Preparing for Computer-Based Testing for Grades 4 & 5 The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) Office of Assessments is committed to helping districts effectively plan for the administration of Grades 4 and 5 computer-based tests. The tests are designed to be administered on the computer and feature a variety of interactive questions that are more engaging and aligned with 21st century teaching and learning practices. The testing calendar has been extended an additional week to provide schools with more flexibility administering computer-based testing. In addition, the following tools have been developed to prepare students, educators, and technology coordinators:

1. The OSTP Grades 4 & 5 Readiness Tool provides educators and students access to test-drive the iTester platform.

URL: https://okpracticetest.measuredprogress.org/student/login

Username: oklahoma Password: student

*All available online tools are present for the readiness tool to allow access for students that will need IEP/504/EL accommodations (e.g., color contrast, text-to-speech). The options screen will not display to students during the operational assessment.

2. The OSTP Site Technology Capacity Tool is designed to provide technology coordinators with a quantitative picture of device and bandwidth capacity.

How to Use: On page 3, please enter the values for each input metric (blue boxes) in the 'Value' column in the table on the next page to calculate your school site capacity. After entering the values, you will notice that the results are updated based on the values you provided.

Desktop and Laptop Specific Requirements

CPU 1.3 GHz

Memory 2 GB (4 GB is strongly recommended for best performance)

Input Device Keyboard – wired or wireless/Bluetooth® enabled mouse or touchpad

Windows® Windows® 7, 8.1, and 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)

macOS® 10.11 – 10.13 (64-bit only)

Linux® Ubuntu® 16.04.3 LTS (64-bit only) FedoraTM 27 (64-bit only)

Tablet/Netbook/2-in-1 Specific Requirements

iOS 11.4 – 12

Chromebook™ notebook computer Chrome OSTM 66–68

Windows®-based tablets/netbooks/2-in-1 Windows® 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Preparing for Computer-Based Testing for Grades 4 & 5 Please note: Districts experiencing extenuating circumstances related to device capacity issues or Internet-bandwidth issues may submit a one-year waiver request to the Oklahoma State Board of Education to administer the Grade 4 and/or Grade 5 via paper. Any district requesting such a waiver must provide justification and evidence by December 1, 2018 to the OSDE that the district lacks device capacity or Internet-bandwidth to administer the Grades 4 and/or Grade 5 online. In addition, schools administering only paper-based tests will complete testing during the three-week window published in the state testing calendar.

ValueMetricsTotal number of devices at site used for testing

Total average test size (in MB; this is the same for all grades and contents)

District Bandwidth (1 Gbps = 1000 Mbps)

Total number of tested students at site

Testing window (in weeks)

Number of tested grades at site

Tests or sessions given at site

Results for above input values:Prerequisite: Convert district bandwidth from Mbps (mega bits per seconds) to MBps (mega byte per seconds) to calculate measurement units

Number of students bandwith will allow

Approx. number of students which can test simultaneously, based on bandwidth and number of devices. Note: This does not take into account bandwidth used by other users (i.e. faculty and staff) during test administration.

Approx. total number of testing sessions

Approx. number test sessions per week

Approx. number of test sessions needed per day, testing 5 days a week

Approx. number of test sessions needed per day, testing 4 days a week

Approx. number of test sessions needed per day, testing 3 days per week

OSTP Site Technology Capacity Tool

How to Use: To help calculate your school site capacity, please enter the values for each input metric (blue boxes) in the 'Value' column in the table below. After entering the values, you will notice that the results are updated based on the values you provided. Note: This is an approximation to provide a quantitative picture of device and bandwidth capacity. See Exemplars on the next pages.

4 MB

5 weeks

Mbps

Small School Exemplar

This is a K-8 site, so there

are 5 online tested grades. This school has chosen to give

only one section of one test

each day. Ex: 5th grade ELA is 3

sessions and tested over 3 days

Although the bandwidth will

support 94 test takers

simultaneously, the site is

restricted to the 20 devices

they use for testing.

Since the site only has the

technology to test 20 students

simultaneously, conducting

test sessions 5 days a week or

4 days a week are viable

options for this site.

Medium/Large School Exemplar

This is a 6-8 site, so there

are 3 online tested grades.

This school has chosen to

complete each test in one day,

with the exception of Grade 8

ELA. They have elected to

complete the writing portion

(Section 1) the day after

completing the Multiple-choice

portion (Sections 2 and 3)

Although the bandwidth will

support more test takers

simultaneously, the site is

restricted to the 100 devices

they use for testing.

Since the site only has the

technology to test 100

students simultaneously,

conducting test sessions 5 days

a week is the only viable

option.