KRS 158.6458: Plan for implementation of state assessment and accountability

system -- Report.

The Department of Education shall develop a plan for implementing the state

assessment and accountability system created under KRS 158.6453 and 158.6455

and shall report quarterly to the Interim Joint Committee on Education on its

progress in the following areas:

(1) Establishing a consistent structure of test components, grade-level testing

distribution, and test administration procedures;

(2) Beginning a new cycle of equating procedures for which their adequacy and

precision can be tested rigorously and conducting appropriate equating

analyses to accommodate the new accountability system;

(3) Publishing more complete and informative guides for interpreting school

accountability changes;

(4) Reviewing school accountability classifications to assure their construct validity

in all cases where they are applied;

(5) Developing and implementing a validity research plan as required under KRS

158.6453;

(6) Establishing additional routine audits of key processes in the assessment and

accountability program;

(7) Maintaining and cataloging a library of technical documents related to the

assessment and accountability program for internal and external review

purposes. In addition, the department shall produce an annual technical report

for audiences that include educators, testing coordinators, parents, and

legislators; and

(8) Maintaining a vigorous ongoing program of research and documentation of the

effects of the assessment and accountability system on Kentucky schools.