Terms to Know:
Academic Achievement Standard: A fixed reference point for reporting a student’s level of attainment as a particular grade on a scale.
Alternate Assessment: The state assessment program and any school division-wide assessment to the extent the school division has one, for measuring student performance against alternate achievement standards for students with significant intellectual disabilities who are unable to participate in statewide testing, even with accommodations.
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE): A FAPE applies to all children with a disability, including those suspended or expelled from school. FAPE includes the special education and related services provided to a child identified with a disability, provided at public expense, including preschool through secondary school education.
Grade Level Standards: The learning standards and academic expectations for a particular grade or grade span in public schools.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE): Least Restrictive Environment is the educational setting that provides the child access to the general curriculum and same age peers as much as possible based on the child’s needs, as determined annually by the Admissions and Release Committee (ARC).
Participation Rate: The number of children with IEPs participating in a statewide assessment.
Proficiency Rate: The number of children with IEPs scoring at or above proficient grade level standards on a statewide assessment.
Proficiency Rate Gap: The difference between the proficiency rate for children with IEPs scoring at or above proficient as measured against grade level standards and the proficiency rate for all students scoring at or above proficient as measured against grade level standards.
Proficiency Rate Percent: The number of children with IEPs scoring at or above proficient against grade level standards (3B) or alternate academic achievement standards (3C) divided by the total number of children with IEPs who received a valid score and for whom a proficiency level was assigned for the regular assessment (3B) or alternate assessment (3C). This is calculated separately for reading and math for grades 4, 8 and high school for the regular assessment (3B) and alternate assessment (3C).