CMA DiRECtions for ADMinistRAtion GRADE 6. California Modified Assessment. test Examiner and Proctor Responsibilities

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1 CMA 2012 California Modified Assessmen GRADE 6 DiRECions for ADMinisRAion es Examiner and Procor Responsibiliies Compleing all of he following seps will help ensure ha no esing irregulariies occur, ha your sudens es resuls will be valid, and ha he Academic Performance Index (APi) and Adequae Yearly Progress (AYP) informaion for your school will be as accurae as possible. Review he maerials before esing o ensure ha you have all required maerials, including boh suden and examiner maerials. (See page 3 of his manual.) If he sudens answer documens were pre-idenified (Pre-ID d), check each answer documen for a bar code label in Secion 2. Disribue each answer documen only o he suden whose name is under he bar code. Ensure ha sudens have and use only No. 2 pencils. Ensure ha sudens complee Secion 1 on heir answer documens before beginning esing. Ensure ha sudens prin heir firs and las names on he fron cover of heir es bookles. Ensure ha sudens mark he es bookle version number in he CMA version number for ELA and Mahemaics box inside heir answer documens. Ensure ha each suden receives he correc es bookle and answer documen each day of esing. Adminiser each es par according o he schedule provided by your es sie coordinaor, and ensure ha you have enough ime o complee each es par in a single siing. If ranslaors are regularly used in he classroom, make sure hey are available for esing. Read he direcions in he boxes o sudens exacly as hey are prined. Only boxes wih a may be ranslaed. Acively supervise sudens while hey are working on he ess, ensuring ha hey are marking answers o he California Modified Assessmens (CMAs) in he correc secions of heir answer documens. Collec and accoun for all es bookles and answer documens before dismissing any sudens each day. ST

2 California Modified Assessmen manuals published by Educaional Tesing Service. Copyrigh 2012 by he California Deparmen of Educaion. All righs reserved. ETS is a regisered rademark of Educaional Tesing Service.

3 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 CHECKLiss Complee he following checkliss o ensure ha you have aken all necessary seps in preparaion for adminisering he CMA. Es EXAMinER AnD PRoCoR CHECKLis i have read, i undersand, and i have signed a securiy affidavi and have given i o my es sie coordinaor. I have compleed he School Tesing Schedule (page iii) or received a prined schedule. I have read and I undersand Tesing Cauions (page 1). I have read and I undersand Before he Tes (page 5). I have read and I undersand Day Before Tesing (page 6). I have read and I undersand During Tesing (page 6). I have read and I undersand Afer Tesing Each Day (page 7). I have asked his manual. my es sie coordinaor any quesions I had abou informaion in I have checked each suden s ha all sudens are eligible o individualized educaion program (IEP) and ensured ake he CMA. I have checked sudens IEPs and Secion 504 plans and will ensure ha hose sudens receive only he accommodaions lised. I undersand which esing variaions are allowable for sudens who regularly use hem in he classroom and will ensure ha hose variaions are provided o hose sudens. I undersand which esing variaions are allowable for English learners and will ensure ha hose variaions are provided o hose sudens. If my school will be esing English learners in a separae seing, I know who will be esing hose sudens and where o send hem for esing. I will ensure ha only sudens enrolled in grade 6 will be given his es. i

4 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 AnsWER DoCUMEn CHECKLis I will receive Pre-iD answer documens and know where o find sudens names on hem. a. Saff will hand-mark any needed demographic daa per he Sandardized Tesing and Reporing (STAR) es sie coordinaor s insrucion. (See Appendix B.) b. Sudens will hand-mark any needed demographic daa on he day prior o esing per he STAR es sie coordinaor s insrucion. (See Appendix C.) I will affix Pre-iD labels o my sudens answer documens. a. Saff will hand-mark any needed demographic daa per he STAR es sie coordinaor s insrucion. (See Appendix B.) b. Sudens will hand-mark any needed demographic daa on he day prior o esing per he STAR es sie coordinaor s insrucion. (See Appendix C.) I will receive blank answer documens. Before esing begins, a. Saff will hand-mark answer documens. (See Appendix B.) b. Sudens will hand-mark demographic daa on he day prior o esing; saff will hand-mark oher needed demographic daa. (See Appendixes B and C.) ii

5 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 school EsinG schedule Complee he following able wih he informaion provided by your STAR es sie coordinaor if your coordinaor does no give you a prined esing schedule. Day and Dae Time Tes o Adminiser Tuesday, April 10 9:00 9:55 CMA for ELA Par 1 Wednesday, April 11 9:00 9:55 CMA for ELA Par 2 Thursday, April 12 9:00 9:55 CMA for ELA Par CMA esing schedule Day and Dae Time Tes o Adminiser Sudens who need more ime o complee a es par are o be escored o by. iii

6 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 CALifoRniA MoDifiED AssEssMEn DiRECions for ADMinisRAion GRADE 6 ABLE of ConEns CHECKLiss... i school EsinG schedule... iii EsinG CAUions... 1 Tes Securiy... 1 Tesing Problems... 1 Es ADMinisRAion imes... 2 Table 1. Esimaed Tes Adminisraion Times... 2 Schedules and Breaks... 2 Es MAERiALs... 3 Tes Examiner Maerials... 3 Suden Maerials... 3 WHo AKEs HE CMA?... 4 Sudens Who Take he CMA... 4 Sudens Who Do No Take he CMA... 4 WHA o Do... 5 Before he Tes... 5 Day Before Tesing... 6 During Tesing... 6 Afer Tesing Each Day... 7 firs DAY of EsinG... 8 CALifoRniA EnGLisH LAnGUAGE ARs MoDifiED AssEssMEn DiRECions for ADMinisRAion Sample Quesions (Page 1) Par Par Par CALifoRniA MAHEMAiCs MoDifiED AssEssMEn DiRECions for ADMinisRAion Sample Quesions (Page 52) Par Par Par iv

