Confidentiality of Information

Privacy

TEA and ETS take the privacy of our test takers seriously and recognize your right to control the information about you that is stored by them. Their policies are designed to safeguard that information from unauthorized disclosure.

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Consent

When you register for a test you will be asked to read and agree to the privacy statement below.

I understand and agree that ETS and TEA may collect personal information regarding my identification document(s).

The following information may be collected.

  • Personal contact details from your identification documents
  • Date of birth, country of residence and country of citizenship from your identification documents
  • Signature
  • Audio and video recordings of test sessions

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At the Test Center

You must show the required identification documents to be admitted to test.

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Disclosure

Your personal information may be disclosed to those third parties that provide services to ETS and TEA, provided that they have contractually agreed to only use the personal information as needed to provide the services.

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Security and Retention

ETS, TEA and their service providers shall at all times protect your personal information with operational, administrative, technical and physical security safeguards.

Unless your videotaped interview is being used in connection with an active security investigation, ETS and TEA shall retain it for a maximum of five years after the last test you have taken.

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Individual Rights

You may at any time:

  • request access to and correction of your personal information
  • make any inquiries, requests or complaints in relation to the use of your personal information
  • withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data; however, if you exercise this right, you may not be allowed to take any further tests and your scores may be canceled.

Requests, inquiries or complaints should be directed to ETS-Texas Educator Certification Program. See Contact Information.

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Score Information

Your score information is intended only for you and your EPP (if applicable). However, background information, as noted during the registration process, is reported to the state of Texas and some institutions.

ETS will not release your score information at the request of institutions or agencies except:

  • for use in research studies, scoring and statistical analyses approved by TEA and that preserve your anonymity
  • when information is required under compulsion of legal processes, in which case your score record and the documents you completed that are retained at ETS may be released to third parties, e.g., govern-ment agencies, parties to a lawsuit, etc., if requested pursuant to a subpoena
  • Sections 205 through 208 of Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA), as amended in 2008, require all states that require testing for licensure to provide that agency with annual performance data for students completing their state-approved teacher preparation programs. If you complete your preparation program in a given cohort year, your preparing institution will collect and forward your score information to the state for inclusion in the federally mandated educator preparation performance report. The report will contain aggregate data only and will not include any information that identifies examinees.

Note that whenever ETS has confirmed that you have submitted a TASC or TASC-ASL score directly to an educational institution, agency or district in satisfaction of one of its requirements, ETS will respond to requests for score verification from that recipient.

Videotaped interviews may be used for training interviewers and scores and in new test preparation materials. Test taker information, such as names and addresses, is not included when videotaped interviews are used for these purposes. Interviewer and scorer training is essential to ensure that tests are scored in a fair and consistent manner. The use of your videotaped interview will benefit future test takers by helping to improve the training of interviewers and scorers, just as the administration and scoring of your test will benefit from the use of prior test takers' videotaped interviews. Test preparation materials demonstrate how the test is administered and the skills that are necessary to succeed.

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