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118.30 Pupil assessment.118.30(1)
(1) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th and 10th grades.118.30(1g)
(1g)118.30(1g)(a)
(a)118.30(1g)(a)1.
1. By August 1, 1998, each school board shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history. The school board may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.118.30(1g)(a)2.
2. By January 1, 2000, or by January 1 of the 1st school year of operation, whichever is later, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. The operator of the charter school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.118.30(1g)(a)3.
3. The governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history. The governing body of the private school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.118.30(1g)(c)
(c) Each school board operating elementary grades and each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) that operates elementary grades may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th grade and may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 8th grade. If the school board or operator of the charter school develops or adopts an examination under this paragraph, it shall notify the department.118.30(1m)
(1m) Except as otherwise provided in this section, annually each school board shall do all of the following:118.30(1m)(a)
(a)118.30(1m)(a)1.
1. Except as provided in subs. (6) and (7), administer the 4th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 4th grade.118.30(1m)(a)2.
2. Except as provided in sub. (7), if the school board has developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 4th grade.118.30(1m)(am)
(am)118.30(1m)(am)1.
1. Except as provided in subs. (6) and (7), administer the 8th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 8th grade.118.30(1m)(am)2.
2. Except as provided in sub. (7), if the school board has developed or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 8th grade.118.30(1m)(b)
(b) Except as provided in sub. (7), administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the 10th grade.118.30(1r)
(1r) Annually each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall do all of the following:118.30(1r)(a)
(a)118.30(1r)(a)1.
1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 4th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 4th grade.118.30(1r)(a)2.
2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed or adopted its own 4th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 4th grade.118.30(1r)(am)
(am)118.30(1r)(am)1.
1. Except as provided in sub. (6), administer the 8th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade.118.30(1r)(am)2.
2. Beginning on July 1, 2002, if the operator of the charter school has developed or adopted its own 8th grade examination, administer that examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 8th grade.118.30(1r)(b)
(b) Administer the 10th grade examination to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in the 10th grade.118.30(1s)
(1s)118.30(1s)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), annually, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall do all of the following:118.30(1s)(a)1.
1. Administer the 4th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 4th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.118.30(1s)(a)2.
2. Administer the 8th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 8th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.118.30(1s)(a)3.
3. Administer the 10th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 10th grade in the private school under s. 119.23.118.30(1s)(a)4.
4. Administer to pupils attending the private school under s. 119.23 all other examinations in reading, mathematics, and science that are required to be administered to public school pupils under 20 USC 6311 (b) (3).118.30(1s)(b)
(b) If, before January 1, 2010, the state superintendent notifies in writing the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance and the chairpersons of the appropriate standing committees in each house of the legislature that the department will adopt or approve substantially redesigned examinations under sub. (1) to be initially administered to pupils in the 2011-12 school year, then, in the 2010-11 school year, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall administer nationally normed standardized tests in reading, mathematics, and science to pupils attending the school under s. 119.23 in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades instead of administering the examinations under par. (a).118.30(2)
(2)118.30(2)(a)
(a) To the extent possible, all examinations under this section shall be free of bias.118.30(2)(b)
(b)118.30(2)(b)1.
1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), or governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).118.30(2)(b)2.
2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent by rule, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), or governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a limited-English speaking pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the pupil to be examined in his or her native language or may modify the format and administration of an examination for such pupils.118.30(2)(b)3.
3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1m).118.30(2)(b)4.
4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1r).118.30(2)(b)5.
5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s) (a) 1. to 3.118.30(2)(c)
(c) The results of examinations administered under this section or under 20 USC 6311 (b) (3) to pupils enrolled in public schools, including charter schools, may not be used to discharge, suspend or formally discipline a teacher or as the reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract.118.30(2)(d)
(d) The results of examinations under this section may not be used in determining general or categorical aids to school districts.118.30(3)
(3)118.30(3)(a)
(a) The state superintendent shall allow a person to view an examination required to be administered under this section if the person submits to the state superintendent a written request to do so within 90 days after the date of administration of the examination. This paragraph does not apply while an examination is being developed or validated.118.30(3)(b)
(b) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing procedures to administer par. (a). To the extent feasible, the rules shall protect the security and confidentiality of the examinations required to be administered under this section.118.30(4)
(4) The department shall study the utility of administering technology-based performance assessments to pupils.118.30(6)
(6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) if the school board or the operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations, the school board or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent with statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), and the federal department of education approves.118.30(7)
(7) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school, that school board shall administer the examinations under sub. (1m) regardless of the location of the charter school.118.30 - ANNOT.
History: 1991 a. 269; 1993 a. 16, 367; 1995 a. 27 ss. 3971b to 3971yd, 9145 (1); 1997 a. 27, 164, 237; 1999 a. 9, 19, 32, 185, 186; 2001 a. 16, 109; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 28, 60.118.30 - ANNOT.
Cross Reference: See also ch. PI 28, Wis. adm. code.