7 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 APPEnDiXEs APPEnDiX A Accommodaions for Sudens wih IEPs or Secion 504 Plans and Allowable Variaions for English Learners: Key Secions...36 Accommodaions (Secion A3)...36 Large-Prin and Braille Tess (Secion A3, Rows H and G)...37 Guidelines for Scribes...37 Allowable Variaions for English Learners (Secion A4)...37 APPEnDiX B Compleing he Demographic Informaion on Answer Documens Table 2. Demographic Codes on Answer Documens Table 3. Primary Disabiliy Codes Table 4. Primary Language Codes APPEnDiX C Direcions for Compleing Suden Informaion APPEnDiX D Preparing Answer Documens for Scoring GUiDE o AnsWER DoCUMEn secions A2, A3, AnD A4... inside Back Cover v

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9 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 es securiy EsinG CAUions Each person who has access o STAR es maerials, including California Modified Assessmen (CMA) maerials, mus sign a securiy affidavi before receiving any suden es maerials. If you have no signed a securiy affidavi, conac your STAR es sie coordinaor immediaely. The conens of all California STAR es bookles, including CMA es bookles, are secure maerials. Unauhorized copying or reuse of any California STAR es bookle or of any quesions wihin he bookle is illegal. Do Keep he ess secure a all imes. Limi access o he ess and es maerials o acual esing sessions. Collec and accoun for all es maerials BEFORE dismissing sudens. Reurn all es maerials o he designaed STAR es sie coordinaor daily upon compleion of esing. Adminiser he ess in accordance wih he direcions for es adminisraion in his manual. Do no Review any es quesions, passages, or oher es iems independenly or wih sudens before, during, or afer esing. Disclose, or allow o be disclosed, he conens of he ess o anyone hrough verbal, wrien, or any oher means of communicaion. Copy any par of he ess or es maerials. Permi sudens o remove es maerials from he esing room. Develop scoring keys or review or score any suden responses. esing Problems Tesing adminisraion errors and irregulariies mus be repored o your STAR es sie coordinaor or principal/school adminisraor immediaely. Tes adminisraion errors include, bu are no limied o: Failure o adminiser he es according o he direcions in his manual. Randomly disribuing Pre-ID answer documens raher han disribuing each answer documen o he suden lised on he bar code. No having sudens complee version informaion. Tesing irregulariies ha may affec your school s API and/or AYP include, bu are no limied o: Failure o mainain es securiy (see Tes Securiy secion above). Leaving informaional maerials on he walls in he esing room. Coaching sudens (anyhing ha may indicae correc or incorrec answers). Changing sudens answers on answer documens. Allowing sudens o have addiional unauhorized maerials during esing. if he es examiner or procor observed a suden cheaing (e.g., using unauhorized maerials, copying, or helping anoher suden), he or she mus sop he cheaing. Afer esing, he examiner mus mark C in secion A2, special Condiions, on he suden s answer documen and noify he sar es sie coordinaor. Do no CALL HE CDE o REPoR CHEAinG. 1

10 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Es ADMinisRAion imes The CMA is no imed. Each es par, however, mus be finished in a single siing, wih no breaks, on he designaed es dae unless he suden has an individualized educaion program (iep) or a secion 504 plan ha allows for breaks during esing, or he suden is an English learner who is eligible o ake addiional supervised breaks as an allowable es variaion. Esimaed imes are provided for planning esing schedules, bu sudens mus be allowed as much ime as needed o complee each par of he es. The esimaed es adminisraion imes in Table 1 below are he minimum amoun of ime ha sudens should have for compleing each es par. The imes lised include 10 minues o disribue maerials, give direcions, and collec maerials, as well as he suden working ime needed for each es par. Mos sudens will complee he es pars wihin he esimaed imes given in his able. able 1. Esimaed es Adminisraion imes subes California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen 2 oal no. of iems 63 Esimaed ime* Par 1: 55 minues Par 2: 55 minues Par 3: 55 minues Par 1: 40 minues California Mahemaics Modified Assessmen 63 Par 2: 40 minues Par 3: 40 minues * The imes include 10 minues o disribue maerials, give direcions, and collec maerials for each par. Sudens should be able o complee each es par in he ime esimaed in his able. schedules and Breaks Each es par should be adminisered sequenially (e.g., Par 1, followed by Par 2, and so forh). Tes pars should only be adminisered ou of sequence o sudens who have missed a regular es adminisraion day and when no oher opions are available for esing in he proper sequence. You mus follow he schedule your sar es sie coordinaor provided. The schedule may call for adminisering one or wo es pars during a day. When any wo es pars are adminisered on one day, sudens should have a break of a leas 10 minues beween he wo pars. During he break, es bookles are o remain closed and sudens are no o refer o hem. Sudens may leave he room during he break beween he es pars o ge drinks and use he resroom or o go o nuriion/recess or lunch. The nex es par mus be adminisered immediaely afer he break. If he room is lef unaended during he break: collec and secure he es maerials in locked cabines if he room canno be locked; or have sudens leave he es maerials on heir desks, and hen lock he esing room. Classes or groups of sudens may no ake a break (e.g., recess, lunch, and so forh) during a es par. If individual sudens need o use he resroom during a es par, he suden s maerials should be colleced and he suden should be moniored unil she/he reurns o finish esing. Do no begin a es par unless here is enough ime o complee i in one siing (wih he excepions described below). Some sudens may have an IEP or a Secion 504 plan ha allows for breaks wihin a es par. Also, some English learners may be eligible o ake addiional supervised breaks during a es par as an allowable es variaion. Your STAR es sie coordinaor may ask you o provide his accommodaion or variaion for specific sudens. If you are esing sudens who you hink will require more ime han is shown, work wih he es sie coordinaor o plan an appropriae schedule.

