§ 343 — Notice

§ 343. Notice. 1. Each test agency shall provide, along with the\nregistration form or score report for a test, the following information:\n a. the purposes for which the test is constructed and is intended to\nbe used;\n b. statements designed to provide information for interpreting test\nresults, including but not limited to, explanations of the test score\nscale, the standard error of measurement of the test, and a list of\navailable correlations between test scores and grades, successful\ncompletion of a course of study and parental income; however, where a\nrange of the correlations of such studies is given, a median correlation\nmust also be provided;\n c. how the test scores will be reported, whether the raw test scores\nwill be converted in any way before being reported to the test subject\nand whether and how the test agency will use the test score in raw or\ntransformed form by itself or together with any other information about\nthe test subject to predict in any way the subject's future academic\nperformance for any post secondary educational institution;\n d. a complete description of any promises or covenants that the test\nagency makes to the test subject with regard to accuracy of scoring,\ntimely forwarding of information, policies for notifying test subjects\nregarding inaccuracies in scoring or score reporting, any procedures to\nincrease fairness and equity with respect to race, ethnicity and\nlinguistic background and gender for test subjects with regard to test\nquestions and test forms, procedures for reviewing challenges by test\nsubjects, their representatives or user institutions to the keying,\nscoring, wording or any aspect of a test question or questions used to\ncalculate test subjects' raw scores, and privacy of information relating\nto the test subject;\n e. whether or not the test scores are the property of the test\nsubject, the time period during which the results will be retained by\nthe test agency, and policies regarding storage, disposal and future use\nof test score data; and\n f. how the test subject may obtain the information required to be\ndislcosed under section three hundred forty-two of this article.\n g. how the test subject may obtain information required to be\navailable under section three hundred forty-four-b of this article;\n h. a clear, easily understood written description of each section of\nthe test, including an indication of whether the test contains sections\nof equating questions together with a statement of the purpose of such,\nand an indication of whether the test contains sections of pretest\nquestions together with a statement of the purpose of such;\n i. a description of all services which will be provided at the\nlocation of the test administration to accommodate handicapped or\ndisabled test subjects;\n j. a concise summary of test administration procedures which provides\nessential information to the test subject about the conduct of the test\nincluding the duties and responsibilities of the test proctor or\nsupervisor and the actions a test subject may take in the event of any\nproblems which may arise in the course of taking the test;\n k. a statement of the test agency's recommendations as to how test\nscores shall be used by an institution to which scores are reported,\nincluding any recommendation regarding the importance that the\ninstitution should give to such scores relative to other factors, such\nas prior academic record, in making any decision affecting a test\nsubject;\n l. a description of how test subjects can receive additional\ninformation from test sponsors about the appropriate use of test scores;\n m. information which clearly describes the test subjects' rights\nincluded in section three hundred forty-four-c of this article; and\n n. information documenting procedures used by the test agency to\ninsure that the test is fair to all test takers regardless of racial,\nethnic, gender or regional background.\n 2. Any institution which is a test score recipient shall be provided\nwith the information specified in this section. The test agency shall\nprovide such information prior to or coincident with the first reporting\nof a test score or scores to a recipient institution. Such institution\nshall be encouraged to provide interpretive processing by qualified\npersonnel where such personnel are available.\n 4. Each public postsecondary institution shall include in its catalog\nor bulletin a statement whether applicants for undergraduate admission\nare required to submit test scores. Such statement shall clearly state\nhow test scores are used in the decision process, how multiple score\nreports are treated, whether component scores are summed or averaged,\nand how test scores are used in placement decisions.\n