ERIC Number: ED500509
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Apr
Pages: 17
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Rhode Island State Assessment Program District and School Testing Coordinators Handbook: K-1 Assessment Program
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
This handbook will assist principals and school testing coordinators in implementing the spring 2007 administration of the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). Information regarding administration timeline, reporting, process, online tools and contact personnel is discussed. Contents include: (1) Scheduling; (2) Identify Primary Test Administrators; (3) Plan for Supplemental Test Administration; (4) Review your DRA OMS Data; (5) Review your eRIDE Enrollment Roster; (6) Verify Grade Designation Assignments; (7) Plan for Testing Accommodations; (8) State-Approved Special Considerations; (9) Develop a Plan to Complete Accountability Reporting Codes; (10) Score Entry into the DRA OMS; (11) Test Security; (12) Collection and Return of Test Materials; (13) Packaging and Shipping Testing Materials; and (14) Reporting Testing Discrepancies and Potential Security Violations. Four appendices are included: (1) Security Process Forms; (2) Table of Assessment Accommodations and Codes; (3) Criteria for Participation in the Rhode Island Alternate Assessment; and (4) Excerpt from "DRA Online: District Administrator User's Guide". (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Guidance Programs, Program Guides, Test Construction, Test Content, Test Format, Test Interpretation, Test Length, Reading Tests, Testing Problems, Testing Programs
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 255 Westminster Street Room 623, Providence, RI 02903. Tel: 401-222-4600; Web site: http://www.ride.ri.gov
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Rhode Island State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Providence.
Identifiers - Location: Rhode Island
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