11 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 es Examiner Maerials Es MAERiALs California Modified Assessmen Direcions for Adminisraion (his manual). Grade 6 California Modified Assessmen es bookle for demonsraion. Grade 6 answer documen for demonsraion. school Provides Tesing Do No Disurb signs for doors. noe: If you are esing sudens who are being assessed using American Sign Language, overhead ransparencies of he sample es quesions from he suden es bookles are available from your STAR es sie coordinaor. suden Maerials Grade 6 California Modified Assessmen es bookle. Grade 6 answer documen (blank or Pre-ID). school Provides Scrach paper for he mahemaics es scrach paper may be lined, unlined, or graph paper. Used scrach paper is secure and mus be reurned o he sar es sie coordinaor. (noe: scrach paper may no be used for he English Language Ars es.) Two No. 2 pencils wih erasers (plus exras). noe: Sudens may use highlighers in es bookles. Sudens may use oher maerials during esing ONLY in cases in which he suden has an IEP and/or a Secion 504 plan ha liss oher maerials as accommodaions, or he suden is eligible o use oher maerials as an allowable es variaion. noes: For purposes of field-esing new quesions, he se of grade 6 es bookles provided o your classroom conains muliple versions. The order of he es bookle versions mus be mainained. Do no reorder or sor he differen versions before disribuing he es bookles o he sudens. Ensure ha every suden marks he es bookle version number in he CMA version number for ELA and Mahemaics box inside he answer documen and prins his or her firs and las names on he es bookle cover. 3

12 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 WHo AKEs HE CMA? sudens Who ake he CMA The muliple-choice CMA ess are o be adminisered o eligible sudens in grades 3 hrough 11 in California public schools. Sudens in grades 3 hrough 11 are eligible o ake he CMA if hey mee he paricipaion crieria adoped by he Sae Board of Educaion. Each suden shall: Have an IEP ha specifies ha he or she ake he CMA in one or more conen areas; Have aken he California Sandards Tes (CST) in a previous year and scored below basic or far below basic in he conen area being assessed by he CMA. For he CMA for Science, a suden may have aken he CST and scored below basic or far below basic in ELA, Mah, OR Science. The suden may have aken he CST wih modificaions; and No be eligible o ake he California Alernae Performance Assessmen (CAPA). furher informaion on he CMA paricipaion crieria is available on he California Deparmen of Educaion (CDE) Web page a hp:// sudens Who Do no ake he CMA Sudens in grades 3 hrough 11 are no eligible o ake he CMA if hey: Do no have an IEP; or Are eligible o ake he CAPA. if sudens wih he qualificaions lised in he bulles direcly above ake he CMA, heir ess will no be scored. 4

13 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 WHA o Do Before he es Aend he pre-es raining session held by he STAR es sie coordinaor. find ou where sudens who require exra ime o finish he CMA are o go and who will supervise he exended session. Ener his informaion on he School Tesing Schedule (page iii) and on he firs page of direcions for each CMA (page 12 for English Language Ars [ELA], page 24 for Mahemaics). Review sudens ieps and secion 504 plans for appropriae accommodaions. Also, deermine which sudens will use allowable es variaions. Check wih your es sie coordinaor o deermine where hese sudens will be esed. Confirm where o pick up and reurn maerials each day of esing. Plan a quie aciviy for each esing session for sudens who finish early. The aciviy should no be relaed o he es being given. Sudens may work on assignmens for unrelaed subjecs, read library books, and so forh. if your disric used he Pre-iD service, suden name and oher informaion will be prined in he bar code box (Secion 2) on he fron page of each answer documen. If your disric ordered adhesive bar code labels, you may be asked o affix he labels o suden answer documens. Your STAR es sie coordinaor may insruc you o complee specific demographic informaion on each suden s answer documen (e.g., informaion no included in he Pre-ID file or for sudens who did no receive a Pre-ID answer documen). In his even, see Appendix B, Compleing he Demographic Informaion on Answer Documens (on page 38). Alernaively, your STAR es sie coordinaor may insruc you o have sudens mark specific demographic informaion on heir answer documens on he day prior o esing and insruc you o complee he remaining demographic informaion. In his even, find he direcions in Appendix C, Direcions for Compleing Suden Informaion (on page 51), and ab he page for easy reference. if your disric did no use he Pre-iD service, all demographic daa mus be hand-marked on each suden s answer documen. See Appendix B, Compleing he Demographic Informaion on Answer Documens (on page 38), and, if appropriae, Appendix C, Direcions for Compleing Suden Informaion (on page 51). if you have English learners who require direcions o be ranslaed ( boxes labeled wih only), and ranslaors are regularly used in he classroom, arrange for he ranslaors o be presen. They may ranslae boxes only. 5

