Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Each
participating school will administer the state tests to all students in the
designated grade levels who are not specifically excused in accordance with the
Ohio Revised Code or the Administrative Code as follows:
(1)
Administer the
third-grade English language arts test on any day of the test administration
period designated by the director of education and workforce, in accordance
with section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code as
follows:
(a)
The
fall test administration period each school year is not to exceed five
consecutive school days, including the make-up testing period;
and
(b)
The summer test administration period each school year
is optional and is not to exceed five consecutive school days. Intervention is
optional.
(2)
Administer the following state tests once annually in
the spring with the test administration period designated by the director of
education and workforce in accordance with section
3301.0710 of the Revised Code,
which is not to exceed fifteen consecutive school days, including the make-up
testing period. The participating school may schedule the test in any order on
any day of the test administration period for each of the following state
tests:
(a)
The
third-grade tests in English language arts and mathematics;
(b)
The fourth-grade
tests in English language arts and mathematics;
(c)
The fifth-grade
tests in English language arts, mathematics and science;
(d)
The sixth-grade
tests in English language arts and mathematics;
(e)
The seventh-grade
tests in English language arts and mathematics; and
(f)
The eighth-grade
tests in English language arts, mathematics and science.
(3)
Administer the high school end-of-course examinations as
follows:
(a)
Administer the high school end-of-course examinations to
students who first enrolled in grade nine on or after July 1, 2014 in any order
on any day of the test administration period designated by the director of
education and workforce as follows:
(i)
The fall test administration period each school year is
not to exceed fifteen consecutive school days, including make-up
testing;
(ii)
The spring test administration period each school year
is not to exceed fifteen consecutive school days, including make-up testing;
and
(iii)
The summer test administration period is optional and
is not to exceed ten consecutive school days. Intervention is
optional.
(b)
Administer the high school end-of-course examinations
in place of the Ohio graduation tests to students who entered ninth grade for
the first time prior to July 1, 2014, in accordance with paragraph (A)(3)(a) of
this rule. The Ohio graduation tests will not be administered after September
1, 2022.
(c)
If the participating school is a dropout recovery
community school as defined in section
3319.301 of the Revised Code, in
addition to the annual testing windows established by the director of education
and workforce under division (C) of section
3301.0710 of the Revised Code
and paragraph (A)(3)(a) of this rule, administer the high school end- of-course
examinations to students enrolled in the dropout recovery community school in
any order on any day of the extended fall and spring test administration
periods and summer test administration period established by the director of
education and workforce in accordance with division (C) of section
3301.0727 of the Revised
Code.
(4)
Administer annually the alternate assessment at all
grade levels and content areas to students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities. The director of education and workforce will designate the test
administration period for the administration of the alternate
assessment.
(5)
Administer within thirty days of enrollment the Ohio
English language proficiency screener to potential English learners in grades
kindergarten through twelve.
(6)
Administer
annually the Ohio English language proficiency assessment to English learners
in grades kindergarten through twelve. The director of education and workforce
will designate the test administration period for the administration of the
Ohio English language proficiency assessment.
(7)
Administer
annually the alternate Ohio English language proficiency assessment to English
learners with the most significant cognitive disabilities in grades
kindergarten through twelve. The director of education and workforce will
designate the test administration period for the administration of the
alternate Ohio English language proficiency assessment.
(B)
All
students will take all state tests appropriate for their specified grade level
during the designated test administration unless a student is excused from
taking a test for one of the following reasons:
(1)
A student scored
at the proficient level on the English language arts test in grade three during
the fall test administration period and a participating school has determined
that is not mandatory for the student to take that test again during the spring
administration. This does not, however, prevent a student from taking the grade
three English language arts test in the spring if the student and/or parent
requests the student to participate in the test;
(2)
A student is
properly authorized to take an alternate assessment pursuant to section
3301.0711 of the Revised Code
and rule
3301-13-03 or
3301-13-09 of the Administrative
Code;
(3)
A student has a serious medical emergency caused by
circumstances beyond the participating school's control pursuant to section
3301.0711 of the Revised Code;
or
(4)
A student is enrolled in a subject-area accelerated
program in a participating school and is taking a course in high school at an
accelerated grade level.
