On or before November 15 of each year, the test sponsor shall submit to the commission all of the following data and information:
(a) Three copies of each version of the test which was disclosed in the prior testing year, along with the corresponding acceptable answers, and the methods used to convert raw scores into the test scores reported to test subjects and test score recipients, together with an explanation of that method.
(b) The dates of major or national administration of each test administered by the test agency during the testing year.
(c) The total number of test subjects who have taken the test once, who have taken it twice, and who have taken it more than twice during the testing year.
(d) The total number of test subjects who registered for, but did not take, the test.
(e) The total amount of fees received from test subjects by the test agency for the test for that testing year.
(f) The expenses to the test sponsor of the test, as follows:
(1) Those expenses which are directly attributable to the test.
(2) Those expenses which are indirectly attributable to the test. However, if the test sponsor also sponsors another test or related activities, it shall be sufficient for compliance with this section for the test sponsor to list indirectly attributable expenses, to the extent that they are identifiable, as they are proportionately related to the test. The test sponsor shall also list expenses indirectly attributable to all activities of the test’s sponsor, including expenses not identifiable as attributable to a test.
The financial disclosure required by this section shall be submitted within 135 days after the close of the testing year and in sufficient detail to indicate the major categories of revenues and expenses associated with the test. Except as provided in this section, the information for different tests administered by the same test sponsor shall be reported separately and by individual test.
(g) A copy of all documents, pamphlets, and literature provided to the test subject and the test score recipient.
(h) Where applicable, the national average test scores, state average test scores, the standard error of measurement, and any other existing information relevant to a comparison of the test scores of the state’s test subjects with test scores of previous test subjects of the past five years.
(i) For those tests used to predict academic performance, the most recent national or regional aggregation of data concerning the predictive validity of all of the following:
(1) Academic record or grades alone.
(2) Standardized test score alone.
(3) Academic record and test score combined.
(4) Standardized test scores over and above the predictive validity of academic record alone.
(j) Using available data, the racial, ethnic, and sex breakdown of all test subjects taking each test during the testing year.
(k) If a separate fee is charged test subjects for admissions data assembly service, the test sponsor shall report information concerning the data assembly service in substantially the same form as would be required for a test under this section.
(l) The test sponsor shall also supply to the commission any other information mutually identified by the commission and the test sponsor that will be reasonably available and helpful in either (1) assessing the state’s progress in increasing the number of Hispanic, Black, or American Indian students who graduate from high school eligible to enroll in either the University of California or the California State University or (2) developing strategies to involve the testing companies in cooperative actions with schools, colleges, and universities to expand access to college for Hispanic, Black, and American Indian students.
(m) This section shall not be construed to require any test agency to submit to the commission any reports or documents containing information relating to any individual test subject. Any information relating to any individual test subject shall be deleted or obliterated from any reports or documents filed with the commission pursuant to this section.
(n) This section shall not apply to any standardized test which is administered to fewer than 3,000 test subjects in California during a testing year.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 446, Sec. 1.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018