Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 109 - Student Assessment Handbook › Chapter 4 - Testing Irregularities and Consequences › Appendix 7-109-4-F - Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, Requirements of the Mississippi Statewide Assessment System, Appendix F, Standard 22 › Section 7-109-4-F-VI - CONSEQUENCES

Current through June 25, 2024
A. LETTER OF WARNING
If a violation has been verified that did not result in a
					 substantial probability that the security, accuracy, or validity of the test
					 results has been jeopardized, then the Office of Student Assessment may issue a
					 letter of warning to the school district superintendent to be placed in the
					 district and/or school file.
Multiple and/or repeated minor violations that indicate the
					 district and/or school has not corrected issues addressed in previous letters
					 of warning or that the district and/or school has continued to be in
					 noncompliance with the numbered issues listed in Requirements (Section IV) may
					 result in a recommendation for a citation to be placed on the accreditation
					 record. (See B below.) In the case of improper student behavior supported by
					 the data forensics company and not disproved in the district reports, the
					 district will be asked to request the invalidation of the suspect scores. If
					 the improper student behavior is determined to be isolated to an individual
					 student's or to individual students' behavior and not supported or condoned by
					 the district, the district will not receive a letter of warning. The district
					 will be asked in an official letter by the Office of Student Assessment to put
					 measures in place to address and prevent the possibility of such improper
					 behavior being repeated. However, multiple administrations resulting in suspect
					 scores may result in further investigation by the Office of Student Assessment
					 that may lead to further consequences. (See CONSEQUENCES.)
B. CITATION PLACED ON THE ACCREDITATION
				  RECORD WITH NO IMMEDIATE ACTION TO DOWNGRADE THE ACCREDITATION STATUS
1. Multiple Letters of Warning
Multiple and/or repeated violations as outlined in A above
					 may result in a recommendation for a citation to be placed on the district's
					 Accreditation Record Summary. The Office of Accreditation will note the
					 citation of noncompliance on the district's accreditation record and notify the
					 superintendent of this action. No immediate action to downgrade the district
					 accreditation status will be recommended. This citation will remain on record
					 until the district has
successfully
completed the next scheduled
					 administration of the same test for which the irregularity was originally
					 verified.
The Office of Student Assessment may recommend to the
					 Commission on School Accreditation that the school's annual performance
					 classification include the label School in Violation of Test Security.
2. Substantial Probability That
				  the Security, Accuracy, or Validity of the Test Results Has Been Jeopardized
If a verified violation has resulted in a substantial
					 probability that the security, accuracy, or validity of the test results has
					 been jeopardized, the Office of Student Assessment will issue written
					 notification to the district superintendent. The Office of Student Assessment
					 will note the violation on the School and/or District Assessment Record and
					 notify the Office of Accreditation.
The Office of Accreditation will note the citation of
					 noncompliance on the district's accreditation record and notify the
					 superintendent of this action. No immediate action to downgrade the district
					 accreditation status will be recommended. This citation will remain on record
					 until the district has
successfully
completed the next scheduled
					 administration of the
same test
for which the irregularity was
					 originally verified. For example, if the citation is issued for the December
					 paper/pencil Subject Area Administration of the U. S. History Test, the next
					 scheduled administration for the same test will be the December paper/pencil
					 Subject Area administration the following year.
The Office of Student Assessment may submit a
					 recommendation to the Commission on School Accreditation that the school's
					 annual performance classification include the label School in Violation of Test
					 Security.