SIRS - p-12 - New York State Education Department

Chapter 5: Reporting Rules
they refused to take, and a scale score and performance level will be calculated based on the
questions answered.
Administrative Error: Students for whom errors were made in the administration of the
test (the student was present but the test was not administered to the student and the
school/district was required to administer it, prompts were given to the student, materials that
would assist students in taking the test were in view of the students during the administration,
etc.) are considered to have “no valid test score”. These students must be reported as
“Administrative Error”; that is, with a standard met code of 97.
Medically Excused: Students who are “Medically Excused” (see definition under
Participation Criterion in Chapter 1: Accountability in New York State) are considered to have
“no valid test score” and must be reported with a standard met code of 93. These students are
excluded from the numerator and the denominator of the participation and performance
calculations.
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