S.D. Admin. R. 24:55:02:09.04

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 24:55:02:09.04 - Calculation of assessment readiness

To determine the percent of students successfully completing the assessment of readiness pathway, the department shall:

(1) Determine the number of students in the cohort of students included in the school's prior year high school completion school performance index (SPI) key indicator score calculation who demonstrated college readiness in English through achieving one of the following scores:

(a) A South Dakota English-Language Arts Assessment score of level 3 or 4;

(b) An ACT English subscore of at least 18; or

(c) An Accuplacer-NextGen Writing score of at least 263;

(2) Determine the number of students in the cohort of students included in the school's prior year high school completion SPI key indicator score calculation who demonstrated college readiness in math through achieving one of the following scores:

(a) A South Dakota Math Assessment score of level 3 or 4;

(b) An ACT math subscore of at least 20; or

(c) An Accuplacer-NextGen-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra & Statistics score of at least 255;

(3) Determine the number of students in the cohort of students included in the school's prior year high school completion SPI key indicator score calculation who earned either a National Career Readiness Certificate of silver or above, or who achieved combined subscores to equate to a silver-level certificate;

(4) Divide the number of students meeting either the criteria in both (1) and (2), or in (3), by the cohort of students included in the school's prior year high school completion SPI key indicator score calculation to arrive at the percent of students meeting the assessment of readiness pathway; and

(5) Multiply the number achieved in (4) by half of the points available for the indicator.

S.D. Admin. R. 24:55:02:09.04

44 SDR 95, effective 12/6/2017; 44 SDR 192, effective 7/2/2018; 49 SDR 035, effective 10/10/2022

General Authority: SDCL 13-3-69(5)(8).

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-3-62, 13-3-63, 13-3-65, 13-3-69.