TELPAS Training 2023
index
Introduction / Test Security
K-1 Information
2-6 Information
Special Administrations
TELPAS Alternate
TELPAS Schedule
01
TELPAs / Test security Information
TELPAS Components
There will be no changes to K-1 in 2022-2023. Students will continue to be holistically rated in all four language domains.
+ INFO
TELPAS Test Security
Occurs before, during, & after testing
May not discuss or reveal contents of a state test.
May not recieve or provide answers during TELPAS calibration.
No one may use answer sheets or notes during TELPAS calibration.
Maintain & Preserve Confidentiality
of all secure test content including:
Testing Tickets
Online assessments
Test Session ID's
Students testing tickets must be kept confidential as the information on each ticket is uesed to sign-in to the test.
Digital test material is not to be copied down, graded during testing, or captured in any way.
Session ID's must be kept confidential as this information is uesed to sign-in to the test.
TELPAS holistically rated components
Test Booklets (for paper admin only)
All Calibration activities
Hilistically rated components must be kept confidential to ensure test security.
Paper test material is not to be copied down, graded during testing, or captured in any way.
Calibration must be kept secure and confidential to ensure validity of the TELPAS testing process.
Testing Irregularities
Two types:
Serious
Procedural
- Reflect minor errors or deviations in testing procedures.
- Do not represent severe breaches in security or confidentiality.
- Does not require a call to TEA unless guidance is needed by the district.
- Must be reported to TEA within 10 days.
- Fall into the following categories:
- Monitoring Errors
- Eligibility Errors
- Accommodation Errors
- Improper accounting of secure materials
- Constitutes severe violations of test security or confidentiality.
- Must be immediately reported to and investigated by the CTC.
- Must be reported to TEA as soon as the CTC is made aware of a possible or confirmed violation.
- Can result in the individual(s) responsible being referred to the TEA Educator Certification and Standards Division for consideration of disciplinary action.
+ INFO
+ INFO
Serious Irregularities
- Directly or indirectly assisting students with responses to test questions
- Tampering with student responses
- Falsifying holistic ratings or student responses
- Viewing secure content before, during or after an administration unless specifically authorized by TEA or by the procedures outlined in the test administrator manuals
- Discussing or disclosing secure test content or student responses
- Scoring student tests, either formally or informally
- Duplicating, recording or electronically capturing confidential test content unless specifically authorized by TEA or by the procedures outlined in the test administration manuals
- Responding to secure test questions
- Receiving or providing unallowable assistance during calibration activities (e.g., taking notes, providing answer sheets, or sharing answers)
- Encouraging or assisting an individual to engage in the conduct described in the items listed above or in any other serious violation of security and confidentiality
- Failing to report to an appropriate authority that an individual has engaged or is suspected of engaging in conduct described in the items listed above or in any other serious violation of security and confidentiality
Procedural Irregularities
- A designated support is not provided
- Improper active monitoring
- Test administrator failed to read the script verbatim from the manual
- Students were improperly monitored during a break
- A student was permitted to test beyond the allowed time limit or was not provided the full allotment of time to complete an assessment
- A student was issued test materials or a test ticket belonging to another student
Rater Manual
Test Administrator Manual
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer odio turpis, varius vitae tempor vel, venenatis vel lectus.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer odio turpis, varius vitae tempor vel, venenatis vel lectus.
+ Link
+ Link
02
Kinder-1st Information
TELPAS Raters
Must:
Hold a valid teachers certificate
Rate the student in all eligible domains
Be knowledgeable about students ability
Have the student in class
As a rater you must complete
the following trainings online:
Online Learning Management System
Online Basic Training
This module covers an overview of the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Use the link below to get to the online LMS used for online test training.
+ INFO
TELPAS Assembling & Verifying
These modules provide information and practice over assembling & verifying.
TELPAS Calibration
Calibration will be held after school on March 1st.
ALL K-1 teachers must complete and pass calibration activities. You can use the materials below to help you prepare for calibration. All PLD's can be found here for you to print.
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
03
2nd - 6th Information
New Information
Students will have as long as they need to complete each test.
Tests are not timed
Students will have until the end of the school day to complete each test.
Tests will be completed in one day
What will TELPAS look like now?
TELLPAS for K-1 has not changed this year, but for grades 2nd-6th all portions of the TELPAS test will now be online. The writing portion of TELPAS will be distibuted throughout the reading test online (the same as the STAAR). This means unless there is a special circumstance you will no longer need to rate any students writing samples. More info can be found below.
Only one test will be given per day to ensure students are prepared.
Only 1 test per day
Rating / verifying will only be needed in the case of special administrations.
No more rating / verifying
+ INFO
For telpas you must complete
the following trainings online:
Online Learning Management System
Online Basic Training
This module covers an overview of the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Use the link below to get to the online LMS used for online test training.
+ INFO
04
Special Administration Information
What is needed:
Info
Speaking
Listening
Holistically rated
Holistically rated
Writing
Reading
5 samples needed
Holistically rated
+ INFO
As a rater you must complete
the following trainings online + calibration:
Online Basic Training
Online Learning Management System
This module covers an overview of the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Use the link below to get to the online LMS used for online test training.
+ INFO
TELPAS Assembling & Verifying
These modules provide information and practice over assembling & verifying.
Grades 2-3 Holistically Rated Calibration
TELPAS Calibration
Calibration will be held after school on March 1st.
ALL K-1 teachers must complete and pass calibration activities. You can use the materials below to help you prepare for calibration. All PLD's can be found here for you to print.
