Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-10 - MISCELLANEOUS › Section 6A-10.042 - Test Administration and Security

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Tests implemented in accordance with the
				requirements of Sections
				1003.52,
				1003.56,
				1007.25,
				1007.35,
				1008.22,
				1008.25,
				1008.30,
				1012.55 and
				1012.56, F.S., shall be
				maintained and administered in a secure manner such that the integrity of the
				tests shall be preserved.
(a) Test questions
				shall be preserved in a secure manner by individuals who are developing and
				validating the tests. Such individuals shall not reveal in any manner, verbally
				or in writing, the test questions under development.
(b) Tests or individual test questions shall
				not be revealed, copied, or otherwise reproduced by persons who are involved in
				the administration, proctoring, or scoring of any test.
(c) Examinees shall not be assisted in
				answering test questions by any means by persons administering or proctoring
				the administration of any test.
(d)
				Examinees' answers to questions shall not be interfered with in any way by
				persons administering, proctoring, or scoring the examinations.
(e) Examinees shall not be given answers to
				items by any person.
(f) Persons
				who are involved in administering or proctoring the tests or persons who teach
				or otherwise prepare examinees for the tests, whether they be associated with a
				school district or educational institution under Section
				1003.49, F.S., shall not
				participate in, direct, aid, counsel, assist in, or encourage any activity
				which could result in the inaccurate measurement or reporting of the examinees'
				achievement.
(g) Each person who
				has access to tests or test questions during the development, printing,
				administration, or scoring of the tests shall be informed of specifications for
				maintaining test security, the provisions in statute and rule governing test
				security, and a description of the penalties for breaches of test
				security.
(h) During each test
				administration, school district, charter school sponsor, and institutional test
				administration coordinators and contractors employing test administrators and
				proctors shall ensure that required testing procedures are being followed at
				all test administration sites. Officials from the Department are authorized to
				conduct unannounced observations of test administration procedures at any test
				administration site to ensure that testing procedures are being correctly
				followed.
(i) In accordance with
				Section 1008.24, F.S., a school district
				may use district employees, such as education paraprofessionals as described in
				Section 1012.37, F.S.; a licensed,
				certified instructor; or an education services officer test administrator as
				described in Section 1008.213(2),
				F.S., to administer and proctor statewide, standardized assessments required
				under Section 1008.22, F.S. All test
				administrators and proctors for the statewide assessments administered pursuant
				to Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C., must
				complete training requirements outlined in Training Requirements for
				Administering and Proctoring the Statewide Assessments, 2023, (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16042
)
				incorporated herein by reference. A copy may be obtained by contacting the
				Division of Accountability, Research and Measurement, Department of Education,
				325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.