Section R277-404-8 - Public Education Employee Compliance with Assessment Requirements, Protocols, and Security(1) An educator, test administrator or proctor, administrator, or school employee may not: (a) violate any specific assessment administrative procedure specified in the assessment administration manual, violate any state or LEA statewide assessment policy or procedure, or violate any procedure specified in the Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Policy;(b) fail to administer a statewide assessment;(c) fail to administer a statewide assessment within the designated assessment window;(d) submit falsified data;(e) allow a student to copy, reproduce, or photograph an assessment item or component; or(f) knowingly do anything that would affect the security, validity, or reliability of statewide assessment scores of any individual student, class, or school.(2) A school employee or third party proctor shall promptly report an assessment violation or irregularity to a building administrator, an LEA superintendent or director, or the Superintendent.(3) An educator who violates this rule or an assessment protocol is subject to Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission or Board disciplinary action consistent with Rule R277-215.(4) All assessment material, questions, and student responses for required assessments is designated protected, consistent with Subsection 63G-2-305(5), until released by the Superintendent.(5)(a) Each LEA shall ensure that all assessment content is secured so that only authorized personnel have access and that assessment materials are returned to Superintendent following testing, as required by the Superintendent.(b) An individual educator, third party proctor, or school employee may not retain or distribute test materials, in either paper or electronic form, for purposes inconsistent with ethical test administration or beyond the time period allowed for test administration.Utah Admin. Code R277-404-8
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2014-23, effective 11/10/2014Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-1, effective 12/8/2015Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-17, effective 8/11/2016Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-4, effective 1/24/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-7, effective 3/14/2018Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-6, effective 2/22/2019Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-23, effective 11/8/2019Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-17, effective 8/24/2020Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-15, effective 7/20/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-15, effective 7/22/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-12, effective 6/7/2024