South Carolina Alternate Assessment DTC Alt Training December

South Carolina Alternate Assessment DTC Alt Training December 2018

Who is New? Contact school Update contact list Welcome email with testing dates and updates Inform new teachers of mandatory state training Update Power. School Precode Verify precode information is coded in Power. School 2

SC Alternate Assessments Administrative/Reporting Systems Testing Systems Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) Online Reporting System (ORS) Online Test Delivery System (TDS) TA Interface Student Interface Requires Secure Browser 3

Students to be tested 4

New Students Teachers MUST email new student last name and Student ID to Lais Zachary, DTC, at LZachary@lexrich 5. org. DTC will code the student demographic information in TIDE and add to your account. 5

SC-Alt Training Online Face-to-Face Mentor Teacher 6

SC-Alt Face-to-Face Teachers attend training and district pays for a half-day sub Teacher attend a morning or afternoon session DTC goes to each school and meets with teachers 7

SC-Alt Training Module 3 Topics Overview and Testing Technology Starting a Test Session Student Login Verifying Test Setting and Approving Students for Testing Student Test Navigation Monitoring Student Testing in the TA Interface Troubleshooting Tips and Resources 8

Test Security Section III, Pages 22 – 25 and Appendix A and B of your TAM SC Alt is subject to South Carolina Test Security Regulations Test materials with test content (test booklet and printed manipulatives) and student’s response are secure Test booklets and answer documents with student’s response may not be copied. All test administrations, second raters and monitors MUST be trained and MUST sign the Agreement to Maintain Test Security and Confidentiality; see Appendix B of TAM. 9

Test Administrator Requirements All test administrators must meet the requirements specified in the TAM Test administrators may not administer the assessment to close relatives. Test administrators must have attended one of the SC Alt Assessment training conducted by the South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Assessment. 10

Test Administrator Training Requirements Review the state four online training modules Complete the Online Training Read Spring 2019 Test Administrator Manual (TAM) Review resources included in the South Carolina Alternate Assessment Portal 5. Participate in the district training 6. Read and sign Agreement to Maintain Test Security and Confidentiality (Google form) 1. 2. 3. 4. 11

Monitor Requirements All monitors must be trained by the test administrators. All monitors MUST sign the Agreement to Maintain Test Security and Confidentiality (Appendix B) All monitors must receive training to become familiar with the administration procedures and scoring. Monitors may not administer the assessment to close relatives. 12