16 nCAC 06G .0314 ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS' Modified ACCOUNTABILITY System
(a) This Rule establishes the State Board of Education's (SBE) procedures for alternative schools' participation in the State's Accountability System and shall apply to all alternative schools, including charter schools approved to use the modified accountability system, that have an NCDPI-assigned local education agency (LEA) school code. Accountability indicators and results for students who attend programs or classes in a facility that does not have an LEA school code shall be reported to and included in the students' base school's accountability results.
(b) At the beginning of each school year, local public school and charter school boards shall determine the Option that each alternative school under their jurisdiction will follow for participation in the Alternative Schools' Modified Accountability System. The local board's participation decision shall be reported to the NCDPI's Director of Accountability Services by August 1 of each school year.
(c) Local public school and charter school boards shall select from the following Alternative Schools' Modified Accountability System Options:
(1) Option A. Alternative schools can participate in School Performance Grades as defined by G.S. 115C-83.15 or
(2) Option B. Alternative schools electing to participate in this Option shall be evaluated as follows:
(A) The Components used in the overall school score shall be: 20 percent Student Persistence, which is defined as the percent of alternative students who remain enrolled in any North Carolina public school; 20 percent School Achievement, which is comprised of three years of data using the following indicators: End-of-Grade (EOG) English Language Arts/Reading and Mathematics Assessments at Grades 3–8; EOG Science Assessments at Grades 5 and 8; End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments in Biology, NC Math 1, NC Math 3, and English II; ACT®; ACT WorkKeys; 4-year graduation rate; 5-year graduation rate; and math course rigor; 60 percent Growth, which will be calculated using the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS).
(B) A change rating will be assigned to schools comparing their previous year score to the current year score. All schools will receive a rating of either: "Progressing," which indicates a change in the score from the previous year by at least +3 points; "Maintaining," which indicates a change in the score from the previous year by -2.9 to +2.9 points; or, "Declining," which indicates a change in the score from the previous year by at least -3 points.
(d) Schools that are identified as Developmental Day Centers (as determined by the Department of Health and Human Services) and schools which are providing special education and related services in public separate settings to students with disabilities shall participate in the Accountability System by administering the appropriate assessment, based on the student's Individualized Education Program created under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 33 U.S.C. 1414, and regulations adopted pursuant to that Act, to all enrolled students, and participating in either Option B or Option C as defined herein. Schools that meet the criteria in this Section shall be reviewed and approved by the Exceptional Children's Division and the Accountability Services Division of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction before implementing these modifications to the Accountability System.
History Note: G.S. 115C-12(24); 115C-105.35; 115C-83.15;
Emergency Adoption Eff. August 20, 2019;
Eff. March 17, 2021.