14 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Day Before esing Read he Direcions for Adminisraion (his manual). flag he page in his manual where you will begin on he firs day of esing. flag he page in his manual where you will begin each esing session. idenify he direcions ha may be ranslaed, if esing English learners. idenify sudens who will no be esed because: hey have been exemped by a paren/guardian (exempion leers mus be on file wih he principal/school adminisraor or in he sudens records), or hey will be aking he California Sandards Tess (CSTs) for one or more subjecs, or hey will be aking he California Alernae Performance Assessmen (CAPA). sudens who are no being esed may no be in he room where a es is being adminisered. Find ou where o send hese sudens during esing and prepare appropriae assignmens for hem as needed. Give he es sie coordinaor he answer documens for sudens who will no be esed. Make sure he physical condiions in he esing room are saisfacory. Sudens should be seaed so ha here is enough space beween hem o minimize opporuniies o look a each oher s work. On esing days, pos a Tesing Do No Disurb sign on he door. if you are esing more han 25 sudens in a classroom, i is recommended ha a procor help you supervise esing. Make sure ha no insrucional maerials direcly relaed o he conen of he ess are visible o sudens. Inappropriae maerials include, bu are no limied o, vocabulary or spelling liss and ables of mahemaical facs or formulas. All such maerials mus be removed or covered during he esing session. Verify ha all esing maerials are assembled and ready. (See page 3.) During esing Encourage sudens o do heir bes. Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Disribue answer documens and es bookles only o sudens whose names are on hem. on he firs day of esing, disribue blank es bookles and answer documens o sudens wih no Pre-iD es maerials. Make sure sudens have and use only No. 2 pencils. Make sure sudens mark he correc grade-level es bookle version number in he CMA secion inside heir answer documens. Make sure sudens mark he correc es subjec in secion 7c on he fron of heir answer documens. Make sure sudens complee Secion 1 on heir answer documens and prin heir firs and las names on he fron cover of heir es bookles. 6

15 CALIFORNIA MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Read all boxes exacly as hey are wrien, using a naural one and manner. If necessary, explain he direcions, bu do no give help on specific es quesions. boxes marked wih a may be ranslaed when esing English learners. es quesions, answer choices, and passages may no be ranslaed. If you make a misake in reading a direcion or sample quesion, sop and say, no, ha is wrong. Lisen again. Then read he direcion or sample quesion again. Check periodically o make sure ha sudens are working on he correc es par, marking heir answers in he correc secion of heir answer documens, and following insrucions. Afer esing Each Day Coun all es bookles and answer documens BEFORE allowing any suden o leave he esing room. Verify ha you have colleced all answer documens, es bookles, pencils, and scrach paper. Keep each suden s answer documen wih his or her es bookle unil you have verified ha all sudens have: prined heir firs and las names on heir es bookles. marked he correc es subjec in Secion 7c on he fron of heir answer documens. marked he correc es bookle version number in he CMA secion inside heir answer documens. marked heir answers in he CMA secion inside heir answer documens. Before reurning maerials o he es sie coordinaor, mark any applicable circle(s) in Secions A2, A3, and/or A4 in he CMA column on he back cover of sudens answer documens. See Accommodaions for sudens wih ieps or secion 504 Plans and Allowable Variaions for English Learners: Key secions (Appendix A) and Guide o Answer Documen secions A2, A3, and A4 (on he inside back cover of his manual). Confirm wih your es sie coordinaor ha you have marked all applicable circles. California Modified Assessmen es bookles are secure maerials. Reurn all es bookles (including your demonsraion bookle), answer documens, and scrach paper o your STAR es sie coordinaor each day immediaely afer esing has been compleed. 7

16 FIRST DAY OF TESTING GRADE 6 firs DAY of EsinG Maerials required for each suden: Two No. 2 pencils wih erasers (plus exras). Grade 6 answer documen. Grade 6 es bookle. A piece of scrach paper (if adminisering he CMA for Mahemaics firs). oher maerials may be used during his es only if specified in he suden s iep and/or secion 504 plan, or he suden is eligible o use addiional maerials as an allowable es variaion. (See Appendix A.) Each par of he es mus be adminisered in a single siing, wih no breaks, unless he suden has an IEP or a Secion 504 plan ha allows for breaks during esing, or he suden is an English learner who is eligible o ake addiional supervised breaks as an allowable es variaion. Ensure ha sudens who have accommodaions specified in heir IEPs or Secion 504 plans receive he appropriae accommodaions. Also ensure ha sudens who are eligible for es variaions receive he appropriae variaions. Check each answer documen for he suden s name. Be sure ha each suden receives he answer documen wih his or her name on i. i is essenial ha no suden use an answer documen ha is idenified wih he name of anoher suden. Read direcions in boxes exacly as hey are prined. Only direcions in boxes marked may be ranslaed when esing English learners. es quesions, answer choices, and passages may no be ranslaed. Make cerain you have a copy of he grade 6 es bookle and answer documen for demonsraion purposes. If he sudens did no complee demographic informaion on heir answer documens prior o esing, prin he names of he es examiner, school, and disric on he board. The es examiner name is he name of he person adminisering he es. if YoUR CLAss CoMPLEED DEMoGRAPHiC informaion on HE AnsWER DoCUMEns PRioR o EsinG: Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Give each suden wo No. 2 pencils wih erasers. When you are ready o begin, i am going o give you your answer documen now. Do no open i or wrie anyhing on i unil i ell you wha o do. Give each suden he grade 6 answer documen wih his or her name on i. If you do no have an answer documen wih a suden s name in Secion 1, give he suden a blank answer documen. 8

