Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Each fairness sensitivity review
committee will review all questions for tests prescribed under
sections 3301.0710 and
3301.0712 of the Revised Code
pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised
Code.
(B) Membership of each
fairness sensitivity review committee will consist of
not less than twenty and not greater than thirty-five
members in
each of
four grade level bands of tests: grades kindergarten through two, grades three
through five, grades six through eight, and grades nine through
twelve.
(C) Membership
will be
determined by the department.
(D)
Membership of each fairness sensitivity review committee
will
represent specific groups of educators, parents, and community members as
follows:
(1) Educators and/or parents of
hearing impaired students; at least one and not more than
four
members;
(2) Educators and/or
parents of visually impaired students; at least one and not more than
four
members;
(3) Educators and/or
parents of English learners; at least one and not more than
four
members;
(4) Educators and/or
parents of other students with disabilities; at least one and not more than
four
members;
(5) Educators and/or
parents of gifted students; at least one and not more than
four
members;
(6) Parents of students in
each grade band; at least two and not more than five members;
(7)
Educators,
parents, and/or community members who represent various groups that
ensure a culturally diverse representation; at least three and not more than
five;
(8) Educators and/or parents
who represent all types of schools in Ohio; public, community schools, and
nonpublic schools for that grade band;
(9) All regions of the state of Ohio are
represented in the overall committee membership;
and
(10) A balance of gender, and
ethnicity is represented in the overall committee membership.
(E) The length of membership for
each committee member will be limited
to five
years.
(F) The review
will
include, for each question reviewed, an evaluation of the following criteria to
ensure that:
(1) Test questions do not promote
or inquire as to individual moral or social values or beliefs;
(2) Test questions do not disadvantage groups
of students because of their race, ethnicity, gender or disability;
(3) Diverse cultures are represented in tests
and that material used neither offends nor stereotypes any student
group;
(4) Test questions do not
reflect an improper balance among gender, racial or ethnic groups;
(5) Test illustrations do not reflect an
imbalance of physical types and do not avoid
evidence of physical disability;
(6) Test questions do not contain materials
understood only by specific cultural groups;
(7) Test questions do not use language that
is interpreted differently by members of different groups of
students;
(8) Test questions are
not offensive or emotionally disturbing to a group of students;
(9) Test questions do not contain directions
or scoring guidelines that assist or credit responses more typical of one group
of students than another; and
(10)
Test question scoring guidelines do not assign the highest possible score to
those students who provide more information than requested by said test
question.
(G) Each
fairness sensitivity review committee will review test
questions, materials, and illustrations using the criteria set
forth in this rule.
(H) Each
fairness sensitivity review committee will not judge,
rate, or reject test questions based on academic content alignment with Ohio's
learning standards.
(I) Each
fairness sensitivity review committee will review test
questions in accordance with this rule and will judge test
questions to be:
(1) Approved for use with no
revisions or only minor revisions;
(2) Revised and returned to the
committee for further review and consideration; or
(3) Rejected from use on tests. If items,
test materials, or illustrations are rejected, the
committee will
note which of the specific criteria of this rule are the basis of the
rejection.
