Alternate Proficiency Assessment in Science (APA) The Alternate Proficiency Assessment (APA) in science is a portfolio assessment designed to measure progress toward achieving New Jersey's state educational standards for those students with the most significant intellectual disabilities who are unable to participate in the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK) Science or the New Jersey Biology Competency Test (NJBCT). The APA is administered in science where the nature of the student's intellectual disability is so severe that the student is not receiving instruction in any of the knowledge and skills measured by the general statewide assessment and the student cannot complete any of the types of questions on the NJASK Science or NJBCT assessments even with accommodations and modifications. APA students in grades 4 and 8 are assessed in science. APA students in high school will be assessed in science in the year they receive instruction in the biology standards. All students must now be assessed on prescribed standards and strands in the specific science content area. Please review the APA test specifications and CPI Links for more information. This memo serves as a reminder that students participating in the Dynamic Learning Maps ( DLM) may begin test administration on April 11 and May 13, 2017. Please be advised, this alternate computer based assessment for students with significant disabilities overlaps the EOY PARCC assessment. Please be advised if any students have exited your school, contact Jason Jusino immediately at [email protected], so that the student may be exited from the DLM file. Please have your teachers review their DLM roster for accuracy and report any discrepancies. These five weeks should accommodate testing for all students taking into account student absences, school closings, and schools with high numbers of students to test. • Schools may not begin testing prior to April 11. TRAINING 2016. Attends the annual TASC™ Coordinator training sponsored by NYSED and completes the new. *Distribute answer booklets and ask examinees to verify the name on their answer booklet is. In the Test Administration Handbook (2016); and. West Deptford, NJ 08086. Manuals & Training. Download Test Administrator Manuals. 2016 Grades 3-5. PARCC will utilize the same Test Coordinator Manual for both Fall Block and Spring. Nj Ask 2017 Test Coordinator Training Manual. Aug 3, 2015 - 2015-2016. The Test Coordinator user role is the main ACT Aspire contact at his or her organization. If you are accessing the Portal for the first time, you will be asked to enter your first and last. Browser tab, or the Training Material link to open the TMS site in a new browser tab. AK, MN, NJ, OK, SD. • Schools may not continue to test after May 13. • Schools should begin administering the DLM early in the test window. NJ is using the DLM Year End model (YE), not the embedded model • Review the test blueprints for the YE model for more information on what skills are tested. Who Can Administer the DLM? • The student’s primary certified special education teacher • The student’s primary teaching assistant ONLY IF he/she holds a NJ teaching certificate • These teaching assistants are fully certified teachers and are not employed as full time classroom teachers but employed as assistants Test Administration Details • Each student will take approximately seven testlets in English language arts and math. • For each content area, after a testlet has been completed, it can take one to three hours for the next testlet to be assigned. • This is based on the volume of students testing and the computer adaptive system, which must select new test items based on several statistical measures (e.g. Performance on linkage level, new EE to be tested, etc.) Please schedule your students for optimal administration of the DLM. • These decisions affect the school’s scheduling plan. Care must be taken to ensure all students complete all testlets within the five week window. • Testlets in English language arts may take 10-15 minutes to complete. • Testlets in math may take 7-10 minutes to complete. • These times may vary depending on the student’s support needs. Scheduling Testlets • Utilize ANY day during the 25-day testing window - Start ASAP • Determining how many testlets to administer each day is the teacher’s decision. • Consider student’s engagement level, fatigue factor, behavior, etc. • A minimum of two testlets will be available in the morning and the afternoon (two per subject). ![]() • If administering multiple testlets in one seating be sure to give student a brief break if needed. • Multiple students can be scheduled in a single day. • Most test administrations are set up to be one student testing per teacher.
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