Invitation to be a Test Administrator for theTechnology Assisted 
Reading Assessment (TARA) Field Test


Educational Testing Service (ETS) is looking for 20 test 
administrators:

·       Administrators need to be computer literate and have 
experience with the assistive technologies that are commonly used 
by students with blindness or visual impairments.  The ideal 
candidate will be a TVI or AT specialist working with students in 
grades 7-11.

·       Administrators must attend an all-day training session in 
Minneapolis on May 15th

·       Administrators will be responsible for recruiting 10 
students in grades 7-11 of various ability levels and degrees of 
visual impairment to participate in the study


Payment:

·       $5,000 for recruiting and testing 10 students

·       $500 honorarium plus travel costs for May 15th training

·       Students will be given a thank you gift ($15 value)


More about the test:

ETS, working with the National Center on Educational Outcomes 
(NCEO) and the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST), 
developed a prototype assessment of technology assisted reading 
for blind and visually impaired students.  This work is part of a 
research grant funded by the U.S.  Department of Education's 
National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER).  This 
assessment is designed to be administered to students who use or 
are learning to use Assistive Technology (AT).  The purpose is to 
measure the student's skills in using this technology to access 
text independently.  The assessment includes 4 sets of on-demand 
performance tasks and 10 open ended test questions that will be 
administered one-on-one by a trained test administrator.  Test 
administration takes between 45 minutes and 2 hours depending on 
the experience of the test administrator and the proficiency 
level of the student.



If you are interested in becoming a TARA Test Administrator

Contact Cara Laitusis, [log in to unmask] for additional 
information

Visit the TARA website to learn more about the project 
www.naraptara.info


For printable flyer see:

http://naraptara.info/research/TARAtestAdminInvite.pdf


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