Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 3 - Test Security
Section CXI-317 - Virtual Charter Schools
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXI-317
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Virtual charter schools shall be responsible for testing their own students.
1. Virtual charter schools shall test their
students with staff of the virtual school. Virtual charter schools shall
administer all state assessments and are subject to the Louisiana School and
District Accountability System. Virtual charter schools shall conduct all state
assessments at secure, proctored locations within reasonable distance of
students' homes, as approved by the charter authorizer.
2. Parents and/or family members of the
students of the virtual school shall not test their own children and/or family
members. The local school district shall not test any students enrolled in
virtual charter schools unless there is a written agreement between the local
school district and the virtual charter school. No local school district shall
ever be required to test students attending the virtual school.
3. The district will develop and submit to
LDOE annually a test security policy approved by its board.
4. The virtual charter school's assessment
plan shall be part of its board approved test security policy. The plan must
identify:
a. the state assessments to be
administered throughout the year;
b. the cities/towns where testing will
occur;
c. description of testing
locations;
d. qualifications of
testing personnel;
e. procedures
for implementation of the requirement of a photo ID of all students to ensure
the students reporting for testing are the actual students assigned to that
testing site; and
f. provisions for
students' transportation to the testing locations.
5. LDOE will monitor the assessment
plan.
6. If the student population
of the virtual school is spread across multiple parishes, the virtual school
shall secure testing centers in those parishes (e.g., public library meeting
rooms; public meeting facility; private meeting facility; rooms at community
colleges, technical colleges, colleges). Testing centers shall be physical
locations and must be submitted to LDOE prior to testing. A plan for providing
student transportation to the assessment location on an as needed
basis.
7. Thirty days prior to
testing, the virtual charter school shall provide LDOE a list of students with
testing accommodations as specified in the IEP for students with disabilities
according to IDEA, IAPs for students with disabilities according to section
504, and accommodation plans for limited English proficient (LEP)
students.
8. Within 30 days of
testing, the virtual charter schools shall provide LDOE documentation of
training in test administration and test security for each test administration.
A copy of the following must be included:
a.
the agenda;
b. all training
materials; and
c. all
sign-in-sheets.
9.
Within 30 days of testing, the virtual charter school shall provide LDOE
documentation of the test administration including the:
a. testing locations;
b. schedule;
c. all sign-in sheets for the students
assessed with the name of the assessment administered;
d. days and times the student was assessed;
and
e. provided
accommodations.
10. LDOE
staff shall have the authority to:
a. monitor
the implementation of the testing plan;
b. require changes to the testing plan as
deemed necessary.
11.
LDOE staff shall:
a. notify virtual charter
schools of any new requirements to their testing plan;
b. annually evaluate the testing plan to
ensure full compliance with policies and procedures.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.
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