SIRS - p-12 - New York State Education Department

Introduction Select Federal and State Reporting Requirements
Requirements of NCLB Related to Reporting Assessment Results to Parents
Academic Assessment Requirements
Sec. 1111(b)(3)(C)(xii) produce individual student interpretive, descriptive, and
diagnostic reports, consistent with clause (iii) that allow parents, teachers, and
principals to understand and address the specific academic needs of students, and
include information regarding achievement on academic assessments aligned with
State academic achievement standards, and that are provided to parents, teachers, and
principals, as soon as is practicably possible after the assessment is given, in an
understandable and uniform format, and to the extent practicable, in a language that
parents can understand;
Parents Right-To-Know
Sec. 1111(h)(6)(B) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — In addition to the
information that parents may request under subparagraph (A), a school that receives
funds under this part shall provide to each individual parent —
(i) information on the level of achievement of the parent's child in each of
the State academic assessments as required under this part; and
(ii) timely notice that the parent's child has been assigned, or has been
taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not
highly qualified.
Sec. 1111(h)(6)(C) FORMAT — The notice and information provided to parents
under this paragraph shall be in an understandable and uniform format and, to the
extent practicable, provided in a language that the parents can understand.
State Public Reporting Requirements
Commissioners Regulations Section 100.2 (m) — Public reporting requirements.
(1) The New York State school report card for each public school and school
district, except charter schools and the New York City school district, shall consist of the
following reports prepared by the Education Department:
(i) overview of school performance and analysis of student subgroup
performance;
(ii) the comprehensive information report;
(iii) the school accountability report; and
(iv) for public school districts, the fiscal supplement.
The chancellor of the New York City School District shall produce a New York City
school report card, as approved by the commissioner.
(2) The superintendent of each public school district, except the New York City
School District, shall present the New York State school report card to the board of
education of such district at a public meeting within 30 calendar days of the
commissioner's release of each report. In New York City, the chancellor shall present,
in this same time period, the New York City School report card to the New York City
Board of Education.
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