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5430 Academic Content Standards (ACS)

5431 Formative ACS Assessment

5431.1
After teachers provide at least one instructional session on a given objective, they will give an initial assessment of mastery. Assessment methods include pertinent parts of the chapter tests, unit tests, or special paper-pencil tests made by the teacher, as well as homework, class activities, learning center records, or teacher observation.

5431.2
Teacher will record the students who achieve mastery and the intervention chosen by the teacher.

5432 Cumulative ACS Assessment

5432.1
At the beginning of the school year, the teacher receives the previous year's Progress Charts. In the Remedial Needs section of the Individual ACS Progress Chart, the teacher writes the ACS objectives from the previous year that the student had not mastered. The teacher records the student's mastery for these objectives in the same way as for the other objectives.

5433 School-wide ACS Assessments

5433.1
ACS programs and curricular subjects are assessed every 5 years with results of the annual standardized testing.

5433.2
The results from standardized tests will be used to evaluate the ACS programs.

1. Philosophy of Course Selections
2. Educational Options
3. Planning
4. Variety of Teaching Methods
5. Elementary and Middle School Student Evaluations
6. Preschools Student Evaluation
7. Elementary and Middle School Retention
8. Special Needs Withdrawal
9 . Elementary and Middle School Curriculum Selection
10. Classroom Materials and Equipment
11. Library Materials
12. Overall Description
13. Academic Content Standards
14. Intervention
15. Coordination with Other Programs
16. ACS Program Review
17. Extracurricular Activities
18. Student Dress Code
19. Parent Meetings
20. Parent Group
21. Volunteer Program
22. Parent Grievance Procedures
23. Purpose
24. Observation of Classrooms
25. Participation in Research Program
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