<html> <head> <title>Rule 24:55:05:08 Student-level English language proficiency progress goal and targets.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 24:55:05:08"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 24:55:05:08 Student-level English language proficiency progress goal and targets."> <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:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black;} .MsoPapDefault {margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:49.7pt 1.0in 49.7pt 63.35pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>24</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>55</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>05</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>08</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Student-level English language proficiency progress goal and targets.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> For</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>each English learner, the department shall calculate a unique student-level English language</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>proficiency progress target leading to reaching the state's proficiency score on the English</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>language proficiency assessment for English learners. Targets shall be set based upon the English</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>learner's first score on the English language proficiency assessment, so that a student scoring at</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>level one or two shall have five years to exit, a student scoring at level three shall have four years</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>to exit, and a student scoring at level four shall have three years to exit.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 44 SDR 95, effective December 6, 2017.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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=13-3-69">13-3-69(1)(2)(5).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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=13-3-62">13-3-62</A> to <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-3-65">13-3-65</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=13-3-69">13-3-69</A>, inclusive.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>