The department shall calculate student achievement progress goals and yearly targets separately for English language arts and mathematics and for each student group in each public school as follows:

1. (1) Based on state academic assessment scores from the 2017-2018 school year, the department shall determine the fiftieth percentile school;
2. (2) Determine the gain in percent of students achieving proficiency the school must have to achieve the same proficiency level as the fiftieth percentile school within five years. This is the school's student achievement progress goal; and

3. (3) Divide the school's student achievement progress goal calculated in subdivision (2) by five, rounding to the nearest hundredth. This is the school's annual target for increasing the percentage of students at the proficient level at the necessary rate to reach the same level as the fiftieth percentile school within five years.

   For schools performing above the fiftieth percentile in the 2017-2018 school year, the department shall set annual targets to reach the level of the seventy-fifth percentile school by the 2024-2025 school year using the above methodology. For schools performing above the seventy-fifth percentile school in the 2017-2018 school year, the department shall set annual targets to reach one hundred percent proficiency by the 2032-2033 school year.

   The department shall repeat these calculations for each public school for all of its student groups in § 24:55:01:05, and shall make separate calculations for English language arts and mathematics. The minimum student group size of ten, referenced in § 24:55:07:05 applies for reporting purposes.

Source: 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; 40 SDR 40, effective September 11, 2013; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015; 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017 ; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022 .

General Authority: SDCL 13-3-69 (1)(2)(5).

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

Prior versions effective: 2017-12-06, 2015-07-01, 2013-09-11.