The District shall participate in statewide performance assessment programs and in the Colorado Student Assessment Program if schools, classes or students from the District are selected for a statewide sample and when students within a grade or grades are being assessed.
Students who have participated in the English Language Proficiency Program pursuant to state law for more than three years shall be ineligible to take state assessments in a language other than English.
Pursuant to state law, statewide assessments will be administered during the period between the second Monday in March through the third Monday in April each year.
The Colorado Department of Education is required to provide diagnostic academic growth information for each student enrolled in the district and for each public school in the District based on the state assessment results for the preceding school years. This information shall be included in each student's individual student record. Appropriate school personnel shall explain a student's statewide assessment results and longitudinal academic growth information to the student's parent/guardian.
Except for the college entrance exam, results of the assessment shall be included on each student's final report card for that school year and made part of the student's permanent academic record. Results of the college entrance exam shall be included on each student's transcript. However, if a student retakes the exam at a later time at the student's expense, the student may request that the later results be placed on the transcript in place of the earlier results.
Adoption Date: November 09, 2009
| Cross References: | AE - Accountability/Commitment to Accomplishment |
| JLDAC - Screening/Testing of Students (And Treatment of Mental Disorders) | |
| Legal References: | C.R.S. § 18-1.3-407(3.4)(c) (Sentences - Youthful Offenders) |
| C.R.S. § 22-7-406 (repealed) | |
| C.R.S. § 22-7-409 (repealed) | |
| C.R.S. § 22-7-409(1.2)(d)(II) (repealed) | |
| C.R.S. § 22-11-101, et. seq. (Educational Accountability Act of 2009) | |
| C.R.S. § 22-11-504 (3) (School District Reporting Requirements) | |