17 FIRST DAY OF TESTING GRADE 6 on he fron page of your answer documen, look a he informaion wrien in secion 1. Make sure ha your firs and las names are wrien in he box or ha he box is blank. if someone else s name is wrien here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion answer documen o show sudens where o look. Check he answer documens for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he answer documen wih his or her name on i. if you are able o locae he correc answer documen for all sudens, go o he secion Name on Fron Cover of Grade 6 Tes Bookles on he following page and coninue reading all insrucions. Do he following only if you mus give a suden a blank answer documen: Go o he secion Suden Name on he following page. Read he secions Suden Name and Tes Examiner, School, and Disric only for he suden(s) wih a blank answer documen. noe: All demographic informaion will need o be hand-marked on he answer documen(s) afer esing is compleed. Coninue reading insrucions from Name on Fron Cover of Grade 6 Tes Bookles o ALL sudens. if YoUR CLAss DiD no CoMPLEE DEMoGRAPHiC informaion on HE AnsWER DoCUMEns PRioR o EsinG, READ ALL of HE following insrucions: Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Give each suden wo No. 2 pencils wih erasers. When you are ready o begin, i am going o give you your answer documen now. Do no open i or wrie anyhing on i unil i ell you wha o do. Give each suden he grade 6 answer documen wih his or her name on i. If you do no have a Pre-ID answer documen for a suden, give he suden a blank answer documen. If you mus give a suden a blank answer documen, all demographic informaion mus be hand-marked on ha answer documen afer esing is compleed. on he fron page of your answer documen, look a he informaion prined in secion 2, he box on he lef ha has dashed lines around i. Make sure ha your firs and las names are prined in he box or ha he box is blank. if someone else s name is prined here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion answer documen o show sudens where o look. Check he answer documens for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he answer documen wih his or her name on i. 9

18 FIRST DAY OF TESTING GRADE 6 If a suden has an incorrec answer documen, find he correc one for he suden or give he suden a blank answer documen. If you mus give a suden a blank answer documen, all demographic informaion mus be hand-marked on ha answer documen afer esing is compleed. Suden Name S F Give help as needed. Tes Examiner, School, and Disric S I Refer sudens o he board, where you have prined your name, he school name, and he disric name. While sudens are filling in he informaion, walk around he room o see ha hey are following insrucions. Give help as needed. Name on Fron Cover of Grade 6 Tes Bookles For purposes of field-esing new quesions, he se of es bookles provided o your classroom conains muliple versions. Do no reorder or sor he differen versions before you hand ou he es bookles o he sudens. I is essenial ha each suden receive he same es bookle each day of esing. S Disribue es bookles o sudens. S Pause while sudens prin heir names on heir es bookles. 10

19 FIRST DAY OF TESTING GRADE 6 CMA Version Number Open your answer documen. now look a he fron cover of your es bookle. in he op righ-hand corner, you will see he word Version followed by a wo-digi number. on he righ-hand page of your answer documen, find he box labeled CMA version number for ELA and Mahemaics. in ha box, mark he circle for he version number ha is on your es bookle. Pause while sudens mark he version number circle. Give help as needed. i is very imporan ha he version number on he es bookle be marked accuraely in he answer documen. Circulae hrough he classroom o make sure sudens prined heir firs and las names on heir es bookles and are marking he version number correcly. Turn o he Direcions for Adminisraion for he firs es session. Saring wih he firs unshaded box, read he direcions o ALL sudens. 11

20 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 CALifoRniA EnGLisH LAnGUAGE ARs MoDifiED AssEssMEn DiRECions for ADMinisRAion This es is unimed. Sudens needing more ime are o be escored o. Maerials required for each suden: Two No. 2 pencils wih erasers (plus exras). Grade 6 answer documen. Grade 6 es bookle. oher maerials may be used during his es only if specified in he suden s iep and/or secion 504 plan, or he suden is eligible o use addiional maerials as an allowable es variaion. (See Appendix A.) Each par of he es mus be adminisered in a single siing, wih no breaks, unless he suden has an IEP or a Secion 504 plan ha allows for breaks during esing, or he suden is an English learner who is eligible o ake addiional supervised breaks as an allowable es variaion. Ensure ha sudens who have accommodaions specified in heir IEPs or Secion 504 plans receive he appropriae accommodaions. Also ensure ha sudens who are eligible for es variaions receive he appropriae variaions. Read direcions in boxes exacly as hey are prined. Tes quesions and answer choices may be read o sudens ONLY in cases in which he suden has an IEP or a Secion 504 plan ha specifies hese accommodaions. Passages in he California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen may no be read under any circumsances. Only direcions in boxes marked may be ranslaed when esing English learners. es quesions, answer choices, and passages may no be ranslaed. Make cerain you have a copy of he grade 6 es bookle and answer documen for demonsraion purposes. Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Before disribuing es bookles and answer documens, read he shaded boxes. If sudens already have heir own es bookles and answer documens, go o he firs unshaded box. i am going o give each of you your es bookle and answer documen. Do no open he es bookle or answer documen or wrie anyhing on hem unil i ell you wha o do. Give each suden wo No. 2 pencils wih erasers and he grade 6 es bookle and answer documen wih his or her name on hem. Sudens should already have marked he suden-idenificaion informaion on heir answer documens. 12

