Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.507

Alternative testing locations - Internet postings.

A. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules

necessary for the implementation and administration of the

provisions of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act.

B. The State Board of Education shall require school district

boards of education to annually provide information to the

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district's students, parents of students, and the public at large

about the proper meaning and use of assessments administered

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma School Testing Program

Act. The Department shall develop materials and make them available

to school districts regarding the Oklahoma School Testing Program.

C. 1. Students enrolled in an online course or program that is

offered by a school district or charter school that is not the

district of residence or is not located in the district of residence

of the student shall be provided the opportunity to take any

assessment required pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing Program

Act or any other assessment generally required of students by the

school district in which the student is enrolled at an alternative

testing location approved by the State Board of Education. The

alternative testing locations may be at sites that are not in the

school district that is offering the online course or program or the

district of residence. Alternative testing locations may include

technology center school sites or any other testing location

selected by the school district or charter school offering the

online course or program. All alternative testing locations shall

be subject to testing location rules promulgated by the State Board

of Education. The school district or charter school offering the

online course or program shall be responsible for any cost incurred

in providing an alternative testing location and any additional cost

of administering an assessment at an alternative testing location.

In order to provide alternative testing locations at geographically

dispersed sites, the school district or charter school offering the

online course or program shall, at a minimum, provide not less than

six alternative testing locations, with at least one location in

each quadrant of the state and in each of the two metropolitan areas

in the state. Additional alternative testing locations may be

provided by the school district or charter school offering the

online course or program.

2. The performance of students on any assessment required

pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act or any other

assessments generally required of students by the school district

who are enrolled full-time in an online program that is offered by a

school district or charter school that is not the district of

residence or is not located in the district of residence of the

student shall be reported separately by the school district or

charter school and shall not be included when determining the

performance levels of the school district or charter school in the

Oklahoma School Testing Program as reported in the Oklahoma

Educational Indicators Program.

D. The State Board of Education shall seek to establish and

post on the Internet a sample assessment item bank that will be made

available to teachers and will allow them to create and deliver

classroom assessments throughout the school year to check for

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student mastery of key concepts assessed by the assessments

administered to students pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing

Program Act. Subject to the availability of funds, the Board shall

annually release assessment items and make them available to the

public.

E. The State Board of Education shall post on the Internet

sample assessments for each grade level and subject matter

assessment administered to students pursuant to the Oklahoma School
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administered to students pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing

Program Act. Subject to the availability of funds, the Board shall

annually release assessment items and make them available to the

public.

E. The State Board of Education shall post on the Internet

sample assessments for each grade level and subject matter

assessment administered to students pursuant to the Oklahoma School

Testing Program Act for the purpose of communicating expectation

concerning the difficulty level and format to teacher, parents and

students. The Board shall maintain the sample assessments on the

Internet throughout the year and, as changes are made in the state

academic content standards, shall update the sample assessments.

The Board shall seek to expand the number of sample assessments

items each year and to revise items as needed. The sample

assessments shall reflect the actual assessments administered to

students and may contain questions used on actual assessments given

in previous years.

F. The State Board of Education shall implement an electronic

delivery system for all assessments administered pursuant to the

Oklahoma School Testing Program Act that will allow students to

participate in computer-based assessments in order to expedite the

delivery and use of the results. The State Board of Education shall

adopt a timeline for transition to the electronic delivery system.

A school district may choose to offer printed assessments by

providing a request for approval and justification to the State

Board of Education. The State Department of Education shall publish

and make known the date by which districts choosing to offer printed

assessments must make such request. In circumstances where the

administration or delivery of an online or computer-based assessment

has been or will be disrupted, delayed or cause problems with

student participation, the Board may stop or cancel the online or

computer-based assessment and administer the assessment by another

means.