Section 14.45.120. Standardized testing requirements.

   (a) A religious or other private school that elects to comply with AS 14.45.100  -  14.45.130 shall administer a nationally standardized test selected by the chief administrative officer of the school to all students enrolled in grades four, six, and eight at least once each school year.
   (b) The nationally standardized test must measure achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics.
   (c) A religious or other private school that elects to comply with AS 14.45.100  -  14.45.130 shall maintain records of the results of the nationally standardized tests and the records shall be made available to the parent or guardian of the student. Each school shall make composite test results for the school available annually to an authorized representative of the department.  The composite test results of a religious or other private school operated in compliance with AS 14.45.100 - 14.45.130 are not public information unless each public school
        (1) is also required to administer a nationally standardized test that measures achievement in English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics; and
        (2) the composite test results for each public school are public information.

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History

(Sec. 5 ch 11 SLA 1984)