Section 92-10-005 - Statewide System for Assessment of Student Learning and for Reporting the Performance of Public School Districts005.01Quality Indicator: Assessment procedures and results assist teachers in planning and providing appropriate instruction for all students. Assessment results also provide information for monitoring program success, and for reporting to parents, policy makers, and the community. Schools periodically review procedures to improve assessment quality and increase student learning. The information assists schools in establishing and achieving improvement goals.AQuESTT Tenet: The results of multiple assessment sources (national, state, and classroom-based) are used to measure student achievement of college and career ready standards and be used as an integral part of the instructional process.
005.01A All public school districts participate annually in statewide assessments in compliance with the schedule adopted by the Board. Nonpublic schools have an assessment plan which includes a schedule and procedures for assessing success in achieving their academic content standards. Student success in achieving their standards is reported to the head administrator or governing board of the nonpublic school.005.01B Whole grade norm-referenced assessment using a national assessment instrument begins no earlier than grade two and is conducted annually in at least one grade in each of the following two levels: grades 2-5; grades 6-8.A national assessment instrument is administered at least once in the high school grades.005.02 Each school year, for the purpose of implementing a statewide system of tracking student achievement as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-760.05, public school districts must report by June 30 of each school year the following data to the Department electronically via the Department's reporting system using the Department's student identifier system: 005.02A Individual student demographics including each student's race, poverty status, high mobility status, attendance, and limited English proficiency;005.02B Individual student achievement including individual student achievement data from the state assessment instruments required in Section 005.01A of this Chapter and scores and subscores available to the public school district on national assessment instruments administered by such district; and005.02C Individual student educational input characteristics including class size, teacher education, teacher experience, special education, early childhood programs, federal programs, and targeted education programs.005.03Student Assistance. Each school has a student assistance process of its own design to provide problem solving and intervention strategies.92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 10, § 005
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