Assessment Ethics

When you complete training, you must sign a verification of training and agreement to abide by ethics and test security policies and practices. 

• True

• False

If you notice a student didn’t answer a question correctly, it is okay to tell them to check their work. 

• True

• False, I cannot tell a student to redo or review a specific item.

As a test proctor, you should tell students to raise their hand to indicate when they are finished before exiting the test so you can review the End/Review screen to make sure they have answered all items on the test.

• True

• False

A monitor visit allows KSDE to see the good things that schools are doing to ensure that test security and ethical practices are maintained.

• True

• False

When reporting an item issue on the test, it is okay to take a picture of the item and send it to KSDE.

• True

• False; Report only the student State ID, test being taken, session number, item number, and the issue.

During administration of the mathematics assessment, students may use handheld calculators. If handheld calculators are used, teachers must actively monitor this use, and calculators must be cleared before and after the test session. 

• True

• False

To maintain security, test proctors must actively monitor testing sessions.

• True

• False

Parents may help administer and proctor the state assessment.

• True; We are trying to get the community back into our schools.

• False; Parents cannot help administer the state assessment - including as a substitute.

Accommodations on the state assessment must be part of regular classroom practice.

• True

• False

It is acceptable for a test proctor to read the assessment from the screen to a student if this is a part of their everyday accommodations.

• True; as long as it happens every day it is allowed.

• False; You may not read from passages or questions.