Section 99160.5 Of Chapter 3. Standardized Tests From California Education Code >> Division 14. >> Title 3. >> Part 65. >> Chapter 3.
99160.5
. (a) A test agency shall immediately initiate an
investigation upon learning of a complaint or a notice of inadequate
or improper test conditions relating to an administration of an
Advanced Placement test. In order to expedite the investigation and
ensure a timely resolution, the school in charge of the test site
shall cooperate with the test agency's investigation by providing
information requested by the test agency within five business days.
If, upon completing the investigation, the test agency determines
that the inadequate or improper test conditions will prevent it from
reporting valid test scores, the test agency shall notify the school
in charge of the test site of the decision within two business days.
Upon notification from the test agency that the test agency has
determined that the inadequate or improper test conditions will
prevent it from reporting valid test scores, the school in charge of
the test site shall notify the affected test subjects of the decision
within two business days. The school in charge of the test site
shall provide all affected test subjects with at least five business
days' prior notice of an opportunity to retest. That retest shall be
administered within 30 calendar days of the completion of the
investigation.
(b) Proctors administering an Advanced Placement test shall create
a seating chart, including the seat location of each test subject,
for each Advanced Placement test administered at the test site. The
test agency shall provide seating chart templates for use by each
test site. The school in charge of the test site shall retain and
preserve each seating chart created pursuant to this subdivision for
at least one year after the administration of the Advanced Placement
test to which that seating chart applies. The school in charge of the
test site shall submit these seating charts to the test agency upon
its request to assist with its investigation of a complaint or notice
of inadequate or improper test conditions.