KSA Testing

Is it acceptable to allow general education students to use a handheld calculator instead of the online calculator?

If a student qualifies for a calculator accom. they can use it on any test, including the non-calculator portion

Paraphrasing and simplified language are not permissible accommodations for content portions of state assessments.

Is it acceptable to do a content review prior to testing?

If a student does not understand a word/phrase in a passage or question, is it okay to summarize or explain that text

Manipulatives should be placed where in the testing room?

Is it acceptable on a Good Faith Effort Checklist to require students to use a strategy they learned in class

Is it acceptable to let students know that they are doing a good job on test responses?

Sites visited during testing only chosen randomly by OAA?

Is it acceptable for a teacher to use his/her personal cellphone to communicate with another teacher about testing

Is it acceptable to point out to a student that he/she probably hasn’t written enough for a constructed response?

Is it acceptable to indicate to a student the appropriate work area in a test booklet after a testing session starts

Teachers/proctors can coach, edit, point out errors or missing answers to students.

T/F - The scribes is to record the exact information provided by the student. The student must direct any edits.

Student Testing Tickets and Seal Codes are secured items?

It is okay to continue regular review of content as part of the ongoing year-long instructional practice?

Is it acceptable to do scrimmages or test prep activities?

Manipulatives should be a one-to-one accommodation because they are unique to each student.

Seal codes, Test Tickets and sratch paper are all secure materials?

A student has a reader accommodation. The student requests the reader to re-read the passage. Is this allowed?

EL students only receive a first year (one-time exemption), the second year and beyond requires full participation.

Is it acceptable to leave content on the walls in the testing room when administering a field test?

There is a significant difference between an accommodation and a modification.

Is it acceptable to read only the bold type instruction script in the TAM's and skip administrator directions?