MAP Professional Standards and Ethics 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During MAP testing, a teacher notices a student has skipped several items. What is the most appropriate action?
- Point to the skipped items and suggest the student review them
- Give only the standardized directions permitted in the Test Administration Manual (Correct answer)
- Quietly tell the student which answers are missing
- Collect the test and complete the skipped items later
Correct answer: Give only the standardized directions permitted in the Test Administration Manual
Test administrators may only give scripted, standardized directions and cannot direct students to specific items.
Question 2: Which state agency oversees MAP administration and handles reports of test security violations in Missouri?
- Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
- Missouri State Board of Accountancy
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) (Correct answer)
- Missouri Department of Social Services
Correct answer: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
DESE administers the MAP program and sets its test security procedures.
Question 3: A teacher photographs a MAP test item so they can use it as a classroom review question next year. This action is best described as:
- Acceptable if student names are removed
- A test security violation (Correct answer)
- Permitted for teachers in tested grades
- Acceptable with principal approval
Correct answer: A test security violation
Copying, photographing, or reproducing secure test content in any form breaks test security.
Question 4: A student's IEP lists read-aloud for math items. On test day, the test administrator should:
- Provide the accommodation exactly as documented and allowed for the assessment (Correct answer)
- Skip the accommodation to keep testing conditions the same for all students
- Read aloud every subject, including ELA reading passages
- Let the student pick which accommodations to use that day
Correct answer: Provide the accommodation exactly as documented and allowed for the assessment
Accommodations must match the student's IEP or 504 plan and be allowable under MAP guidelines.
Question 5: After testing, a teacher changes several student answers that were clearly bubbled in by mistake. This is:
- Allowed if the teacher is sure of the student's intent
- Allowed only for students with IEPs
- A serious ethical and test security violation (Correct answer)
- Allowed if a second adult watches
Correct answer: A serious ethical and test security violation
Changing student responses misrepresents student performance and is prohibited.
Question 6: Which practice is generally considered ethical test preparation?
- Teaching the curriculum aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards (Correct answer)
- Drilling students on leaked items from the current test form
- Giving students answer keys from last year's operational test
- Teaching only the narrow item formats that will appear
Correct answer: Teaching the curriculum aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards
Teaching the standards builds real skills and does not inflate scores.
Question 7: Which federal law protects the privacy of student education records, including assessment scores?
- HIPAA
- FERPA (Correct answer)
- ADA Title III
- Title IX
Correct answer: FERPA
FERPA controls who can see student education records, including test results.
MAP Professional Standards and Ethics 2
During MAP testing, a teacher notices a student has skipped several items.
What is the most appropriate action?