I-7600 © ILB TEST / ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION
I-7600 © ILB (State-Mandated Testing)
Security of Testing Materials
The employee(s) designated by the Superintendent to coordinate and administer the mandated tests adopted by the New Mexico Secretary of Public Education shall:
• Keep all test materials in locked storage.
• Not reproduce any test materials in any manner.
• Not disclose any actual test items to students prior to testing.
• Not provide answers of any test items to any students.
• Administer only practice tests that are provided by the test publishers. Previous editions of the test series being used in the statewide testing program may not be used as practice tests.
• Strictly observe all timed subtests. The test publishers' suggested time limits for untimed subtests shall be followed as closely as possible in order to maintain uniformity in test administration.
• Follow directions for administering the test explicitly. No test item may be repeated unless otherwise indicated in the directions.
• Not change a student's answer.
• Return all test materials to the Superintendent immediately upon completion of testing.
• Comply with and enforce the Secretary's rules established for the security and administration of the testing programs.
Failure to comply with these requirements or others as required by New Mexico Statutes Annotated or by New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) shall be considered cause for discipline, including but not limited to suspension or termination. All violations of this policy shall be reported to the Secretary of Education in accord with the NMAC.
Standards Adopted by the
Secretary of Education
The District shall establish specific objectives to accomplish the goals established by the Secretary of Public Education. The Superintendent will make recommendations for such objectives based upon the data gathered annually.
The Superintendent will establish regulations and procedures for assessing student achievement of standards adopted by the Secretary of Public Education and for reporting and utilizing test results and nontest indicator data.
Reporting results. The District shall provide the parent or guardian of each student the resulting scores on the test of standards adopted by the Secretary of Public Education and associated scores for the District and the state.
The District will provide the public, through a report card, scores for each school in the District and for the District as a whole in regard to the New Mexico assessment
Adopted: date of manual adoption
LEGAL REF.: 6.10.7.7 NMAC Definitions.
6.10.7.8 NMAC (1978)
6.10.7.9 NMAC (1978)
6.10.7.10 NMAC (1978)
6.10.7.12 NMAC (1978)
6.10.7.13 NMAC (1978)
6.10.7.14 NMAC (1978)
6.29.1.1 NMAC et seq.
CROSS REF.: IL - Evaluation of Instructional Programs (Testing
Programs)