How do you ensure that What things have Who is in charge How examiners are trained How are accommodations for examiners and proctors the examiners of reporting and on the proper procedures students verified? walk around the testing and proctors investigating for “read aloud” area routinely? been trained to testing accommodations? look for while irregularities? monitoring testing? Cheating, sleeping, Examiners/proctors During the extra training for By using the During training use of pencils only on are to report any special ed. Examiners, the accommodations examiners/proctors are some tests and pens knowledge of system/school TC reminds them matrix, which the trained on their duties. on others, use of irregularities to the not to use voice inflection, test examiner signs Monitors are also electronic devices school TC. The watch voice tone, how to read and dates, that the reminded to walk around (ie: calculators), school TC reports to math problems and science child received only testing sites. The making sure school principal and tables, how many times to read, the accommodations students are in the the system TC who etc. Also, on GMEOG, examiners to which they are system TC also monitors correct section of makes the have a section in the manual with entitled and which the building during the test, checking superintendent aware additional instructions for they use on a regular testing to make sure for correct form of the situation. If Read-alouds should be basis. administrators/monitors numbers on answer necessary, the very few in number. Changes can only be are monitoring. documents, students system TC reports to made by the school marking in the the state. TC and confirmed by correct section and the Sp. Ed. Director. question number, not using materials such as dictionaries, etc. All areas of security of testing materials.
How do you ensure that examiners and proctors walk around the testing area routinely? What things have the examiners and proctors been trained to look for while monitoring testing? Who is in charge of reporting and investigating testing irregularities? How examiners are trained on the proper procedures for “read aloud” accommodations? How are accommodations for students verified? During training examiners/proctors are trained on their duties. Monitors are also reminded to walk around testing sites. The system TC also monitors the building during testing to make sure administrators/monitors are monitoring. Cheating, sleeping, use of pencils only on some tests and pens on others, use of electronic devices (ie: calculators), making sure students are in the correct section of the test, checking for correct form numbers on answer documents, students marking in the correct section and question number, not using materials such as dictionaries, etc. All areas of security of testing materials. Examiners/proctors are to report any knowledge of irregularities to the school TC. The school TC reports to school principal and the system TC who makes the superintendent aware of the situation. If necessary, the system TC reports to the state. During the extra training for special ed. Examiners, the system/school TC reminds them not to use voice inflection, watch voice tone, how to read math problems and science tables, how many times to read, etc. Also, on GMEOG, examiners have a section in the manual with additional instructions for Read-alouds should be very few in number. By using the accommodations matrix, which the test examiner signs and dates, that the child received only the accommodations to which they are entitled and which they use on a regular basis. Changes can only be made by the school TC and confirmed by the Sp. Ed. Director.
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