File:  ILBB - State Program Assessments

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 stu-dents 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.

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.

Adopted:  October 2001

LEGAL REFS.:  C.R.S. 16-11-311(3.4)(d) (students receiving educational services or diplomas from the district under an agreement between the Colorado Department of Corrections and the district shall not be included in computing the district's performance on statewide assessments or the district's overall academic performance grade or the school's improvement grade)

C.R.S. 22-7-102 (2)(b)

C.R.S. 22-7-406

C.R.S. 22-7-409

CROSS REFS.:  AE, Accountability/Commitment to Accomplishment

AEA, Standards-Based Education

AED, School District Accreditation

ILBA, District Program Assessments

JLDAC, Screening/Testing of Students

LC, Relations with Education Research Agencies