ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on test administration, and its significance in assuring that all examinees are assessed under the same conditions. It focuses on maintaining fairness throughout the administration of standardized achievement tests. The chapter uses the term “achievement tests” to be inclusive of standardized tests for educational achievement and accountability, admissions, certification, and licensure, as well as the content-based employment tests. The chapter also briefly discusses classroom testing, treating it as a special case of standardized achievement testing in which some of the standardization and security policies are relaxed. If testing staff learn of an event overlapping a scheduled test administration that is likely to be noisy and cause examinees to become distracted (e.g., building or road construction, nearby sporting events, etc.), the site coordinator should attempt to identify an alternate site that will be more ideally suited for testing.
