34 C.F.R. § 668.151 Administration of tests.
Title 34 - Education
(a)(1) To establish a student's eligibility for Title IV, HEA program funds under this subpart, if a student has not passed an approved state test, under §668.143, an institution must select a certified test administrator to give an approved test. (2) An institution may use the results of an approved test it received from an approved test publisher or assessment center to determine a student's eligibility to receive Title IV, HEA programs funds if the test was independently administered and properly administered. (b) The Secretary considers that a test is independently administered if the test is— (1) Given at an assessment center by a test administrator who is an employee of the center; or (2) Given by a test administrator who— (i) Has no current or prior financial or ownership interest in the institution, its affiliates, or its parent corporation, other than the interest obtained through its agreement to administer the test, and has no controlling interest in any other educational institution; (ii) Is not a current or former employee of or consultant to the institution, its affiliates, or its parent corporation, a person in control of another institution, or a member of the family of any of these individuals; (iii) Is not a current or former member of the board of directors, a current or former employee of or a consultant to a member of the board of directors, chief executive officer, chief financial officer of the institution or its parent corporation or at any other institution, or a member of the family of any of the above individuals; and (iv) Is not a current or former student of the institution. (c) The Secretary considers that a test is not independently administered if an institution— (1) Compromises test security or testing procedures; (2) Pays a test administrator a bonus, commission, or any other incentive based upon the test scores or pass rates of its students who take the test; (3) Otherwise interferes with the test administrator's independence or test administration. (d) The Secretary considers that a test is properly administered if the test administrator— (1) Is certified by the test publisher to give the publisher's test; (2) Administers the test in accordance with instructions provided by the test publisher, and in a manner that ensures the integrity and security of the test; (3) Makes the test available only to a test-taker, and then only during a regularly scheduled test; (4) Secures the test against disclosure or release; (5) Submits the completed test to the test publisher within two business days after test administration in accordance with the test publisher's instructions; and (6) Upon request, gives the Secretary, guaranty agency, licensing agency, accrediting agency, and law enforcement agencies access to test records or other documents related to an audit, investigation, or program review of the institution, or test publisher. (e) Except as provided in §668.152, a certified test administrator may not score a test. (f) A student who fails to pass a test approved under this subpart may not retake the same form of the test for the period prescribed by the test's publisher. (g) An institution shall maintain a record for each student who took a test under this subpart of— (1) The test taken by the student; (2) The date of the test; and (3) The student's scores as reported by the test publisher, assessment center, or State. (Authority: U.S.C. 1091(d)) [60 FR 61842, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 31035, June 19, 1996; 67 FR 67073, Nov. 1, 2002]
Title 34: Education
PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subpart J—Approval of Independently Administered Tests; Specification of Passing Score; Approval of State Process
§ 668.151 Administration of tests.
