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• District testing personnel are required to have procedures in place to prevent student use of cell phones and personal electronic devices during test administrations. Before allowing student use of approved technology during testing, including technology-based accommodations, district personnel must review the /wiki/spaces/ODCCM2324/pages/2974911817 page of these Coordinator Resources. Technology cannot be used during a state assessment if its functionality creates a security concern that cannot be addressed.District testing personnel may establish specific days and start times for testing. TEA recommends that district personnel begin testing , but testing should begin within one hour of the start of the school day.

• A student who arrives after a test session has started may be tested if sufficient time remains in the day for the student to complete the assessment. District personnel should exercise judgment about starting a test session after lunch for students who are late, as they might not have sufficient time to complete the assessment before the end of the school day.

• Every effort should be made to administer assessments to students absent on a given day of testing. If students are not present for the test session for which they were initially scheduled, they should be moved to another test session later in the testing window. Refer to the make-up testing policies available with the scheduling information for each program in the Program Overview section.

• District testing personnel are required to have procedures in place to prevent student use of cell phones and personal electronic devices during test administrations. Before allowing student use of approved technology during testing, including technology-based accommodations, district personnel must review the Technology Guidelines for the Texas Assessment Program page of these Coordinator Resources. Technology may NOT be used during a state assessment if its functionality creates a security concern that cannot be addressed.

• At least one trained test administrator per 30 students must be present in each testing room at all times during testing.

• Test administrators should verify that students have access only to the materials specifically allowed for the assessment.

• Reinforcing, reviewing, or distributing testing strategies during an assessment is strictly prohibited.

• After testing, designated testing personnel must submit student responses in the Data Entry Interface.

❏ Answer Questions and Resolve Problems

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District testing personnel are not required to return test booklets that have human contaminants (e.g., vomit, blood, other bodily fluids) to the contractor. Instead, the district personnel should securely dispose of the contaminated materials and contact Texas Testing Support to report the disposal.

Changing Testing Locations

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Consolidating Testers

• Students who are still testing after about four hours . In such cases, students should be consolidated to continue testing. Students should be instructed to place their test materials inside their test booklets, and the test administrator should collect all test booklets.

• Test administrators must maintain test security during the transition, especially if students are permitted to move their belongings during this time.

• Test administrators and campus personnel must provide a proper testing environment in the new location and maintain appropriate testing procedures during the transition. Another seating chart should be filled out for the new locationcomplete a new seating chart.

Schoolwide Emergencies 

• If a schoolwide emergency disrupts testing, ensuring student safety is the top priority. Students should leave their assessments where they are and follow the school’s emergency procedures. Test administrators must closely monitor their testing groups to ensure that students do not discuss the assessment. Once the emergency has been resolved, students should resume testing when instructed to do so.

• If testing cannot be resumed on the same day, students' test materials should be collected. On the following day, students may resume testing from where they left off but may not go back to questions previously answeredthey have responded to or begun a response to.

• Campus coordinators should report schoolwide emergencies or other interruptions to the district coordinator.

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• If a campus loses power, district testing personnel should determine whether to release students or have them remain in the testing room until the outage has been resolved. If students are released from the testing room, their test materials should be collected.

• If testing cannot be resumed on the same day, students may resume testing the following day from where they left off and may go back to assessment questions previously answeredthey have responded to or begun a response to.

• Campus coordinators should report schoolwide emergencies or other interruptions to the district coordinator.

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• District testing personnel are required to provide testing opportunities to all students who are in attendance during the administration of an assessment.

• Students who choose not to participate or refuse to respond to test questions will have their assessments submitted for scoring, as both federal and state law require that all eligible students participate in state testing. Although state law provides families with the right to temporarily remove their child from a class or school activity if they have an objection to participation, it specifically does not allow families to do so to avoid a statewide assessment.