PERMANENT RULES
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The purpose of the rules is to comply with the legislative directive to implement an alternative assessment method that shall be an evaluation of a collection of work samples prepared and submitted by an applicant, as provided for in RCW 28A.655.065, to demonstrate achievement of the state content areas in which the student has not yet met standard on the high school Washington assessment of student learning (WASL).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-501-510.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.655.061, 28A.665.065 [28A.655.065].
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-12-071 on May 29, 2009.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Changes to proposed language since emergency filing (part of public hearing record):
- Clause 1 modified the specific reference to the Washington assessment of student learning (WASL) to a generic reference to the state high school assessment.
- Clause 2 modified the grade level reference to include both 11th and 12th grades regarding direct access to the state-approved alternative assessments for in-state transferees.
- Clause 3 added language to allow out-of-state transfer students, with documented non-English proficiency, who are waived from the portions of the state high school assessment in 10th grade, direct access to the state-approved alternative assessments.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 20, 2009.
Randy I. Dorn
Superintendent of
Public Instruction
OTS-2249.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-13-035, filed 6/13/07,
effective 7/22/07)
WAC 392-501-510
Access to alternative assessment.
(1)
Students who transfer into a public school from out-of-state
or from out-of-country in the eleventh or twelfth grade year
may utilize an objective alternative assessment for purposes
of meeting the high school standards as provided in RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065 without taking the ((Washington))
state high school assessment ((of student learning)).
(2) Students who transfer for their 11th or 12th grade year into a public school from within the state from a nonpublic school setting may utilize an objective alternative assessment for meeting the high school standards as provided in RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065 without taking the state high school assessment.
(3) Students who were exempted from the high school assessment in 10th grade due to their status as a new student with non-English proficiency, may utilize an objective alternative assessment after their 10th grade year, in the content areas originally exempted, for purposes of meeting the high school standards as provided in RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065 without taking the state high school assessment.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.655.061 and 28A.655.065. 07-13-035, § 392-501-510, filed 6/13/07, effective 7/22/07.]