S.D. Admin. R. 24:55:02:15

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

Section 24:55:02:15 - Calculation of English language proficiency key indicator score

The department shall calculate an English language proficiency key indicator score for each public school based on the performance of full academic year English learner students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade on the English language proficiency assessment who are either identified for the first time in the current academic year and who met exit criteria or who are in the second or subsequent year of identification as an English learner.

The department shall consider separately the students in the first year of identification who met exit criteria in year one of identification as an English learner, and the students in the second or subsequent year of identification as an English learner. The department shall calculate an English language proficiency key indicator score for each public school as follows:

(1) For students in their first year of identification, calculate the percent of English learners included in the calculation who took the English language proficiency assessment and achieved a score of proficiency and assign a value of one full percent. If an English learner did not take the English language proficiency assessment, they shall be assigned a value of zero;

(2) For students in their second and subsequent year of identification, calculate the percent of students scoring at each of the following benchmarks:

(a) An English learner who did not take the English language proficiency assessment shall be assigned a value of zero;

(b) An English learner whose composite score on the English language proficiency assessment is the same or lower than the prior year's score, who took the assessment but failed to receive a composite score, or did not take the assessment when first identified but then took the assessment for the first time this year, shall be assigned a value of 0.25 percent;

(c) An English learner whose composite score on the English language proficiency assessment is above the English learner's previous year's score but which does not meet the target calculated as per § 24:55:05:07, or who took the assessment in the current year but does not yet have a target to meet as calculated per § 24:55:05:07, or who exited late, shall be assigned a value of 0.50 percent;

(d) An English learner whose composite score on the English language proficiency assessment meets or exceeds the target calculated as per § 24:55:05:07, or who achieved a score of proficiency on the English language proficiency assessment, or who scored a 4 on the English language proficiency assessment and scored a level 3 or 4 on the South Dakota English-Language Arts assessment while in their fifth and final year of the targeted years to exit, shall be assigned a value of one percent;

(e) An English learner who achieved a score of proficiency on the English language proficiency assessment ahead of the target calculated as per § 24:55:05:07, or who score a 4 on the English language proficiency assessment and score a level 3 or 4 on the South Dakota English-Language Arts assessment and were fewer than 5 years to exit, shall be assigned a value of 1.25 percent;

(3) Add the values achieved in (1) and (2) and multiply by the possible points for the indicator to arrive at the English language proficiency key indicator points earned; and

(4) Hold accountable for the English language proficiency key indicator all schools with a student group size of ten or more students, the following shall apply:

(a) The department shall combine the results from every English learner in the district according to the methodology set out in § 24:55:02:15(2) in order to arrive at a district-level point total; and

(b) Every school in the district with at least one English learner then shall receive the same English learner proficiency key indicator point total derived from (a).

If a district has fewer than ten English learners, the points allotted for the English learner proficiency key indicator at the school level shall be distributed evenly among the remaining academic indicators.

This calculation is illustrated in Appendix N at the end of this chapter.

S.D. Admin. R. 24:55:02:15

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.

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-3-62 to 13-3-65, inclusive, and 13-3-69.