1. A. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall establish an Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program. The purpose of the program shall be to develop and implement a system of measures whereby the performance of public schools and school districts is assessed and reported without undue reliance upon any single type of indicator, and whereby the public including students and parents may be made aware of the proper meaning and use of any tests administered under the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act, relative accomplishments of the public schools, and of progress being achieved. The Commission shall involve representatives of school teachers and school administrators in the development of the program. The program shall be so designed that use of standardized definitions and measures and opportunities for coordination with national reports including those of the National Assessment of Educational Progress are maximized.
2. B. The Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program shall present information for comparisons of graduation rates, dropout rates, pupil-teacher ratios, student enrollment gain and loss rates, and test results in the contexts of socioeconomic status and the finances of school districts. Information shall be provided individually for all public school sites and school districts in a format that facilitates comparisons. As necessary data become available, comparisons shall also be provided individually for all schools and school districts on a historical basis. Reports of all tests administered pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act shall be a part of the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program and shall be provided for each grade and each test subject or set of competencies. Test results for students enrolled in Internet-based courses including regularly enrolled and alternative education students shall be disaggregated and reported. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall seek to develop and incorporate additional indicators of comparative standing and accomplishment.
3. C. Additionally, the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, with the cooperation of the State Department of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the State Board of Career and Technology Education, shall develop procedures for obtaining and reporting data to the high schools and the general public regarding the performance of each high school’s graduates in institutions of higher education in this state and in postsecondary vocational-technical education. The Commission shall include workforce outcomes of high school graduates including postsecondary enrollment, credential attainment, employment, and earnings information as such data becomes available. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall include such data in the report of the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program.

4. D. By February 1 of each year the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall publish:

   1. 1. A summary report to the people and the Legislature of the information provided by the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program; and

   2. 2. State-, district-, and site-level reports which shall include the percentage of students who perform at the various levels on the tests required by the Oklahoma State Testing Program.

      Immediately following the publication of the reports required in this subsection each year, all data gathered pursuant to the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program shall be made available for public inspection at the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability. The confidentiality of individual student records shall be preserved as required by law.

5. E. In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall be provided all data and reports necessary to develop and produce the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program reports within thirty (30) days of the necessary data becoming available. Such data shall be provided directly to the Commission by the State Department of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, and any state contractor or assessment vendor that maintains or produces necessary data.

6. F.

   1. 1. The State Board of Education shall ensure that any contracts with assessment vendors include a requirement that the vendor transmit assessment results and related data files necessary for the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program directly to the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability at the same time such results are transmitted to the State Department of Education.
   2. 2. Data required by this subsection shall be provided to the Commission without the need for a separate data-sharing agreement with related state agencies and shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act; provided, however, that the confidentiality of individual student records shall be preserved as required by state and federal law.
   3. 3. The Commission may contract with an independent third party to receive, process, and report data submitted pursuant to this subsection and may receive and expend federal or private grant funds to carry out its duties pursuant to this section.

Laws 1989, SB 183, c. 335, § 13, emerg. eff. July 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1989, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1017, c. 2, § 21, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 770, c. 263, § 64, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 1025, c. 248, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 1927, c. 232, § 6, emerg. eff. May 25, 1994; Amended by Laws 1997, SB 416, c. 191, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1599, c. 356, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1214, c. 33, § 132, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1408, c. 453, § 5, emerg. eff. July 1, 2002 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2012, SB 1797, c. 223, § 14, eff. July 1, 2013 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2026, HB 4268, c. 336, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 2026 (superseded document available).