La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXI-501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section CXI-501 - District Test Coordinator Role

A.

1. A district test coordinator's responsibilities fall into three categories:

a. making arrangements for testing;

b. handling and maintaining the security of test materials; and

c. training school test coordinators, district special education directors/supervisors, district Section 504 coordinators, district student information system coordinators, and principals.

2. Specific tasks include:

a. submitting enrollment data by the yearly deadline;

b. appointing a school test coordinator for every school involved in state testing;

c. scheduling testing and makeup dates and times of state tests based on state-approved schedules;

d. arranging for testing students enrolled in approved home study programs and nonpublic schools;

e. coordinating with the district Section 504 coordinator the submission of student Section 504 data to the student information system (SIS);

f. conducting district training sessions for all principals, school test coordinators, district Section 504 coordinators, district student information system coordinators, district special education directors/supervisors, and district LEP coordinators;

g. answering questions about test security, administration, and return of materials;

h. receiving and verifying the delivery and return of testing materials;

i. designating an appropriate locked, secure area for storing testing materials;

j. maintaining the security of test materials immediately upon receipt of testing materials from testing contractors and from schools;

k. distributing testing materials to school test coordinators;

l. collecting, assembling, and packaging all testing materials and completing and submitting or filing all forms as instructed in the manuals;

m. arranging for pickup of testing materials for shipment to the scoring contractor as instructed in the manuals;

n. reporting immediately to the LDE, Division of Standards, Assessments, and Accountability, any missing test booklets or answer documents and returning them to test contractors if they are found;

o. investigating any testing irregularities and reporting them to the LDE, Division of Assessments and Accountability;

p. reporting to the LDE, Division of Assessments and Accountability, instances of students marking in a wrong section of the answer document;

q. submitting all void and test irregularities forms and documentation as instructed in the manuals;

r. returning any secure materials used for test accommodations, such as transparencies or computer disks, to the LDE, Division of Assessments and Accountability;

s. maintaining the district password and all school passwords within the district that are used with LEAPweb Reporting System and the LEAPdata Query System;

t. training district and school users within a district to effectively use the systems; ensure they are familiar with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) law governing confidentiality of student records, and ensure they have signed a security agreement before receiving a password for access to the LEAPdata Query System;

u. ensuring:

i. that all district/school users maintain the security of and access to all student information obtained via the LEAPweb Reporting and LEAPdata Query systems;

ii. that all school users are aware that student test data shall not be disclosed to anyone other than another school official and only for a legitimate educational purpose.

v. confirming that TA numbers have been assigned at each school for each scheduled test administration;

w. distributing passwords annually to each school's STC;

x. distributing student reports and summary reports to school test coordinators and principals in a timely manner.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXI-501

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1533 (July 2005), amended LR 33:258 (February 2007), LR 34: 1352 (July 2008), LR 34:2552 (December 2008), repromulgated LR 35:57 (January 2009), amended LR 35:218 (February 2009), LR 38:748 (March 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.