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7210 Student Evaluation

7210 Student Evaluation

2007  7210

Students

SUBJECT: STUDENT EVALUATION

Placement

Placement within the system, with respect to building, teacher, and grade or special class, shall be at the discretion of the school administration and shall be subject to review and change at any time. In making such decisions, the administrator will be guided by performance in class, past records, parent/guardian and teacher recommendations, standardized test scores, and any other appropriate sources of information, but the final decision shall rest with the school administration. 

Promotion and Retention

The procedures to be followed by the staff regarding promotion and retention will be developed by the Superintendent and will be continually evaluated in the light of School District policy. Building principals may establish written standards for promotion or retention within the school units to which the students are assigned, subject to the guidelines of the Superintendent and the approval of the Board of Education.

Testing Program

The Board of Education endorses and supports the use of ability, achievement, diagnostic, readiness, interest and guidance tests as part of the total educational process to the degree to which tests help the District to serve its students.

Alternative Testing Procedures

The use of alternative testing procedures shall be limited to:

  1. Students identified by the Committee on Special Education and/or Section 504 Team as having a disability.  Alternative testing procedures shall be specified in a student’s Individualized Education Program or Section 504 Accommodation Plan; and
  2. Students whose native language is other than English (i.e., English language learners) in accordance with State Education department Guidelines.

The alternative testing procedures employed shall be based upon a student's individual needs and the type of test administered.

The District shall report the use of alternative testing procedures to the State Education Department on a form and at a time prescribed by the Commissioner.

Reporting to Parents/Legal Guardians 

Parents/guardians shall receive an appropriate report of student progress at regular intervals.  Report cards shall be used as a standard vehicle for the periodic reporting of student progress and appropriate school related data. Report cards, however, are not intended to exclude other means of reporting progress, such as conferences, phone conversations, etc.

When necessary, attempts will be made to provide interpreters for non-English speaking parents/guardians.

8 New York Code of Rules and Regulations

(NYCRR) Section 100.2(g)

Adopted:  5/8/00

Revised:  7/9/07