T EST S ECURITY (R EQUIRED FOR DTC S, STC S, AND TA S )

T EST S ECURITY Objectives  Understand how to use the Test Administration Manual to:  Implement the principles of secure test administration  Maintain security of printed test materials  Avoid and respond to test improprieties

T EST S ECURITY

 Security refers to:  Who has access to secure test materials  What students can see and hear while testing  What resources students can access while testing  Why security is important:  Ensure that each student’s responses are a valid representation of what that student knows and can do  Ensure the assessment data used for accountability purposes are valid and accurate  Ensure that test items can be used across years to allow for year- to-year comparability and to protect investments in test development A secure environment refers to the conditions under which tests are administered, not a specific location Secure Testing Environment: Reminder of Requirements TAM, Section 2.2 Security of the Test Environment

T EST S ECURITY  Security refers to:  Who has access to secure test materials  What students can see and hear while testing  What resources students can access while testing  Why security is important:  Ensure that each student’s responses are a valid representation of what that student knows and can do  Ensure the assessment data used for accountability purposes are valid and accurate  Ensure that test items can be used across years to allow for year- to-year comparability and to protect investments in test development A secure environment refers to the conditions under which tests are administered, not a specific location Secure Testing Environment: Reminder of Requirements TAM, Section 2.2 Security of the Test Environment

T EST S ECURITY  Ensure only the student and authorized staff have access  Maintain chain of custody from printing to shredding, using consistent protocols to collect and inventory all materials  Ensure all materials are securely destroyed  At the end of each test session (printed items and stimuli, notes, and scratch paper)  Upon test completion (for student drafts for ELPA21 and Smarter Balanced PT and constructed response items) Handling Secure Printed Test Materials: Reminder of Requirements TAM, Section 2.4 Secure Handling of Printed Test Materials

T EST S ECURITY Identifying and Preventing Improprieties: Reminder of Requirements  Definition: Behaviors prohibited because they give students an unfair advantage or compromise the security or validity of the test  Improprieties can be:  Committed by a student or an adult  Intentional or accidental  Affect a single student or a group of students  Strategies to prevent improprieties:  Know the rules and make sure students know the rules  Check the test environment to make sure it meets the security criteria  Ensure the test environment and the students are closely supervised When in doubt, check the TAM and seek clarification before testing! TAM, Section 3 Test Improprieties

T EST S ECURITY  Impacted tests may be invalidated, meaning the student loses their test opportunity  In rare cases, tests may be reset  Significant breaches of security could result in disciplinary action by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) or the district Potential Consequences: Reminder of Requirements TAM, Section 3.5 Consequences of Test Improprieties

T EST S ECURITY  Immediately report all potential test improprieties, even if you are unsure of the exact situation  PAUSE the student’s test pending the DTC’s investigation and authorization from ODE  DTC sends Test Impropriety Report to: Reporting Improprieties: Reminder of Requirements TAM, Section 3.6 Reporting Test Improprieties

T EST S ECURITY  Test Administration Manual:  Oregon Accessibility Manual  Promising Practices to Avoid Improprieties:  Test Security Forms: Online Resources

T EST S ECURITY Related Reading Requirements by Role User RoleDescription District Test Coordinator  Sections 2 and 3 of the TAM  Appendices D and E of TAM  The Oregon Accessibility Manual (OAM) School Test Coordinator  Sections 2 and 3 of the TAM  Appendices D and E of the TAM  The OAM Test Administrator  Sections 2 and 3 of the TAM  Sections 6 – 12 of the TAM based on the tests the TA will administer  The OAM