When are students tested? 1
4th grade
8th grade
11th grade
What subjects are tested? 1
Language Arts
Reading
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
What types of questions are used? 1
Multiple choice
How are test results used? 1
Identification of students at risk
Curriculum planning
Improvement of instruction
Program evaluation
What tests are used? 1
Norm-referenced testing
Are students with disabilities exempt?
2, 3
Exemptions given to students whose placement committees determine they
are unable to participate under standardized testing conditions and where
accommodations are not possible.
What accommodations are available so
that students with disabilities can participate? 2
Students with disabilities may be provided with any accommodations
needed to facilitate participation in the test, as determined by the placement
committee.
How are scores of students with disabilities
reported? 2
Test scores for students with disabilities are reported in the same
manner and with the same frequency as are test scores of students without
disabilities.
No other information available.
Footnotes:
1 Source: PEER Project Survey to expand and update information from Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: Data on 1995-96 Statewide Student Assessment Programs. (Fall 1996). Council of Chief State School Officers.
2 Source: PEER Project review of state policy documents. Documents provided by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). Information confirmed and updated by the PEER Project through direct communication with state officials.
3 NOTE: The IDEA Amendments of 1997 require that all students be included in statewide assessments.
Department of Education and Cultural
Affairs
Office of Special Education
700 Governor’s Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
605-773-3315
605-773-6052
Contact: Deborah Barnett, Director of Special Education
Note: There is no State Assessment Director.
South Dakota Parent Centers on Disability
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Parent Training Project
P.O. Box 937
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
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Contact: Carol Ironrope Herrera
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605-361-3171 Voice & TDD
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Contact: Monica Degen