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When a student takes a STAAR paper assessment, the student records his or her responses in the test booklet and an authorized district staff member enters and submits the student’s responses into the Data Entry Interface (DEI) in DEI to be scored.
Authorized district staff members testing personnel must receive training in test security and administration procedures as well as specific training related to entering training in specific security protocol regarding transferring student responses into DEI. The authorized staff member . Authorized testing personnel must record the student’s student responses verbatim. Tampering with, adjusting, or changing student responses in any way is strictly prohibited and is a serious testing violation. As a reminder of this obligation, the authorized staff member is required to complete a specific part of an Oath of Test Security and Confidentiality before he or she is permitted to enter student responses into in DEI. In addition, Since the authorized staff member will also be viewing secure test content in the student’s test booklet. Discussing, he or she should be aware that discussing, scoring, duplicating, recording, or electronically capturing confidential test content is also prohibited and constitutes is a serious testing violation.
General Guidelines for Entering Student Responses
intoin DEI
BelowThe following are general guidelines for entering student responses in DEI from a STAAR test booklet
:
Enter the student’s responses verbatim.
Do NOT tamper with, adjust, or change the student’s responses in any way.
Do NOT interpret or infer a student’s response.
Leave the
question blank in DEI if
the student’s response
cannot be understood.
Leave the question blank in DEI if the student did not respond in the manner indicated by the question directions.
Leave the
question blank in DEI if the student leaves the question unanswered.
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Specific Guidelines for Entering Student Responses by
ItemQuestion Type
Below are specific guidelines for entering student responses from a STAAR test booklet into in DEI based on item typethe type of question in the STAAR test booklet.
Multiple-
Choice Questions
Multiple-choice items questions ask the student to select the best answer from a set of four answer options.
The authorized staff member must enter the answer the student marked in the test booklet.
If more than one answer is marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of a Multiple-choice Item Choice Question on the Paper Test
Multiselect
Questions
Multiselect items questions ask the student to select more than one correct answer from a set of five or more answer options. The directions included with the item question indicate how many answers the student should select.
The authorized staff member must enter the answers the student marked in the test booklet. Note that DEI will allow the authorized staff member to enter only the target number of answers asked for in the item question directions. For example, if the directions say, “Select the TWO correct answers,” the authorized staff member can enter a maximum of two answers. The authorized staff member must enter the answers the student marked in the test booklet.
If more than the target number of answers are marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
If fewer than the target number of answers are marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must enter only the answers the student marked in the test booklet.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of a Multiselect Item Question on the Paper Test
Hot Text
Questions
Hot text items questions ask students to cite evidence by selecting specific text in a sentence, paragraph, or passage. These items questions may ask students to select one or more parts of the text.
The authorized staff member must enter the answers the student marked in the test booklet. Note that DEI will allow the authorized staff member to enter only the target number of answers asked for in the item question directions. For example, if the directions say, “Select only TWO correct answers,” the authorized staff member can enter a maximum of two answers. The authorized staff member must enter the answers the student marked in the test booklet.
If more than the target number of answers are marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
If fewer than the target number of answers are marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must enter only the answers the student marked in the test booklet.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of a Hot Text Item Question on the Paper Test
Hot Spot
Questions
Hot spot items questions ask students to respond by selecting one or more specific areas of a graphic.
The authorized staff member must enter the answers the student marked in the test booklet. Note that DEI will allow the authorized staff member to enter only the target number of answers asked for in the item question directions. For example, if the directions say, “Select THREE correct answers,” the authorized staff member can enter a maximum of three answers. The authorized staff member must enter the answers the student marked in the test booklet.
If more than the target number of answers are marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
If fewer than the target number of answers are marked in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must enter only the answers the student marked in the test booklet.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of Hot Spot Item Question on the Paper Test
Multipart
Questions
Multipart items questions ask the student to respond to a two-part question. Each part of the question is scored separately.
The authorized staff member must enter the answer answers the student marked in the test booklet for both part A and part B.
If more than one answer is marked in the test booklet for part A or part B, the authorized staff member must leave that part blank in DEI.
If the student left part A or part B unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave that part blank in DEI.
Example of a Multipart
ItemQuestion on the Paper Test
Inline Choice
Questions
Inline choice items questions ask students to select the best answer from one or more drop-down menu(s) dropdown menus to complete one or more sentences.
The authorized staff member must enter the answer the student marked in the test booklet for each part of the itemquestion.
If more than one answer is marked in the test booklet for a specific part, the authorized staff member must leave that part blank in DEI.
If the student left any part unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave that part blank in DEI.
Example of an Inline Choice Item Question on the Paper Test
Drag and Drop
Questions
Drag and drop items questions ask students to evaluate a given number of options (words, numbers, symbols, etc.) and select which option belongs in a given area (diagram, map, chart, etc.).
The authorized staff member must enter the answer the student marked in the test booklet for each part area of the itemquestion.
If more than one answer is marked in the test booklet for a specific partarea, the authorized staff member must leave that part area blank in DEI.
If the student left any part area unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave that part area blank in DEI.
Example of a Drag and Drop
ItemQuestion on the Paper Test
Match Table Grid
Questions
Match table grid items questions ask students to match statements or objects to different categories presented in a table grid.
The authorized staff member must enter the answer the student marked in the test booklet for each part of the itemquestion.
If more than one answer is marked in the test booklet for a specific partstatement or object, the authorized staff member must leave that part statement or object blank in DEI.
If the student left any part statement or object unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave that part blank in DEI.
Example of a Match Table Grid Item Question on the Paper Test
Text Entry
Questions
Text entry items questions ask students to write a brief string of text such as a number, word, or phrase. The students’ responses are written on the blank line(s) in the text boxes provided with the itemquestion.
The authorized staff member must enter exactly what the student wrote on in the lines text box in the test booklet, including any errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, grammar, and usage.
If a number, word, or phrase that the student wrote is indecipherable, the authorized staff member must skip that part of the student’s response.
If any part of the student’s response is outside the text box, the authorized staff member must skip that part of the student’s response.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of a Text Entry Item Question on the Paper Test
Short Constructed-Response and Extended Constructed-Response
Questions
Short constructed-response items questions ask students to write a brief explanation, and extended constructed-response items questions ask students to write a more in-depth response. The students’ responses are written on in the blank lines text boxes provided with the itemquestion.
The authorized staff member must enter exactly what the student wrote on the lines in the test booklet, including any errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, grammar, and usage.
If a number, word, or phrase that the student wrote is indecipherable, the authorized staff member must skip that part of the student’s response.
If any part of the student’s response is outside the text box, the authorized staff member must skip that part of the student’s response.
If the student's response exceeds the allowed character count in the DEI text box, the authorized staff member must enter as much as possible of the student's response up to the character count limit for the text boxin DEI.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of a Short Constructed-response Item Response Question on the Paper Test
Equation Editor
Questions
Equation editor items questions ask students to write a mathematical response in the form of a fraction, expression, equation, or inequality. The students’ responses are written in a text box provided with the itemquestion.
The authorized staff member must enter exactly what the student wrote in the text box in the test booklet.
If a number or symbol that the student wrote is indecipherable, the authorized staff member must skip that part of the student’s response.
If the student’s response includes words, pictures, or something other than a fraction, expression, equation, or inequality, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
If any part of the student’s response is outside the text box, the authorized staff member must skip that part of the student’s response.
If the student left the item question unanswered in the test booklet, the authorized staff member must leave the item question blank in DEI.
Example of an Equation Editor Item Question on the Paper Test
