DISTRICT TEST COORDINATORSPRING 2012 PRETEST WORKSHOP

January 24 and 25, 2012

Field Tests

Field Test Key Dates

Field Test materials arrive: Tuesday, March 13.

• Boxes marked with a beige field test program label

Deadline for ordering additional materials: Thursday, March 22

Testing Administration: Tuesday–Thursday, March 27–29

• Districts/schools may select one day to test within this window.

Pickup: Friday, March 30

Forms for District Test Coordinator

Delivery Verification form

Additional Materials and Labels Request forms (district versions)

Additional Materials/Labels Request form (school version)

Return Verification form

NOTE: These forms are posted to eDIRECT in MS Word format. DTCs may complete the forms and send an electronic version to LACS@datarecognitioncorp.com.

Secure Test Materials Consumable Test Booklet: Student responds directly in the test

booklet. Standard answer documents are not provided.

iLEAP Grades 3, 5, 6, and 7

○ Four different forms for each grade; one form per school

○ English Language Arts (Writing only) and Mathematics

LEAP Grades 4 and 8

○ Eight different forms for each grade; one form per school

○ English Language Arts (Writing only) and Mathematics

NOTE: Using the list provided at the January 2012 pretest workshop, the District Test Coordinator must verify the form number on school requests for additional consumable test booklets and when distributing district overage or additional consumable test booklets to schools.

Consumable Test Booklets Form Plan Per Grade

Consumable Test Booklet

Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Form

Grade 3 1 2 3 4

Grade 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Grade 5 1 2 3 4

Grade 6 1 2 3 4

Grade 7 1 2 3 4

Grade 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sample Consumable Test Booklet

Form number is indicated at the top of the box in the upper right corner.

A unique spine bar is placed on every document.

The label box is not prepreinted with any student information.

A bar-code label must be affixed to all consumable test booklets under the supervision of the School Test Coordinator.

Large-print booklets will be packaged with a consumable test booklet. Responses must be transferred to the consumable

booklet packaged with the large-print booklet.

o District or school overage cannot be used.

Students using braille are not required to participate in field testing; therefore, braille booklets are not available for the field tests.

Secure Test MaterialsLarge Print and Braille

Other Test Materials Rough Draft Booklets (Secure)

Contain only the brainstorming pages and the rough draft pages

Generic version covers all grades and forms

Must be returned to DRC with secure materials

Writer’s Checklist (Secure) Grade 3

Grades 5, 6, and 7

Grades 4 and 8

Must be returned to DRC with secure materials

Mathematics Reference Sheets (Secure) Provided only for grades 4, 6, 7, and 8

Must be returned to DRC with secure materials

Rulers (Not secure) Provided only to grades 5 and 8; may be kept by schools

Test Coordinators and Test Administration Manual (Not secure) Combined manual, which is different from other administrations

Mathematics Reference Sheets and Writer’s Checklists

Identified as “Field Test” on the top of the materials

Printed on white paper

Must be returned to the District Test Coordinator

Mathematics Reference Sheets and Writer’s Checklists must be returned with all secure materials to DRC.

The operational iLEAP and Phase 2 of the LEAP tests begin April 12, and precautions must be taken to ensure the Field Test Mathematics Reference Sheets and Writer’s Checklists do not get mixed with operational Math Reference Sheets and Writer’s Checklists.

ALIGN TOP OF LABEL

DO NOT USE TIS LABEL AS A LINKING LABE

S5101140 3999999

001 Pelican Parish000 Bayou High School * USE ONLY IF STUDENT IS USING ONLY ONE response DOCUMENT*

FIELD TEST SPR 2012 BAR-CODE LABEL

Bar-code Labels

No preidentifed consumable test booklets will be provided.

A bar-code label must be affixed to all consumable test booklets under the supervision of the School Test Coordinator.

Bar-code labels are administration-specific (Field Test) and must be kept separate from all operational program labels.

Student information on all consumable test booklets must be hand coded.

Unscorable Document Labels

^ ALIGN TOP OF LABEL ^

THE DISTRICT TEST COORDINATOR MUST FOLLOW THESPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED WITH THIS LABEL.

D510295NOTSCORE

DOCUMENTATION REGARDING USE OF THIS LABEL MUST BEKEPT ON FILE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR ONE YEAR.

Use 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. Any responses must be transferred

to a hand-coded consumable test booklet to be scored for the purpose of the field test.

Documentation about the incident should be kept by the District Test Coordinator.

Packaging Materials for Return to DRC

Collect materials from all schools and package them for return using the Field Test DRC return labels.

NEW: Package scorable materials in the DRC Return Bags. Seal the bag with one of the provided plastic ties.

Affix a Tangerine DRC return label to flap A. Package the nonscorable materials in a separate box.

Affix WHITE DRC return labels to flap A of each box containing nonscorable materials.

Affix UPS 2nd-day Air Return Service labels to flap B of each box. (Do not make copies of UPS labels.)

NOTE: Scorable materials must be boxed separately from nonscorable materials, but are returned in the same

shipment.

Summary of Exceptions

The following systems and processes are not applicable to the Field Tests.

TA System Online Surveys or Comment Sheets Makeup Testing Voids

○ Provide LDOE with testing irregularity information. Scores will not be provided.