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Ohio’s State Tests and Ohio English Language Proficiency AssessmentPractice Site Guidance DocumentUpdated September 2019The document includes the following information: What’s New for 2019-2020About the Tests and ItemsSigning in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesStudent Practice Site:o Toolbar Overviewo Writing Toolso Navigationo Text-to-Speech and Text-to-Speecho Items that are Part of a ClusterTrackingo Test Progress Indicatoro Paginated Stimulio Toolbar Buttonso Screen Reader Modeo Item Features and Additional Toolso Ending the TestAlternate Assessment (AASCD) Online Practice TestsOnline AASCD practice tests are available on the Alternate Assessment Portal. Refer to the specific AASCDPractice Site Guidance Document for more information.What’s New for 2019-2020Practice Tests and Item Release TestsThe Practice Test Site has received some updates going into the 2019-2020 school year. These updatesinclude new items on the OELPA practice tests for all domains and new released items from the Spring 2019administrations for the OST. Although grades 4 and 6 social studies and high school physical science are nolonger assessed during state testing, practice tests and item release tests are available to students andeducators.Updated Bilingual English/Spanish Versions of Practice and Released ItemsA new English/Spanish bilingual version is available for practice tests and released test questions forthe OST mathematics, science and social studies tests. English language arts items and the OELPAare not translated.Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, there is a new toggle function which allows students toswitch between English and Spanish forms at the push of a button. This new function replaces thestacked format of the bilingual test. When toggling between languages, the testing system maintains allstudent responses, as well as the approximate place on the page. To give students an opportunity touse the new toggle, the function has been added to practice tests and released test questions on OSTsin mathematics and science.1
About the Tests and ItemsThe practice site offers several tests to help students and educators prepare for the Ohio’s State Tests (OST)and the Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA). The available tests include practice testsand released item tests. Users can access the practice site from the home page of the portal. Look for thePractice Tests icon.Students will see the types of items that Ohio may administer online.Additionally, the online tests give students the opportunity to navigatethrough the online testing system, use the available tools and featuresand familiarize themselves with the testing experience. Test takers willreceive item scores when taking practice tests. Item scores are notavailable on item release tests or OELPA tests.For educators, the tests provide an opportunity to review examples of how Ohio’s Learning Standards may beassessed.Practice TestsThe Ohio’s State Tests (OST) online practice tests are organized by grade level and end-of-course test. TheOELPA online practice tests are organized by grade band, then domain. Scoring guidelines for the OSTPractice Tests are available on the portal. They include additional information about each item, such asalignment to the standards; an answer key and rubrics; and sample exemplar responses.Released Item TestsThe Ohio’s State Tests released items are organized by grade level and end-of-course test. Scoring guidelinesare available on the portal. They include additional information about each question, such as alignment to thestandards; an answer key and rubrics; and sample exemplar responses.Item ScoringThe practice tests feature real-time item scoring to give students immediate feedback. Each item score showsthe number of points earned, the number of points available and information about why the student’s responsewas correct or incorrect. A summary report at the end of the practice tests on the “Your Results” page showsthe student how they did on each item. No test score will be provided (e.g., no scale score, no performancelevel) on the practice tests. The item scoring information will not be available for Test Administrators. Thisfeature is only available for practice tests. It is not available for item release tests or OELPA tests.2
Signing in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesSee the screen shots and information below for guidance on signing in to the Practice Site and the available features that users will select on theChoose Settings page.Signing in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesStep 1.Users can either sign in to the Practice Site using the default “Guest User”access, shown here on the left, or by toggling the button next to “Guest User” to“OFF”, as shown on the right, and entering the student’s first name and studentID as it is entered in TIDE. There is no limit to the number of times a user cansign in and review the practice tests and released items.Test administrators who wish to practice establishing a test session will use theTest Administrator (TA) Practice Site available on the portal. Authorized useraccounts are required. If you need a user account, talk with your testcoordinator.Users can sign in to a practice session established by a test administrator butare not required to do so. Users can use the pre-selected guest session to signin.3
Signing in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesStep 2.On the “Your Tests” page, select the grade that corresponds with content youwish to access: KG Kindergarten OELPA Grade 1 Grade 1 OELPA Grade 2 Grade 2-3 OELPA Grade 3 Grade 3 English language arts, mathematics and Grades 2-3OELPA Grade 4 Grade 4 English language arts, social studies, mathematicsand Grades 4-5 OELPA Grade 5 Grade 5 English language arts, science, mathematics andGrades 4-5 OELPA Grade 6 Grade 6 English language arts, social studies, mathematicsand Grades 6-8 OELPA Grade 7 Grade 7 English language arts, mathematics and Grades 6-8OELPA Grade 8 Grade 8 English language arts, science, mathematics andGrades 6-8 OELPA Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 o American governmento American historyo Biologyo Physical scienceo English language arts Io English language arts IIo Algebrao Geometryo Integrated math Io Integrated math IIo Grades 9-12 OELPAIMPORTANT: Students logging in with their first name and SSID will only haveaccess to their enrolled grade in TIDE. To access other grade levels practicetests, students should log in as a “Guest User.”4
Signing in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesStep 3.Once a grade has been selected, options are available on the “Your Tests” pagebased on the enrolled grade selected. If using the student’s first name and SSIDto log in, the student will not be able to select a grade. The tests available to thestudent in the Practice Test Site are based on the student’s enrolled grade inTIDE. See the introductory section for more information on the types of testsavailable.Click on one of the tests to get started.Opportunities to visit this page are unlimited and the options reset each time auser revisits this page.5
Step 4.On the Practice Site, if using the “Guest User” login, users have the option ofselecting among several features on the Choose Settings page.If users log in to the Practice Test Site using the student first name and SSIDinformation, students will not have the option to select these features. Thefeatures must be marked by test coordinators or test administrators in TIDE orthe TA Practice Site Interface.For the operational tests, students will not have the option to select thesefeatures. For operational testing, the features must be marked by testcoordinators or test administrators in TIDE or the TA Interface.General Testing ToolsDesmos Calculator: This calculator is offered on tests with the calculatorfeature available. This tool is described later in this document.Masking: This tool is described later in this document.Highlighter: The default setting is on for all tests. This tool is described later inthis document.Strikethrough: The default setting is on for all tests. This tool is described laterin this document.Test Clock: The default setting is on for all Ohio’s State Tests. This tool isdescribed later in this document.Reading ToolsText-to-Speech: This tool is described later in this document.Paginated Stimuli: This feature allows a student to read a passage by “flipping”pages. This eliminates vertical scrolling on passages. By default, this is “on” forEnglish language arts and social studies. This feature is not available formathematics or science and cannot be used with Screen Reader Mode.Line Reader: The default setting is on for all tests. This tool is described later inthis document.Text-to-Speech Tracking: Add-on feature for use with text-to-speech; this toolis described later in this document.6
Signing in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesVisual ToolsColor Choices: Users can select from a range of text and background colors.The default setting is Black on White.Mouse Pointer: Users can select from a range of mouse pointer sizes andcolors. The default setting is that of the device being used.Print Size: The default print size is approximately 12 point; other sizes (levels 14) scale up.Screen Reader Mode: This mode is intended for students who use screenreaders and is described later in this document. This mode is not available for alltests and cannot be used with Paginated Stimuli.Other ToolsLanguage: English and Bilingual English/Spanish forms are available for allgrades in mathematics, science and social studies practice tests and releaseditem tests. Items from the English language arts tests and the Ohio EnglishLanguage Proficiency Assessment are never translated.Permissive Mode: For those few students with disabilities who need to usespecialized software or assistive technology in the secure browser, permissivemode enables them to do so. Users can enable Permissive Mode on thePractice Test Site to verify the assistive technology will work with the SecureBrowser. Test Coordinators need approval from the Department to enable thisfor operational tests. For additional information, refer to the Assistive TechnologyGuidelines in Ohio's Accessibility Manual with Appendices.7
Signing in to the Practice Site and Selecting Available FeaturesREMINDER: Text-to-speech (TTS) is only available to users who access thePractice Site through a browser that supports TTS.Users who select the text-to-speech feature and access the Practice Site from aWeb browser which does not support TTS will see the “Text-to-Speech is NotAvailable” message. These users can [Continue] to the Practice Site, but thetext-to-speech feature will not be available.Step 5.After selecting features on the Choose Settings page and clicking [Select], the“Instructions and Help” page is presented.On this page, the student can click [View Test Settings] to confirm they are setcorrectly. If the test settings are not correct, the student can click [Return toLogin] to have the settings updated.The student can also review the Additional Test Information from this screen aswell. At the bottom of the page is the Help Guide. The Help Guide is availablethroughout the test by clicking thewithin the Student Interface.button in the top right area of the toolbarAfter reviewing the information and confirming the test settings are correct, thestudent can select [Begin Test Now] to start the test.8
Student Practice SiteThe sections that follow describe elements of the Student Practice Site and explain how the system works.Toolbar OverviewThe image below displays a sample toolbar for the grade 6 mathematics tests. Note that the buttons may vary as the student navigates throughthe test.The image below displays a sample toolbar for a grade 4 social studies test. Note that the buttons may vary as the student navigates throughthe test.The image below displays a sample toolbar for a grade 4 social studies test, with Bilingual English-Spanish on. Note the Language toggle buttonin the toolbar. Details on this feature are provided later in this document.9
NavigationStudents navigate through test items using the [Back] and [Next] arrow buttons. They can also jumpdirectly to and item by using the “Items” pop-up window.Students are not required to mark a response before going to the next test item. Students can skipan item and mark items for review if they do not answer them (see below for more information onmarking items for review). Additional items will appear in the Items pop-up window as the studentadvances through the test. The Items pop-up window also shows icons for unanswered questionsand questions marked for review.Note: In the “Items” pop-up window, the item the student is currently on appears with an arrow in ablue space. If the student hovers over another item option, that option will appear in blue.Test Progress IndicatorThe test progress indicator shows the percentage of the test the student has responded to based onthe total number of items.IMPORTANT: The operational Student Testing Site and the Practice Site do not determine whetherthe response is complete, only that the student has taken sufficient action to signal that the studenthas attempted a response.10
Items that are Part of a ClusterNavigation for items that are part of a cluster, meaning the questions share a common stimulus, is slightly different. Students navigate forward byclicking [Next]. They also can click the item numbers that appear between the test item and the toolbar. In the example below, the individual itemnumbers associated with the stimulus are available on the right and are highlighted with the red box. This layout allows students who have run asimulation to see their results as they move forward through the associated items.11
Toolbar ButtonsClick the question mark at the top right of the screen to view the “Help Guide”.Unless the test clock setting is turned off, students will be able to view the test clockto determine how much time has elapsed on the test. Students can select the clockto hide the time displayed next to the clock and select the icon again to display thetime.Students use the [Zoom Out] and [Zoom In] buttons at the top right to decrease andincrease the size of the text and graphics on the page.If students require a larger default size, this can be preset.The operational Student Testing Site and the Practice Site do not immediatelycapture each individually typed character in some item types. [Save] ensures theresponse is committed. Although the [Save] button is available for some items, it isnot a requirement to save an item. Other actions, such as moving forward to the nextitem, save the response. Please note that the Student Practice Site does not saveany responses upon sign-out.The Student Practice Site is set up to simulate the operational test-takingexperience. Thus, the message that displays when the student clicks [Pause] is thesame message that will appear on operational assessments. Please note, however,that unlike the operational site, the Student Practice Site does not save anyresponses upon sign-out.Clicking [Pause] then [Yes] signs the student out of the test.12
Toolbar ButtonsStudents in grades 4-5 have access to a formula sheet for all mathematics items.Students in grades 6-7 have access to a formula sheet for all mathematics items anda calculator for some mathematics items.Students taking the grade 8 mathematics test or a high school mathematics testhave access to a calculator and formula sheet for all items.Students taking the physical science test have access tothe periodic table, a formula (reference) sheet, and a calculator for all items.Note: The physical science test is no longer administered operationally.For the test clock, masking tool or line reader tool to be available on the PracticeSite toolbar, the appropriate setting must be turned on under Choose Settings. If oneof these tools is off on the Choose Settings page, the tool will not display in thetoolbar. For operational tests, these tools will be turned “on” by default for allstudents. Districts that feel one of these tools is distracting to students may elect toturn it off.When the masking or line reader tools are on, their buttons change color.Students that use the Spanish version for the mathematics, science or social studiestest have access to the Language Toggle tool. This allows the students to switchbetween the two languages in which test content is available (Spanish and English).When switching languages, the test content and all the elements on the screen,such as button labels and dialogs, switch to the selected language.Language ToggleBy default, items are presented in the default language specified in the test settings.If the student toggles the language for an item and then proceeds to the next item,the next item will be displayed in the default language. If the student returns to theprevious items, the previous item will continue to be displayed in the language towhich the student had toggled until the student swiches the language again.13
Toolbar ButtonsOFFONMasking allows students to “cover” an area of the item so they can focus on certainitem elements. There are several things to note about the masking feature: While it is turned on, with each click and drag, the student creates a new“mask.” To stop creating masks, the student must click the masking toolbutton, which will turn the feature off. While creating the mask, the student sees a box with a dashed outline and atransparent fill. When the student releases the click, the box is a nearlyopaque dark gray. Once the mask (the dark gray box) is created, it cannot be moved ormanipulated. To remove the box, the student must click the X in its top rightcorner. The [Notes] button opens an online notepad students can use to type notes whiletesting. The Notepad appears in front of the test item.The student must click [Save and Close] to keep notes for future reference as he orshe takes the test or [Cancel] to close the window without saving notes.The [Notes] button is available on every item, and by clicking it students can accessnotes that were recorded and saved at any point during the active test session.If a student clicks [Pause] and signs out of the Student Practice Site, notes are nolonger available when the student signs back in. When taking operational tests,student notes will be saved.IMPORTANT: Students cannot copy and paste notes from the Notepad to an item’sresponse space. Notes taken in the notepad are not scored.14
Toolbar ButtonsOFFONThe line reader tool highlights text for students as they read. To activate the tool,students click the [Line Reader] button.Students can use the up and down arrows on their keyboards to move the linereader tool from line to line.Students also can click each line to highlight it with the line reader; however,students should be cautious when doing so. If students click on a response optionwith the line reader, the option they click could be selected (e.g., the multiple-choiceoption letter will be darkened).The line reader tool cannot be used on graphics.To remove the line reader’s highlighting, students click the [Line Reader] button.Item Features and Additional ToolsTest items are numbered on the left.To the top right of an item, test takers will see three horizontal bars or the contextmenu. The context menu includes a list of available item tools.15
Item Features and Additional ToolsStudents can click on the context menu (three horizontal bars) to see available options.Note that options vary by item. In this example, the item has two available tools: Tutorialand Mark for Review.Students can select “Tutorial” from the context menu to see a short video clip on how toanswer the item type. Students can also “right-click” to access the item type’s
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