Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices › Chapter 3 - Test Security › Section CXI-317 - Virtual Charter Schools

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Virtual charter schools shall be responsible for testing their own students.
1. Virtual charter schools shall test their
				students with staff of the virtual school. Virtual charter schools shall
				administer all state assessments and are subject to the Louisiana School and
				District Accountability System. Virtual charter schools shall conduct all state
				assessments at secure, proctored locations within reasonable distance of
				students' homes, as approved by the charter authorizer.
2. Parents and/or family members of the
				students of the virtual school shall not test their own children and/or family
				members. The local school district shall not test any students enrolled in
				virtual charter schools unless there is a written agreement between the local
				school district and the virtual charter school. No local school district shall
				ever be required to test students attending the virtual school.
3. The district will develop and submit to
				LDOE annually a test security policy approved by its board.
4. The virtual charter school's assessment
				plan shall be part of its board approved test security policy. The plan must
				identify:
a. the state assessments to be
				administered throughout the year;
b. the cities/towns where testing will
				occur;
c. description of testing
				locations;
d. qualifications of
				testing personnel;
e. procedures
				for implementation of the requirement of a photo ID of all students to ensure
				the students reporting for testing are the actual students assigned to that
				testing site; and
f. provisions for
				students' transportation to the testing locations.
5. LDOE will monitor the assessment
				plan.
6. If the student population
				of the virtual school is spread across multiple parishes, the virtual school
				shall secure testing centers in those parishes (e.g., public library meeting
				rooms; public meeting facility; private meeting facility; rooms at community
				colleges, technical colleges, colleges). Testing centers shall be physical
				locations and must be submitted to LDOE prior to testing. A plan for providing
				student transportation to the assessment location on an as needed
				basis.
7. Thirty days prior to
				testing, the virtual charter school shall provide LDOE a list of students with
				testing accommodations as specified in the IEP for students with disabilities
				according to IDEA, IAPs for students with disabilities according to section
				504, and accommodation plans for limited English proficient (LEP)
				students.
8. Within 30 days of
				testing, the virtual charter schools shall provide LDOE documentation of
				training in test administration and test security for each test administration.
				A copy of the following must be included:
a.
				the agenda;
b. all training
				materials; and
c. all
				sign-in-sheets.
9.
				Within 30 days of testing, the virtual charter school shall provide LDOE
				documentation of the test administration including the:
a. testing locations;
b. schedule;
c. all sign-in sheets for the students
				assessed with the name of the assessment administered;
d. days and times the student was assessed;
				and
e. provided
				accommodations.
10. LDOE
				staff shall have the authority to:
a. monitor
				the implementation of the testing plan;
b. require changes to the testing plan as
				deemed necessary.
11.
				LDOE staff shall:
a. notify virtual charter
				schools of any new requirements to their testing plan;
b. annually evaluate the testing plan to
				ensure full compliance with policies and procedures.