Section 13-3-63 - State accountability system based on standards approved by board--Annual academicindicators. - South Dakota Statutes

13-3-63. State accountability system based on standards approved by board--Annual academic indicators. The state accountability system shall be based on the South Dakota Content Standards in reading and mathematics approved by the South Dakota Board of Education. The yearly progress of students shall be measured by the state academic assessments as may be prescribed by the Legislature, and shall take into account the achievement of all public elementary school and secondary school students in reading and mathematics annually. An additional academic indicator shall be used in the measurement of yearly progress: the additional academic indicator for the public K-8 elementary schools shall be the annual rate of student attendance; the additional academic indicator for public 9-12 high schools shall be the annual rate of graduation.

Source: SL 2003, ch 90, § 2.