Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 10 - School Administration and Instructional Services › Subchapter 13 - Student Assessment and School Accountability › Section 210:10-13-2 - Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) scope and general administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
In this
				Section, the words and terms shall have the following meaning:
"Proficient/Satisfactory"
means achieving at least the minimum
				score for demonstrating mastery as defined by the State Board of Education on
				an academic achievement test of the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP).
(b) All public school districts
				shall administer the state mandated academic achievement tests of the OSTP to
				all students enrolled in the designated grades. The series of tests shall be
				field-tested/implemented by the amended schedule in 70 O.S. §
									1210.508,
				or federal law.
(1) Students with
				Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) shall have an appropriate statement on
				the IEP with regard to the type of assessment in which the student will
				participate (e.g., Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT) with or without
				accommodations, or the Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP) Portfolio).
				The OCCT and OAAP Portfolio are all a part of the Oklahoma School Testing
				Program (OSTP). Any state approved accommodations must be documented in the
				student's current IEP. Current documentation for each student shall be on file
				in the local school prior to test administration.
(2) All students who have been determined to
				be limited English proficient (LEP) as the term is defined at
				20
				U.S.C. §
											7801, also known as English
				language learners (ELL), shall be included in all of the state-mandated
				academic achievement tests of the OSTP. ELL students are those who have been
				appropriately identified, through English proficiency screening by the local
				school districts, as requiring specialized instructional services designed to
				increase their English proficiency and academic performance. For every student
				identified as ELL, the local district shall have on file verification that the
				student is receiving special instruction designed for the specific purpose of
				improving the ELL student's English proficiency. Any State Department of
				Education approved and adopted English proficiency assessment shall be
				considered an official assessment of the OSTP, and will be subject to the same
				security, privacy, and administration measures accorded to all other OSTP
				assessments.
(A) Students identified as ELL
				shall be assessed in a valid and reliable manner with the state academic
				assessments with acceptable accommodations as necessary and, to the extent
				practicable, with alternate assessments aligned to the state assessment
				provided by the local school district in the language and form most likely to
				yield accurate data on what such students know and can do in these content
				areas; these alternate assessments will continue until such students have
				achieved English language proficiency with the exception noted in paragraph
				(2)(B) of this subsection.
(B) If
				ELL students are administered the state-mandated reading and language arts
				achievement tests in a language other than English, this will be allowed only
				during their first three consecutive years of school attendance in the United
				States (not including Puerto Rico). After these first three years these tests
				must be administered in English, except that if the local school district
				determines on a case-by-case basis, that a student has not yet reached a level
				of English language proficiency that will allow valid and reliable information
				to be obtained, even with testing accommodations, in which case individual
				waivers will be allowed by the local district for up to two additional
				consecutive years, according to federal law.