Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part XI - Accountability/Testing › Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices › Chapter 53 - Test Security › Section XI-5317 - Virtual Charter Schools [Formerly LAC 28:CXl.317]

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.