Policy 4775

Working Conditions

Administration of Assessments

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board:  8/25/2020
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 02/14/2012
Related policies & regulations:  4760, 4760-1
Legal references:  NDE Rule 27

 

The District utilizes national, state and local student assessments as needed to determine the academic growth of students. Data and decisions based on that data are influenced by both assessment quality and the quality of the assessment process. District employees are critical to the quality of the assessment process. Assessments are to be administered under standardized, secure conditions that help ensure accuracy and comparability of the data for students and student groups. The assessment administration guidelines outlined below help ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to demonstrate his/her knowledge and skills.

 

In fulfillment of the obligation to the student and the employee’s contractual and professional responsibilities, the employee will:

  1. Read the assessment administration instructions prior to administration and follow the instructions each time the assessment is administered.
  2. Prepare the students for assessments through teaching of the District curricula.
  3. Familiarize students with the format of the assessment through the use of assessment preparation practices.  The teacher shall not use actual assessment items to plan instruction or to conduct assessment preparation sessions.
  4. Review appropriate general assessment-taking strategies with the students.
  5. Review the purpose and importance of the assessments with the students prior to administering these assessments and encourage the students to perform their best.
  6. Carefully monitor students and assure that they complete the assessment individually without any aid of notes, books or other people (with the exception of documented and allowable accommodations).
  7. Provide students with allowable accommodations as specified in their IEPs/504 Plans or as determined by the ELL team.
  8. If appropriate, score the assessment per District guidelines.
  9. Maintain necessary assessment security.
  10. Report any cheating or possible cheating by students or any deviation from the assessment administration instructions to the principal or her/his designee.
  11. Not possess any secure materials at any time other than during actual administration of the assessment.
  12. Not discuss, disseminate, reproduce or otherwise reveal the contents of the assessments to anyone.
  13. Not change answers on a student’s assessment sheet or otherwise participate in the submission of false or misleading assessment results.
  14. Adhere to Nebraska Department of Education’s security procedures and report breaches in security to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s assessment designee for report to the Nebraska Department of Education.