PART II. PROVISIONS AFFECTING STUDENTS

 

A.  StudentPerformance Standards

 

§302A-201  Statewide performancestandards.  (a)  The board shall establish statewide performance standardsand the means to assess the standards based upon the recommendations in thefinal report of the performance standards commission established pursuant toAct 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991; provided that the board may review andmodify the performance standards, as the board deems necessary, to reflect theneeds of public school students and educational goals adopted by the board.

(b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,the department shall establish procedures and guidelines for, and shall expand,its statewide assessment program to include norm-referenced testing in the samegrades as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law107-110) standards-based assessment (grades 3 through 8 and one grade in highschool) in reading and math, using the most appropriate nationally normed test.[L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 197, §1; am L 2009, c 33, §2]