24 : 55 : 02 : 15 . Calculation of English language proficiency key indicator score. The department shall calculate an English language proficiency key indicator score for each public school based on the performance of full academic year English learner students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade on the English language proficiency assessment who are either identified for the first time in the current school year and who met exit criteria or who are in the second or subsequent year of identification as an English learner .

1. (1) For students in their first year of identification, calculate the percent of English learners included in the calculation who took the English language proficiency assessment and achieved a score of proficiency and assign a value of one percent. An English learner who did not take the English language proficiency assessment shall be assigned a value of zero;

2. (2) For students in their second and subsequent year of identification, calculate the percent of students scoring at each of the following benchmarks:

   1. (a) An English learner who did not take the English language proficiency assessment shall be assigned a value of zero;
   2. (b) An English learner whose composite score on the English language proficiency assessment is the same or lower than the prior year's score, who took the assessment but failed to receive a composite score, or who did not take the assessment when first identified but took the assessment for the first time in the current school year, shall be assigned a value of .25 percent;
   3. (c) An English learner whose composite score on the English language proficiency assessment is above the English learner's previous year's score but which does not meet the target calculated as per § 24:55:05:07, or who took the assessment in the current school year but does not yet have a target to meet as calculated per § 24:55:05:07, or who exited later than the target calculated per § 24:55:05:07, shall be assigned a value of .50 percent;
   4. (d) An English learner whose composite score on the English language proficiency assessment meets or exceeds the target calculated as per § 24:55:05:07, or who achieved a score of proficiency on the English language proficiency assessment, or who achieved a composite score of 4.0 - 4.9 on the English language proficiency assessment and scored a level 3 or 4 on the South Dakota English Language Arts assessment while in the fifth and final year of the targeted year to exit, shall be assigned a value of one percent;
   5. (e) An English learner who achieved a score of proficiency on the English language proficiency assessment ahead of the target calculated as per § 24:55:05:07, or who achieved a composite score of 4.0 - 4.9 on the English language proficiency assessment and scored a level 3 or 4 on the South Dakota English Language Arts assessment and took fewer than five years to exit, shall be assigned a value of 1.25 percent;
3. (3) Add the values achieved in subdivisions (1) and (2) and multiply by the possible points for the indicator to arrive at the English language proficiency key indicator points earned; and

4. (4) Hold accountable for the English language proficiency key indicator all schools with a student group size of ten or more students of English language proficiency assessment scores. If a school has at least one English learner but fewer than ten, and the school district has ten or more English learners, the following applies:

   1. (a) The department shall combine the results from every English learner in the district according to the methodology set out in 24:55:02:15(2) to determine a district-level point total; and

   2. (b) Every school in the district with at least one English learner but fewer than ten English learners shall receive the same English learner proficiency key indicator point total derived from subsection (a).

      If a district has fewer than ten English learners, the points allotted for the English learner proficiency key indicator at the school level must be distributed evenly among the remaining academic indicators.

      This calculation is illustrated in Appendix N at the end of this chapter.

The department shall consider separately a student in the first year of identification who met exit criteria in year one of identification as an English learner, and a student in the second or subsequent year of identification as an English learner. The department shall calculate an English language proficiency key indicator score for each public school as follows:

Source: 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017; 44 SDR 192, effective July 2, 2018 ; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 13-3-69 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-3-62 to 13-3-65 , inclusive, 13-3-69 .

Prior versions effective: 2018-07-02, 2017-12-06.