TASC Readiness Test Update

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1 TASC Readiness Test Update TASC Test Assessing Secondary Completion is a trademark of McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings LLC. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. CTB is not affiliated with The After School Corporation and The After School Corporation has not authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved of CTB s products and services including the TASC Test Assessing Secondary Completion.

2 AGENDA - FAQs Readiness Assessment - FAQs Test Prep - Q&A

3 When will the Readiness Assessment be available? Online Test now! (English and Spanish) Paper and Pencil 2/28 (ENGLISH) & 4/04 (SPANISH)

4 Are paper test books re-usable? The new test booklets are consumable. They are not designed to be reused. Examinees are instructed to write in the test booklets. Booklets are for one time use. Booklets are sent in 10 packs with 10 Results Books.

5 What is included with Online Readiness Assessments? o Online Readiness Test Administrations o o Online Math Formulas Online Calculator o Print Results Booklets * o Print Administrator s Manual o Welcome ** *Includes Subject Specific Score Sheets & Readiness Assessment Profile Sheet ** Includes PDF of manual

6 What s included with PRINT Readiness Assessments? o o o o Print TASC Readiness Test Booklets Print Results Booklets * Math Formulas Sheets Print Readiness Test Administrator s Manual *Includes subject specific Score Sheets and a Readiness Assessment Profile Sheet.

7 Administration Time Requirements

8 Can students test over multiple days? Each subtest should be completed in one session Students online work can be saved over time Student work in the paper/pencil battery can be completed over time

9 What is the price for the TASC Readiness Test? o TASC ONLINE Readiness Test o $10.00 per test o Sold in lots of 10 o Includes all five subtests o TASC PRINT Readiness Tests o $100 per 10 pack o Includes 10 complete batteries

10 When can I start Readiness Testing? ONLINE Readiness testing can begin now. (English and Spanish) Early Testing Caveats o o PDF Administrator Manual and Results Booklet will be supplied in Welcome for you to print Print manual and print results booklets will follow

11 PRINT readiness materials are available. ENGLISH 2/28 SPANISH 4/04

12 How do Adult Ed Centers order? All orders can be made through Customer Service: o phone: / Option 4 o TASC_Helpdesk@ctb.com o fax: Existing customers o Order Form o PO, VISA, MC or AMEX NEED FORMS? Orders for the Online Readiness Assessment must include: amendment to TASC Subscriber Agreement New customers* o o Order Form PO, VISA, MC or AMEX o Purchasing Qualifications Statement Orders for the Online Readiness Assessment must include: TASC Test Subscriber Agreement Ask Customer Service

13 Installing the software to access the TASC Online Readiness Test The following are included in the initial WELCOME! e- mail: Link to On-Demand Training Resource Ten Steps to Administering the TASC Readiness Assessment PDFs of Administrator s Manual & Results Books OAS System Basics Guide OAS Installation Guide

14 What is the recommended wait time between retakes? The recommended wait time between retakes is one month.

15 How do examinees get test results? o o o o Instructors provide results in the Results Booklet for online and print test. Print tests are hand scored. Online tests provide a raw score that instructors retrieve to calculate predictive scores. Administrator s manual provides instructor support for scoring.

16 QUICKLY score tests with Subtest Score Reports (Available in Results Books) T H I S I S A N S

17 Expected Performance Tables Translate Scores (Available in Admin. Manual)

18 SHARE the Readiness Assessment Profile (Available in Results Book)

19 COMPLETE SUPPORT for ESSAY SCORING Copy of Writing Prompt and Readings Exemplary Response Rubric Anchor Paper Response Additional Example Responses for Clarification

20 Managing Gridded Response and Essay Items (Early Online Administrations) Phase 1 Essay and gridded response items done with paper/pencil (2/2014) Phase 2 - Gridded response items and essay done online (8/2014)

21 FAQs Readiness Assessment FAQs Test Prep

22 Does CTB have a FREE practice test? CTB will offer FREE Practice Item SAMPLERS on TASCtest.com (2/21) Downloadable PDFs Designed to expose learners to o Test content o Item types Not predictive like the Readiness Test

23 Test Preparation

24 Contemporary McGraw Hill Education PRINT Discipline Specific Common Core Print Student Books (Achieve Series) - Mathematics - Feb 7 th - Reading Feb 24 th - Writing - Feb 24 th - Science - March 14 th - Social Studies - March 14 th TASC Exercise Books April 30 th Common Core Achieve Online Feb. 27 th TASC-specific scope & sequence and assessment item types

25 Contemporary McGraw Hill Education Adaptive Learning and Test Prep Practice Coming March 14 th -27th Getting Started with Computers and Keyboarding Online Test Taking

26 New Readers Press

27 McGraw Hill Professional Coming February 7 th

28 Kaplan New TASC Strategies, Practice, and Review 2014 Coming May 6, 2014

29 How do AE centers learn about test preparation materials for the TASC Test? o Visit TASCtest.com after 2/28 o Contact AE publishers directly o Talk to colleagues o Explore online

30 Adult Education Publishers Aztec Contemporary/McGraw Hill Essential Education/GED Academy Kaplan McGraw Hill Professional New Readers Press

31 Q&A

32 Thanks for attending.