North Carolina § 115C-174 - 16. (For applicability, see editor's note) Report student performance on statewide, standardized tests.

§ 115C-174. 16. (For applicability, see editor's note) Report student performance on statewide, standardized tests.

The Department of Public Instruction shall make available to local boards of education a student's results on all statewide, standardized tests in a timely manner and in an easy-to-read and understandable format a minimum of two weeks prior to the first day of attendance of the next school year. Local boards of education shall make those results available to both the student's teacher of record and parent or guardian prior to the first day of student attendance of the school year. These reports shall include all of the following information: A clear explanation of the student's performance on the applicable statewide, standardized tests. Information identifying the student's areas of strength and areas in need of improvement. Intervention strategies and appropriate resources based on the student's areas of strength and areas in need of improvement, when available. Longitudinal information on the student's progress in each subject area based on previous statewide, standardized test data, when available. Information showing the student's score compared to other students in the local school administrative unit, in the State, or, if available, in other states. Predictive information showing the linkage between the scores attained by the student on the statewide, standardized tests and the scores he or she may potentially attain on nationally recognized college entrance examinations, if available. This information shall be provided in a timely manner as it becomes available to the Department of Public Instruction but may be provided later than the beginning of the school year. History (2017-57, s. 7.28A(c).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.28A(a), provides: "(a) The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall study and make recommendations regarding the extent to which the SAT and ACT tests align with the English language arts and mathematics portions of the Standard Course of Study. By February 1, 2018, the Superintendent shall report findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.28A(e), made this section, as enacted by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.28A(c), applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause.