The Governing Board believes that the primary goal of student assessments should be to help students, parents/guardians and teachers identify individual student's academic accomplishments, progress and areas needing improvement in order to enhance teaching and learning.
The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that assessments are conducted for purposes of determining students' eligibility for and appropriate placement in district programs, need for supplemental instruction and eligibility for graduation.
(cf. 5123 - Promotion/Acceleration/Retention)
(cf. 6146.1 - High School Graduation Requirements)
(cf. 6146.4 - Differential Graduation and Competency Standards for Students with Disabilities)
(cf. 6146.5 - Elementary/Middle School Graduation Requirements)
(cf. 6164.4 - Identification and Evaluation of Individuals for Special Education)
(cf. 6164.6 - Identification and Education Under Section 504)
(cf. 6171 - Title I Programs)
(cf. 6172 - Gifted and Talented Student Program)
(cf. 6174 - Education for English Language Learners)
(cf. 6175 - Migrant Education Program)
(cf. 6177 - Summer School)
The Board desires to use a variety of evaluation measures to reach the above-stated goal. To have validity, tests must correspond to the material that is being taught and reliably measure the extent to which students meet specified standards of achievement.
(cf. 0410 - Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities)
(cf. 5121 - Grades/Evaluation of Student Achievement)
(cf. 6011 - Academic Standards)
(cf. 6142.7 - Physical Education)
(cf. 6162.51 - Standardized Testing and Reporting Program)
(cf. 6162.52 - High School Exit Examination)
(cf. 6162.54 - Test Integrity/Test Preparation)
The effectiveness of the schools, teachers and district shall be evaluated in part on the basis of these student assessments.
(cf. 0500 - Accountability)
(cf. 4115 - Evaluation/Supervision)
(cf. 6190 - Evaluation of the Instructional Program)
When districtwide and school-level results of student assessments are published, the Superintendent or designee may provide supplementary information to assist parents/guardians and the local community in interpreting test results and evaluating school performance.
(cf. 0510 - School Accountability Report Card)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
51041 Evaluation of educational program
51450-51455 Golden State Seal Merit Diploma
60600-60649 Assessment of academic achievement
60800 Physical fitness testing
60810 Assessment of language development
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
850-870 Standardized Testing and Reporting program
880-901 Designated primary language test
1200-1216 High School Exit Examination
Management Resources:
CDE PROGRAM ADVISORIES
Students with Disabilities: Guidelines for Testing the California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program
0327.86 Reporting norm-referenced standardized achievement test scores to parents
CSBA ADVISORIES
0306.01 California Assessment Update
0313.00 Districts must ensure that all required student data is submitted to the publisher, or face financial penalty #00-01
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS PUBLICATIONS
The Use of Tests as Part of High-Stakes Decision-Making for Students: A Resource Guide for Educators and Policy-Makers, December 2001
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html
Policy NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: September 8, 2009 Costa Mesa, California