21 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Look a he fron cover of your es bookle. Be sure your firs and las names are wrien on he line a he op of he fron cover. if your name is no wrien on he fron cover, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion bookle o show sudens where o look. Check he es bookles for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he es bookle wih his or her name on i. now look a he fron page of your answer documen. find secion 1 a he op of he page. if your firs and las names are no here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion answer documen o show sudens where o look. Check he answer documens for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he answer documen wih his or her name on i. oday you are going o ake a es ha will show how much you have learned. some of he quesions will be easy, and some will be harder. Don worry abou he ones ha seem hard do he bes you can and ry o answer all he quesions. Look a he fron page of your answer documen. find secion 7c, where i says Assessed wih CMA. Make sure all sudens have found he correc secion on he fron page of heir answer documens. Mark only he circle nex o CMA ELA. Walk around he room and make sure ha all sudens mark he correc circle. Give help as needed. now open your answer documen. if sudens have already marked he circle for heir es bookle version number, go o he second box on he nex page and coninue reading he direcions. if sudens have no marked he circle for heir es bookle version number, read he direcions in he following box. 13

22 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 now look a he fron cover of your es bookle. in he op righ-hand corner, you will see he word Version followed by a wo-digi number. on he righ-hand page of your answer documen, find he box labeled CMA version number for ELA and Mahemaics a he op of he page. in ha box, mark he circle for he version number ha is on your es bookle. Pause while sudens mark he version number circle. Give help as needed. i is very imporan ha he version number on he es bookle be marked accuraely in he answer documen. When sudens have finished, Look a he righ-hand page of your answer documen. find he secion called CMA for English Language Ars, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle. Hold up an answer documen wih he CMA for English Language Ars secion facing sudens. Check ha all sudens are in he correc place in heir answer documens. now open your es bookle o Par 1 of he CMA for English Language Ars on page 1. find he picure of an open book in a circle a he op of he page. Use he demonsraion bookle o show sudens he picure. Walk around he room o make sure everyone is on he correc page. Bookles and answer documens should be opened fla, no folded back. Look a he direcions a he op of he page. Read hem o yourself as i read hem aloud. Direcions: Read each quesion and choose he bes answer. Then mark he space for he answer you have chosen. sample Quesions (Page 1) now look a sample quesion A. Read i o yourself as i read i aloud. If you are ranslaing hese direcions for sudens, be sure o read he sample quesion and he answer choices in English only. The nex SAY box should no be ranslaed. 14

23 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Read his senence. Afer Ania ook he books ou of he bag, her backpack seemed ligh. In his senence, he word ligh means A o weigh less. B o glow. C o be ablaze. Which is he correc answer? Pause for replies. Yes, ha s righ. he correc answer is (A) o weigh less. Mark he circle for choice A in he shaded sample box in he CMA for English Language Ars secion in your answer documen. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. now look a sample quesion B. Read i o yourself. Mark he circle for your answer in he shaded sample box in your answer documen. Pause while sudens mark heir answers. Which is he correc answer? Pause for replies. Yes, ha s righ. he correc answer is (H) eas. if you did no mark he circle for (H) eas, mark ha circle now. Erase any oher answer circle you marked. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. 15

24 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Par 1 urn o page 2 in your es bookle. You will read he passages and answer quesions 1 hrough 21 by yourself. if here are no passages, read and answer all of he quesions. Afer you finish his page, keep working unil you finish quesion 21 and see a sop sign. Do no go on o any oher pages afer he sop sign. You may use your pencil o underline informaion or make noes in your es bookle. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. if you re no sure abou he answer o a quesion, do he bes you can, bu don spend oo much ime on any one quesion. if you finish Par 1 early, you may check your work in his par only. Afer you have checked your work, close your es bookle and answer documen. You may do a quie aciviy unil he end of his es session. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. Repea insrucions if necessary. Be sure o begin a number 1 in your answer documen in he CMA for English Language Ars secion, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle. Remember, keep working unil you finish quesion 21 and see a sop sign. Do no go on o any oher pages afer he sop sign. You may sar working now. While he sudens are working, walk around he room o make sure ha hey are following direcions and are working in he correc par of heir es bookles. Make sure ha sudens are marking heir answers in he correc secion of heir answer documens. Do no give help on specific es quesions. If sudens ask for help reading a word, encourage hem o sound i ou, bu do no read words for hem. Afer all sudens have closed heir es bookles or afer approximaely 45 minues have passed, Has everyone finished Par 1 of he es? if you have no finished Par 1, you will be given addiional ime. Make sure ha you have marked all your answers clearly in your answer documen and have compleely erased any marks you do no wan. hen close your es bookle so he fron cover is on op. Close your answer documen and pu i on op of your es bookle. This is he end of Par 1 of he California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen. Sudens who have no finished Par 1 mus be allowed o do so. Have an adul escor he sudens who need more ime o finish o he quie room se up by he STAR es sie coordinaor. 16

25 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 if you are giving Par 2 afer a break, We will ake a break now. Be sure o secure he esing maerials if you leave he room during he break. (See he bulleed ex on page 2 of his manual.) Begin Par 2 immediaely afer he break. if you are giving Par 2 on anoher esing day, Afer he sudens who have no finished Par 1 have lef he room, collec he es bookles wih he answer documens ogeher. Then collec he pencils. Before dismissing he remaining sudens, coun and compare he ses of es bookles and answer documens o ensure ha all have been urned in and ha you have boh a es bookle and an answer documen for each suden. DO NOT separae he es bookles and answer documens. Noe he sudens for whom special condiions, accommodaions, and/or English-learner variaions applied. Record he appropriae informaion on each suden s answer documen in Secions A2, A3, and/or A4 afer CMA for English Language Ars esing is compleed. Reurn all es maerials o your STAR es sie coordinaor. 17

