Administration Code Testing Situations

1. Administration Code Testing Situations Decide if the situation is a violation or not a violation. Cite the page and paragraph number from the document(s) to support your decision. DRAFT

2. Situation 1 Teacher distributed blank graph paper for students to use during the mathematics assessment. Not a Violation Page 7 - Classroom Materials Acceptable, paragraph 6 DRAFT

3. Situation 2 Student used a dictionary while taking the social studies test. Violation Page 7 – Classroom Materials Not Acceptable, paragraph 3 DRAFT

4. Situation 3 Testing contractor discovered four Student Response Booklets with Post-it notes. Handwriting on Post-its didn’t match student writing. Teacher identified writing on Post-its as her own. Changes in answers appeared to be influenced by notes. Violation Page 7 – Administration Practices Not Acceptable, paragraph 1 & 2 DRAFT

5. Situation 4 Teacher visually scanned student test booklets at the end of the day to make sure scrap paper was removed and to see if students had answered all questions. He noticed one student had written about plans to commit suicide. Teacher photocopied the student’s entry and took it to the principal. Violation Page 5 – Test Security Acceptable, paragraph 5 DRAFT

6. Situation 5 Student began test then left for a doctor’s appointment. When student returned she was allowed to complete test. Not a Violation Page 10 – Administration Practices Not Acceptable, paragraph 1 DRAFT

7. Situation 6 General education students had access to two organizational templates (such as 4 Column) during assessment. Violation Page 7 – Classroom Materials Not Acceptable, paragraph 1 & 5 DRAFT

8. Situation 7 A test booklet was lost due to a lack of security. Materials were stacked in an unlocked classroom for three hours. Violation Page 6 – Test Security Not Acceptable, paragraph 4 DRAFT

9. Situation 8 Teacher kept rough drafts from the previous year’s On-Demand Writing test. The drafts may have been used to prepare for the current year’s test. Violation Page 5 – Test Security Not Acceptable, paragraph 1 DRAFT

10. Situation 9 Teacher allowed four middle school students to go to lunch before finishing test. Students finished the test after lunch. Violation Page 9 - Administration Practices Acceptable, paragraph 6 DRAFT

11. Situation 10 In a testing session, teacher allowed one group of students to complete sections A and B of Reading, while other classes completed only section A of Reading. Violation Page 10 – Administration Practices Acceptable, paragraph 2 DRAFT

12. Situation 11 Due to a shortage of calculators, a school changes the testing order to provide all students the opportunity to use calculators for the Mathematics sections of the KCCT. Violation Page 10 – Administration Practices Not Acceptable, paragraph 2 DRAFT

13. Situation 12 During the testing window, a mobile depicting the three branches of government hangs from a classroom ceiling. Violation Page 7 – Classroom Materials Not Acceptable, paragraph 1 DRAFT

14. Situation 13 Each day teachers visually scanned test booklets for good faith effort checklists. While scanning teacher made notes about the content of items students answered incorrectly. Violation Page 5 – Test Security Not Acceptable, paragraph 3 DRAFT