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Monitored calibration sessions must be completed before raters holistically rate their assigned students for TELPAS. The calibration activities are available until the end of the TELPAS testing window. However, campus coordinators should require raters to complete their training requirements by the first day of the TELPAS testing window.
A trained proctor must be available to actively monitor the calibration session.
A roster of participants for each calibration session must be maintained. A sample calibration session roster is available from the Calibration Session Roster in TIDE and accessible to the district coordinator in TIDE.
Proctors must have the correct calibration passcodes. The passcodes are used to control access to the sets.
Raters must be given the correct passcode once they have logged in for their calibration session. Campus coordinators or proctors should ensure that raters understand which grade cluster they should calibrate for.
Raters are not allowed to revisit calibration sets after the day they are completed.
Raters may use a copy of the PLDs during their calibration activities. Raters may also be provided with scratch paper, as requested. Copies of the PLDs and any scratch paper used during the calibration session must be destroyed.
Calibration activities must be completed individually. Collaborating or discussing responses to calibration activities is not allowed.
Raters must begin with calibration set 1. If raters are successful on set 1, they should provide a copy of their certificate to the proctor.
If raters are unsuccessful on set 1, they should be notified as to how to proceed to set 2.
Educators are not authorized by TEA to serve as TELPAS raters unless they have successfully completed calibration activities at least once. If a rater does not successfully calibrate by the end of set 2, the rater may still be authorized to serve at the discretion of the district. District testing personnel are required to provide rating support for these teachers so that their assigned students are assessed consistently with the PLDs.
A certificate of successful completion is available in LMS when a rater demonstrates sufficient calibration (70 or better) on a calibration set.
Certificates will be available to print immediately after successful completion of a calibration set.
Raters will be awarded professional development hours upon successful completion of the calibration activities. Two hours are awarded for successful calibration.
Calibration session rosters and calibration certificates must be maintained at the local level.
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