What is considered a breach in test security?
There are two major types of breaches in test security: student impropriety and educator misconduct. The following examples illustrate characteristics of possible breaches in the security of the PSSA: STUDENT IMPROPRIETY • Word-for-word duplication or partial duplication of a student response. • Use of the same incorrect formula to come to the same incorrect answer from multiple students. • Use of the same correct formula to come to the same incorrect answer from multiple students. • Use of materials other than those provided during the administration of the assessment. EDUCATOR MISCONDUCT • School personnel transcribe student response(s) and/or student errors have been corrected. • Two obviously different handwritings in the same response. • Word-for-word duplication or partial duplication of responses with the same handwriting. • Student states in answer that the teacher provided all or some of the answer. • Student indicates bubbles were filled in when test was first handed out to t
