In response to recent, highly publicized reports of
misconduct by school officials in administering academic tests, the US
Department of Education (“DOE”) is seeking input about best practices
to facilitate further discussions and to help local and state educational
agencies prevent, detect, and respond to irregularities in academic
testing.
Some of the questions posed by the DOE include:
(1) Detection: How are
testing irregularities generally detected? What are the different types of
analyses that can be used to detect testing irregularities?
(2) Investigation: If
testing irregularities are detected, what are the best practices for
investigating them? What forensic analyses should be used? If alleged
testing irregularities are a result of wrongdoing, under what circumstances is
it appropriate to impose strict and meaningful sanctions against wrongdoers?
(3) Online and Computer-Based
Assessments: In a world where academic assessments are increasingly
delivered online and by computer, how do responses to the questions listed
above change when applied to online and computer-based assessments?
Written submissions must be received by the DOE by February
16, 2012. For more information,
including the full set of questions posed by the DOE and how to submit your
comments, see the DOE’s Request for Information here.
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