15-747

15-747. Nationally standardized test; exemption from public record requirements; public viewing

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any nationally standardized test that is administered to pupils in this state and to pupils in any other states, and any questions, answers or scoring keys from any such test that appear in any bid, proposal, contract, documentation or other materials, are exempt from title 39, chapter 1, article 2 if both of the following apply:

1. The test is copyrighted.

2. The test will be deprived of value if the questions or answers become known to pupils before the administration of the test.

B. The state board of education shall adopt rules that set forth procedures to allow parents of pupils and the general public to view the nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test prescribed by section 15-741. The rules shall include procedures to prohibit pupils who are required to take the nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test from viewing that test before the test is administered to those pupils. The rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall prohibit the duplication or photocopying of the nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test. The rules shall prohibit any other activities that would violate the copyright protection afforded by federal law to the copyright holders of the tests and to the copyright holders of related testing materials.