158.649 Achievement gaps -- Data on student performance -- Policy for
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reviewing academic performance -- Student achievement targets --
Reporting requirements -- Review and revision of improvement plan.
(1)"Achievement gap" means the difference between performance goals and
actual performance on each of the tested areas by grade level of the state
assessment program for each of the various subgroups of students as
described in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95, or
its successor, 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.
(2)By October 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, and any other
subgroups as described in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L.
No. 114-95, or its successor. 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.
(3)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 an annual target for each school for reducing identified gaps in
achievement as set out in subsection
(4)of this section.
(4)By February 1 of each year, 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 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 targets before they are submitted to the local board
of education for adoption.
(5)By January 1 of each year, 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 school improvement plan to include the 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.
(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(7), 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 local school board and the commissioner
of education if a school fails to meet its targets in any academic content area to
reduce the gap in student achievement for any student group for two
consecutive years. The school's 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 as defined in KRS 160.346 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 target for reducing the
gap in student achievement for the various groups of students identified in
subsection
(1)of this section.