clicking on the question number. So select "Review" again to return to the Review screen. When you have reviewed your examination and are ready to submit it, delight raise your mitt. Earlier you select the "Submit" push, I will check the Review screen with you to confirm that you lot have answered all of the exam questions. Later on nosotros accept checked the Review screen together and you are prepare to submit your test, select "Submit test." A message request "Are you sure that you desire to submit your test?" will announced. If you are ready, then select "Submit test." Does anyone have questions before we brainstorm? Respond any questions the students may have. SAY Enter the session access lawmaking: [say the Session Access Code] and so select "Keep." You should at present see a screen that says "Expect to start." Are there whatever questions before we go on? Pause for questions. 2020 Grades 6–8 English Linguistic communication Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions 23
Sample screen: SAY Please select "Start examination." The next screen confirms you are taking the [say appropriate form] English Linguistic communication Arts Test Session 1 today. If your screen does not say [say appropriate grade], please raise your mitt. SAY Please notice the right arrow in the top right corner and select it. Sample screen: 24 2020 Grades 6–viii English Language Arts Estimator-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
SAY The possession or use of whatever communications device, other than the device on which you are taking the examination, is strictly prohibited when taking this examination. If you accept or use any communications device, other than the device on which you are taking the examination, no matter how briefly, your exam volition be invalidated and no score will be calculated for you. Does anyone accept whatsoever questions? Suspension for questions. SAY Please find the right arrow in the height right corner and select it. Pause to allow students to get to the next screen. SAY Hither are some suggestions to help you do your best: zz Be sure to read all the directions carefully. zz Nigh questions volition make sense only when you lot read the whole passage. Yous may read the passage more than once to reply a question. When a question includes a quotation from a passage, exist sure to keep in mind what you learned from reading the whole passage. You may need to review both the quotation and the passage in social club to respond the question correctly. zz Read each question carefully and think nigh the answer before making your selection. Does anyone have whatever questions? Pause for questions. When yous are confident that all students empathize the Tips for Taking the Test, SAY You must work independently, and y'all may not speak with each other while the examination is existence administered. Now, select the correct arrow in the elevation right corner and brainstorm your examination. Students should remain quietly at their workstations subsequently they have submitted the examination. Students who terminate the test before other students should check their work before submitting it. One time the pupil checks their work, or chooses non to, exam materials may be collected by the proctor. The proctor may collect the student login tickets and scratch newspaper once a pupil submits the exam. 2020 Grades vi–eight English language Language Arts Estimator-Based Tests Teacher'due south Directions 25
After a student'due south test materials are collected, that educatee may exist permitted to read silently. This privilege is granted at the discretion of each school. No talking and no other schoolwork is permitted. Once all students complete the test, you may terminate the session. Given that the Spring 2020 tests accept no time limits, schools and districts take the discretion to create their own approach to ensure that all students who are productively working are given the time they demand to keep to have the tests within the confines of the regular school day. If the test is administered in a large-group setting, school administrators may prefer to allow students to submit their tests as they finish and then go out the room. If and so, take care that students leave the room as quietly equally possible then equally not to disturb the students who are still working on the test. Ensure all students return the scratch paper and student login tickets to you. These materials are considered secure materials and need to be destroyed. Follow security procedures established past your principal or schoolhouse administrator for returning secure test materials. 26 2020 Grades 6–8 English Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher'due south Directions
Grades 6–8—Day 2, Session 2 Before you brainstorm the tests, make sure y'all take the student login tickets for each student, scratch paper for each student, the Session Access Code, and the Proctor PIN. At the beginning of the exam administration, proctors must read the following argument to all students taking State tests. SAY Yous cannot have whatever personal communications device, other than the device on which you are taking the test, including a cell phone, with you during this test or during whatever breaks, such every bit a restroom visit. Such devices include, but are not limited to: zz Cell phones zz iPods and MP3 players zz iPads, tablets, and other eReaders zz Laptops, notebooks, or any other personal computing devices zz Cameras, other photographic equipment, and personal scanning devices zz Wearable devices/smart wearables, including smart watches and health wearables with a display zz Headphones, headsets, or in-ear headphones such equally earbuds, and zz Any other device capable of recording audio, photographic, or video content, or capable of viewing or playing back such content, or sending/receiving text, audio, or video letters If you brought any of these items to the building today, and accept non already stored it in your locker or turned information technology over to me, a test monitor, or school official, you must requite it to me now. Yous may not keep your cell phone or any of these items with you, or near y'all, including in your pockets, backpack, desk, etc. If you continue a jail cell telephone or whatever of these items with y'all, your exam will be invalidated and you volition become no score. Is there anyone who needs to give me whatsoever of these items now? This is your final opportunity to exercise so before the test begins. Repeat list of devices. Option up devices from students and return them after testing. SAY Today, you will be taking the 2020 Form [say appropriate course] English Language Arts Exam, Session 2. You will read some passages and answer questions about what you lot have read. You must type your answers for the written-response questions in the online test. You lot will have every bit much fourth dimension as you demand today to answer the questions. Distribute one clean folio of lined scratch newspaper to each pupil. SAY You may use this scratch paper to accept notes as y'all take the test or to plan your written responses. Y'all must record your concluding answer for each test question in the online test. Anything that you write on the scratch paper will non count toward your final score. 2020 Grades vi–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions 27
This scratch paper must be returned to me after y'all complete your test. If you demand boosted scratch newspaper, while you are taking the test, please raise your paw. Provide students with their secure educatee login tickets SAY On your computer screen, locate the pinwheel or the icon titled "Questar Secure Browser." Double-click this icon and the online test will launch. Once the program has opened, you will see the "Sign In" folio. Practise not enter annihilation until you have been instructed to do so. Please enhance your hand if you lot do not see the "Sign In" page. Sample sign in folio: Please annotation: If a educatee clicks on the eye icon, the countersign volition be visible. This will aid students enter their countersign correctly. SAY Look at the NYSSIS ID on your educatee login ticket. Blazon that NYSSIS ID in the field titled "NYSSIS ID." Now select the "Password" field. Blazon in your password. Your password is likewise on your student login ticket. Does anyone take any questions or need assistance finding the information you need to enter? Pause for questions. SAY Subsequently you have entered your password, select "Sign In." 28 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Computer-Based Tests Teacher's Directions
Sample verification page: SAY At present you should see a screen with your name on it. If you practise non come across your own name, enhance your hand. If your name is not spelled correctly, raise your paw. Now expect at the rest of the information on the screen. Brand sure information technology is right. Check your zz grade zz school's proper name zz teacher'due south name zz date of birth If any of the information is not correct, delight raise your hand. You practise not need to verify your NYSSIS ID. If the student information is incorrect: check to be certain the pupil has the correct login ticket. If the date of nascency or teacher's name is wrong or the student's name is misspelled, document the error and notify the School Test Coordinator after the exam session has ended. The student should begin testing and the error can be corrected at a later on time. If the grade is incorrect, the student should not continue the login process. The educatee should click "No" and log out of the secure browser. Notify the School Examination Coordinator or Commune Test Coordinator equally before long as viable to do and so. The School Test Coordinator or District Exam Coordinator will need to become in to Nextera™ Admin and correct the grade level for the student. The student will then go a new login ticket in society to brainstorm testing. If the student sees the wrong grade on this screen, they will be presented with the wrong exam. SAY If all of the information is correct, select "YES" at the bottom of the screen. Do not first the test until I tell you to practise so. 2020 Grades 6–8 English Language Arts Estimator-Based Tests Teacher's Directions 29
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