NRS385.3595. Adoption of model to measure achievement of pupils on criterion-referenced examinations; use of model to track progress of individual schools from year to year.

      1.  The Department shall adopt a model to measure the achievement of pupils enrolled in grades 3 to 8, inclusive, based upon the results of the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 389.550. 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.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 337)