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158.6458 Plan for implementation of state assessment and accountability system -- Report.

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Page 1 of 1 158.6458 Plan for implementation of state assessment and accountability system -- Report. The Department of Education shall develop a plan for implementing the state assessment <br>and accountability system created under KRS 158.6453 and 158.6455 and shall report <br>quarterly to the Interim Joint Committee on Education on its progress in the following <br>areas: <br>(1) Establishing a consistent structure of test components, grade-level testing distribution, and test administration procedures; (2) Beginning a new cycle of equating procedures for which their adequacy and precision can be tested rigorously and conducting appropriate equating analyses to <br>accommodate the new accountability system; (3) Publishing more complete and informative guides for interpreting school accountability changes; (4) Reviewing school accountability classifications to assure their construct validity in all cases where they are applied; (5) Maintaining and strengthening the assessment of schools' program reviews; <br>(6) Developing and implementing a validity research plan as required under KRS 158.6453; (7) Establishing additional routine audits of key processes in the assessment and accountability program; (8) Maintaining and cataloging a library of technical documents related to the assessment and accountability program for internal and external review purposes. In <br>addition, the department shall produce an annual technical report for audiences that <br>include educators, testing coordinators, parents, and legislators; and (9) Maintaining a vigorous ongoing program of research and documentation of the effects of the assessment and accountability system on Kentucky schools. Effective: March 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 5, effective March 25, 2009. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 17, effective April 14, 1998.