Utah Admin. Code 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.
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