26 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Par 2 Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Before disribuing es bookles and answer documens, read he shaded boxes. If sudens already have heir own es bookles and answer documens, go o he firs unshaded box. i am going o give each of you your es bookle and answer documen. Do no open he es bookle or answer documen or wrie anyhing on hem unil i ell you wha o do. Give each suden wo No. 2 pencils wih erasers and he grade 6 es bookle and answer documen wih his or her name on hem. Look a he fron cover of your es bookle. Be sure your firs and las names are wrien on he line a he op of he fron cover. if your name is no wrien here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion bookle o show sudens where o look. Check he es bookles for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he es bookle wih his or her name on i. now look a he fron page of your answer documen. find secion 1 a he op of he page. if your firs and las names are no here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion answer documen o show sudens where o look. Check he answer documens for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he answer documen wih his or her name on i. We will now coninue wih Par 2 of he California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen. Remember ha some of he quesions will be easy, and some will be harder. Don worry abou he ones ha seem hard jus do he bes you can. now open your es bookle o page 1 and review sample quesions A and B. Pause while sudens review he sample quesions. urn o Par 2 on page 20 in your es bookle, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle a he op of he page. Pause while sudens find he page. Check ha all sudens are in he correc place in heir es bookles. 18

27 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Look a he direcions a he op of he page. Read hem o yourself as i read hem aloud. Direcions: Read each passage. Then read each quesion abou he passage. Decide which is he bes answer o he quesion. Mark he space for he answer you have chosen. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. now open your answer documen and look a he righ-hand page. find he secion called CMA for English Language Ars, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle. Hold up an answer documen wih he CMA for English Language Ars secion facing sudens. Check ha all sudens are in he correc place in heir answer documens. You will now read he passages and answer quesions 22 hrough 38. if here are no passages, read and answer all of he quesions. Mark your answers o he quesions in your answer documen. Keep working unil you finish quesion 38 and see a sop sign. Do no go on o any oher pages afer he sop sign. You may use your pencil o underline informaion or make noes in he es bookle. if you finish early, you may check your work in his par only. Afer you have checked your work, close your es bookle and answer documen. You may do a quie aciviy unil he end of his es session. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. Repea insrucions if necessary. noe: Sudens may check heir work afer compleing his par, bu hey may no check he work hey finished in previous pars of he es. Be sure o begin a number 22 in your answer documen in he CMA for English Language Ars secion, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle. Remember, keep working unil you finish quesion 38 and see a sop sign. Do no go on o any oher pages afer he sop sign. You may sar working now. While he sudens are working, walk around he room o make sure ha hey are following direcions and are working in he correc par of heir es bookles. Make sure ha sudens are marking heir answers in he correc secion of heir answer documens. Do no give help on specific es quesions. If sudens ask for help reading a word, encourage hem o sound i ou, bu do no read words for hem. 19

28 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Afer all sudens have closed heir es bookles or afer approximaely 45 minues have passed, Has everyone finished Par 2 of he es? if you have no finished Par 2, you will be given addiional ime. Make sure ha you have marked all your answers clearly in your answer documen and have compleely erased any marks you do no wan. hen close your es bookle so he fron cover is on op. Close your answer documen and pu i on op of your es bookle. This is he end of Par 2 of he California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen. Sudens who have no finished Par 2 mus be allowed o do so. Have an adul escor he sudens who need more ime o finish o he quie room se up by he STAR es sie coordinaor. if you are giving Par 3 afer a break, We will ake a break now. Be sure o secure he esing maerials if you leave he room during he break. (See he bulleed ex on page 2 of his manual.) Begin Par 3 immediaely afer he break. if you are giving Par 3 on anoher esing day, Afer he sudens who have no finished Par 2 have lef he room, collec he es bookles wih he answer documens ogeher. Then collec he pencils. Before dismissing he remaining sudens, coun and compare he ses of es bookles and answer documens o ensure ha all have been urned in and ha you have boh a es bookle and an answer documen for each suden. DO NOT separae he es bookles and answer documens. Noe he sudens for whom special condiions, accommodaions, and/or English-learner variaions applied. Record he appropriae informaion on each suden s answer documen in Secions A2, A3, and/or A4 afer CMA for English Language Ars esing is compleed. Reurn all es maerials o your STAR es sie coordinaor. 20

29 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Par 3 Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Before disribuing es bookles and answer documens, read he shaded boxes. If sudens already have heir own es bookles and answer documens, go o he firs unshaded box. i am going o give each of you your es bookle and answer documen. Do no open he es bookle or answer documen or wrie anyhing on hem unil i ell you wha o do. Give each suden wo No. 2 pencils wih erasers and he grade 6 es bookle and answer documen wih his or her name on hem. Look a he fron cover of your es bookle. Be sure your firs and las names are wrien on he line a he op of he fron cover. if your name is no wrien here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion bookle o show sudens where o look. Check he es bookles for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he es bookle wih his or her name on i. now look a he fron page of your answer documen. find secion 1 a he op of he page. if your firs and las names are no here, please raise your hand. Use he demonsraion answer documen o show sudens where o look. Check he answer documens for sudens who raised heir hands. Each suden mus have he answer documen wih his or her name on i. We will now coninue wih Par 3 of he California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen. Remember ha some of he quesions will be easy, and some will be harder. Don worry abou he ones ha seem hard jus do he bes you can. now open your es bookle o page 1 and review sample quesions A and B. Pause while sudens review he sample quesions. urn o Par 3 on page 36 (page 34 in large prin) in your es bookle, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle a he op of he page. Pause while sudens find he page. Check ha all sudens are in he correc place in heir es bookles. 21

