Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-1210.508

A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016, the State Board of

Education shall adopt a statewide system of student assessments in

compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

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(ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. No. 114-95, also known

as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board

pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma

Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which prepare

students for college and careers.

B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the

selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades

three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment

system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section.

2. The Board shall adopt assessments from the selected

proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this

subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the

Board for a period that is in coordination with the six-year subject

area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the

terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms

of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments

beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.

C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board

pursuant to this section shall include assessments that:

1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as

adopted by the Board;

2. Provide a measure of comparability among other states;

3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion-referenced

scores;

4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy;

and

5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a

measure of future academic performance.

D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer

assessments in:

1. English Language Arts or reading and mathematics in grades

three through eight and at least once in high school, during the

grade span of nine through twelve;

2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three

through five, six through nine, and ten through twelve; and

3. United States History not less than once during the grade

span of nine through twelve.

E. 1. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide

student assessment system shall include assessments in:

a. English Language Arts and mathematics in grades three

through eight and at least once in high school, during

the grade span of nine through twelve,

b. science not less than once during each grade span of

three through five, six through nine, and ten through

twelve, and

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c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, not

less than once during the grade span of nine through

twelve.

2. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide

student assessment system may include:

a. assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics in

certain grades as determined by the Board, and

b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an

additional nationally recognized college- and career-

readiness assessment or assessments as recommended by

the State Department of Education which will be

administered to students in high school at no cost to

the student.

F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the

2017-2018 school year, each student shall take the assessment or

assessments included in the statewide student assessment system

adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in

order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma.

All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to

graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law.

2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the

2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the

assessment or assessments included in the statewide student
t to subsection A of this section in

order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma.

All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to

graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law.

2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the

2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the

assessment or assessments included in the statewide student

assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of

this section, shall meet any other high school graduation

requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled

House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma

Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a

standard diploma.

3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during

the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that

establishes the assessment or assessments those students are

required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with

a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the

other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board

pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd

Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be

required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with

a standard diploma.

4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who

transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out-of-state after

the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity

to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing

requirements.

G. In order to provide an indication of the levels of

competency attained by the student in a permanent record for

potential future employers and institutions of higher education,

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school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the

student the highest-achieved score on the assessment or assessments

included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the

Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business- and

industry-recognized endorsements attained.

H. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on

assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment

requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled

House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma

Legislature, subject to the availability of funding.

I. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure

academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter

standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11-103.6 and 11-

103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic

Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject

matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards,

are specific, well-defined, measurable, and challenging, and will

prepare elementary students for next-grade-level course work and

secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of

higher education or technology center schools without the need for

remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals

as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title and of improving the

state average of college entrance exam scores.

2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate

the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall

ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are

reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are

presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information

for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As

improvements are made to the assessments required by this section,

the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for

each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure
orted to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are

presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information

for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As

improvements are made to the assessments required by this section,

the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for

each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure

that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are

utilized at the school district level to inform instruction,

professional development, school improvement, and remediation for

students.

3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability

shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all

statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing

review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance

descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review,

the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary.

4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of conducting

reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to

professionally accepted testing standards, and providing

recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the

services of an established, independent agency or organization that

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is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational

testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or

achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These

national assessment experts shall annually conduct studies of the

reliability and validity of the statewide assessments administered

pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of

decision validity and concurrent validity.

J. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules

setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so

that the assessments are administered according to recommended

testing protocols and so that the assessment results are reported

back to school districts in a timely manner. The vendor shall

provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school

district, and state results to the State Department of Education and

the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August

20 of each year. The Department shall forward the final data files

for each school district and each school site in that district to

the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the

vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment

results directly to the Office of Educational Quality and

Accountability at the same time it is reported to the Board.

2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments

required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race,

ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency,

and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such

disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number

of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically

reliable information or the results would reveal personally

identifiable information about an individual student. Each school

site shall notify the student’s parents or legal guardians of the

school’s performance levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program

as reported in the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program at the

end of each school year.

K. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the

field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system

required in subsection A of this section.

L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and

incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program other

assessment programs or procedures including appropriate

accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as

required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
the statewide assessment system

required in subsection A of this section.

L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and

incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program other

assessment programs or procedures including appropriate

accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as

required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),

20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq.

M. For purposes of developing and administering alternate

assessments for students with the most significant cognitive

disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to

subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title.

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N. By December 15, 2026, and annually thereafter, the State

Board of Education shall electronically submit a report to the

Legislature containing data collected for the most recently

completed school year on the number and demographics of students who

were eligible for advanced mathematics courses, the number and

demographics of students who were placed in advanced mathematics

courses, the number and demographics of students placed in

mathematics intervention courses, and the number and demographics of

students not placed in advanced mathematic courses or mathematic

intervention courses. The report shall include information on the

type and format of advanced mathematic courses and the type and

format of mathematic intervention courses.

O. The State Board of Education shall provide guidance on how

to best develop programming and courses to ensure all impacted

students receive rigorous, academically appropriate instruction in

mathematics.