Approved testers may administer tests to their own children (or children related to them) if their state law permits it and there is no conflict with any other entity that may require test results for admission, award-granting, etc. In these cases it is the parents’ responsibility to ensure that they are following the guidelines required by their state or other entity.

See grouping options below.

Iowa Assessments™ (Spring Testing)

• K5–Grade 2 (Levels 5–8) must each be administered separately by grade and may not be grouped.
• Grades 3–8 (Levels 9–14) may be administered together.†
• Grades 9–12 (Levels 15–18) may be administered together.

†Please note that the Level 9 test contains two subtests, Word Analysis and Listening. These will need to be administed apart from the other levels.

Stanford (Spring Testing)*

• K5–Grade 3 (SESAT2–Pri3) must each be administered separately by grade and may not be grouped.
• Grades 4–6 (Int1–Int3) may be administered together with minor modifications.†
• Grades 7–8 (Adv1–Adv2) may be administered together with minor modifications.†
• Grades 9–12 (TASK1–TASK3) may be administered together.

*For fall testing, please refer to the test level rather than the grade level.

†Please note that the Listening subtest must be administered to each grade level separately.

Qualifications for Administering the Iowa Assessments

Test administrators must be approved before testing. Administrators can apply online.

• Iowa Assessments prefers that administrators have a bachelor’s degree.
• In your application, mark “I have a degree/diploma.” Choose whether you have a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, high school diploma, or other degree (e.g., Bachelor of Business Administration). Fill in all fields. If you have a high school diploma, type N/A for Major.

BJU Press reviews all applications within 5–7 business days to make sure applicants meet publisher expectations for administration and handling of materials. If you have questions about your eligibility as a tester, feel free to apply. We will contact you if further information is needed.

Qualifications for Administering the Stanford Achievement Test

Testers must meet the following criteria:

• Be listed with us as a pre-approved Stanford tester by completing an easy online application
• Have a bachelor's degree
• View the BJU Press Stanford 10 Administrator Training video*

*Instead of viewing our video, you may have full-time teaching experience or current state certification in addition to standardized-testing experience.

BJU Press reviews all applications within 5–7 business days to make sure applicants meet publisher expectations for administration and handling of materials. If you have questions about your eligibility as a tester, feel free to apply. We will contact you if further information is needed.

For paper/pencil testing, proctors are adults who are not approved to administer tests but may assist the tester in distributing pencils and scratch paper and during breaks. Every individual must be approved by BJU Press before doing ANY of the following:

• Reading directions
• Timing the test
• Maintaining sole responsibility for the student(s) at any point during test administration

Every tester must also sign the Tester Sign-Off on the Student Roster to be returned with the completed tests.

Please see Online Testing FAQs for information about these terms in relation to online tests.

Private

This address is not visible to others. If you want to test for others, you must have at least one Limited or Public address so that others can ship materials to you.

Limited

This address is not viewable in the Test Administrator Directory but can be used by those who wish to select you as their test administrator. Anyone who knows your tester account number will be able to ship tests to you at this address, but if someone searches our online database for a tester, this address will not appear.

Public

This address is public and will be viewable in the Test Administrator Directory for those searching for a local test administrator in their area. Assigning the public status to one of your addresses is the best way to advertise your testing services to people in your area. Anyone who searches our online database for a tester in your general area will see your name and this address.

If you want to advertise your testing services, (1) go to your Test Administrator Profile, (2) indicate that you are interested in administering tests for others (the second option in the Contact Preferences section), (3) list at least one contact method, (4) assign one “public” privacy setting to an address, and (5) designate which address you want to use for shipping.

See links to sample answer documents for the Stanford and Iowa Assessments achievement tests. The actual format may vary slightly for different test levels. The Checklist sent with the tests will also provide small images of these sample pages.

Children with diagnosed disabilities may qualify for certain accommodations during testing. Generally, the child's IEP will list the appropriate modifications. For further details, consult this info from the publisher or contact us.