AR 6162.52

Instruction

 

High School Exit Examination

 

Definitions

 

Variation means a change in the manner in which a test is presented or administered or in how a student is allowed to respond, and includes, but is not limited to, accommodations and modifications as defined in Education Code 60850. (5 CCR 1200)

 

Accommodation means any variation in the assessment environment or process that does not fundamentally alter what the test measures or affect the comparability of scores. (Education Code 60850)

 

Modification means any variation in the assessment environment or process that fundamentally alters what the test measures or affects the comparability of scores.  (Education Code 60850)

 

District and Test Site Coordinators

 

Annually, the district coordinator or Superintendent or designee shall designate a test site coordinator for each test site to fulfill the responsibilities specified in 5 CCR 1210 and 1211.  (5 CCR 1210)

 

All district and test site coordinators shall sign a test security affidavit pursuant to 5 CCR 1211.5.

 

Access to exam materials shall be limited to students taking the exam and individuals who have signed the test security affidavit, including employees directly responsible for test administration.  All district and test site coordinators shall be responsible for inventory control.  (5 CCR 1211)

 

Administration

 

The high school exit exam shall be administered as follows:  (Education Code 60851; 5 CCR 1204, 1204.5)

 

Test administrators at the test site shall be responsible for the accurate identification of eligible students to whom the exit exam is to be administered.

 

Any student found to have cheated, assisted others in cheating, or compromised the security of the exam shall not receive a score from that test administration.  (5 CCR 1220)

 

Adopted:  6/14/06

Revised: