STAR TEST SECURITY AFFIDAVIT

[George Sheridan <learn@jps.net>]

As noted in a January post to CA-Resisters, I have in the past signed the 
affidavit after altering it by crossing out or adding language and 
initialling the alterations (such as adding to # 1, "except for the purpose 
of fostering public discussion of the appropriateness of the test"). I have 
not heard from anyone about the alterations.

District and test site (school) test coordinators sign a different 
affidavit. The following affidavit for test examiners (teachers) is copied 
directly from the Regulations for the STAR Program, Title 5.  EDUCATION, 
Division 1.  State Department of Education, Chapter 2.  Pupils, Subchapter 
3.75.  Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, Article 1.  General, 
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/starregs.doc

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(c) All test examiners, proctors, scribes, and any other persons having 
access to the designated achievement test and test materials, the 
standards-based achievement tests and test materials, and the CAPA 
materials shall acknowledge the limited purpose of their access to the 
tests by signing the STAR Test Security Affidavit set forth in subdivision (d).

(d)The STAR Test Security Affidavit shall be as follows:

STAR TEST SECURITY AFFIDAVIT

        I acknowledge that I will have access to the designated 
achievement test and to the standards-based achievement tests and the CAPA 
for the purpose of administering the test(s). I understand that these 
materials are highly secure, and it is my professional responsibility to 
protect their security as follows:

        (1) I will not divulge the contents of the tests to any other 
person through verbal, written, or any other means of communication.
        (2) I will not copy any part of the test(s) or test materials.
        (3) I will keep the test(s) secure until the test(s) are actually 
distributed to pupils.
        (4) I will limit access to the test(s) and test materials by test 
examinees to the actual testing periods when they are taking the test(s).
        (5) I will collect and account for all materials following each 
period of testing and will not permit pupils to remove test materials from 
the room where testing takes place.
        (6) I will not review any test questions, passages, or other test 
items with pupils or any other person before, during, or following testing.
        (7) I will not develop scoring keys or review or score any pupil 
responses except as required by the contractor's administration manual(s) 
to prepare answer documents for machine or other scoring.
        (8) I will return all test materials to the designated STAR test 
site coordinator daily upon completion of testing.
        (9) I will administer the test(s) in accordance with the 
directions for test administration set forth in the contractor's manual for 
test administration.
        (10) I have been trained to administer the tests.

Signed:
Print Name:
Position:
School:
School District:
Date:



George Sheridan