La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXXIII-521

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXXXIII-521 - Pairing/Sharing of Schools with Insufficient Test Data

A. Any school with at least one testing grade (3-11) will receive its SPS based only on its own student data provided it meets the requirements of §519

B. Any K-2 school with insufficient testing data will be awarded an SPS equal to the SPS of the school to which it is paired.

C. Any school enrolling only twelfth grade students will be awarded an SPS based on shared data from a school or schools containing grades 9-11 that send it the majority of its students. This sharing relationship is to define the cohort that will provide the starting roster on which its graduation index will be based

D. Any K-2, 9-12 configuration shall receive an SPS based solely on the 9-12 data.

E. Any ninth grade only school that does not administer an English/language arts assessment shall be paired with another school that administers an English/language arts assessment.

F. A district must identify the school where each of its non-standard schools shall be paired in order to facilitate the proper sharing of data for reporting purposes, as described above. The paired school must be the one that receives by promotion the largest percentage of students from the non-standard school. In other words, the paired school must be the school into which the largest percentage of students feed. If two schools receive an identical percentage of students from a non-standard school, or when there is no distinct feeder pattern, the district shall select the paired school.

G. Requirements for the number of test/graduation index units shall be the sum of the units used to calculate the school's SPS (see §519).

H. If a school has too few test units to be a "stand-alone" school, it may request to be considered stand-alone.

1. It shall receive an SPS that is calculated solely on that school's data, despite the small number of test units.

2. The request shall be in writing to the LDE from the LEA superintendent.

3. The school forfeits any right to appeal its SPS and status based on minimum test unit counts.

I. Once the identification of "paired" schools has been made, this decision is binding for 10 years. An appeal to the BESE may be made to change this decision prior to the end of 10 years, when redistricting or other grade configuration and/or membership changes occur.

J. If 10 years has not elapsed, but a paired/shared school acquires a sufficient number of testing units, then the pair/share relationship will be broken, and the school will be treated as a stand-alone school.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXXIII-521

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 29:2741 (December 2003), amended LR 30:1445 (July 2004), LR 32:1023 (June 2006), LR 36: 1991 (September 2010), LR 38:3108 (December 2012), LR 39:1422 (June 2013), LR 40: 1315 (July 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:10.1.