NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06D .0308
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes the roles and responsibilities of test coordinators, administrators, and proctors in the Annual Testing Program for local education agencies (LEAs). The local superintendent must appoint an LEA test coordinator who must attend monthly NCDPI training sessions and cascade that training to school-level coordinators and test administrators. The LEA test coordinator is also responsible for arranging scanning, scoring, and reporting of secure test results.
Key requirements
- The local superintendent in a local education agency (LEA) shall act as or appoint an LEA test coordinator to assist in the local administration, reporting, and interpretation of results of any 'secure test,' as defined in Rule .0307(b) of this Section, administered in the Annual Testing Program, as defined in Rule .0307(c) of this Section
- LEA test coordinators shall attend required monthly test administration training sessions provided by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on subjects including proper test administration, test security, appropriate use of accommodations, scanning and scoring answer sheets, and preparation of test materials for scoring at a central site
- LEA test coordinators shall in turn conduct training in the Annual Testing Program for any school test coordinators
- School test coordinators shall conduct training in the Annual Testing Program for any test administrators or proctors
- The LEA test coordinator shall arrange for the scanning, scoring, and reporting of results for any secure test administered in the Annual Testing Program from tests adopted by the State Board of Education
Affected parties
- local superintendents
- LEA test coordinators
- school test coordinators
- test administrators
- test proctors
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction