Administer a Test Session

Find information and materials to aid in the administration of the CAASPP and ELPAC.

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Test Administrator Interface

TOMS—Test Operations Management System

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System	Description
Test Administrator Interface	Access the Test Administrator Interface that is used to access all CAASPP and ELPAC online assessments.
TOMS—Test Operations Management System	Assign user roles for accessing assessments and related systems and to manage student and assessment information.

Need Help Getting Started? Test Administrators & Test Examiners

1

Have you signed your Security Affidavit this year? If you do not see summative assessments to administer in the Test Administrator Interface, you may need to log on to the Test Operations Management System (TOMS) and sign any relevant security forms.

2

Access and review the Test Administration Documentation (scripts, DFAs, etc.) or other testing resources on this page prior to testing as needed.

3

Go to the Test Administrator Interface to start or schedule a test session.

Test Administration Documentation

Depending on the assessment being administered, documents are available to aid in the administration process in the form of Administer an Online Test Session documents (test administration scripts), Preparing for Administration (PFA) documents, and Directions for Administration (DFAs).

To find the documents for a particular assessment more easily, use the following drop-down menu:

CAASPP

Note: The Administer an Online Test Session documents for the general assessments are the scripts that provide instructions for a test examiner to read to students during test administration. The full-version scripts include—in addition to the instructions and SAY content—background details about test administration as well as screen captures. The script-only abridged version documents, which are approximately half the length of the full-version documents, include only minimal test administration details in addition to the instructions and SAY content (script). A test administrator can use either the full or abridged document.

Smarter Balanced for ELA and Mathematics

Administering an Online Test Session PDFs for the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) are available in separate documents for the computer adaptive test (CAT) portion and the performance task (PT) portion of the assessments.

Smarter Balanced CAT Administer an Online Test Session (full version) Smarter Balanced CAT Administer an Online Test Session (abridged version) Smarter Balanced PT Administer an Online Test Session (full version) Smarter Balanced PT Administer an Online Test Session (abridged version)