Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 55 - Test Coordinator Responsibilities
Subchapter A - District Test Coordinator
Section XI-5501 - District Test Coordinator Role [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.501]

a. making arrangements for testing;

b. handling and maintaining the security of test materials; and

c. training school test coordinators, district special education directors/supervisors, district Section 504 coordinators, district student information system coordinators, and principals.

a. coordinating with the district data coordinator to ensure the enrollment data are submitted by the yearly deadline;

b. appointing a school test coordinator for every school involved in state testing;

c. scheduling testing and makeup dates and times of state tests based on state-approved schedules;

d. arranging for testing students enrolled in approved home study programs and nonpublic schools;

e. coordinating with the district section 504, English learner, and special education coordinators the submission of student section 504, English language learner, and IEP data to the student information system (SIS) and/or special education reporting system (SER);

f. conducting district training sessions for all principals, school test coordinators, district Section 504 coordinators, district student information system coordinators, district special education directors/supervisors, and district LEP coordinators;

g. answering questions about test security, administration, and return of materials;

h. receiving and verifying the delivery and return of testing materials;

i. designating an appropriate locked, secure area for storing testing materials;

j. maintaining the security of test materials immediately upon receipt of testing materials, including materials used for computer-based tests, from testing contractors and from schools;

k. distributing testing materials to school test coordinators;

I. collecting, assembling, and packaging all testing materials and completing and submitting or filing all forms as instructed in the manuals;

m. arranging for pickup of testing materials for shipment to the scoring contractor as instructed in the manuals;

n. reporting immediately to the LDE, Division of Standards, Assessments, and Accountability, any missing test booklets or answer documents and returning them to test contractors if they are found;

o. investigating any testing irregularities and reporting them to the LDE, Division of Assessments and Accountability;

p. reporting to the LDE, Divisbn of Assessments and Accountability, instances of students marking in a wrong section of the answer document;

q. submitting all void and test irregularities forms and documentation as instructed in the manuals;

r. returning any secure materials used for test accommodations, such as transparencies or computer disks, to the LDE, Division of Assessments and Accountability;

s. maintaining the district password and all school passwords within the district that are used with assessment and data systems;

t. training district and school users within a district to effectively use the systems; ensure they are familiar with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) law governing confidentiality of student records, and ensure they have signed a security agreement before receiving a password for access to assessment and data systems;

u. ensuring:

v. confirming that test administrator numbers have been assigned at each school for each scheduled test administration;

w. distributing passwords annually to each school's STC;

x. distributing student reports and summary reports to school test coordinators and principals in a timely manner.