KRS 158.6457: Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457.

As used in this section and KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, and 158.6455, unless the

context requires otherwise:

(1) "Accountability index" means the statistic, as provided by KRS 158.6455(1),

that combines a school's academic and nonacademic factors;

(2) "Core content for assessment" means the content identified for all students to

know that is to be included on the state assessment; and

(3) "Nonacademic factors" means the statistic that describes school success on:

(a) Increasing attendance and decreasing retention rates at the elementary

school level;

(b) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates

at the middle school level; and

(c) Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates

and improving the transition to adult life at the secondary school level.