Current through November 25, 2024
Section DCF 82.07 - Examination(1) TEST QUESTIONS. The department shall develop a pool of questions related to the content of the basic intake training, including questions designed to measure knowledge of relevant statutes. The department shall select questions from the pool of questions in creating a test that intake workers shall take at the conclusion of the training.(2) ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEST. An employee of the department shall administer a test at the end of the training using all of the following procedures: (a) The test may not be distributed to training participants until the time for testing at the end of the training.(b) Ninety minutes shall be allowed to complete the test and the 90 minutes shall be included as part of the 30 hours of required training.(c) Training participants may use statutes and other resources to complete the test, but training participants shall individually complete the test.(3) EVALUATION AND SCORING OF TESTS. Staff of the department designated by the administrator shall evaluate the responses to the test questions and shall determine the percentage of questions that each training participant has answered correctly. The department shall notify each training participant and his or her supervisor of that percentage within 20 working days after the training is completed. A training participant who has answered 70% or more of the questions correctly has passed the test. A training participant who has answered fewer than 70% of the questions correctly has failed the test. (4) OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE TEST. If a training participant fails the test, he or she shall be given an opportunity to respond again to the questions for which erroneous responses were given on the original test. The questions that a training participant failed to answer correctly shall be included with the notice of the score on the original test. The training participant shall have 5 working days to complete answers to the questions and return the answers to the department. If all of the answers are correct, the department shall notify the training participant that he or she has passed the test.(5) FAILURE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE EXAMINATION. If a training participant fails to complete the supplemental test in sub. (4), notification shall be sent in accordance with s. DCF 82.05(2). A participant who has failed to successfully complete the supplemental test in sub. (4) may achieve certification only by retaking the 30 hours of department approved basic intake training and achieving a passing score of 70% or better on the examination.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 82.07
Renumbered from DOC 399.07, correction in (5) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register December 2015 No. 720, eff.1/1/2016