<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:02:09"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000000">24:55:02:09</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001">.  Calculation of college and career readiness </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001">school performance index</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001"> key indicator score.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">T</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">he department shall base the college and career readiness </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">school performance index (</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">SPI</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> key indicator score for public secondary schools on postsecondary preparedness for college and career</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> through two pathways: assessment of readiness and progress towards post high school credentials</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    Assessment of readiness</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> be evidenced by participation in and performance on</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> the:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">        (1)  South Dakota Math and English Language Arts Assessments;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">        (2)  </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">American College Test (ACT) for high school achievement</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">        (3)  </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">College Board Accuplacer test</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">        (4)  </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">National Career Readiness Certificate/ACT Work Keys (NCRC).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">Progress towards post-high school credentials</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> be evidenced by performance on an Advanced Placement Exam, completion of a dual credit</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> c</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">ourse sponsored by the state, or earning Career and Technical Education Concentrator status.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">The department shall calculate the college and career readiness SPI key indicator score for a public secondary school by adding the numbers obtained via the calculations in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:02:09.04"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">24:55:02:09.0</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:02:09.05"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">24:55:02:09.0</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">5</span></a><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">. This calculation is illustrated in Appendix G at the end of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> 39 SDR 51, effective October 3, 2012; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015; 42 SDR 98, effective January 7, 2016; 43 SDR 176, effective July 3, 2017; 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">(5)(8).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">    </span><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-62"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">13-3-62</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-63"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">13-3-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-65"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">13-3-65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebbb2d16-8e96-4d85-8325-58d16c632b9c000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>