For purposes of this part:

1. (1) “Academic growth” means the calculation of a student’s academic progress from one (1) school year to the next as measured by assessments and other criteria required by rule of the State Board of Education;

2. (2) “College and career readiness” means the student has knowledge and skills in core academic disciplines and dispositions necessary to graduate prepared for:

   1. (A) College;
   2. (B) Career; and
   3. (C) Community engagement;
3. (3) “College and career readiness assessment” means a set of criterion-referenced measurements of a student's acquisition of the knowledge and skills that the student needs to be college and career ready;
4. (4) “Comprehensive support” means support required for a public school identified as being within the lowest-performing five percent (5%) of Title I schools as required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95;

5. (5)

   1. (A) “District test coordinator (DTC)” means an individual designated by the superintendent to ensure that the district complies with state assessment requirements.

   2. (B) The DTC shall be an:

      1. (i) Educator, as defined in this part, employed by the district;

      2. (ii) Individual:

         1. (a) (a) Employed by the district; and
         2. (b) (b) Under the direct supervision of an educator employed by the district; or

      3. (iii) Individual contracted by the district:

         1. (a) (a) To complete all responsibilities of the DTC; and
         2. (b) (b) Under the direct supervision of an educator employed by the district.
   3. (C) The educator employed by the district assigned to supervise the DTC under subdivision (5)(B)(ii) of this section or subdivision (5)(B)(iii) of this section shall be responsible for ensuring that all provisions of applicable law and this part are followed;

6. (6)

   1. (A) "Educator" means a person holding a valid Arkansas standard teaching license, an ancillary license, a provisional license, a technical permit, or an administrator's license issued by the State Board of Education.
   2. (B) "Educator" also includes a licensed or non-licensed classroom teacher or administrator employed in a position under a waiver from licensure;

7. (7) “English language arts (ELA)” means the academic standards for:

   1. (A) English;
   2. (B) Reading; and
   3. (C) Writing;

8. (8) “English learners” are students:

   1. (A) Whose primary or home language, other than English, has had a significant impact on the individual’s level of English language proficiency; and
   2. (B) Who are not considered proficient in English as measured by an approved English language proficiency assessment;

9. (9) “Formative assessment” means a planned, ongoing process used by all students and teachers during teaching and learning to:

   1. (A) Elicit and use evidence of student learning to improve student understanding of intended disciplinary learning outcomes; and
   2. (B) Support students to become more self-directed learners;
10. (10) “Individualized education program (IEP)” means the same as in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.;
11. (11) “Parent” means the same as in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 34 C.F.R. § 99.3;
12. (12) “Professional development plan” means the same as in Arkansas Code § 6-17-704;

13. (13) "Public school" means:

    1. (A) A school operated by a public school district; or
    2. (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in Arkansas Code § 6-23-103;

14. (14) “Public school district” means:

    1. (A) A geographic area that qualifies as a taxing unit for purposes of ad valorem property taxes under Arkansas Code § 26-1-101 et seq. and Arkansas Constitution, Article 14, § 3, and is either:

       1. (i) Governed by an elected board of directors; or
       2. (ii) Under the administrative control of the State Board of Education or the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education in place of an elected board of directors; or
    2. (B) An open-enrollment public charter school, as defined in Arkansas Code § 6-23-103;

15. (15)

    1. (A) “School district systems” means the operations and procedures that occur within a public school district.

    2. (B) Systems include, without limitation:

       1. (i) Academics;
       2. (ii) Student support services;
       3. (iii) District operations and fiscal governance;
       4. (iv) Human capital;
       5. (v) Stakeholder communication/family and community engagement; and
       6. (vi) Facilities and transportation.
    3. (C) “Systems” are defined as a set of independent parts or actions that act together to make a more complex whole;

16. (16) “Student success plan” means a personalized education plan intended to assist students to meet educational milestones towards graduation and achieving readiness for:

    1. (A) College;
    2. (B) Career; and
    3. (C) Community engagement;

17. (17) “Student-focused learning system” means a system of learning in which collaborative and flexible decisions are made based on equity for each student with consideration given to:

    1. (A) Academic measures;
    2. (B) Personal competencies;
    3. (C) Interests;
    4. (D) Aptitudes;
    5. (E) Aspirations; and
    6. (F) Needs;
18. (18) “Superintendent” means the person responsible for oversight of all operations of the public school district; and
19. (19) “Targeted support” means support required for a public school identified as having a subgroup of students labeled “consistently underperforming” as required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 89-10, as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95.