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
05
TELPAS Alternate Information
TELPAS Alternate Links
All other informaiton can be found here:
TELPAS ALT
TELPAS ALternate PLD's
TELPAS Alternate Manual
Observable Behaviors
The PLd's (Proficiency Level Descriptos) are used to help rate each student.
This manual is used to answer most questions surrounding TELPAS Alt.
This document is used to write observations of each student.
Link
Link
Link
TELPAS Testing Schedule
2-4 teachers from each grade level will test their own EB students in the classroom. The other teachers will provide instruction to those students not completing TELPAS.
- TELPAS will be completed on:
- Monday, Feb. 27th- Reading/Writing
- Tuesday, Feb. 28th- Listening/Speaking
Testing will run the same way as STAAR, you will check out materials and students will test online. Roles & Procedures are linked below:
Roles & Procedures
THANK YOU Any questions?
Allison Palmer
TELPAS Training 2023
allison.devoll
Created on February 10, 2023
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Audio tutorial
View
Pechakucha Presentation
View
Desktop Workspace
View
Decades Presentation
View
Psychology Presentation
View
Medical Dna Presentation
View
Geometric Project Presentation
Explore all templates
Transcript
TELPAS Training 2023
index
Introduction / Test Security
K-1 Information
2-6 Information
Special Administrations
TELPAS Alternate
TELPAS Schedule
01
TELPAs / Test security Information
TELPAS Components
There will be no changes to K-1 in 2022-2023. Students will continue to be holistically rated in all four language domains.
+ INFO
TELPAS Test Security
Occurs before, during, & after testing
May not discuss or reveal contents of a state test.
May not recieve or provide answers during TELPAS calibration.
No one may use answer sheets or notes during TELPAS calibration.
Maintain & Preserve Confidentiality
of all secure test content including:
Testing Tickets
Online assessments
Test Session ID's
Students testing tickets must be kept confidential as the information on each ticket is uesed to sign-in to the test.
Digital test material is not to be copied down, graded during testing, or captured in any way.
Session ID's must be kept confidential as this information is uesed to sign-in to the test.
TELPAS holistically rated components
Test Booklets (for paper admin only)
All Calibration activities
Hilistically rated components must be kept confidential to ensure test security.
Paper test material is not to be copied down, graded during testing, or captured in any way.
Calibration must be kept secure and confidential to ensure validity of the TELPAS testing process.
Testing Irregularities
Two types:
Serious
Procedural
+ INFO
+ INFO
Serious Irregularities
Procedural Irregularities
Rater Manual
Test Administrator Manual
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer odio turpis, varius vitae tempor vel, venenatis vel lectus.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer odio turpis, varius vitae tempor vel, venenatis vel lectus.
+ Link
+ Link
02
Kinder-1st Information
TELPAS Raters
Must:
Hold a valid teachers certificate
Rate the student in all eligible domains
Be knowledgeable about students ability
Have the student in class
As a rater you must complete
the following trainings online:
Online Learning Management System
Online Basic Training
This module covers an overview of the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Use the link below to get to the online LMS used for online test training.
+ INFO
TELPAS Assembling & Verifying
These modules provide information and practice over assembling & verifying.
TELPAS Calibration
Calibration will be held after school on March 1st.
ALL K-1 teachers must complete and pass calibration activities. You can use the materials below to help you prepare for calibration. All PLD's can be found here for you to print.
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
03
2nd - 6th Information
New Information
Students will have as long as they need to complete each test.
Tests are not timed
Students will have until the end of the school day to complete each test.
Tests will be completed in one day
What will TELPAS look like now?
TELLPAS for K-1 has not changed this year, but for grades 2nd-6th all portions of the TELPAS test will now be online. The writing portion of TELPAS will be distibuted throughout the reading test online (the same as the STAAR). This means unless there is a special circumstance you will no longer need to rate any students writing samples. More info can be found below.
Only one test will be given per day to ensure students are prepared.
Only 1 test per day
Rating / verifying will only be needed in the case of special administrations.
No more rating / verifying
+ INFO
For telpas you must complete
the following trainings online:
Online Learning Management System
Online Basic Training
This module covers an overview of the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Use the link below to get to the online LMS used for online test training.
+ INFO
04
Special Administration Information
What is needed:
Info
Speaking
Listening
Holistically rated
Holistically rated
Writing
Reading
5 samples needed
Holistically rated
+ INFO
As a rater you must complete
the following trainings online + calibration:
Online Basic Training
Online Learning Management System
This module covers an overview of the language domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Use the link below to get to the online LMS used for online test training.
+ INFO
TELPAS Assembling & Verifying
These modules provide information and practice over assembling & verifying.
Grades 2-3 Holistically Rated Calibration
TELPAS Calibration
Calibration will be held after school on March 1st.
ALL K-1 teachers must complete and pass calibration activities. You can use the materials below to help you prepare for calibration. All PLD's can be found here for you to print.
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
05
TELPAS Alternate Information
TELPAS Alternate Links
All other informaiton can be found here:
TELPAS ALT
TELPAS ALternate PLD's
TELPAS Alternate Manual
Observable Behaviors
The PLd's (Proficiency Level Descriptos) are used to help rate each student.
This manual is used to answer most questions surrounding TELPAS Alt.
This document is used to write observations of each student.
Link
Link
Link
TELPAS Testing Schedule
2-4 teachers from each grade level will test their own EB students in the classroom. The other teachers will provide instruction to those students not completing TELPAS.
- TELPAS will be completed on:
- Monday, Feb. 27th- Reading/Writing
- Tuesday, Feb. 28th- Listening/Speaking
Testing will run the same way as STAAR, you will check out materials and students will test online. Roles & Procedures are linked below:Roles & Procedures
THANK YOU Any questions?
Allison Palmer