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Each Institutional Test Administrator (ITA) is responsible for the security of CLAST materials and for reporting breaches of security to the Department of Education. Violations of test security are defined and procedures for maintaining test security are described in Section 1008.24, F.S.; in Rule 6A-10.042, FAC; and in the CLAST Institutional Test Administrator's Manual. Maintaining security must be considered when choosing the location(s) for handling and storing materials and when training test administrators, room supervisors, and proctors. If test materials are determined to be missing while in the posssession of the institution, the ITA will investigate the cause of the discrepancy and provide the Department of Education with a report of the investigation within 30 calendar days of the initiation of the investigation. The report will include the nature of the situation, the time and place of the occurrence, and the names of the persons involved in or witness to the occurrence. Officials from the Department of Education are authorized to conduct additional investigations.
The identity of each examinee must be ascertained by valid photo identification, preferably a driver's license or passport, and only those examinees whose names appear on the printed roster may be admitted to the testing room. If a student is suspected of cheating, or if other violations of test security are suspected, the ITA will report the incident as specified in the Test Administration Manual within 10 calendar days.
The ITA is responsible for notifying each person who has access to the tests of the procedures for maintaining test security. Each person is to be provided with a copy of the statute and the rule governing test security, which provide that anyone violating the law may be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
If the Department of Education, through an investigation, determines that an institution does not fulfill its responsibilities as a testing center for the CLAST, the Department will assume responsibility for the administration of the CLAST in that institution until such time as the institution requalifies as a testing center for the CLAST. Alternatively, the Department may withdraw approval of the institution as a test site.