Valders Area School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

2623 - STUDENT ASSESSMENT

The Board of Education shall assess student achievement and needs in all areas of the curriculum in order to determine the progress of students and to assist them in attaining District goals.

Each student's proficiencies and needs will be assessed by staff members upon his/her entrance into the District and annually thereafter. Procedures for such assessments will include, but need not be limited to, teacher observation techniques, cumulative student records, student performance data collected through standard testing programs, student portfolios, and physical examinations.

The Board requires that:

 A.tests be administered by persons who are qualified under State law and regulation;

 B.parents be informed of the testing program of the schools and of the special tests that are to be administered to their children;

 C.data regarding individual test scores be entered on the student's cumulative record, where it will be subject to the policy of this Board regarding student records;

 D.the results of each school-wide, program-wide, and District-wide test be made part of the public record.

All students shall participate in State-wide or District-wide assessments, and any student with a disability shall be provided appropriate accommodation and/or alternate assessments where necessary as indicated in the student’stests, unless excluded by an I.E.P. or Section 504 plan.

Parental Opt Out of Assessments (students)

The Board shall excuse any student from the State examination administered in 4th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, or 11th grade whether the test administered is the one developed by the Department of Public Instruction or the District’s own test developed and approved by the DPI and the U.S. Department of Education. The opt out of these examinations, the student’s parent must submit a statement in writing to the building Principal stating that the parent is opting out of the examination(s).

118.30, Wis. Stats.
P.I. 8.01(2r/s), Wis. Adm. Code

Revised 1/18/16

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