Any student in grades three through
eight who was retained in the same grade level from one school year to the next
school year will take the state tests as specified in this rule for the grade
level in which the student currently is enrolled, regardless of any score
previously received by a student on any such test during a prior school
year.
(C)
Breach forms provided by the department may be
administered at the sole discretion of the department in a limited number of
situations. The following is a list of situations of test security violations
or administration irregularities that warrant the use of a breach form:
(1)
When a
participating school receives test materials which are clearly flawed, damaged,
missing key information or content; or otherwise contain errors that prevent a
valid administration of said tests in that participating
school.
(2)
When a disruptive or extraordinary event interrupts and
prevents a valid administration of a test at a participating
school.
(3)
If a student or students at a participating school
compromise the security of a test prior to or during the administration of a
test, and subsequently prevent a valid administration of a test at the
participating school as a result of that security compromise.
(4)
If any district
employee or other individual compromises the security of a test prior to or
during the administration of a test; and subsequently prevents a valid
administration of a test at the participating school as a result of that
security compromise.
(5)
Any other situation in which the use of a breach form
is appropriate, as determined by the department on a case-by-case
basis.
(D)
Breach forms of the state tests for grades three
through eight or high school end-of- course examinations may be administered to
a single student or all students within a participating school within a grade
level or to large subgroups of students within a grade level at a participating
school.
(E)
Test score results from the administration of a breach
test form will be reported to the district and participating school at the
individual, group and school level as deemed appropriate by the
department.
(F)
The procedure for using the breach form of a test is as
follows:
(1)
The
school district or participating school will report orally, followed up by a
written report, the test security violation or incident to the department
within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the irregularity at the
participating school, or as soon as the district becomes aware of the
occurrence of the irregularity at the participating school. The report will be
filed with the department within two business days of the incident for the
breach form to be a viable option;
(2)
The school
district or participating school will submit to the department in writing a
list of students who will have their scores invalidated for the content area
for which the breach form is being used, the content area being invalidated,
and the reason for the invalidation. The list will include all the relevant
student information including their names or unique state identification code,
and the school and district IRNs. Chartered nonpublic schools may substitute
the student identification code for the state identification code for those
students who are not obligated to have a state identification
code;
(3)
The department will notify the testing contractor of
the need for the breach form and direct the testing contractor to make
available the appropriate number of breach test forms and materials to the
district test coordinator or district designee;
(4)
The participating
school will administer the breach form in accordance with all test
administration procedures established by the department;
(5)
The breach test
form administration will occur within two weeks of the end of all scheduled
test administration windows for the grades three through eight English language
arts, mathematics, and science tests, and the high school end- of-course
examinations; and
(6)
All tests and test materials will be returned to the
site designated by the department.
(G)
No breach form
will be administered for the following:
(1)
The fall
administration of the third grade English language arts test;
(2)
The summer
administration of the third grade English language arts test;
(3)
The spring
administration of the alternate assessment;
(4)
The spring
administration of the Ohio English language proficiency
assessment;
(5)
The spring administration of the alternate Ohio English
language proficiency assessment;
(6)
Any
administration of the high school end-of-course examinations except for the
regular fall and spring test administration periods; and
(7)
Any student
involved in a potential cheating case, regardless of test administration period
or test in question.
(H)
In the event that
a test security violation or test irregularity occurs in accordance with this
rule, the cost of administering the breach tests will be determined in a manner
specified by the department.
(I)
To facilitate the
test administration at each grade, each school district and participating
school will annually appoint one named person in a school district and one
person in each building, as the case may be, as a test coordinator whose duties
are to ensure that all test administration and test security provisions
included in Chapters 3301-13 and 3301-7 of the Administrative Code and all
testing procedures adopted by the department and by a participating school are
followed explicitly by all appropriate staff. In addition, each participating
school will appoint enough test administrators and monitors to satisfy the
provisions of this rule.
