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| Undergraduate Testing | Policy: 2227 (5.2.38) | |
| Student Policies - Undergraduate Students | Originating Date: May 2018 | |
| Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Affairs Committee Responsible Approving Agency: General Faculty Organization Related Documents: UNMC Accommodation Policy (ADA Policy) |
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Purpose
Establishes expectations for students prior to and during testing.
Scope
This policy applies to undergraduate students.
Policy
Testing processes have been established to ensure consistency in testing practices for didactic course content.
Accommodations
- Students are required to adhere to the Accommodation Policy (ADA Policy) that is listed in the UNMC Student Policies and Procedures (see policy in related documents).
- Students with accommodations must present their letter of accommodations from the UNMC Accessibility Services Office to the course coordinator at least one week prior to any exam for which accommodations are requested. Once the letter has been provided to the coordinator, the accommodations will remain in effect for the length of time specified in the letter or until the student in writing indicates the accommodations are no longer needed.
- Accommodated students are expected to comply with timely arrival at the location for testing identified by the course coordinator.
- Faculty will prepare accommodation materials and resources as specified in student letter.
Students
Pre-exam
- Students are expected to download the exam prior to arriving in the testing room so the test can begin on time. Students unable to resolve technical issues shall let the course coordinator know well in advance of the scheduled exam time so that a CON issued computer may be made available to the student for the exam.
- Students shall bring a fully charged device and the charger to the exam.
- Students will not be able to access the exam until provided the password by exam proctors. If students discover technical difficulties after the exam has been downloaded, students shall notify the proctor immediately.
- Students shall arrive with sufficient time to stow personal belongings and be in the seat ready to begin at the designated start time.
- No study notes shall be accessible in the exam room.
- Student phones and smart watches are in off mode and stowed with other personal items.
- Personal calculators including cell phone calculators are not allowed.
- Winter wear, scarfs, hats, and visors removed, and hoodie head wear removed and stowed with other personal items.
- Personal items such as tissues, water, and cough drops are at the discretion of the proctor.
- Students can use personal noise-cancelling earplugs/headphones. No devices with Bluetooth capability or attached cords are allowed.
- No gadgets or electronic devices are allowed during testing unless specifically included in an accommodations letter.
Exam
Students will be provided a pencil, scratch paper, and calculator, if needed, during testing.
Faculty/Proctors
Accommodations
Faculty will work with testing coordinator and any other personnel needed to facilitate testing accommodations for students (e.g., low distraction room, additional testing time).
- On campuses that use affiliated university testing services, complete the accommodated testing form.
- Students testing via a paper copy will use a specified excel form to record exam answers. Once the exam is completed, the student will transfer the exam answers to the exam software, or the excel form data will be uploaded into the exam software by College of Nursing personnel. Transferring of the exam answers is not included in the allotted exam time.
Exam Construction
- Faculty will create a faculty exam blueprint for each exam per course that includes the number and types of questions per concept, exemplar and level of assessment using Blooms Taxonomy.
- Faculty will create a student exam blueprint indicating the concepts and number of questions per concept to be shared with students at least one week before the exam.
- Exam questions shall be peer reviewed for content applicability, spelling and grammatical errors, and appropriate distractors/responses.
- For each exam item a rationale shall be provided.
- Exam questions shall be retired after 5 years of use or if exam statistics analysis does not support continued use of the question.
- All questions shall mirror NCLEX style questions (e.g., no true/false, negative worded questions, avoid always/never responses).
- Randomized responses and/or question order are encouraged.
- Questions shall not include “slang”, prejudicial statements, biases, or stereotyping.
- Faculty may include up to 10 comprehensive test questions per unit exam that tests content from earlier portions of the course and/or prerequisite and coursework relevant to the course content.
Pre-Exam
- Faculty shall determine proctors for main testing room and any accommodation testing rooms.
- Exams shall be available for posting one business day prior to the scheduled exam time so students can download the exam prior to the testing time.
- Course coordinator will provide proctor with exam details including the password and universal resume code in case of technical issues.
- Arrange for any needed supplies during the exam (e.g., calculators, scratch paper, writing utensils, UNMC devices for testing).
- Proctors shall enforce restrictions on items in the testing room. (See student section for examples.)
Exam
- Proctors will respond to technical issues but will not answer questions related to exam content.
- There shall be more than one proctor in the main testing room or an alternate support person available on campus.
- Faculty shall verify the number of students taking the exam in all testing sites.
- Proctors shall check for exam submission via confirmation screen prior to student leaving the testing site.
- For ATI proctored exams, faculty must follow ATI requirements.
Post-exam
- Course coordinator or faculty will review the exam statistics, determine any scoring adjustments needed, and make any adjustments to the exam in the exam/evaluation software.
- Course coordinator shall push adjusted grades to the learning management system from the exam/evaluation software.