Nevada Revised Statutes 390.115 – Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools required to review and evaluate results of examinations; report of evaluation
1. The Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools shall review the results of pupils on the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 390.105, including, without limitation, for each school in a school district and each charter school that is located within a school district, a review of the results for the current school year and a comparison of the progress, if any, made by the pupils enrolled in the school from preceding school years.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 390.115
- Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
- Department: means the Department of Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
- Public schools: means all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools, classes and educational programs which receive their support through public taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study are under the control of the State Board. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
- State Board: means the State Board of Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
2. After the completion of the review pursuant to subsection 1, the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools shall evaluate:
(a) Whether the standards of content and performance established by the Council require revision; and
(b) The success of pupils, as measured by the results of the examinations, in achieving the standards of performance established by the Council.
3. The Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools shall report the results of the evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection 2 to the State Board and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education.
1. The Department shall adopt a model to measure the achievement of pupils enrolled in grades 3 to 8, inclusive, except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 390.105, based upon the results of the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 390.105. The model must be designed so that the progress of pupils enrolled in a public school may be tracked from year to year to determine whether the school has made progress in the achievement of pupils.
2. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall apply the model in the format required by the Department. The information collected must be used to determine whether individual schools have made progress in the achievement of pupils.