171 Md. App. 23 - Hildebrant v. Educational Testing Service’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““1. I am currently a Professor in and Department Chair of the Department of Counseling at Montgomery College, Rockville campus. I was chosen as one of twelve faculty members at the college to receive a Faculty Outstanding Service Award for 2003-2004. “2. I received a B.A. in psychology from The College of Wooster in 1981. “3. I received a M.A. in counseling and guidance from Trinity College in Washington, DC in 1992. “4. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. at American University in Washington, DC. “5. I have administered tests for Educational Testing Service (“ETS”) and other testing companies for approximately ten years. “6. On behalf of ETS, I administered the September 11, 2004 The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers, The School Leaders Licensure Assessment test (“Praxis test”) at Montgomery College. Assisting me in my duties, which included monitoring the testing room, was a room proctor, Ms. Jocelyn Lowry. “7. One of the candidates who took the September 11, 2004 Praxis test that I administered at Montgomery College was Elba Hildebrant. I had never previously met Ms. Hildebrant, nor did I know anything about her before the test. “8. On September 11, 2004, I filled out a “Supervisor’s Irregularity Report” regarding Ms. Hildebrant. I provided this report to the test site supervisor, who sent the report on to ETS.””

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2. ““Each statement on the [Supervisor’s Irregularity] report concerning my conduct during the administration of the Assessment Test is false in every respect and has no basis in fact whatsoever. These statements are so contrary to any reasonable understanding or interpretation of anything that could have been observed that I have readily concluded that they were made with the knowledge that they were false and with the intent to harm me personally.””

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3. ““When ETS or test center personnel find that there is misconduct in connection with a test, the test taker may be dismissed from the test center, or ETS may decline to score the test, or cancel the test score. Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, noncompliance with the ‘Test Center Procedures and Regulations,’ pages 10-12 of this Bulletin.””

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   e.g. Educational Testing Service v. Hildebrant