INSTRUCTION

POLICY NO. 6122

Instruction

Elementary and Secondary

Assessments—Academic Content Standards

The Board of Education adopts the academic content standards of the State Board of Education (“State Board”). The adoption of the academic content standards includes the: Language Arts standards that were adopted by the State Board in September, 2014; Mathematics standards that were approved by the State Board in October 2010; Science standards that were adopted by the State Board in November, 2010; and Social Studies standards that were adopted by the State Board in December, 2012.

Unless other action is taken, the Board of Education adopts the standards of the State Board as such standards are subsequently adopted or amended by the State Board. 

The administration shall be responsible for implementing assessments on the state standards in accordance with the procedures established by the State Board and the Department of Education, including conducting assessments in the same subject areas and the same grade levels as established in the state standards, and the reporting of scores and sub-scores.

This policy does not supersede the existing standards adopted by the Board of Education except as set forth herein.

Legal Reference:         Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 79-760 to 79-760.05

Adopted: September 21, 2009

Revised: July 15^th, 2013

Revised: July 20^th 2015