Title 53A Chapter 1 Section 1102

State System of Public Education
Administration of Public Education at the State Level
Section 1102
Definitions.

            

53A-1-1102.   Definitions.

            As used in this part:

            (1) "High school" means a school that includes grade 12.

            (2) "Statewide assessment" means:

            (a) a criterion-referenced test of student achievement in language arts, mathematics, or science, including a test administered in a computer adaptive format; and

            (b) which is administered statewide under Part 6, Achievement Tests.

            (3) "Student growth percentile" means the result of a statistical model that calculates each student's change in achievement between two or more points in time on a statewide assessment and compares each student's performance to that of similarly achieving students.

            (4) "Sufficient growth" means a measurement of growth greater than or equal to growth at a specific percentile in the 2011-12 year adopted by the State Board of Education in rule.


Amended by Chapter 478, 2013 General Session