| Winton Woods City School District |
| Bylaws & Policies |
2623 - STUDENT ASSESSMENT
The Board of Education shall assess student achievement and needs in all program areas in compliance with the law and rules of the State Board of Education. The purpose will be to determine the progress of students and to assist them in attaining pupil performance objectives and the educational objective goals of this District.
At least annually, staff members will assess the proficiencies and needs of each student. Procedures for such assessments may include, but need not be limited to, teacher observation techniques, cumulative student records, student performance data collected through standard testing programs, and physical examinations.
The Superintendent shall develop a program of testing that includes:
| A. | State proficiency tests; | |
| B. | performance-based tests at appropriate grade level to measure achievement of performance objectives in composition, mathematics, reading, social studies and science. |
The program may also include:
| A. | District or teacher-made achievement or performance tests; | |
| B. | interest inventories; | |
| C. | tests of mental ability. | |
| D. | portfolios; | |
| E. | demonstrations of student capability in nonschool settings; | |
| F. | aptitude tests. |
The Board shall also require that:
| A. | parents be informed of the testing program of the schools and of the special tests that are to be administered to their children; | |
| B. | 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; | |
| C. | the results of each school-wide, program-wide, and District-wide test, as well as any information provided to the State Board of Education regarding the State-mandated competency testing program, be made part of the public record; | |
| D. | no student be denied promotion to the next grade solely on the basis of failure to reach a specified score on a State-mandated competency test; | |
| E. | intervention services be provided to any student who fails to demonstrate at least a fourth-grade level of literacy and basic competency on any State-mandated proficiency test. |
The Board shall allow an eighth-grade student to take the ninth-grade proficiency tests in accordance with the Superintendent's guidelines and the regulations of the Department of Education.
All identified disabled students in the School District shall be considered for participation in the State-mandated testing program for competency and proficiency testing. The consideration for participation shall be made by the IEP Team. The extent of participation in and/or exemptions from the testing shall be delineated on the student's I.E.P or on a document appended to the I.E.P.
The Superintendent shall implement administrative guidelines which ensure that the State Department's regulations are complied with regarding administration of the District's testing program, including the reporting of results.
Program evaluations will be reviewed and updated every five (5) years. A schedule for such will be developed and implemented by the Superintendent.
R.C. 3301-0710, 0711, 0715; 0716
A.C. 3301-12, 3301-13, 3301-35
Adopted 1/26/98
Revised 2/26/01
Revised 10/22/01