Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 22 - STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › Section 581-022-2100 - Administration of State Assessments

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Definitions. As used in this rule:
(a)
			 "Accommodations" means changes in procedures or materials that increase
			 equitable access during assessment and generate valid assessment results for
			 students for whom there is documentation of need on an Individualized Education
			 Program (IEP) or 504 (Plan); they allow these students to show what they know
			 and can do.
(b) "Designated
			 supports" means access features of the assessment available for use by any
			 student for whom the need has been indicated by an educator or team of
			 educators.
(c) "District test
			 coordinator" (DTC) means district personnel who ensure secure administration of
			 Oregon Statewide Assessments as defined by Oregon Revised Statute,
			 Administrative Rules, and the Test Administration Manual, including but not
			 limited to supervising the work of the school test coordinators and test
			 administrators.
(d) "Force majeure"
			 means an extraordinary circumstance (e.g., power outage or network disturbance
			 lasting at least one full school day) or act of nature (e.g., flooding,
			 earthquake, volcanic eruption) which directly prevents a school district from
			 making reasonable attempts to adhere to the Test Schedule.
(e) "Impropriety" means the administration of
			 an Oregon Statewide Assessment in a manner not in compliance with the Test
			 Administration Manual, Oregon Revised Statute, or this rule.
(f) "Invalidation" means the act of omitting
			 test results and student responses from the testing, reporting, and
			 accountability systems for a given testing event for which the student may not
			 retest.
(g) "Irregularity" means an
			 unusual circumstance that impacts a group of students who are testing and may
			 potentially affect student performance on the assessment or interpretation of
			 the students' scores. A force majeure is an example of a severe
			 irregularity.
(h) "Modification"
			 means practices and procedures that compromise the intent of the assessment
			 through a change in the achievement level, construct, or measured outcome of
			 the assessment.
(i) "Universal
			 Tools" means access features of the assessment that are either provided as
			 digitally-delivered components of the test administration system or separate
			 from it. Universal tools are available to all students based on student
			 preference and selection.
(j)
			 "Oregon Statewide Assessments" means:
(A) The
			 Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS) in:
(i) Science;
(i) Social Sciences;
(B) The Smarter Balanced Assessments
			 (Smarter) in:
(i) Mathematics
(ii) English Language Arts (ELA)
(C) The English Language
			 Proficiency Assessment (ELPA21);
(D) The Extended Assessment in:
(i) English Language Arts (ELA);
(ii) Mathematics;
(iii) Science; and
(E) The Kindergarten Assessment
(k) "Reset" means the removal of
			 student responses from the web-based testing application for a given testing
			 event for which the student may retest.
(l) "School building" means facilities owned,
			 leased, or rented by a school district, educational service district, public
			 charter school, private school, or private alternative program.
(m) "School district" means:
(A) A school district as defined in ORS
			 332.002;
(B) The Oregon School for the Deaf;
(C) The Juvenile Detention Education Program
			 as defined in ORS 326.695;
(D) The Youth Corrections Education Program
			 as defined in ORS 326.695;
(E) The Long Term Care Program as defined in
			 ORS 343.961; and
(F) The Hospital Education Programs as
			 defined in ORS 343.261.
(n) "School test coordinator" (STC) means
			 school personnel who provide comprehensive training to test administrators and
			 monitor the testing process.
(o)
			 "Test Administration Manual" means a manual published annually by ODE that
			 includes descriptions of the specific policies and procedures that school
			 districts are required to follow when administering any component of the Oregon
			 Statewide Assessments. References to the Test Administration Manual refer to
			 the edition in effect at the time of test administration and include appendices
			 and any addenda published in accordance with ODE's revision policy.
(p) "Test administrator" (TA) means an
			 individual trained to administer the Oregon Statewide Assessments in accordance
			 with the Test Administration Manual.
(q) "Test Schedule" means the Test Schedule
			 and Required Ship Dates published annually by ODE that includes the windows in
			 which school districts must offer their students the Oregon Statewide
			 Assessments and the deadline by with DTCs must ship or postmark test
			 materials.