(J)
During each test administration, all tests will be
administered by each participating school in accordance with the following
provisions:
(1)
All online and paper test questions and all other test
materials are considered secure and subject to the provisions of rule
3301-13-05 of the Administrative
Code and section 3319.151 of the Revised
Code;
(2)
All test administration rooms will be selected such
that test security provisions can be ensured while student comfort is
maximized;
(3)
Except for accommodations made in accordance with rule
3301-13-03 of the Administrative
Code, only materials specifically designated by the department will be provided
to students and/or permitted in the test administration room during
testing;
(4)
Each test administration period in each testing room
will be conducted by a test administrator. A person is qualified to serve as a
test administrator if:
(a)
The person is a staff member employed by the
participating school;
(b)
The staff member holds a current license, certificate,
permit, or registration issued by the state board of education, or is
certificated under sections
3301.071 and
3319.22 of the Revised Code and
Chapters 3301-23, 3301-24, and 3301-25 of the Administrative
Code;
(c)
The staff member is assigned to that testing room as
the test administrator by the participating school; and
(d)
The staff member
is responsible for following explicitly the online and paper test
administration directions provided by the department, including all test
security provisions included in Chapter 3301-13 and rule
3301-7-01 of the Administrative
Code and all testing procedures adopted by the department and established by
the participating school.
(5)
When the number
of students taking any test in an assigned testing room exceeds thirty,
additional staff and/or adult volunteers will be assigned as test monitors to
that room to ensure that the ratio does not exceed thirty students to one test
administrator/monitor at any time in any test administration room. In such
cases, the test monitor is not subject to the criteria stated in paragraph
(J)(4) of this rule. A student is not permitted to serve as a test monitor;
and
(6)
The test administrator and all test monitors assigned
to a testing room will be informed of, and agree to follow, all prescribed test
administration and test security provisions. Test administrators and test
monitors will remain in the assigned testing room during the entire
administration of any test to assure that security is
maintained.
(K)
Upon receipt of a written request by a school district
superintendent, head administrator, or designee with evidence that a
participating school has experienced an emergency interruption of the school
schedule by events beyond the control of the school that will not permit the
designated test administration period stated in this rule, the director of
education and workforce may approve a modified testing schedule that permits
testing to be completed in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter.
(L)
In addition to section
3301.0714 of the Revised Code
and Chapter 3301-14 of the Administrative Code, each participating school will
keep records for each student including the following:
(1)
A unique state
student identification code or a student data verification code in accordance
with division (D)(2) of section
3301.0714 of the Revised
Code;
(2)
A list or designation of which state tests the student
is obligated to take for each test administration period and which tests are
not taken for each test administration period;
(3)
The score and
performance level for each state test taken;
(4)
If intervention
is to be provided; and
(5)
An indication the student has met all of the conditions
prescribed in order to qualify for a high school diploma.
(M)
When a
student who has taken tests administered pursuant to this rule in a
participating school leaves that school to enroll in another participating
school, the previously attended school will provide, immediately upon request
by a school official from the enrolling school, all applicable records
specified in paragraph (L) of this rule.
(N)
Any school
district, community school, or chartered nonpublic school with territory in a
joint vocational school district may enter into an agreement with the joint
vocational school district for the joint vocational school district to
administer any test prescribed in this rule provided that any such test
administration is conducted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
and under the direction of the school district and building testing
coordinators. For any student who enrolls at a joint vocational school, the
school previously attended will provide up-to-date records, as specified in
paragraph (L) of this rule, to the joint vocational school. For any student who
takes tests prescribed for graduation at a joint vocational school, that joint
vocational school will provide such records, as specified in paragraph (L) of
this rule to the high school from which the student will receive a
diploma.
(O)
Each joint vocational school district will administer
the state tests under the direction of the school district and building test
coordinators identified in accordance with this rule.
(P)
Any correctional
or penal institution that maintains a chartered high school serving residents
or nonresidents will administer state tests in accordance with this chapter of
the Administrative Code.
(Q)
Any student who, while not obligated to participate in
the system of assessments administered under divisions (B)(1) and (B)(2) of
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code,
elects to participate in the system of assessments in accordance with division
(E)(1) of that section will take the tests under the same rules and procedures
as students enrolled in the participating school. The tests will be
administered under the same rules and procedures as students enrolled in the
participating school.
Replaces: 3301-13-02
