§302A-201 - Statewide performance standards. - Hawaii Statutes

PART II.  PROVISIONS AFFECTING STUDENTS

 

A.  Student Performance Standards

 

     §302A-201  Statewide performance standards.  (a)  The board shall establish statewide performance standards and the means to assess the standards based upon the recommendations in the final report of the performance standards commission established pursuant to Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991; provided that the board may review and modify the performance standards, as the board deems necessary, to reflect the needs of public school students and educational goals adopted by the board.

     (b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department shall establish procedures and guidelines for, and shall expand, its statewide assessment program to include norm-referenced testing in the same grades as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110) standards-based assessment (grades 3 through 8 and one grade in high school) in reading and math, using the most appropriate nationally normed test. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 197, §1; am L 2009, c 33, §2]