If a student is testing at home they should be using the remote link found in the Student Quick Test Start Up Steps found in the remote testing section of www.LASLinks.com/Texas
Remote testing has limited forms that can be taken
English Form B
Most districts require a teacher to use a conferencing app to monitor students while testing.
Districts have the ability to use the Test Monitoring Application through the DRC INSIGHT Portal. For more information see LL Test Monitoring
Guidance for the remote administration of the preLAS may be found in the Remote Testing section of www.LASLinks.com/Texas
LEA's have three options: provide students with a device loaded with INSIGHT; provide students with a device without INSIGHT; students may use their own personal device (no smartphones).
You may utilize the Test Monitoring Application for this purpose.
It is also possible to “kick a student out of a test” by logging in to the same test, with the student’s login credentials, while the student is still in the test. If you do interrupt a student’s test, make sure to invalidate the test results.
You may test remotely for both Identification and Reclassification purposes.
No, there is no difference to students however, DRC prefers that you test utilizing the secure app when testing onsite/in-person.
Yes. We also encourage you to have the parents sign the parent/guardian/student agreement found in the Remote Testing section of www.LASLinks.com/Texas
DRC's recommendation is that you suspend testing for that student, invalidate the test and attempt to test the student again when he/she returns to a brick and mortar setting.
You may retain the onsite scores and finish the student testing with the remote testing form (LAS Links Form B) and utilize the scores from both reports to provide a full report for the student.
Preview each student’s environment at the onset of the web meeting, and monitor them for any suspicious behavior, such as looking down or away from the camera during testing. Instruct the students to turn their phones off and place them out of reach prior to testing.
To ensure that the student is not letting someone else take their test, LAS Links Online Test Administrators should validate the identity of students entering the web meeting for testing and should monitor the students at all times.
Test Administrators should utilize the Test Monitoring Application in order to keep control of student "entry" into the test. Suspicious results should be questioned, documented and discussed with your director.
All grade spans: PreK3-K (preLAS), 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12 (LAS Links Online Form B)
If possible, please have the student complete the subtest on the same day. If it is not possible, they may resume the next day. If needed, be sure to extend the Test Session end date to allow the student to access the test on the next day.