Policy 2340 WV Measures of Academic Progress WVMAP

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Policy 2340WV Measuresof Academic
ProgressWV-MAP

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WV-MAP
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Policy 2340

• All personnel who handle WV-MAP materials must be
  trained on
• test security procedures
• Testing Code of Ethics
• reporting procedures for security violations
• possible consequences of testing or data security
  violations

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Testing Code of Ethicsand Test Security
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TEST NOTIFICATION

• Students and parents/guardians shall be
• Given notification before testing
• Provided information on the purposes of the test
  and uses of test results and
• Encouraged to follow test preparation procedures.

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TEST SECURITY

• As per West Virginia Board Policy 2340, county
  school personnel shall establish and implement
  procedures to ensure maximum test security and
  limit involvement to school personnel.

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TEST SECURITY

• Principals are responsible for providing secure
  central storage for testing materials while they
  are in the schools.
• The secure central storage area should be
  accessible to principals and building-level test
  coordinators only.

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TEST SECURITY

• Principals are responsible for providing
  school-level training on test administration and
  security procedures.

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TEST SECURITY

• Principals are responsible for monitoring to
  ensure that testing is conducted in an ethical
  and secure manner.

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TEST SECURITY

• Any individual who administers or handles the
  test materials must be trained and must sign
• the secure materials agreement
• the verification of training form

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TEST SECURITY

• Before each daily test administration, materials
  must be distributed according to instructions
  provided with the test.
• Tests must be secured at all times during test
  administration, including break times.
• All test booklets must be counted, reconciled,
  and returned to a centrally located, locked and
  secure area immediately following each daily
  testing session.

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TEST SECURITY
The test administration area shall be maintained
in a secure manner and shall include only those
students to whom the assessment is being
administered and the examiners.
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TEST SECURITY
All student test data will be stored in a locked
and secured area. Student test data will be
maintained under conditions consistent with the
requirements of the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA).
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HANDLING TEST BOOKLETS

• Do not
• Leave test booklets on desks unattended
• Put test booklets in unlocked cabinets
• Take test booklets home
• Throw booklets away
• Reproduce test booklets in any manner
  including taking notes/paraphrasing questions
• Do
• Lock test booklets up in a safe, secure, central
  location

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ETHICAL TESTING

• Test booklets or questions shall not be
  reproduced or paraphrased in any manner.
• No portion of student responses to any item shall
  be kept at the school, copied or reproduced.

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ETHICAL TESTING

• Personnel responsible for the testing program
  shall be properly instructed in the appropriate
  test administration procedures. Documentation
  for this must be kept in accreditation file
  6.5.3.
• No one shall violate test security or the
  accuracy of the test data score results by
  manipulating the test administration, demographic
  data or the students answers or data.

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ETHICAL TESTING

• The examiners shall not use any specific
  information from the secure test questions to
  review students, create review worksheets, or any
  other aids that would improve students test
  scores without improving the underlying knowledge
  base.
• Students shall not be reviewed for a content area
  of the test on the day it is given.
• Specific information, as specified by the test
  manual, shall not be displayed in the room during
  test administration.
• Only references or tools designated in test
  manuals are allowed.

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ETHICAL TESTING

• Test materials are not to be in the school more
  than one week prior to testing.
• Access to test booklets and answer sheets shall
  be restricted to the test administration period.

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TEST ADMINISTRATION

• Tests shall be administered only during the
  testing window established by the West Virginia
  Board of Education.

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TEST ADMINISTRATION

• Examiners must be educators employed by the
  county, RESA or state.
• Examiners of standardized tests shall rigorously
  follow the appropriate administrative procedures
  as directed in the tests administration manuals.
• All examiners shall strive to create a positive
  testing environment.

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TEST ADMINISTRATION

• Students shall not have prior access to test
  questions.
• Examiners shall limit assistance to students to
  issues concerning the mechanical aspects of
  marking answers, clarifying directions, and
  finding the right place on answer sheets.
• Examiners shall not indicate right or wrong
  answers in any manner (including body language
  and tone of voice) or point out the rationale of
  an item.

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TEST ADMINISTRATION

• Accommodations for students with Individual
  Education Plans (IEPs), Section 504 Plans, or
  Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Assessment
  Participation forms shall be provided as
  established in their plans.
• During WESTEST and APTA, the accommodations in
  mathematics and reading/language arts must be
  documented by the assigned examiner (WVS.326
  Testing Option Report, Assessment with
  Accommodations).

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TEST ADMINISTRATION

• Students and examiners shall be monitored to
  ensure that appropriate test taking and test
  security procedures are followed.

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TEST SECURITY

• Any breach of security, loss of materials, or
  other deviation from acceptable security
  procedures shall be reported immediately to
• The School Principal
• County Test Coordinator
• County School Superintendent
• Proper Authorities at WVDE
• Investigation by WVDE will follow.

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INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATION

• Any written or oral report alleging a violation
  of test security shall be investigated. If the
  investigating team determines that violations
  have occurred, appropriate action shall be taken
  which may include
• Suspension
• Termination
• Revocation of teaching license

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