MAP Safety and Compliance 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During MAP testing, which item is a student generally NOT allowed to have at their testing station?
- A pencil
- Scratch paper provided by the test administrator
- A cell phone (Correct answer)
- An approved calculator for designated sections
Correct answer: A cell phone
Personal electronic devices such as cell phones are prohibited during testing to protect test security.
Question 2: What should a test administrator do with scratch paper after a MAP test session ends?
- Let students keep it as a study aid
- Collect it and securely destroy or return it per security procedures (Correct answer)
- Post it on the classroom wall
- Recycle it in the classroom bin without checking
Correct answer: Collect it and securely destroy or return it per security procedures
Scratch paper may contain secure test content, so it must be collected and handled securely.
Question 3: A student finishes a MAP test section early. What is the appropriate behavior?
- Talk quietly with a neighbor
- Check answers on a classmate's screen
- Remain quiet and follow the administrator's instructions (Correct answer)
- Leave the room without permission
Correct answer: Remain quiet and follow the administrator's instructions
Students must stay quiet and follow directions so other students are not disturbed and security is maintained.
Question 4: Which action by a teacher would be a violation of MAP test security?
- Reading the official script directions aloud
- Monitoring the room actively during testing
- Copying test questions to review with next year's class (Correct answer)
- Providing approved accommodations listed in a student's IEP
Correct answer: Copying test questions to review with next year's class
Reproducing secure test items is prohibited and violates test security rules.
Question 5: Accommodations used on the MAP for a student with a disability should be based on what?
- The teacher's preference on test day
- The student's IEP or 504 plan (Correct answer)
- What the student's friends receive
- Whatever makes the test shortest
Correct answer: The student's IEP or 504 plan
Accommodations must match those documented in the student's IEP or 504 plan.
Question 6: If a test administrator notices a possible testing irregularity, what should they do?
- Ignore it if it seems minor
- Report it to the building or district test coordinator (Correct answer)
- Change the student's answers to correct it
- Post about it on social media
Correct answer: Report it to the building or district test coordinator
Irregularities must be reported through the proper chain so they can be documented and resolved.
Question 7: Why are students not allowed to discuss specific MAP test questions after testing?
- It wastes class time
- It could compromise the security and validity of the test (Correct answer)
- Teachers do not like talking about tests
- The questions are too easy to discuss
Correct answer: It could compromise the security and validity of the test
Sharing test content can give others an unfair advantage and undermine valid results.
MAP Safety and Compliance 3
During MAP testing, which item is a student generally NOT allowed to have at their testing station?