La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXI-511

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

Section CXI-511 - School Test Coordinator Role

A. A school test coordinator's responsibilities include:

1. supervising testing procedures and materials control at the school level;

2. scheduling testing dates and times with the district test coordinator;

3. making arrangements for a location to test students with certain accommodations or in the case of untimed tests, students who need time beyond that scheduled to complete testing;

4. scheduling and monitoring makeup testing;

5. notifying the district test coordinator immediately of any missing secure materials;

6. verifying the count of all materials received and reporting any discrepancies to the district test coordinator;

7. ensuring the security of testing materials from the time they arrive at the school until the time they are returned to the district test coordinator;

8. noting any discrepancies in the count or numbering of test booklets or answer documents from that recorded on the security check off lists from the testing contractor;

9. notifying the district test coordinator of additional test booklets, answer documents, or manuals needed;

10. reviewing all manuals in their entirety;

11. conducting a training session in test security and administration for test administrators and all other individuals who have access to secure materials before, during, and after test administration;

12. submitting the Verification of Section 504 forms to the school district Section 504 coordinator by the date established in the district;

13. compiling a list of students approved for accommodations, with the accommodations they are to receive, and providing a list of such students in a testing group to individual test administrators;

14. verifying that classrooms have been prepared for testing (test-related content material removed or covered, sufficient space for students, testing sign on door);

15. distributing materials to test administrators on the appropriate testing day and collecting, checking in and putting into the secure storage area all secure testing materials at the end of each day of testing and during any extended breaks;

16. monitoring testing sessions;

17. supervising test administrators who must transfer student answers from large-print, braille, or other accommodation formats to a scorable answer document;

18. collecting and returning any computer disks or other accommodation-format testing materials;

19. reporting any testing irregularities to the district test coordinator; and

20. packaging test materials as instructed in the manuals for return to the district test coordinator.

21. assigning TA numbers before scheduled test administrations;

22. distributing student reports and summary reports to teachers and parents in a timely manner.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXI-511

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).

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