MCAS Training: Day Testing

All student electronic devises should be...

• Turned off

• In a Yondr Pouch

• Placed in students' locker or turned into the teacher

• In a Yondr in students' pocket

True or False:

On the day of whole group testing you pick-up and drop off secure testing materials in the main office.

• True

• False

True or False:

On the day of small group or 1:1 testing, you pick-up and drop off all secure testing materials in the main office.

• True

• False

True or False:

On the day of Whole-Group MCAS Testing, only students who want breakfast pick it up in the cafeteria.

• True

• False

Multi Select:

The following are examples of coaching you CANNOT provide to students during the MCAS:

• providing answers to a student

• indicating that a student has answered a question incorrectly or left a question blank

• defining words or providing synonyms

• spelling words

• influencing a student’s responses by offering hints, clues, cues, facial expressions, nods, or changes in voice inflection 

Multi Select:

The following are examples of coaching you CANNOT provide to students during the MCAS:

• altering, explaining, simplifying, or paraphrasing any test question, reading passage, writing prompt, or multiple-choice answer option 

• suggesting that a student write more on a question, check their work, or review or reconsider a question

• At any time during a test session, a test administrator may repeat a portion of the TAM script if necessary for clarification.

• providing any manner of assistance that could impact a student’s answers 

Multi Select:

What assistance can you provde students during MCAS testing?

• Logging students in

• Pointing to a tool button (e.g., the calculator or answer eliminator button)

• Helping a student use the drag-and-drop feature

• Showing how to move through the test using arrow keys 

• Helping a student submit his or her test

Multi Select:

What teacher assistance is prohibabted during the MCAS?

• Telling a student to use the calculator or a specific tool on a particular question

• Helping a student find the back and forward arrows.

• Telling a student the correct answer when using the drag-and-drop feature

• Helping a student find the highlighting tool.

True or False:

Used stracth paper is a secure testing material and must be handed in with other secure testing materials.

• True

• False

True or False:

Breaks are strickly prohibabted unless you have a break accommodation.

• True

• False