TELPAS TESTING
Telpas Test Administrator Training 2023
https://www.smore.com/n5gts
TELPAS TEA Website
Calendar of Events - Spring 2023
TELPAS Assessment
ES/HS March 1-3
Middle School March 8 & 9
General Information/Online Practice
New TELPAS Writing Questions
Beginning February 8, a TELPAS writing sampler set will be available in the Practice Tests Site. The sampler set will include constructed response, text entry, and sentence correction type questions, which will be embedded in the spring 2022 TELPAS reading tests. The TELPAS writing sampler set is not grade-level specific, so there is only one writing sampler set. The purpose of the writing sampler set is to help students become familiar with the tools and functionality of different types of writing questions.
In addition to the release of the writing sampler set, an accommodations document, 2022 Accommodations Guidance for TELPAS Writing Field Test, has been posted to the Accommodations Resources webpage under Related Resources. This document provides guidance regarding accessibility and designated supports specifically for the TELPAS writing field-test questions.
Test Security & confidentiality Requirements
Testing Accommodations
- Designated supports approved locally:
- Individualized structured reminders
- Manipulating test materials
- Basic transcribing
- Large print (approved paper only)
- Designated supports that require TEA approval:
- Extra day
The following procedures are NOT permitted, as they may invalidate the test.
- Students may not receive reading assistance.
- Students may not use English-language or foreign-language reference materials.
- Test questions, reading selections, and listening passages may not be translated.
- Test questions, answer choices, and selections may not be rephrased, clarified, or read to students.
Administration Directions
Materials for Testing & Seating Arrangements for Listening & Speaking
- seating chart
- Session Roster(s) (a list of students assigned to the test session)
- printed student test tickets (secure documents that provide unique TestNav login information for each student)
- scratch paper for each student
- pencils for use with the scratch paper
For the listening and speaking test, you will also need to gather headsets or headphones and microphones for students to use to complete the test.
Conduct Administration
- Scheduling
- Testing Environment
- Testing Procedures
- Answering Questions
- Screen Glare
- Breaks
- Lunch
- Emergencies
STARTING TELPAS Online Tests
1. Log out of the chromebook
2. Click on the Secure Test Browser on the Chromebook
3. When the Student Sign-In page appears, enter the student’s first name and TSDS ID exactly as they appear on the student test ticket.
4. Enter the session ID.
5. Click the Sign In button. After signing in to the Student Interface, students must verify their personal information on the page.
6. Students can select their tests from the Your Tests page that appears after students verify their personal information. The Your Tests page displays all the tests that a student is eligible to take. Students can only select tests that are included in the session and still need to be completed.
7. Depending on the test content and the specified test settings, students may need to verify that their testing device is functioning properly from the Audio/Video Checks page. If a test does not require functionality checks, this page is skipped.
8. The Instructions and Help page is the last step of the sign-in process. Students may review this page to understand how to navigate the test and use test tools as well as review their test settings. This page may also contain additional test instructions or acknowledgments that a student needs to review in order to proceed.
9. To start the test, students select Begin Test Now.
RETURN Materials
■ signed oath of test security and confidentiality
■ seating chart
■ Session Roster(s)
■ student test tickets (secure documents)
■ scratch paper
■ the test manual
■ any other testing resources as instructed
Your oath will be kept on file for at least five years.