2015-2016 Campus Test Security Plan
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2015-2016 Campus Test Security Plan
Purpose: The purpose of the Campus Test Security Plan is to ensure all guidelines are met for state and national assessments. It is important that the guidelines of this plan have been communicated to administrative and campus staff. The following items shall be addressed within this plan:
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Specific Test Security
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Campus Test Security
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Expectations for the Campus Testing Coordinator
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Expectations for Test Administrators and all Staff Members
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Expectations for Students
Directions: Identify the members of the planning team. Each team member should include their cell phone number in case a testing emergency should occur.
Campus Position Name Cell Phone Number
Location of Campus Test Room:
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Key Access to the Campus Test Room: Identify the people who have key access to the test room/test materials:
Campus Position Name
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Penalties for Violation of Security and Confidentiality of Assessments (reference 2015 Test
Security Supplement)
Violation of security or confidentiality of any test required by the Texas Education Code (TEC),
Chapter 39, Subchapter B, shall be prohibited. A person who engages in conduct prohibited by the
Test Security Supplement may be subject to sanction of credentials. Charter school test administrators are not required to be certified; however, any irregularity in the administration of any test required by the TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B, would cause the charter itself to come under review by the commissioner of education for possible sanctions or revocation, as provided under the TEC, §12.115(a)(4).
Procedures for maintaining the security and confidentiality of state assessments are specified in the Test Security Supplement and in the appropriate test administration materials. Conduct that violates the security and confidentiality of a test is defined as any departure from the test administration procedures established in this supplement and other test administration materials.
Conduct of this nature may include, but is not limited to, the following acts and omissions:
► changing or altering a response or answer of an examinee to a secure test item
► providing, suggesting, or indicating a test question response to an examinee;
► aiding or assisting an examinee with a response or answer to a secure test item;
► identifying incorrect responses for students;
► solving questions in the test or scoring a student’s test either formally or informally;
► duplicating secure examination materials; viewing a test before, during, or after an assessment unless specifically authorized to do so;
► disclosing the contents of any portion of a secure test;
► failing to report to an appropriate authority that an individual has engaged in conduct outlined in the items listed above;
► fraudulently exempting or preventing a student from participating in the administration of a required state assessment; or
► encouraging or assisting an individual to engage in the conduct described in the items listed above.
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Any person who violates, assists in the violation of, or solicits another to violate or assist in the violation of test security or confidentiality, as well as, any person who fails to report such a violation is subject to the following penalties:
► placement of restrictions on the issuance, renewal, or holding of a Texas educator certificate, either indefinitely or for a set term;
► issuance of an inscribed or non-inscribed reprimand;
► suspension of a Texas educator certificate for a set term; or
► revocation or cancellation of a Texas educator certificate without opportunity for reapplication either for a set term or permanently.
Release or disclosure of confidential test content is a Class C misdemeanor and could result in criminal prosecution under TEC §39.0303, Section 552.352 of the Texas Government Code, and
Section 37.10 of the Texas Penal Code. Further, 19 TAC §249.15 stipulates that the State Board for Educator Certification may take any of the above actions based on satisfactory evidence that an educator has failed to cooperate with TEA in an investigation.
Reporting Irregularities: All irregularities should be reported in accordance to Dallas ISD State and National Assessments training guidelines.
Please list below the campus procedures for reporting irregularities to the Campus Test
Coordinator: o Step 1 o Step 2 o Step 3 o Step 4 o Step 5
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Receiving and Shipping Test Material on Campus:
Training and Test Prep:
All personnel involved in testing are expected to watch the active monitoring video located at
http://texas.testsecuritytraining.com and turn in the certificate to the Campus Coordinator upon the specified completion date after training and before handling test materials. Test Administrators are to actively monitor students at all times. Test Administrators will be given monitoring sheets and will be expected to document activity every 15 minutes. Please document when the test session begins, when a student leaves the classroom for any reason, i.e., nurse, etc…, when relief personnel come to your classroom, when each test booklet is collected upon completion of examinees, and when the test session ends.
Check in/Check Out Procedures: o Check in/out time/location o Monitor role o Test administrator role o Once test booklets are checked out, the Test Administrator is responsible for keeping them
secure at all times per the test security training. o Material distribution procedures o Materials reconciliation procedures
Principal Role: o Before testing o During Testing o After Testing
Process for parental communication of test dates o Process o Person responsible
Emergency Procedures: o Weather related o Sick Students
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Emergency Situation Procedures o In the event of an emergency, please follow the standard emergency campus procedures of the campus. The Campus Coordinator will note the beginning and end times of the emergency so that it will not be counted into the testing time session. In the event that students and staff are to evacuate their testing sites, please lock the door and get the students out immediately.
Student safety is first. The Campus Coordinator will meet with the Campus Administration and communicate with the Division Test Coordinator during and after the emergency for further direction. Upon receiving that information, the Campus Coordinator will devise a plan to communicate to the staff with administrative approval.
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Campus Test Coordinator Role: o Before testing o During Testing o After Testing
Late and Absent Students o process
Procedure for Archiving Test Material (please note all test material must be maintained for
5 years): o process o location
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Test Administrator Role: o Before testing o During Testing o After Testing
Hall Monitor Role: o Before testing o During Testing o After Testing
Training o Requirement o Consequence for failure to attend trainings
Test Environment o Process and Preparation
Use of Electronic Devices during Testing o o
Process
Consequences
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Use of Electronic Devices during Testing o o
Process
Consequences
Cheating/Plagiarism during Testing o o
Process
Consequences
Disruptive Students o o o
Definition
Process
Consequences and scoring of assessment
Students who may become ill during testing o o
Process (including time limit/stopping time, ect)
Process for students who have started test but are unable to finish due to illness
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2015-2016 Campus Test Security Plan
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