OOS

testing allows examinees

who are no longer enrolled in school but who still need to test

to take a STAAR

EOC

assessment during a scheduled

administration at a participating district.

OOD

testing allows students

who will be away from their home districts for a scheduled

administration

to take a STAAR EOC assessment at a participating district. OOS and OOD testing only applies to STAAR EOC assessments.

Register for OOS and OOD

Testing

District and campus coordinators must:

• For districts that have OOS and OOD examinees

• , district testing personnel must register at least one campus as an OOS and OOD test site.

• Test sites must be registered using the STAAR OOS and OOD Test Site Registration Form on the Other Testing Resources webpage during the window listed on the Calendar of Events.

• Test sites must be registered separately for each STAAR administration—December,

• spring, and June—as previously registered test sites are not carried over.

• If changes

• need to be made to a registered test site,

• district personnel should contact Texas Testing Support

• .

• OOS and OOD

• examinees’ information should be uploaded into the

• TIDE

• by testing personnel in the

• examinee’s home district and campus. For OOS examinees, the home district and campus are the last district and campus where the

• examinee was enrolled.

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• district personnel are responsible for maintaining OOS and OOD examinees' information in TIDE, including

• demographics and test attributes.

• District coordinators, district assistants, and campus coordinators can view changes to an examinee’s registration during the current school year in TIDE using the View Student History feature. Refer to the TIDE User Guide for more information.

• Participating test sites are listed on the STAAR OOS and OOD Test Site Directoryon the Other Testing Resources webpage

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• district personnel should

• instruct OOS and OOD examinees to complete the STAAR OOS and OOD Examinee Registration Form on the Other Testing Resources webpage or complete the form for

• examinees during the window listed on the Calendar of Events.

• Home district personnel must complete the Testing District and Testing Campus fields in the Student Demographics section in TIDE for OOD students.

• Refer to the

• Registration section for OOS or OOD examinees who

• might be eligible

• for a paper

• administration.

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• district personnel must contact personnel in the testing

• district within one week of the close of the registration window

• to

• tell them

• how many of the home

• district’s OOS and OOD examinees will test there.

• OOS and OOD examinees who are not registered

• by the deadline may still

• test at a participating campus at the testing

• location’s discretion. Examinees should contact the campus in advance of the testing date to ensure that the campus can accommodate them. Campus personnel will assist with the on-site registration process.

Ensure

Proper OOS and OOD

Testing Procedures

District and campus coordinators must:

❏ Distribute Test Materials

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• district personnel must provide

• testing district personnel with test tickets for online

• assessments. These documents contain

• PII and must be sent in a secure manner

• , such as in a password-protected email or via TIDE inbox.

• Paper administration materials are shipped to the testing district identified in TIDE.

❏ Understand Additional Requirements

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• district personnel must ensure that score codes, non-embedded supports, and other scoring information (e.g., TAKS/TAAS/TEAMS coding) for each OOS and OOD examinee

• are updated in TIDE prior to the close of each subject-area testing window. Refer to the Complete Administrations section for more information.

• Results for OOS and OOD examinees

• are reported to the home district and campus.

• A printed copy of the student report card

• is shipped to the OOS

• examinee’s home address provided on the registration form.