Education Oversight Committee. The Department of Education Oversight Committee shall monitor the impact of credits earned in the virtual school, on the school and district ratings, with particular attention to performance on endofcourse examinations and graduation rates.” SECTION 8. Section 5918120 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 5918120. As used in this chapter: “Section (1) the Education Oversight ‘Oversight Committee’ means Committee established in Section 59610. (2) based means an assessment where ‘Standards assessment’ an performance is compared to specific performance individual’s standards and not to the performance of other students. (32) means data broken out for specific ‘Disaggregated data’ groups within the total student population, such as by race, gender, level of poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups as required by federal statutes or regulations. (43) student means examining ‘Longitudinally matched data’ the performance of a single student or a group of students by considering their test scores over time. (54) means statements of ‘Academic achievement standards’ expectations for student learning. (65) means the State Department of Education. ‘Department’ (76) means the rating a school will ‘Absolute performance’ receive based on the percentage of students meeting standard on the standards based assessment. state’s (87) means the rating a school will receive based on ‘Growth’ longitudinally matched student data comparing current performance to the for the purpose of determining previous year’s student academic growth. (98) and reliable means ‘Objective statewide assessment’ assessments that yield consistent results and that measure the cognitive knowledge and skills specified in the stateapproved academic standards and do not include questions relative to personal opinions, feelings, or attitudes and are not biased with regard to race, gender, or socioeconomic status. The assessments must include a writing assessment and multiplechoice questions designed to reflect a range of cognitive abilities beyond the knowledge level. Constructed response questions may be included as a component of the writing assessment.
Education Oversight Committee. The Department of Education Oversight Committee shall monitor the impact of credits earned in the virtual school, on the school and district ratings, with particular attention to performance on endofcourse examinations and graduation rates.” SECTION 8. Section 5918120 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 5918120. As used in this chapter: (1) ‘Oversight Committee’ means the Education Oversight Committee established in Section 59610. (2) ‘Standards based assessment’ means an assessment where an individual’s performance is compared to specific performance standards and not to the performance of other students. (32) ‘Disaggregated data’ means data broken out for specific groups within the total student population, such as by race, gender, level of poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups as required by federal statutes or regulations. (43) ‘Longitudinally matched student data’ means examining the performance of a single student or a group of students by considering their test scores over time. (54) ‘Academic achievement standards’ means statements of expectations for student learning. (65) ‘Department’ means the State Department of Education. (76) ‘Absolute performance’ means the rating a school will receive based on the percentage of students meeting standard on the state’s standards based assessment. (87) ‘Growth’ means the rating a school will receive based on longitudinally matched student data comparing current performance to the previous year’s for the purpose of determining student academic growth. (98) ‘Objective and reliable statewide assessment’ means assessments that yield consistent results and that measure the cognitive knowledge and skills specified in the stateapproved academic standards and do not include questions relative to personal opinions, feelings, or attitudes and are not biased with regard to race, gender, or socioeconomic status. The assessments must include a writing assessment and multiplechoice questions designed to reflect a range of cognitive abilities beyond the knowledge level. Constructed response questions may be included as a component of the writing assessment.
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