[nobe-l] Administration of Standardized Assessments

[Kathy]

Terra, 

I understand your struggle. I also want to say that I was incorrect about substitutes still being allowed to administer tests. That absolutely was the case the year before I went on my traveling sabbatical, but it is not now. 

So, the only answer that I can come up with is that while you can be the one who administers the test, meaning the one who is accountable for it happening correctly according to timing and procedure in your classroom, and aide can still be present bye my understanding. If you understand The overall process, you can set things up and Q things with the aide reading the directions. 

Because testing is not the center of A teacher's job in education, in an interview, you can enforce that truth which administrators already know. You would say something like this: 

While this certainly offers a challenge since I will not be able to read the specific directions, I can absolutely oversee the testing environment and rely upon an assistant to read the instructions upon my request. Thankfully, the day today learning that dominates the school year still and is the most important part of education is fully within my grasp. I look forward to giving everything I have to that process and being creative with my colleagues to achieve the correct testing procedures.

Kathy Nimmer
Even in the valleys, keep believing in the mountains.

> On Apr 18, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Tara Abella via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I was wondering how all of you go about administering standardized tests. I know I have asked this question once before, but I have done some research and I am still a bit stumped. At the school where I am student teaching, standardized tests must be administered by A licensed teacher. This may differ in other school buildings, but in the school where I am now and in other schools I have read about, this is the case. Also, I will soon be interviewing for teaching positions at our teacher job fair, and if asked in an interview how I will administer standardized assessments, I would not be able to say I would delegate this task to a para. Even if this was allowed by the school district, especially if I except a general education position someone might not be available to assist with this. For the third-grade students I am working with in special education, three separate standardized assessments are given throughout the year, 2 of which are given multiple times throughout the school year. Administration of these assessments and analyzing the data is an important part of teaching. I would really appreciate any responses, especially since in our building we have student starting testing as young as kindergarten and going through high school.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Tara
> 
> 
> 
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