Cambium Test Incident Reporting and Testing Irregularity Procedures

Question 1

Which event during a live testing session would be classified as a testing irregularity requiring formal documentation and reporting?

Accepted Answer

A proctor reads a test item aloud to a student who does not have a read-aloud accommodation

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A student pauses their test to use the restroom with proctor permission

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A student uses the online calculator tool on a calculator-permitted section

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A student's test session times out after the allowed session time expires

Question 2

When a student's testing device crashes mid-test and the student's responses may not have been saved, what is the correct immediate action for the proctor?

Accepted Answer

Pause the student's test session in the Test Administrator Interface and contact the School Test Coordinator to determine whether responses were captured

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Have the student immediately log back in and continue without reporting the incident

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Void the student's test and schedule a makeup session without notifying the coordinator

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Manually transcribe the student's remembered answers into a paper form for later entry

Question 3

Which party is typically responsible for submitting a formal testing irregularity report to the state education agency?

Accepted Answer

The District Test Coordinator, after receiving the incident details from the School Test Coordinator

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The individual proctor who witnessed the irregularity

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The student's classroom teacher

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The Cambium platform automatically submits irregularity reports when anomalies are detected

Question 4

A student is caught with an active cell phone during a testing session. According to standard Cambium testing security procedures, what must the proctor do?

Accepted Answer

Collect the device, dismiss the student from the testing room per local policy, and document the incident for irregularity reporting

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Issue a verbal warning, allow the student to continue testing, and make a note in the gradebook

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Immediately invalidate the test within the Cambium platform without further documentation

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Allow the student to finish the test but reduce their score by a standard penalty

Question 5

What is the purpose of documenting the exact timestamp and sequence of events in a testing irregularity report?

Accepted Answer

To allow the state education agency or coordinator to reconstruct what happened and make an informed decision about score validity

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To calculate how many minutes of testing time must be added to the student's session

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To automatically trigger a score appeal in the Cambium reporting system

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To identify which version of the Cambium Secure Browser was running at the time of the incident

Question 6

If a School Test Coordinator realizes after the testing window closes that an irregularity was never reported, what should they do?

Accepted Answer

Report the irregularity to the District Test Coordinator immediately, explaining the delay, so it can be escalated to the state if needed

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Take no action, since the testing window is closed and the student's score has already been processed

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Amend the student's TIDE record to flag the test as invalid without contacting the state

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Notify the classroom teacher to adjust the student's grade to compensate for the irregularity