MAP Professional Standards and Ethics 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A teacher overhears a colleague coaching students during a MAP session. What is the ethical obligation?
- Ignore it to protect the colleague
- Talk it over with the students afterward
- Report it through the district test coordinator per security procedures (Correct answer)
- Wait to see whether scores look unusual
Correct answer: Report it through the district test coordinator per security procedures
Educators must report suspected test irregularities through the proper channels.
Question 2: Under Missouri law, teachers who suspect child abuse or neglect must:
- Report it to the Children's Division hotline right away (Correct answer)
- Wait until they have proof
- Tell only the student's parents
- Investigate on their own before reporting
Correct answer: Report it to the Children's Division hotline right away
Missouri educators are mandated reporters and must report suspected abuse immediately.
Question 3: Which item is typically NOT allowed on a student's desk during a MAP assessment unless the student has an approved accommodation?
- Scratch paper provided by the test administrator
- A personal cell phone (Correct answer)
- A pencil
- Tools built into the online test
Correct answer: A personal cell phone
Personal electronic devices are prohibited during testing because they put security at risk.
Question 4: Who is responsible for the security of MAP materials stored in a school building?
- Only the testing vendor
- Students taking the test
- All staff with access, under the building test coordinator (Correct answer)
- Parents who volunteer on test day
Correct answer: All staff with access, under the building test coordinator
Everyone who handles secure materials shares responsibility under the coordinator's oversight.
Question 5: A principal pressures teachers to 'help' low-performing students during the test to boost school ratings. The teachers should:
- Follow the principal because they are the supervisor
- Help only borderline students
- Refuse and report the instruction through proper channels (Correct answer)
- Help only on constructed-response items
Correct answer: Refuse and report the instruction through proper channels
Professional ethics and test security rules override improper instructions from a supervisor.
Question 6: Discussing a specific student's MAP results with another teacher's class is a breach of:
- Academic freedom
- Student confidentiality (Correct answer)
- Collective bargaining rules
- Curriculum alignment
Correct answer: Student confidentiality
Individual student results are confidential and should be shared only with people who have a legitimate educational need.
Question 7: Why does DESE require test administrators to complete training before MAP testing?
- To certify teachers for salary increases
- To make sure administration is standardized and secure (Correct answer)
- To replace the need for test manuals
- To let teachers preview test items
Correct answer: To make sure administration is standardized and secure
Training makes sure procedures are applied the same way so results are valid and comparable.
MAP Professional Standards and Ethics 3
A teacher overhears a colleague coaching students during a MAP session.
What is the ethical obligation?