19 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.101 - Group-Administered Tests
(a) An assessment
instrument to which this section is applicable under the Texas Education Code
(TEC), §39.032, is defined as any district-commissioned achievement test,
either nationally normed or criterion-referenced, that is group administered
and reported publicly (e.g., to the local board of trustees) in the aggregate.
A test given for a special purpose such as program placement or individual
evaluation (e.g., a spelling test, a diagnostic test such as a reading
inventory or interim benchmark assessment, or a released statewide assessment
instrument) is not included in this definition. The commissioner of education
shall provide annually to school districts and charter schools a list of
state-approved, norm-referenced group-administered achievement tests that test
publishers certify meet the requirements of the TEC, §
39.032.
(b) A company or organization scoring a test
defined in subsection (a) of this section shall send test results to the school
district for verification. The school district shall have 90 days to verify the
accuracy of the data and report the results to the school district board of
trustees.
(c) State and national
averages for an assessment instrument under this section must be computed using
data that are not more than eight years old at the time the assessment
instrument is administered and that are representative of the group of students
to whom the assessment instrument is administered. This eight-year limitation
does not apply if only data older than eight years are available for an
assessment instrument.
(d) To
maintain the security and confidentiality of group-administered achievement
tests, school districts and charter schools shall follow the applicable
procedures for test security and confidentiality delineated in §
101.3031 of this title (relating
to Required Test Administration Procedures and Training Activities to Ensure
Validity, Reliability, and Security of Assessments).
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