1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 120 - 129B Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 121 State Administration; Interstate Compact
Section 121.1115 System accountability and statistical adjustments.

121.1115 System accountability and statistical adjustments.

Subdivision 1. Educational accountability and public reporting. Consistent with the state board of education process to adopt a results-oriented graduation rule under section 121.11, subdivision 7c, the state board of education and the department of children, families, and learning, in consultation with education and other system stakeholders, shall establish a coordinated and comprehensive system of educational accountability and public reporting that promotes higher academic achievement.

Subd. 1a. Statewide testing. Each school year, all school districts shall give a uniform statewide test to students at specified grades to provide information on the status, needs and performance of Minnesota students.

Subd. 2. Statistical adjustments. In developing policies and assessment processes to hold schools and school districts accountable for high levels of academic standards, including the profile of learning, the commissioner shall aggregate student data over time to report student performance levels measured at the school district, regional, or statewide level. When collecting and reporting the data, the commissioner shall: (1) acknowledge the impact of significant demographic factors such as residential instability, the number of single parent families, parents' level of education, and parents' income level on school outcomes; and (2) organize and report the data so that state and local policymakers can understand the educational implications of changes in districts' demographic profiles over time. Any report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate with that performance.

HIST: 1996 c 412 art 7 s 2; 1997 c 1 s 2