MontCAs

Who is Responsible for Test Security?

Everyone who works with the Montana Comprehensive Assessment System (MontCAS) statewide assessments, communicates test results, and/or receives testing information is responsible for test security. This includes:

• Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) staff;

• Authorized Representatives (or School System Superintendents);

• System Test Coordinators (STCs);

• Building Coordinators (BCs or School Principals);

• Test Administrators (TAs or Educators);

• Students, parents, and the community at large; and

• Certified and non-certified public school staff.

Test security guidelines have been developed by the OPI to be used by STCs, Authorized Representatives/Building Coordinators, and TAs in order to maintain the integrity of all MontCAS assessments. The materials provided in this MontCAS Test Security Toolkit allow the STC (or presenter):

• to facilitate a training session so TAs can be trained in Test Security for a standardized administration of the MontCAS statewide summative assessments.

• to facilitate training at their own pace with guided one-hour increments or half day.

The MontCAS mission is “the program will have meaningful assessments that are of high-quality so data users have confidence these data are reliable and valid for accountability purposes and can be used fairly, and consistently over time.”

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