Rule 6A-10.042 currently addresses specific procedures required to maintain test security and to maintain uniform test administration procedures to ensure that test results are valid and reliable measures of student achievement. The amended rule ...
RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
6A-10.042Maintenance of Test Security
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Rule 6A-10.042, F.A.C., currently addresses specific procedures required to maintain test security and to maintain uniform test administration procedures to ensure that test results are valid and reliable measures of student achievement. The amended rule would retain current language, but also specify the criteria required of 3rd-party contractor sites with respect to: student health and safety, testing environment, affiliation, test security and administration procedures, student data, and technology. The effect will be increased test administration capacity for school districts and educational institutions that contract for these services. This will reduce the overall length of time that school districts and educational institutions will need to test all students, especially for those districts and institutions with high student-to-device ratios and shortages in staffing.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: FCAT 2.0 and End-of-Course tests.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1008.24(1), (2), (3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1008.24(1), (2), (3) FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: August 2, 2013, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon, EDT
PLACE: Conference Call: 1-888-339-2688; Passcode: 577 854 23
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Vince Verges, Director, Office of Assessment, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 414, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850)245-0513. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, (850)245-9661 or e-mail lynn.abbott@fldoe.org or go to https://appl.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS Available at: https://appl.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.
Document Information
- Subject:
- FCAT 2.0 and End-of-Course tests.
- Purpose:
- Rule 6A-10.042 currently addresses specific procedures required to maintain test security and to maintain uniform test administration procedures to ensure that test results are valid and reliable measures of student achievement. The amended rule would retain current language, but also specify the criteria required of 3rd-party contractor sites with respect to: student health and safety, testing environment, affiliation, test security and administration procedures, student data, and technology. ...
- Rulemaking Authority:
- 1008.24(1), (2), and (3) Florida Statutes.
- Law:
- 1008.24(1), (2), and (3) Florida Statutes.
- Contact:
- Vince Verges, Director, Office of Assessment, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 414, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850) 245-0513. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, 850-245-9661 or e-mail lynn.abbott@fldoe.org or go to https://appl.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.
- Related Rules: (1)
- 6A-10.042. Maintenance of Test Security