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MSAD #37 POLICY STUDENT ASSESSMENT/LOCAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Maine
law requires that every school board adopt and fully implement by the end of
the 2003-2004 school year a local assessment system as the measure of student
progress toward achievement of the content standards of the system of
Learning Results. A
“local assessment system” is defined as a coordinated collection of
assessments administered to student that, as a whole, provides information on
individual students, the school, and the school administrative unit with
respect to achievement of the content standards of the system of Learning
Results. Through
this policy, the Board adopts and directs the Superintendent to implement,
the SAD #37 Local Assessment System.
The Superintendent shall be responsible for reviewing the Local
Assessment System for compliance with applicable statutes and rules and for
certifying to the Commissioner that it is in compliance with Maine Department
of Education standards. The
purpose of the Local Assessment System is to provide information that will be
used to guide and enhance classroom instruction, monitor student progress,
and certify student achievement with respect to the school system curriculum
and The
following general principles apply to the Local Assessment System: A. Assessment will
be aligned with the curriculum and with the performance indicators of the
content standards of the Learning Results. B. The Local
Assessment System will use multiple measures of student learning for each
grade span (K-4, 5-8, and 9-12). The
assessment measures should be developmentally appropriate for the age span. C. The System is
intended to provide for a fair and equitable opportunity for students to
demonstrate knowledge and understanding. D. The System will
include at a minimum classroom, school, school administrative unit, and state
levels of assessment. Regional and
commercially produced tests may be used, but commercially produced tests may
not carry a majority of the weight in determining student performance. E. Neither the
Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) nor a commercially produced test may be
the only measure of student achievement. F. Effort shall be
made to see that testing contributes to the learning process rather than
detracts from it. G. Accommodations
may be made in an assessment based on the needs of a student as established
in the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or Section 504 plan. The Superintendent, through the NCLB Coordinator,
will be responsible for the design of the Local Assessment System. The Board expects that there will be input
from teachers and administrators in the development and refinement of the
System. The Board recognizes that the teachers and school
administrators will be primarily responsible for administering assessments
and for collecting, organizing, and interpreting information. School personnel should be appropriately trained
to develop, use, and adapt assessment data. The Superintendent will be responsible for
ensuring that provisions are made for review and analysis of information
obtained through the Local Assessment System and for appropriate
instructional intervention when individual students or groups of students
fail to achieve performance standards. The Superintendent will be responsible for
implementing a record-keeping and reporting system that will be used to
provide understandable information to the Board and to students, parents,
teachers/professional staff, administrators, and the community. Data will be presented in a way that
conveys school and school unit performance on the content areas of the system
of Learning Results and allows for comparison to statewide performance. The Board will annually review the results of the
Local Assessment System. Legal
Reference: 20-A MRSA §
6201-6205 Adopted: |
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