Current through September 16, 2024
1. An
examination that is administered to assess the achievement and proficiency of
pupils in this State must:
(a) If the
examination is administered pursuant to NRS
NRS
389.550, measure the achievement and
proficiency of pupils in the standards of content established by the Council to
Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools, as adopted by the State Board
pursuant to
NRS
389.520;
(b) If the examination is administered
pursuant to section 44.3 of Assembly Bill No. 288, chapter 506, Statutes of
Nevada 2013, at page 3296, in any grade, measure the achievement and
proficiency of pupils in reading, mathematics, science and writing and in the
standards of content established by the Council to Establish Academic Standards
for Public Schools, as adopted by the State Board pursuant to NRS
NRS
389.520;
(c) If the examination is an end-of-course
examination, measure the achievement and proficiency of pupils in the subjects
set forth in subsection 1 of NRS
NRS
389.018 and section 10;
(d) Be designed so that data relating to past
and future trends of the examination scores of pupils may be
compiled;
(e) Measure the specific
knowledge and skills or level of achievement and proficiency that it was
designed to measure;
(f) Be fair to
all potential examinees and, insofar as practicable, be designed to account for
differences among the examinees in their gender, culture and primary language;
and
(g) Be useful in determining
the achievement and proficiency of a pupil relative to a particular level of
achievement and proficiency.
2. The costs of such an examination must not
exceed the appropriations made by the Legislature for the administration of the
examination.
3. The results of such
an examination must be reported in a manner that:
(a) Is clear to parents and teachers;
and
(b) Avoids the use of technical
terms.
4. The Department
shall provide a program of professional development for teachers relating to
the interpretation of the results of such an examination.
Added to NAC
by Bd. of Education by R065-99, eff. 11-3-99; A by R072-01, 11-7-2001; R072-01,
11-7-2001, eff. 7-1-2002; A by
R061-14,
eff. 12/22/2014
NRS 385.080,
389.015,
389.550
