Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 389 - Examinations, Courses, Standards and Diplomas › ADMINISTRATION OF ACHIEVEMENT AND END-OF-COURSE EXAMINATIONS AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS › Section 389.051 - Times for administration; special administration

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
			 Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board of trustees of each
			 school district and the governing body of each charter school, respectively,
			 shall administer the examinations and assessment required by NRS
			 NRS
			 389.550,
			 389.805
			 and
			 389.807
			 and section 44.3 of Assembly Bill No. 288, chapter 506, Statutes of Nevada
			 2013, at page 3296, in each public school in that district and each charter
			 school which has the appropriate grades at the following times:
(a) For grades 3 through 8, the
			 criterion-referenced examinations in reading and mathematics as provided in NAC
			 389.061 must be administered in the spring semester on the dates specified by
			 the Department .
(b) For grades 5
			 and 8, the criterion-referenced examinations in writing and science must be
			 administered in the spring semester on the dates specified by the Department .
(c) For pupils in the graduating
			 cohorts of 2015 and 2016 who are enrolled in grade 11, the high school
			 proficiency examination in writing must be administered in the fall and spring
			 semesters on the dates specified by the Department .
(d) For pupils in grade 11, the college and
			 career readiness assessment must be administered in the spring semester on the
			 dates specified by the Department.
(e) For pupils in the graduating cohorts of
			 2014, 2015 and 2016 who are enrolled in grade 12 and for adults, the high
			 school proficiency examination in writing must be administered in:
(1) The spring semester;
(2) The summer months; and
(3) The fall semester, on the respective
			 dates specified by the Department .
(f) For pupils in the graduating cohorts of
			 2014, 2015 and 2016 who are enrolled in grade 12 and for adults, the high
			 school proficiency examination in writing may be administered, upon the
			 direction of the Department , to those pupils who have not yet passed the
			 examination, on a date specified by the Department which must be approximately
			 4 weeks before the date of graduation.
(g) For pupils in the graduating cohort of
			 2016 who are enrolled in grade 10, the high school proficiency examinations in
			 reading, mathematics and science must be administered in the spring semester on
			 the dates specified by the Department .
(h) For pupils in the graduating cohorts of
			 2015 and 2016 who are enrolled in grade 11, the high school proficiency
			 examinations in reading, mathematics and science must be administered in:
(1) The spring semester; and
(2) The fall semester, on the respective
			 dates specified by the Department .
(i) For pupils in the graduating cohorts of
			 2014, 2015 and 2016 who are enrolled in grade 12 and for adults, the high
			 school proficiency examinations in reading, mathematics and science must be
			 administered in:
(1) The spring
			 semester;
(2) The summer months;
			 and
(3) The fall semester, on the
			 respective dates specified by the Department .
(j) For pupils in the graduating cohorts of
			 2014, 2015 and 2016 who are enrolled in grade 12 and for adults, the high
			 school proficiency examinations in reading, mathematics and science may be
			 administered, upon the direction of the Department , to those pupils who have
			 not yet passed one or more of those examinations, on the dates specified by the
			 Department, which must be approximately 4 weeks before the date of
			 graduation.
(k) Except as otherwise
			 provided in this paragraph, for pupils in the graduating cohort of 2017 or any
			 year thereafter who are enrolled in courses for which end-of-course
			 examinations are approved pursuant to section 11, those examinations must be
			 administered in the spring semester on the dates specified by the Department.
			 For any pupil who fails an end-of-course examination, the examination must be
			 administered again to the pupil during the summer months on the dates specified
			 by the Department.