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158.649 Achievement gaps -- Data on student performance -- Policy for
reviewing academic performance -- Student achievement targets -Reporting requirements -- Review and revision of improvement plan.
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"Achievement gap" means a substantive performance difference on each of
the tested areas by grade level of the state assessment program between the
various groups of students including male and female students, students with
and without disabilities, students with and without English proficiency, minority
and nonminority students, and students who are eligible for free and reduced
lunch and those who are not eligible for free and reduced lunch.
By November 1 of each year, the Department of Education shall provide each
school council, or the principal if a school council does not exist, data on its
students' performance as shown by the state assessment program described in
KRS 158.6453. The data shall include, but not be limited to, information on
performance levels of all students tested, and information on the performance
of students disaggregated by race, gender, disability, English proficiency, and
participation in the federal free and reduced price lunch program. The
information from the department shall include an equity analysis that shall
identify the substantive differences among the various groups of students
identified in subsection (1) of this section. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school
year, the reporting requirement in this subsection shall be no later than
seventy-five (75) days following the first day the assessment can be
administered.
Each local board of education upon the recommendation of the local district
superintendent shall adopt a policy for reviewing the academic performance on
the state assessments required under KRS 158.6453 for various groups of
students, including major racial groups, gender, disability, free and reduced
price school lunch eligibility, and limited English proficiency. The local board
policy shall be consistent with Kentucky Board of Education administrative
regulations. Upon agreement of the school-based decision making council, or
the principal if there is not a council, and the superintendent, the local board
shall establish a biennial target for each school for reducing identified gaps in
achievement as set out in subsection (4) of this section.
By February 1, 2003, and each February 1 in odd-numbered years thereafter,
the school-based decision making council, or the principal if there is not a
council, with the involvement of parents, faculty, and staff shall set the school's
biennial targets for eliminating any achievement gap and submit them to the
superintendent for consideration. The superintendent and the school-based
decision making council, or the principal if there is not a council, shall agree on
the biennial targets before they are submitted to the local board of education
for adoption. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the reporting
requirement in this subsection shall be October 1 of each year.
By April 1, 2003, and each April 1 in odd-numbered years thereafter, the
school council, or the principal if a school council does not exist, with the
involvement of parents, faculty, and staff, shall review the data and revise the
consolidated plan to include the biennial targets, strategies, activities, and a
time schedule calculated to eliminate the achievement gap among various
groups of students to the extent it may exist. The plan shall include but not be
limited to activities designed to address the following areas:
(a) Curriculum alignment within the school and with schools that send or
receive the school's students;
(b) Evaluation and assessment strategies to continuously monitor and modify
instruction to meet student needs and support proficient student work;
(c) Professional development to address the goals of the plan;
(d) Parental communication and involvement;
(e) Attendance improvement and dropout prevention; and
(f) Technical assistance that will be accessed.
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the reporting requirement in this
subsection shall be October 1 of each year.
(6) The principal shall convene a public meeting at the school to present and
discuss the plan prior to submitting it to the superintendent and the local board
of education for review, in the public meeting required under KRS 160.340.
(7) Based on the disaggregated assessment results, the local board shall
determine if each school achieved its targets for each group of students. Only
data for a group of students including ten (10) or more students shall be
considered.
(8) Notwithstanding KRS 160.345(8) and 158.070(9), if a local board determines
that a school has not met its target to reduce the identified gap in student
achievement for a group of students, the local board shall require the council,
or the principal if no council exists, to submit its revisions to the school
improvement plan describing the use of professional development funds and
funds allocated for continuing education to reduce the school's achievement
gap for review and approval by the superintendent. The plan shall address how
the school will meet the academic needs of the students in the various groups
identified in subsection (1) of this section.
(9) The superintendent shall report to the commissioner of education if a school
fails to meet its targets to reduce the gap in student achievement for any
student group for two (2) consecutive years. The schools improvement plan
shall be subject to review and approval by the Kentucky Department of
Education and the school shall submit an annual status report. The Department
of Education may provide assistance to schools as it deems necessary to
assist the school in meeting its goals.
(10) The school-based decision making council, or the principal if there is not a
council, shall no longer be required to seek approval of the plan under
subsections (8) and (9) of this section when it meets its biennial target for
reducing the gap in student achievement for the various groups of students
identified in subsection (1) of this section.
Effective:April 13, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 3, effective April 13, 2010. -Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 7, effective March 25, 2009. -- Created
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 302, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.
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