TEST SECURITY REQUIRED SCHOOL TEST COORDINATORS AND TEST

TEST SECURITY REQUIRED SCHOOL TEST COORDINATORS AND TEST ADMINISTRATORS

TEST SECURITY Objectives q Understand how to use the Test Administration Manual to: Ø Implement Ø Maintain Ø Avoid the principles of secure test administration security of printed test materials and respond to test improprieties

TEST SECURITY

TEST SECURITY Secure Testing Environment: Reminder of Requirements q Security refers to: Ø Ø Ø q Who has access to secure test materials What students can see and hear while testing What resources students can access while testing Why security is important: Ø Ø Ø Ensure that each student’s responses are a valid representation of what that student knows and can do Ensure the assessment data used for accountability purposes are valid and accurate Ensure that test items can be used across years to allow for year-toyear comparability and to protect investments in test development A secure environment refers to the conditions under which tests are administered, not a specific location TAM, Section 2. 2 Security of the Test Environment

TEST SECURITY Secure Testing Environment: Reminder of Requirements q Security refers to: Ø Ø Ø q Who has access to secure test materials What students can see and hear while testing What resources students can access while testing Why security is important: Ø Ø Ø Ensure that each student’s responses are a valid representation of what that student knows and can do Ensure the assessment data used for accountability purposes are valid and accurate Ensure that test items can be used across years to allow for year-toyear comparability and to protect investments in test development A secure environment refers to the conditions under which tests are administered, not a specific location TAM, Section 2. 2 Security of the Test Environment

TEST SECURITY Handling Secure Printed Test Materials: Reminder of Requirements q q q Ensure only the student and authorized staff have access Maintain chain of custody from printing to shredding, using consistent protocols to collect and inventory all materials Ensure all materials are securely destroyed Ø At the end of each test session (printed items and stimuli, notes, and scratch paper) Ø Upon test completion (for student drafts for ELPA 21 and Smarter Balanced PT and constructed response items) TAM, Section 2. 4 Secure Handling of Printed Test Materials

TEST SECURITY IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING IMPROPRIETIES: REMINDER OF REQUIREMENTS q q Definition: Behaviors prohibited because they give students an unfair advantage or compromise the security or validity of the test Improprieties can be: Committed by a student or an adult Ø Intentional or accidental Ø Affect a single student or a group of students Ø q Strategies to prevent improprieties: Know the rules and make sure students know the rules Ø Check the test environment to make sure it meets the security criteria Ø Ensure the test environment and the students are closely supervised Ø When in doubt, check the TAM and seek clarification before testing! TAM, Section 3 Test Improprieties

TEST SECURITY Potential Consequences: Reminder of Requirements q Impacted tests may be invalidated, meaning the student loses their test opportunity q In rare cases, tests may be reset q Significant breaches of security could result in disciplinary action by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) or the district TAM, Section 3. 5 Consequences of Test Improprieties

TEST SECURITY Reporting Improprieties: Reminder of Requirements q Immediately report all potential test improprieties, even if you are unsure of the exact situation q PAUSE the student’s test pending the DTC’s investigation and authorization from ODE q DTC sends Test Impropriety Report to: ode. testsecurity@state. or. us TAM, Section 3. 6 Reporting Test Improprieties

TEST SECURITY Related Reading Requirements by Role User Role District Test Coordinator School Test Coordinator Test Administrator Description Sections 2 and 3 of the TAM Appendices D and E of TAM The Oregon Accessibility Manual (OAM) Sections 2 and 3 of the TAM Appendices D and E of the TAM The OAM Sections 2 and 3 of the TAM Sections 6 – 12 of the TAM based on the tests the TA will administer The OAM

TEST SECURITY Online Resources q Test Administration Manual: http: //www. ode. state. or. us/go/tam q Oregon Accessibility Manual http: //www. ode. state. or. us/search/page/? =487 q Promising Practices to Avoid Improprieties: http: //www. ode. state. or. us/search/page/? =2444 q Test Security Forms: http: //www. ode. state. or. us/go/testsecurity