Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
These standards
of ethical examination practices shall be used in determining if a practice
related to an examination is consistent with the principles of performing one's
duties with honesty, integrity, due care, fairness to all, ensuring the
integrity of the examination process, and the reliability and validity of any
inference made from any result of an examination.
(B)
Except as
specifically permitted by written instructions provided by the developer of an
examination, by the division, or by agency 4765 of the Administrative Code
pertaining to accommodations, each charter shall use, but not be limited to,
the following standards that define the types of practices related to
administering examinations that are unethical and/or inappropriate:
(1)
Any examination
used for purposes other than that for which it was intended;
(2)
Any practice that
results in a potential conflict of interest or one that exerts undue influence
on a person administering an examination, either making or appearing to make an
examination process unfair to some examinees;
(3)
Except for
accommodations expressly permitted under agency 4765 of the Administrative
Code, any change in procedures for administering an examination that results in
a nonstandard condition for one or more examinees;
(4)
Any practice that
allows a person without sufficient and appropriate knowledge, skills, and/or
training to administer and/or score an examination;
(5)
Any
administration and/or scoring practice that may produce a result contaminated
by a factor not relevant to the purpose(s) of an examination;
(6)
Any practice
immediately preceding and/or during an examination including, but not limited
to, the use of gesture, facial expression, body language, tone of voice,
language, or any other action and/or sound that may guide an examinee's
response;
(7)
Except for the directions for administration as
prescribed by the division, any practice such as providing to an examinee,
immediately preceding and/or during administration of a examination, any
definition and/or clarification of the meaning of a word or term contained in
an examination;
(8)
Any practice that corrects or alters any examinee's
response to an examination either during and/or following the administration of
an examination; and
(9)
Any practice that supports or assists any person in
unethical and/or inappropriate practice during administration of an
examination.
(C)
Each participating program shall cooperate with the
division in conducting an investigation of any alleged unethical and/or
inappropriate assessment practice as defined in this rule.
