La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXI-309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXI-309 - Erasure Analysis

A. To investigate erasures on student answer documents for the multiple-choice portions of the state criterion-referenced and norm-referenced testing programs, the SBESE and the LDE have developed the following procedures.

1. Scoring contractors scan every answer document for wrong-to-right erasures, and the state average and standard deviation are computed for each subject at each grade level.

2. Students whose wrong-to-right erasures exceed the state average by more than four standard deviations are identified for further investigation. For each student with excessive erasures, the proportion of wrong-to-right erasures to the total number of erasures is considered.

3. Based on the criteria for excessive wrong-to-right erasures, scoring contractors produce the following reports.

a. District/School Erasure Analysis Report. This report identifies districts and schools within the districts whose answer documents have excessive wrong-to-right erasures.

b. Student Erasure Analysis Report. This report identifies individual students whose answer documents have excessive wrong-to-right erasures. The answer documents of students identified as having excessive wrong-to-right answers are available for review at the LDE upon request.

4. Once districts, schools, and individual students have been identified, the state superintendent of education sends letters to district superintendents stating that students in those districts have been identified as having excessive wrong-to-right erasures. Copies of the district/school and student erasure analysis reports are enclosed with the letters. Copies of the correspondence are provided to the Deputy Superintendent of Education, the Assistant Superintendent of the Office of Student and School Performance, the Director of the Division of Assessments and Accountability, and the district test coordinator.

5. The local superintendent must investigate the case of the irregularity and provide a report of the investigation and a written plan of action to the state superintendent of education within 30 calendar days.

6. A summary report of erasure analysis irregularities will be presented to the SBESE after each test administration.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXI-309

Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1530 (July 2005), amended LR 32:234 (February 2006), LR 33:257 (February 2007), LR 35:217 (February 2009), LR 35:443 (March 2009), Amended LR 32:234 (February 2006), LR 33:257 (February 2007), LR 35:217 (February 2009), LR 35:443 (March 2009), LR 40:2512 (12/1/2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24 et seq.