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RSA 193-C:6 · Assessment Required

Title
XV: EDUCATION
Chapter
193-C · STATEWIDE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Status
current
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193-C:6 Assessment Required. –

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I.

A statewide assessment of mathematics and English and language arts shall be administered in all chartered public schools, public schools, and public academies in the state in each of the grades 3 through 8, and one grade in high school. A statewide assessment of science shall be administered in all chartered public schools, public schools, and public academies in the state once in grade 5, once in grade 8, and one grade in high school.

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II.

A school district may choose to participate in a locally-developed, alternative assessment program, in place of the statewide assessment, if such a program is offered by the department and approved by the United States Department of Education.

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III.

All public school students in the designated grades shall participate in the assessment, unless such student is exempted from taking the test by his or her parent or legal guardian, or provided that the commissioner of the department of education may, through an agreement with another state when such state and New Hampshire are parties to an interstate agreement, allow pupils to participate in that state's assessment program as an alternative to the assessment required under this chapter.

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IV.

Home educated students may contact their local school districts if they wish to participate in the statewide assessment. Private schools may contact the department of education to participate in the statewide assessment.

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V.

The department may use the College Board SAT or ACT college readiness assessment to satisfy the high school assessment requirements of this chapter.

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VI.

The statewide assessment results of a student or the student's school district shall not be included as part of the student's transcript unless the student, if 18 years of age or older, or the student's parent or legal guardian if the student is under 18 years of age, consents.

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VII.

A school district shall not penalize any exempted student nor shall the department of education or the state board of education penalize any school district for a lower participation rate. A school district shall develop a form to be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any student exempted from the assessment. The school district shall provide an appropriate alternative educational activity for the time period during which the assessment is administered. The alternative activity shall be agreed upon by the school district and the parent or legal guardian of the student. The name of the parent or legal guardian and any specific reasons disclosed to school officials for the objection to the assessment shall not be public information and shall be excluded from access under RSA 91-A. Source. 1993, 290:2. 1999, 224:2. 2007, 3:2. 2015, 226:1. 2017, 16:1, eff. June 16, 2017; 88:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2017; 142:2, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2018, 91:1, eff. July 24, 2018. 2024, 350:3, eff. Oct. 1, 2024. Section 193-C:7, 193-C:8 193-C:7, 193-C:8 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XV, eff. July 29, 2020. –

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Source. 1993, 290:2. 1999, 224:2. 2007, 3:2. 2015, 226:1. 2017, 16:1, eff. June 16, 2017; 88:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2017; 142:2, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2018, 91:1, eff. July 24, 2018. 2024, 350:3, eff. Oct. 1, 2024. Section 193-C:7, 193-C:8 193-C:7, 193-C:8 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XV, eff. July 29, 2020. –

Source history

  • 1993, 290:2
  • 1999, 224:2
  • 2007, 3:2
  • 2015, 226:1
  • 2017, 16:1, eff. June 16, 2017; 88:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2017; 142:2, eff. Aug. 15, 2017
  • 2018, 91:1, eff. July 24, 2018
  • 2024, 350:3, eff. Oct. 1, 2024. Section 193-C:7, 193-C:8 193-C:7, 193-C:8 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, XV, eff. July 29, 2020. –

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