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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Count the errors - D.C. Council’s Committee on Education is holding a hearing on test security

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Count the errors

dccouncilsealThe D.C. Council’s Committee on Education is holding a hearing on test security this week, and the description of that event is written up on the council Web site. Someone was apparently in a rush, because the post is filled with spelling and other errors. Even the committee’s name is missing a letter in one reference. Find all of them:
Committee on Education Public Hearing on Bill 20-109 the Testing Integrity Act of 2013

The purpose of the hearing is to provide the public and government witnesses as opportunity to testify on the bill which would codify testing security protocols and procedures for statewide assessments administered in the District of Columbia.  THe Act outlines each educational institution’s responsibility for testing integrity and makes it a violation of District law to facility cheating on a statewide assesment test.  It requires all teachers, proctors and monitors to undergo test security training and sign an agreement to abide by the terms of the DIstict’s testing security laws.  In addition, it requires public schools and public charter schools to develop and submit to OSSE a testing security plan that describes the procedures used for storing test materials in a secure location,