Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 40 - STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION OF A SINGLE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT TEST › Section 40-8 - Testing of Non

Current through July 13, 2024
Public School Students.
(a) Eligible non-public school students who
				elect to take the ACT or WorkKeys shall test at an approved ACT testing site on
				the same statewide initial or makeup testing day as public school
				students.
(b) In September of each
				year, districts shall notify private and institutional schools within the
				district of the availability of statewide ACT and WorkKeys assessment of
				eleventh-grade students. Notice shall include information on how students can
				indicate intent to participate in this statewide assessment and provide a
				schedule of deadlines to meet in order to successfully participate in statewide
				test administration.
(i) Private and
				institutional schools shall distribute this information to potentially eligible
				students in a timely fashion so that students are made aware of the
				availability of statewide assessment.
(ii) Private and institutional school
				students shall contact their school of attendance to indicate intent to
				participate in statewide ACT or WorkKeys assessment. Students must designate
				whether they wish to participate in the ACT or the WorkKeys at this
				time.
(iii) By October 1, prior to
				the statewide testing date, private and institutional schools shall provide to
				the resident public school where the student will test:
(A) Evidence of eleventh-grade eligibility,
				date of birth, the WISER identification number assigned by the Department, and
				other information required by the district and reiterated in their
				correspondence with the student's private or institutional school;
				and
(B) If requesting
				accommodations for the ACT or WorkKeys, a current IEP or Section 504 Plan
				supporting the need for all requested accommodations due to the student's
				disability.
(C) On a case-by-case
				basis, the Department may grant exceptions to the October 1 deadline in
				extenuating and emergency circumstances. Evidence of extenuating or emergency
				circumstances shall accompany any request made to the Department after the
				October 1 deadline.
(iv)
				The resident public school where the private or institutional school student
				plans to test shall verify age and eleventh-grade status and notify the private
				or institutional school and the student of eligibility determination.
(v) The resident public school shall follow
				the process defined by ACT, Inc. to enable the non-public school student to
				participate in the statewide ACT or WorkKeys assessment and shall include the
				student and the private or institutional school in all further correspondence
				relative to statewide ACT or WorkKeys assessment, including gathering of
				accommodation documentation when needed.
(vi) If the private or institutional school
				student does not have a WISER identification number assigned from the
				Department, the resident public school shall refer the student back to his or
				her current school who must then follow procedures prescribed by the Department
				to obtain the WISER identification number.
(vii) If it is determined by the test
				supervisor that private or institutional school students must be assessed in a
				room(s) separate from the room where public school students are being examined,
				the private or institutional school shall be responsible for providing a room
				supervisor for its students on the statewide testing date. The room supervisor
				must be identified and trained in advance by the testing site's designated ACT
				test supervisor.