Test Security Manual
This document must be read, known, and followed by all staff involved in testing.
What is the Test Security Manual?
According to the DCCR, these materials must be destroyed after testing.
What are used and unused student test tickets, handwritten student responses, and scratch paper?
THIS is the forbidden and may not be distributed or consumed in the testing room.
What are snacks (of any kind)?
Before testing begins, the CTC must collect these from all testing personnel.
What are signed Test Security Oaths?
This type of irregularity involves providing a student with an unallowable accommodation.
What is a procedural irregularity?
According to updates in the manual, snacks may not be distributed or consumed in this location.
What is the testing room?
CTCs must complete this additional TEA Learning Management System module by November 8, 2024.
What is "Managing Secure Test Materials" and "Test Security for the Texas Assessment Program"?
Scratch paper MAY NOT be returned to THESE individuals for viewing.
Who are teachers or other instructional leaders?
The CTC must create and maintain this for every student who is scheduled to test, including those testing in a consolidated setting.
What is a Student Testing Roster?
Failing to provide a student with their approved accommodation falls under this category of irregularity.
What is an Accommodation Error?
This is the number of people required to be present when student responses are entered into the Cambium Data Entry Interface.
What is 2?
This online platform provides access to trainings on the Texas Assessment Program.
What is the TEA Learning Management System?
THIS action by school personnel, before, during, or after a test administration, is a serious irregularity.
What is viewing secure test content without authorization?
During testing, the CTC is responsible for ensuring that all students are seated according to this document.
What is the official Dallas ISD Seating Chart?
This happens when personnel who are not properly trained are allowed to administer tests or handle secure materials.
What is a training error?
Campus Testing Coordinators must ensure this is entered for each eligible student who did not test.
What is a score code?
This is the deadline for completing the required TEA Test Security Modules.
What is November 8, 2024?
On the day of testing, personnel who teach any content area tested MAY NOT do THIS before and during testing for any reason.
What is enter a testing room when the course they teach is being tested in that room?
This person is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing secure testing on their campus.
Who is the Campus Testing Coordinator (CTC)?
This action by a student, if determined to be cheating, requires the submission of a TISV form.
What is possession of a cell phone/electronic device?
The CTC must actively monitor this throughout testing to ensure all procedures are followed.
The testing environment?
Campuses are required to retain these types of documents for five years following a test administration.
What are signed security oaths, seating charts, testing irregularity and investigation documentation, and inventory and shipping records?
THIS is the new rule for electronic devices in testing rooms.
What is test administrators MAY have cell phones for emergencies, but non-emergency use is prohibited, and campus administration should NOT collect them?
The CTC must ensure that testing personnel receive training on these before each test administration.
What are Test Administration Manuals and any applicable updates?
This irregularity involves school personnel altering student responses or falsifying holistic ratings.
What is a serious irregularity (falsifying student information)?