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§70-1210.531.
§70-1210.531.
A. The Education Oversight Board shall establish an Oklahoma
Educational Indicators Program. The purpose of the Program shall be to
develop and implement a system of measures whereby the performance of
public schools and school districts is assessed and reported without
undue reliance upon any single type of indicator, and whereby the
public, including students and parents, may be made aware of the
proper meaning and use of any tests administered under the Oklahoma
School Testing Program Act, relative accomplishments of the public
schools, and of progress being achieved. The Board shall involve
representatives of various organizations of school teachers and of
school administrators in the development of the Program. The Program
shall be so designed that use of standardized definitions and measures
and opportunities for coordination with national reports, including
those of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, are
maximized.
B. The Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program shall present
information for comparisons of graduation rates, dropout rates,
pupil-teacher ratios, student enrollment gain and loss rates, and test
results in the contexts of socioeconomic status and the finances of
school districts. Information shall be provided individually for all
public school sites and school districts in a format that facilitates
comparisons. As necessary data become available, comparisons shall
also be provided individually for all schools and school districts on
a historical basis. Reports of all tests administered pursuant to the
Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, Section 1210.505 et seq. of this
title, shall be a part of the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program
and shall be provided for each grade and each test subject or set of
competencies. The Education Oversight Board shall seek to develop and
incorporate additional indicators of comparative standing and
accomplishment.
C. Additionally, the Education Oversight Board, with the cooperation
of the State Department of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education, and the State Board of Vocational and Technical
Education, shall develop procedures for obtaining and reporting data
to the high schools and to the general public regarding the
performance of each high school's graduates in Oklahoma's institutions
of higher education and in postsecondary vocational-technical
education. The Education Oversight Board shall include such data in
the report of the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.
D. By February 1 of each year the Education Oversight Board shall
publish:
1. A summary report to the people and Legislature of Oklahoma of the
information provided by the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program;
and
2. State, district, and site level reports which shall include the
percentage of students who perform at the various levels on the tests
required by the Oklahoma State Testing Program.
Immediately following the publication of the reports required in this
subsection each year, all data gathered pursuant to the Oklahoma
Educational Indicators Program shall be made available for public
inspection at the offices of the Education Oversight Board or the
Office of Accountability; provided, confidentiality of individual
student records shall be preserved as required by law.
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