Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 08 - Education, Board of and Department of › Rule 08.02.03 - RULES GOVERNING THOROUGHNESS › Section 08.02.03.007 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Achievement Standards
. Define "below basic," "basic," "proficient," and "advanced" achievement levels on the Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT) and level one (1) through level six (6) on Idaho's English language assessment by setting scale score cut points. These cut scores are set by the state board of education and paired with descriptions of how well students are mastering the material in the content standards. These descriptions are called achievement level descriptors and are provided by achievement level, by content area, and by grade. (4-6-23)
02.
Advanced Opportunities
. Advanced placement courses, Dual Credit courses, Technical Competency Credit, or International Baccalaureate programs. (4-6-23)
03.
Advanced Placement® (AP)
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College Board
. The Advanced Placement Program is administered by the College Board at
http://www.collegeboard.com
. AP students may take one (1) or more college level courses in a variety of subjects. AP courses are not tied to a specific college curriculum, but rather follow national College Board curricula. While taking the AP exam is optional, students can earn college credit by scoring well on the national exams. It is up to the discretion of the receiving college to accept the scores from the AP exams to award college credit or advanced standing. (3-15-22)
04.
All Students
. All public school students, grades K-12. (3-15-22)
05.
Assessment
. The process of quantifying, describing, or gathering information about skills, knowledge or performance. (3-15-22)
06.
Assessment Standards
. Statements setting forth guidelines for evaluating student work, as in the "Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing." (3-15-22)
07.
Career Pathway Plan
. The plan that outlines a student's program of study, which should include a rigorous academic core and a related sequence of electives in academic, career technical education (CTE), or humanities aligned with the student's post-graduation goals. (3-15-22)
08.
Career Technical Education
. Formal preparation for semi-skilled, skilled, technical, or paraprofessional occupations, usually below the baccalaureate level. (3-15-22)
09.
College and Career Readiness
. College and career readiness is the attainment and demonstration of state board adopted competencies that broadly prepare high school graduates for a successful transition into some form of postsecondary education and/or the workplace. (3-15-22)
10.
Content Standards
. Describe the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire at each grade level in each content area. (3-15-22)
11.
Criteria
. Guidelines, rules or principles by which student responses, products, or performances, are judged. What is valued and expected in the student performance, when written down and used in assessment, become rubrics or scoring guides. (3-15-22)
12.
Diploma
. A document awarded to a student by a secondary school to show the student has successfully completed the state and local education agency graduation requirements. Diplomas may be awarded to individuals who attended a secondary school prior to the year in which the student is requesting issuance of a diploma based on the graduation requirements in existence at the time the student attended. Determination of meeting past graduation requirements may be determined based on proficiency as determined by the local education agency. Each local education agency may determine the format of the diploma, including the recognition of emphasis areas based on a student's completion of courses or courses or studies in an emphasis area or educational pathways, including but not limited to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), career technical education, or arts and music. (3-15-22)
13.
Dual Credit
. Dual credit allows high school students to simultaneously earn credit toward a high school diploma and a postsecondary degree or certificate. Postsecondary institutions work closely with high schools to deliver college courses that are identical to those offered on the college campus. Credits earned in a dual credit class become part of the student's permanent college record. Students may enroll in dual credit programs taught at the high school or on the college campus. (3-15-22)
14.
Idaho Standards Achievement Tests
. Statewide assessments aligned to the state content standards and used to measure a student's knowledge of the applicable content standards. (3-15-22)
15.
International Baccalaureate (IB)
. Administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization, the IB program provides a comprehensive liberal arts course of study for students in their junior and senior years of high school. IB students take end-of-course exams that may qualify for college credit. Successful completion of the full course of study leads to an IB diploma. (3-15-22)
16.
Laboratory
. A laboratory course is defined as one in which at least one (1) class period each week is devoted to providing students with the opportunity to manipulate equipment, materials, specimens or develop skills in observation and analysis and discover, demonstrate, illustrate or test scientific principles or concepts. (3-15-22)
17.
Portfolio
. A collection of materials that documents and demonstrates a student's academic and work-based learning. A portfolio typically includes many forms of information that exhibit the student's knowledge, skills, and interests. By building a portfolio, students can recognize their own growth and learn to take increased responsibility for their education. Teachers, mentors, and employers can use portfolios for assessment purposes and to record educational outcomes. (3-15-22)
18.
Project Based Learning
. A hands-on approach to learning that encourages students to create/ interpret/communicate an original work or project and assesses quality and success of learning through performance/ presentation/production of that work or project. (3-15-22)
19.
Proficiency
. Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular area. (3-15-22)
20.
Standards
. Statements about what is valued in a given field, such as English language arts, and/or descriptions of what is considered quality work. See content standards, assessment standards, and achievement standards. (3-15-22)
21.
Technical Competency Credit
. Technical competency credit is a sequenced program of study that allows secondary students to document proficiency in the skills and abilities they develop in approved high school career technical programs to be evaluated for postsecondary transcription at a later date. Technical Competency Credits are awarded for skills and competencies identified as eligible through an agreement with at least one Idaho postsecondary institution. Eligible skills and competencies are included as part of a high school career technical program and approved by the postsecondary institution through the agreement in advance to student participation. Credits are granted by the postsecondary institution for which the agreement is with and are transcripted at the time the student enrolls at the postsecondary institution. (3-15-22)
22.
Technology Education
. A curriculum for elementary, middle, and senior high schools that integrates learning about technology (e.g., transportation, materials, communication, manufacturing, power and energy, and biotechnology) with problem-solving projects that require students to work in teams. Many technology education classrooms and laboratories are well equipped with computers, basic hand tools, simple robots, electronic devises, and other resources found in most communities today. (3-15-22)
23.
Unique Student Identifier
. A number issued and assigned by the Board or designee to each student currently enrolled or who will be enrolled in an Idaho local education agency to obtain data. (3-15-22)