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State assessment staff tighten testing-ethics rules, require assurance document by Aug. 15
Summary
State assessment staff reviewed updates to the standard test administration and testing-ethics policy (R277-404), warned of real-world violations (extra credit, preprogrammed calculators), and said LEAs must submit an assurance document by Aug. 15 instead of the prior plan submission.
State assessment staff told assessment directors in a June meeting that several changes to testing administration and testing-ethics guidance are now in effect and that local education agencies must submit an assurance document by Aug. 15 certifying their testing plans.
Unidentified Speaker 2, a state assessment staff member speaking to the group, said the assurance document replaces the prior requirement to send a full testing plan and that "you're basically saying, yes, we've done all this." The change shortens the…
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