Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 10 - School Administration and Instructional Services › Subchapter 13 - Student Assessment and School Accountability › Section 210:10-13-18 - Oklahoma School Accountability System

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Academic performance targets.
The Oklahoma School Accountability System shall be based on a multimeasures
				approach to accountability in accordance with the
Elementary and
				Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA) as reauthorized by P.L. No.
				114-95, also known as the
Every Student Succeeds Act
(ESSA),
				and shall include the indicators set forth in 70 O.S. §
									1210.545.
				All public elementary and secondary schools and local educational agencies
				(LEAs) shall be accountable for student achievement and for reaching academic
				performance targets in accordance with the Oklahoma School Accountability
				System required by 70 O.S. §
									1210.541.
(b)
Consequences of testing
				irregularities or misconduct on test scores and academic performance
				targets.
(1) If the State Department of
				Education (OSDE) Office of Assessments receives documentation of a student
				cheating on a test, the student's score shall be "invalidated." The student's
				score report for that content area shall read "Invalidated." The "invalidated"
				score shall have the effect of nonparticipation when aggregated with scores of
				other students at the school, district, and state levels, unless the student is
				administered a breach test form.
(2) If a student does not attempt the test
				(such as refusal to read items or mark answers, finishing in 5 minutes, or
				randomly marking answers), no special action shall be taken. The student's test
				shall be scored and the score aggregated with the rest of the scores at the
				school, district, and state levels according to standard procedure.
(3) If a student becomes ill during testing
				and is not able to complete the test, the test shall not be scored and not
				counted in the summary scores. The student shall be counted as absent. If a
				breach form of the test is available through the Oklahoma School Testing
				Program (OSTP), the student may be given an opportunity to retake the same form
				within the same testing window.
(4)
				If any violation of security provisions occurs, such violations shall be
				reported in writing to the State Department of Education Office of Assessments
				and may result in a student's, a school site's, and/or a school district's test
				scores being declared as invalid in accordance with the provisions of
				210:10-13-4.
(A) In the case of invalidation resulting
				from a violation of the provisions of
				210:10-13-4,
				each invalidated score shall be equivalent to non-participation in the
				assessment and shall be aggregated with the remaining student scores at the
				school, district, and state levels in determining participation rates.
(B) If the violation is not the
				fault of the students involved, and if a breach form of the test is available
				through the OSTP, students may be given the breach form within the same testing
				window . In the case that a breach equivalent form is administered, the
				individual student score report shall reflect the scores from the equivalent
				test (in place of the previous invalidated scores) and shall be aggregated at
				the school, district, and state levels.
(C) Breach test forms of the OSTP shall only
				be made available through the OSDE Office of Assessments if determined
				practicable by the State Department of Education.
(5) If extreme changes in test scores or in
				academic performance data occur for a school or district from year to year, an
				investigation shall be conducted, which may include, but not be limited to,
				data forensics analysis, and results of any apparent testing irregularity or
				misconduct reported to the State Board of Education for possible further
				action, which may include but not be limited to, score invalidation.
(6) Statewide student response patterns shall
				be analyzed for aberrant responses for each school and districtthrough data
				forensics methodologies. The results shall be triangulated with observational
				and other accountability data to be included in the Academic Assessment
				Monitoring Program (AAMP).
(7)
				Steps for Dealing with Reported Testing Irregularities or Misconduct
(A)
Step One.
When the State
				Department of Education receives credible evidence of a testing irregularity or
				misconduct, the State Department of Education Office of Assessments shall
				promptly notify the school site and/or school district involved.
(i) The school district shall have at least
				thirty (30) calendar days to conduct an investigation of the alleged testing
				irregularity and provide the State Department of Education with a written
				response.
(ii) In the event that
				the testing irregularity occurred as a result of testing misconduct or test
				security violations, the school site and/or school district shall be required
				to include an explanation in its written response of how the testing
				misconduct/irregularity occurred and a description of the measures taken to
				prevent the misconduct from occurring again.
(B)
Step Two.
The testing
				irregularity or misconduct shall be categorized into one of three violation
				categories (minor, major, and critical) according to the severity of the
				violation and its possible consequences. Possible consequences may include, but
				not be limited to, invalidation of scores, accreditation with deficiency,
				accreditation with warning, accreditation with probation.
(C)
Step Three.
At the end of
				each testing period, a testing irregularity report shall be prepared by the
				State Department of Education Office of Assessments for review by the State
				Superintendent and possible further action.