BOARD POLICY  6194

 

Establishing Test Security Provisions

 

A.    All test questions and all other materials which are considered part of the approved achievement and

        ability tests, including, but not necessarily limited to, reading passages, charts, graphs, and tables

        shall be considered secure and subject to the provisions of Section 3319.151 and 3319.99 of the Ohio

        Revised Code and the provisions of this rule.

 

B.    The Ironton City Schools District shall identify at least one certified employee of the district to be

        responsible for ensuring that all test security provisions are met while test materials are in the district

        and/or buildings, respectively.  The counselors at Ironton High School and the I.J.H.S. shall assume

        this responsibility in his/her school.  In the four elementary schools in the district, the school principal

        shall assume this responsibility.

 

C.    No person shall teach students the answers to specific test questions, copy, or otherwise reproduce

        secure test materials for the use by the students, change students’ responses on the answer sheets, or in

        any other way cheat or assist a student to cheat.

 

D.    No unauthorized person shall have access to any secure test materials at any time such materials are in

        the school district or school building.

 

E.    The Ironton City Board of Education shall, no later than September 1, 1990, establish this policy in the

        form of written procedures to protect the security of the test materials during the time such materials

        are in the school district.  Such procedures shall be prepared by the school administration.

 

F.    The Board of Education shall adopt procedures upon preparation by and recommendation of the

        administration.

 

 

 

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