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TERRA NOVA 3 RD EDITION PRE-TEST WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY: Bilingual/ESL Department

TERRA NOVA QUICK GLANCE Subject Areas and Grades  Reading (Grades 1–12) TerraNova, Third Edition  Math (Grades 1–12) Multiple Assessments measures  Language (Grades 3–12) important higher-order thinking skills as well as basic and applied  Science (Grades 1–12) skills. These assessments generate  Social Studies (Grades 1–12) norm-referenced achievement scores, criterion-referenced objective mastery scores, and performance-level information . Assessment Type  Standardized Norm-Referenced Achievement Test (2007 Norms) Features:  Includes reading, language, Delivery Formats mathematics, science, and social studies tests  Paper and pencil  The only standardized achievement test to combine Test Item Types selected-response items with constructed-response items that ask  Constructed-Response students to produce their own responses  Selected-Response

WHO ADMINISTERS THE TERRANOVA? TRAINED PERSONNEL  TEACHERS  PARAPROFESSIONALS  COUNSELORS, ETC.

WHO’S ADMINSTERED THE TERRANOVA?  Identification / Placement  2 ND Grade – 12 th Grade  Exit Criteria  1 st Grade – 2 nd Grade 11 th Grade – 12 th Grade 

BEFORE ADMINISTERING THE EXAM Attend training workshop  Prepare the student(s) to help them approach the test in a relaxed, positive way.  Prepare for testing:  Gather materials  Review materials: student information – make sure the test matches the student  Confirm a quiet testing room  Plan Ahead – Organization of material is key  Results sheets  Raw Score Answer Sheet (different by test level) 

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFO Where ? What ?  Complete student  Student’s name information – do not  Teacher’s name bubble  Student birth date  Student information can be found: inside front  Student’s gender cover of the test book or  Student’s grade on the answer sheet document  Ethnicity/Race  Home Language

DURING ADMINISTRATION (ONLY READING & LANGUAGE*) Administered according to the SPECIFIC directions, except as required for  students using accommodation. Actively monitor test administration.  There is NO time limit for taking the test  *FIRST and SECOND GRADE have a combined Reading/Language Test  Section

AFTER ADMINISTERING THE EXAM Grade the student test using the TERRANOVA cheat sheet for  administrators Enter test results on the TERRANOVA Results form located at the end of the  cheat sheet for administrators Collect all testing materials and return to appropriate individual 

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