Student: __________________________________________________________

SBAC: Tech Skills Checklist

The following checklists describe anticipated technology skills students need to effectively and
efficiently complete both the Math and ELA SBAC Assessments.
Periodically, ask students to demonstrate these skills.

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Basic Operation Skills and Mouse Skills

Properly login/logout of computer
Holds mouse appropriately
Moves mouse on screen
Places cursor on specific location on screen
Uses a mouse to perform single-click
Uses a mouse to double-click
Uses a mouse to right-click
Uses mouse to drag and drop items on screen
Uses mouse to highlight text on screen
Launches a program by activating an icon
Exits a program
When program is running can return to main menu
Can access help features
Open a window
Closes a window
Maximizes a window
Minimizes a window
Uses the scroll bar to move up and down on a screen
Uses the scroll bar to move left and right on a screen
Scrolls in multiple windows

*This checklist was created by the Middletown Public Schools Technology Department by taking and noting technology skills needed to perform
the SBAC practice field test. The following resources were also used as guides and references:

Technology Skills Checklist for Online Assessment by the University of Kentucky and CAST

Mount Vernon City School District Instructional Technology Curriculum Guide

Regional School District 13 K-6 Technology Integration Curriculum

Keyboarding Skills
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Can locate letters and type letters
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Uses enter/return key
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Appropriately uses space bar
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Uses delete key
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Uses backspace key
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Uses shift key
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Uses tab key
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Appropriately uses number pad
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Enters characters with reasonable speed
10. Can locate and type punctuation keys
11. Uses shift key to appropriately capitalize letters
12. Uses correct posture (shoulders parallel to screen, both feed on floor)

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Word Processing Skills

Uses cursor to type/insert text in specific location or field
Uses keyboard to type words/sentences/stories
Locate and enter appropriate punctuation
Composes at the keyboard (responds to prompt without first using
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When editing, inserts letters/words
When editing, deletes letters/words
When editing, replaces letters/words
When editing, changes case appropriately
Enters characters with reasonable speed
Locates and enters punctuation marks
Copies letters/words
Paste letters/words
Uses spacebar correctly to separate words
Uses the shift key for capitalization
Makes additional revisions to typed piece (identfies misspelled words
and chooses appropriate correction)
Can undo last entry
Can redo last entry
Formats text

*This checklist was created by the Middletown Public Schools Technology Department by taking and noting technology skills needed to perform
the SBAC practice field test. The following resources were also used as guides and references:

Technology Skills Checklist for Online Assessment by the University of Kentucky and CAST

Mount Vernon City School District Instructional Technology Curriculum Guide

Regional School District 13 K-6 Technology Integration Curriculum

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Identifies symbols for advancing screens

Identifies symbols for moving back screens
Can play video
Can stop video
Can pause video
Can rewind video
Can adjust volume
Identifies symbols and their functions

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Enter student login ID

Enter password
Can access/change preferences
Enters practice area
Accesses directions
Clicks in text box and types
Flags questions to be reviewed later
Scrolls to view questions/answers
Scrolls to navigate to response section
Resize windows in a split screen
Scroll within each box of a split screen
Selects appropriate answer
Deselects inappropirate answer
Click arrows to navigate through test
Opens/closes dialogue box
Click an underlined text to activate link
Understands and appropriately uses Settings options
Understands and appropriately uses Zoom In/Zoom Out features
Can delete objects and numbers
Can access information button to support in how question should be
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Understand when more than one answer is possible
Can appropriately navigate and enter equation

*This checklist was created by the Middletown Public Schools Technology Department by taking and noting technology skills needed to perform
the SBAC practice field test. The following resources were also used as guides and references:

Technology Skills Checklist for Online Assessment by the University of Kentucky and CAST

Mount Vernon City School District Instructional Technology Curriculum Guide

Regional School District 13 K-6 Technology Integration Curriculum

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Can select/deselect objects

Can flag question and advance without accurately answering question
Can create graph
Can drag and drop text and move in appropriate sequence
Start audio
Stop audio
Can draw line segments

*This checklist was created by the Middletown Public Schools Technology Department by taking and noting technology skills needed to perform
the SBAC practice field test. The following resources were also used as guides and references:

Technology Skills Checklist for Online Assessment by the University of Kentucky and CAST

Mount Vernon City School District Instructional Technology Curriculum Guide

Regional School District 13 K-6 Technology Integration Curriculum