STAR Testing Dates, Orders, Workshops SABE testing window is unchanged, testing may begin on the last Monday in February if all orders to CTB are done. Some 250 districts have not ordered materials for this academic testing year. If the writing test for 4 th and 7 th grades is scheduled for the same date as a field trip, then this is considered the same as a school being not in session and the school may use the other testing date. June29 still date the last date to ship for scoring. In addition, a CDE person will be present to answer questions.
Standard accommodation is similar in effect to a make-up test.
An explanation on why a student is provided a standard accommodation is not required. Test directions can be clarified to students. Students who have hearing aides do not have to be coded as having a non-standard accommodation. Special education students are not entitled to different accommodations for testing than what they receive in their normal academic day. Students who take a test in Braille are scored on a different norm from the standard test.