Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 390 - Testing of Pupils and Graduation
ADMINISTRATION OF END-OF-COURSE FINALS, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER EXAMINATIONS
Section 390.220 - Times for administration; special administration

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 390.220

Current through December 12, 2024

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school, respectively, shall administer the examinations and assessment required by NRS 390.105, 390.600 and 390.610 in each public school in that district and each charter school which has the appropriate grades. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the examinations and assessment must be administered in the spring semester on the dates specified by the Department, as follows:

(a) For grades 3 through 8, the criterion-referenced examinations in reading and mathematics as provided in NAC 390.320.

(b) For grades 5 and 8, the criterion-referenced examinations in writing and science.

(c) For pupils in grade 11, the college and career readiness assessment.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, for pupils who are enrolled in courses for which end-of-course examinations are approved pursuant to NAC 390.420, those examinations. For any pupil who fails an end-of-course examination, the examination must be administered again to the pupil during the summer months on the dates specified by the Department.

2. Not later than May 1 of each year, the board of trustees of a school district in which a school with a 12-month school program is located or the governing body of a charter school with a 12-month school program shall, if pupils who attend the school are not expected to be in session on one of the dates prescribed in subsection 1 for the administration of an examination, consult with the Assessment, Program Accountability and Curriculum Office of the Department to establish another date for the administration of that examination. Not later than June 1 of that year, the Assessment, Program Accountability and Curriculum Office shall provide the board of trustees or the governing body of a charter school with written confirmation of the date agreed upon pursuant to this subsection.

3. The Department may schedule a special administration of any examination required to be passed for graduation if:

(a) The person taking the examination is a pupil enrolled in grade 12;

(b) The person, through no fault on the part of the person, was not able to take the examination at its most recent administration; and

(c) No regular administration of the examination is scheduled before the date on which the person is otherwise eligible to graduate.

(Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 3-9-88; A 9-15-89; 9-13-91; 10-8-93, eff. 9-1-94; 11-17-95; R115-97, 12-10-97; R115-97, 12-10-97, eff. 7-1-98; R019-98, 4-17-98; R019-98, 4-17-98, eff. 7-1-98; R065-99, 11-3-99; R065-99, 11-3-99, eff. 9-1-2000; R072-01, 11-7-2001; R072-01, 11-7-2001, eff. 7-1-2002; R042-05, 10-31-2005; R020-09, 10-27-2009; R061-14, 12-22-2014) - (Substituted in revision for NAC 389.051)

NRS 385.080, 390.105, 390.600, 390.610

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