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Chapter 2. Pupils. Subchapter 3.75. Standardized Testing and Reporting Program. Standards-Based Achievement Tests, Alternate Assessments, and Any Primary Language Test. STAR Test Security Agreement and Test Security Affidavit.
(b) The STAR Test Security Agreement shall be as follows:
STAR TEST SECURITY AGREEMENT
I acknowledge by my signature on this form that standards-based achievement tests, including the CSTs, the California Alternate Performance Assessment, the CMA, and the Standards-based Tests in Spanish, are secure tests and agree to each of the following conditions to ensure test security:
(1) I will take all necessary precautions to safeguard all tests and test materials by limiting access to persons within the school district with a responsible, professional interest in the tests' security.
(2) I will keep on file the names of all persons having access to tests and test materials. All persons having access to the materials shall be required to sign the STAR Test Security Affidavit that will be kept on file in the school district office.
(3) I will keep the CSTs, the California Alternate Performance Assessment, the CMA, and the Standards-based Tests in Spanish and their test materials in a secure, locked location and will deliver tests and test materials only to those persons who have executed STAR Test Security Affidavits on actual testing dates as provided in section 859(d) with the exception of subdivision (4) below.
(4) I will keep the California Alternate Performance Assessment materials in a secure locked location when not being used by examiners to prepare for and to administer the assessment. I will adhere to the contractor's directions for the distribution of the assessment materials to examiners.
(5) I will not copy any part of the tests or test materials without written permission from the CDE to do so.
(6) I will not disclose, or allow to be disclosed, the contents of the tests or the test instruments. I will not review any test questions, passages, or other test items with any other person before, during, or after the test administration.
(7) I will not develop scoring keys, review any pupil responses, or prepare answer documents except as required by the test administration manual(s) prepared by the testing contractor.
By signing my name to this document, I am assuring that I will abide by the above conditions.
Signed: ____________________________________
Print Name: ________________________________
Title: _____________________________________
School District: ___________________________
Date: ______________________________________
(c) All test examiners, proctors, translators, scribes, and any other persons having access to any of the test materials or tests administered pursuant to Education Code section 60640 shall acknowledge the limited purpose of their access to the tests by signing the STAR Test Security Affidavit set forth in subdivision (d).
(d) The STAR Test Security Affidavit shall be as follows:
STAR TEST SECURITY AFFIDAVIT
I acknowledge that I will have access to one or more of the standards-based achievement tests, including the CSTs, the California Alternative Performance Assessment, the CMA, and the Standards-based Tests in Spanish, and test materials, for the purpose of administering the test(s). I understand that these materials are highly secure, and it is my professional responsibility to protect their security as follows:
(1) I will not divulge the contents of the tests to any other person through verbal, written, or any other means of communication.
(2) I will not copy any part of the test(s) or test materials.
(3) I will keep the test(s) secure until the test(s) are actually distributed to pupils.
(4) I will limit access to the test(s) and test materials by test examinees to the actual testing periods when they are taking the test(s).
(5) I will collect and account for all materials following each period of testing and will not permit pupils to remove test materials from the room where testing takes place.
(6) I will not review any test questions, passages, or other test items independently or with pupils or any other person before, during, or following testing.
(7) I will not develop scoring keys, review any pupil responses, or prepare answer documents except as required by the test administration manual(s) prepared by the testing contractor.
(8) I will return all test materials for the CSTs, the CMA, and the Standards-based Tests in Spanish to the designated STAR test site coordinator daily upon completion of testing.
(9) I will keep all the California Alternate Performance Assessment materials in secure locked storage except when I am administering or observing the administration of the assessment to pupils.
(10) I will administer the test(s) in accordance with the directions for test administration and test administration manuals prepared by the testing contractor.
(11) I have been trained to administer the tests.
Signed: ____________________________________
Print Name: ________________________________
Position: __________________________________
School: ____________________________________
School District: ___________________________
Date: ______________________________________
(e) To maintain the security of the program, all district STAR coordinators and test site coordinators are responsible for inventory control and shall use appropriate inventory control forms to monitor and track test inventory.
Authority cited:
Education Code 33031
Education Code 60605
Reference:
Education Code 60605
Education Code 60640
(Amended by Register 2011, No. 15.)