TEST SECURITY FOR ISTEP+, IMAST, and LAS LINKS
BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES
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Staff members at Bloomfield School District will follow procedures and ethical practices
mandated by DOE ensuring the highest level of testing security. School personnel involved in
the testing will be provided with testing manuals and training from the District’s Test
Coordinator. Staff members will sign and date the “DOE Affirmation Statement” which will be
kept on file with school administration.
The following testing procedures will be followed at Bloomfield School District:
 All testing materials will be stored in a secure location upon receipt from the Indiana
Department of Education.
 Building principals or designee will inventory testing materials without breaking security
seals.
o The inventory numbers and the packing list numbers will be verified. If a
discrepancy in inventory occurs, a report will be made to building principals or
designee for clarification.
 Building principals or designee will verify sufficient number of testing materials have
been received to implement the tests at each grade level.
 The District’s inventory list will be kept on file by building principal or designee.
 Test labels will be placed on booklets in a secured location by building principals or
designee.
 Tests will remain in a secure location after the inventory and labeling process until the
test window begins.
 When the testing window begins, test booklets will be assigned to teachers by building
principals or designee. Teachers will sign a statement verifying students’ names and an
accurate number of tests received. The teacher signature statement sheet will be kept on
file by building administrator or designee.
 The building principals or designee will be responsible for daily assigning of the
classroom test booklets. A sign in and sign out sheet with date and time will be kept on
file with building principals or designee.
 At the end of each daily testing session, test booklets will be placed in a secured location
assigned by building principal or designee.
 The principals or designee will inventory test booklets each day.
 Teachers will report test abnormalities to building principals or designee.
 At conclusion of the testing process teachers will turn in test booklets to building
principal or designee, verifying all used and unused test booklets have been returned.
 The building principal or designee will inventory and package all testing materials at the
conclusion of the testing window.
 The Corporation Test Coordinator will package and ship all used and unused testing
materials to the appropriate shipping location as identified by the Indiana Department of
Education.
TEST SECURITY FOR ISTEP+, IMAST, and LAS LINKS
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The following ISTEP+ on-line multiple choice testing procedures will be followed at Bloomfield
School District:
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The building principals or designee will create schedules for administering online tests at
each grade level. The schedule will include dates, times, and locations of testing.
Teachers will follow the established testing schedule.
The principals or designee will monitor the testing schedule to make sure no
abnormalities occur in the tests’ sequence or schedule.
o If abnormalities occur, this will be reported and documented to the Corporation
Test Coordinator.
The classroom teacher will track students’ attendance and individual student test
abnormalities.
All information will be reported to the Corporation Test Coordinator.
The Corporation Test Coordinator will report all testing abnormalities to the Indiana
Department of Education.
PRESENTED TO THE BOARD:
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