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font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000003 { 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="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=24:55:02:09.04"><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">24</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">55</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">02</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000000">09.04</span></a><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000001">.  Calculation of assessment readiness.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> To determine the percent of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">students successfully completing the assessment of readiness pathway, the department shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">Determine the number of students in the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> cohort of students included in the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> school's prior year</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> high school completion school performance index (SPI) key indicator score calculation</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> who</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">demonstrated college readiness in English </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">by</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> achieving one of the following scores:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">        (a)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">South Dakota English Language Arts Assessment</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> score of level 3 or 4;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">        (b)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">n </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">American College Test (</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">ACT</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> English subscore of at least </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">eighteen</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">        (c)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  A</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">n Accuplacer</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">-NextGen Writing score of at least two hundred sixty-three</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">Determine the number of students</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> in the </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">cohort of students included in the school's prior year</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">high school completion SPI key indicator score calculation who</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">demonstrated college readiness in math </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">by</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> achieving one of the following scores:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">        (a)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">South Dakota Math Assessment</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> score of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">level 3 or 4;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">        (b)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">n ACT math subscore of at least </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">twenty</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">        (c)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  A</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">n Accuplacer</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">-NextGen-Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra &amp; Statistics score of at least two hundred fifty-five</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">Determine the number of students in the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">cohort of students included in the school's prior year</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">high school completion SPI key indicator score calculation who</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">earned either a National Career Readiness Certificate of silver or above, or who achieved</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">combined subscores to equate to a silver-level certificate;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    (4)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">Divide the number of students meeting either the criteria in both </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">subdivisions </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">(1) and (2), or in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">subdivision </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">(3), by</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">cohort of students included in the </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">school's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> prior year</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">high school completion SPI key indicator score calculation to </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">determine</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> the percent of students meeting the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">assessment of readiness pathway; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    (5)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">Multiply the number achieved in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">subdivision </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">(4) by half of the points available for the indicator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017; 44 SDR 192, effective July 2, 2018</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">; 49 SDR 35, effective October 10, 2022</span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">(5)(8).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">    </span><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-62"><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000003">13-3-62</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-63"><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000003">13-3-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-65"><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000003">13-3-65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-3-69"><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0-000003">13-3-69</span></a><span class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53604871-e558-4d6f-a1b2-a30cf8bdda0b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>