30 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Look a he direcions a he op of he page. Read hem o yourself as i read hem aloud. Direcions: Read each passage. Then read each quesion abou he passage. Decide which is he bes answer o he quesion. Mark he space for he answer you have chosen. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. now open your answer documen and look a he righ-hand page. find he secion called CMA for English Language Ars, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle. Hold up an answer documen wih he CMA for English Language Ars secion facing sudens. Check ha all sudens are in he correc place in heir answer documens. You will now read he passages and answer quesions 39 hrough 63. if here are no passages, read and answer all of he quesions. Mark your answers o he quesions in your answer documen. Keep working unil you finish quesion 63 and see a sop sign. Do no go o any oher pars of he es bookle. You may use your pencil o underline informaion or make noes in he es bookle. if you finish early, you may check your work in his par only. Afer you have checked your work, close your es bookle and answer documen. You may do a quie aciviy unil he end of his es session. Are here any quesions? Answer all quesions. Repea insrucions if necessary. noe: Sudens may check heir work afer compleing his par, bu hey may no check he work hey finished in previous pars of he es. Be sure o begin a number 39 in your answer documen in he CMA for English Language Ars secion, where you see he picure of an open book in a circle. Remember, keep working unil you finish quesion 63 and see a sop sign. Do no go o any oher pars of he es bookle. You may sar working now. While he sudens are working, walk around he room o make sure ha hey are following direcions and are working in he correc par of heir es bookles. Make sure ha sudens are marking heir answers in he correc secion of heir answer documens. Do no give help on specific es quesions. If sudens ask for help reading a word, encourage hem o sound i ou, bu do no read words for hem. 22

31 CALIFORNIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 Afer all sudens have closed heir es bookles or afer approximaely 45 minues have passed, Has everyone finished Par 3 of he es? if you have no finished he es, you will be given addiional ime. Make sure ha you have marked all your answers clearly in your answer documen and have compleely erased any marks you do no wan. hen close your es bookle so he fron cover is on op. Close your answer documen and pu i on op of your es bookle. This is he end of he California English Language Ars Modified Assessmen. Sudens who have no finished mus be allowed o do so. Have an adul escor he sudens who need more ime o finish o he quie room se up by he STAR es sie coordinaor. Afer he sudens who have no finished Par 3 have lef he room, collec he es bookles wih he answer documens ogeher. Then collec he pencils. Before dismissing he remaining sudens, coun and compare he ses of es bookles and answer documens o ensure ha all have been urned in and ha you have boh a es bookle and an answer documen for each suden. DO NOT separae es bookles and answer documens unil he answer documens have been checked o verify ha he CMA es subjec is marked in secion 7c on he fron cover of he answer documen and he correc es bookle version number is marked inside each answer documen. Before reurning maerials o he es sie coordinaor, mark any applicable circle(s) in Secions A2, A3, and/or A4 in he CMA ELA column on he back cover of sudens answer documens. See Accommodaions for sudens wih ieps or secion 504 Plans and Allowable Variaions for English Learners: Key secions (Appendix A) and Guide o Answer Documen secions A2, A3, and A4 (on he inside back cover of his manual). Confirm wih your es sie coordinaor ha you have marked all applicable circles. Reurn all es maerials o your STAR es sie coordinaor. 23

32 CALIFORNIA MATHEMATICS MODIFIED ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 CALifoRniA MAHEMAiCs MoDifiED AssEssMEn DiRECions for ADMinisRAion This es is unimed. Sudens needing more ime are o be escored o. Maerials required for each suden: Two No. 2 pencils wih erasers (plus exras). Grade 6 answer documen. Grade 6 es bookle. Scrach paper scrach paper may be lined, unlined, or graph paper. Used scrach paper is secure and mus be reurned o he sar es sie coordinaor. Oher maerials may be used during his es ONLY if specified in he suden s IEP and/or Secion 504 plan, or he suden is eligible o use addiional maerials as an allowable es variaion. (See Appendix A.) NOTE: Sudens are no allowed o use calculaors under any circumsances. Each par of he es mus be adminisered in a single siing, wih no breaks, unless he suden has an IEP or a Secion 504 plan ha allows for breaks during esing, or he suden is an English learner who is eligible o ake addiional supervised breaks as an allowable es variaion. Ensure ha sudens who have accommodaions specified in heir IEPs or Secion 504 plans receive he appropriae accommodaions. Also ensure ha sudens who are eligible for es variaions receive he appropriae variaions. Read direcions in boxes exacly as hey are prined. Tes quesions and answer choices may be read o sudens ONLY in cases in which he suden has an IEP or a Secion 504 plan ha specifies hese accommodaions. Only direcions in boxes marked may be ranslaed when esing English learners. es quesions and answer choices may no be ranslaed. Make cerain you have a copy of he grade 6 es bookle and answer documen for demonsraion purposes. Make sure sudens clear heir desks of and sow away all books, elecronic devices, and oher maerials no needed for he es. Before disribuing es bookles and answer documens, read he shaded boxes. If sudens already have heir own es bookles and answer documens, go o he firs unshaded box. i am going o give you your es bookle and answer documen. Do no open he es bookle or answer documen or wrie anyhing on hem unil i ell you wha o do. 24