<html> <head> <title>Rule 24:53:05:01 Assessment system.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 24:53:05:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 24:53:05:01 Assessment system."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"CG Times"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"CG Times",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>24:53:05:01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Assessment system.</b> The </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>educator preparation provider</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> shall develop an assessment system with its professional community that reflects its conceptual framework and professional and state standards. The educator preparation provider system shall include a comprehensive and integrated set of evaluation measures that shall be used to monitor candidate performance and to manage and improve programs. Decisions about candidate performance shall be based on assessments conducted during admission into programs, at appropriate transition points, and at program completion. Candidates shall have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and a 2.6 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in their major before admittance to the program. Candidates shall maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale after admittance to the program. Assessments shall be used to determine admission to, continuation in, and completion of programs as predictors of candidate success. The educator preparation provider shall take effective steps to eliminate sources of bias in performance assessments and work to establish fair, accurate, and consistent assessments.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 33 SDR 73, adopted October 13, 2006, effective July 1, 2008; 46 SDR 16, effective August 5, 2019.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-1-12.1">13-1-12.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-42-3">13-42-3.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-42-3">13-42-3</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-42-4">13-42-4.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>