2623 - STUDENT ASSESSMENT

School District of Winter

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 District Administrator shall develop and present to the Board annually a program of testing and assessment that includes:

	A.	State-required tests;

	B.	curriculum-based written and oral examinations which include use of alternative questions, demonstrations, writing exercises, individual and group projects, performances, portfolios, and samples of best work;

	C.	assessment tests;

	D.	achievement tests.

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’s I.E.P. or Section 504 plan.

All students shall participate in the State-required tests, unless excluded by an I.E.P. or Section 504 plan.

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