4 AAC 06.899 - Definitions
In 4 AAC 06.800 - 4 AAC 06.899, unless the context requires otherwise.
(1) "African-American"
means a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of
Africa;
(2) "Alaska Native" means a
person having origins in any of the Alaska Native Tribes in Alaska
(3) "American Indian" means a person having
origins in any of the aboriginal peoples of North and South America, including
Central America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal
affiliation or community recognition; "American Indian" does not include an
Alaska Native;
(4) "Asian or
Pacific Islander" means a person having origins in any of the original peoples
of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific
Islands;
(5) "economically
disadvantaged students" means a student who is eligible for free or
reduced-price school meals under the department's Alaska Income
Eligibility Guidelines for Free and Reduced Meals;
(6) repealed 2/5/2017;
(7) "Hispanic" means a person who traces the
person's origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South
America, and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race;
(8) "migrant status" means a migratory child
as defined in 20 U.S.C.
6399(3).
(9) "parent" means a biological, adoptive, or
foster parent, or an adult who acts as a guardian of a child and makes
decisions related to the child's safety, education, and welfare;
(10) repealed 10/16/2013.
(11) "statewide student assessment system" or
"state assessments" means the assessments described in
4
AAC 06.710;
(12) "student with a disability" has the
meaning given "child with a disability" in
AS
14.30.350; "student with a disability"
includes all students who are under or eligible for an individualized education
program under
AS
14.30.278;
(13) "English learner" has the meaning given
in 4 AAC 34.090; "English learner"
includes students who are currently served or eligible to be served under
4
AAC 34.055;
(14) "White" means a person having origins in
any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle
East;
(15) repealed
10/3/2011;
(16) "emigre" means a
student formerly enrolled in the school for whom the school has written
documentation that the student is no longer enrolled because the student
emigrated to another country;
(17)
"students of two or more races" means students who primarily identify their
heritage with more than one of the subgroups "African-Americans," "Alaska
Natives," "American Indians," "Asians or Pacific Islanders," or "Whites";
(18) "Alaska school performance
system " means the system described in
4
AAC 06.812;
(19) "desk audit" means a review of student
learning data at the school or district, including consultation with the
superintendent of the district in which the school is located;
(20) "instructional audit" means a review of
the instructional policies, practices, and methodologies of the district or one
or more schools within the district; an instructional audit may include a
review of the district's or school's
(A)
curriculum, including whether the curriculum is aligned with the state's
standards and grade level expectations adopted in
4
AAC 04.140;
(B) assessment policy and practice;
(C) instruction;
(D) school learning environment;
(E) professional development policy and
practices; and
(F) leadership;
(21) "school"
(A) has the meaning given "public school" in
AS
14.60.010, except as provided in (C) of this
paragraph;
(B) includes
(i) an alternative school within the meaning
given in 4 AAC 09.990;
(ii) a charter school established under
AS
14.03.250-14.03.290;
(iii) a district correspondence program
financed under
AS
14.17.430;
(iv) the state boarding school established
under AS 14.16;
(v) a school for
the blind, school for the deaf, or other special mission school; and
(vi) a school located in a youth correctional
facility;
(C) does not
include a citizenship night school;
(22) repealed 10/20/2018;
(23) "student learning data" has the meaning
given in 4 AAC 19.099.
(24) "alternative school" means a school that
is specifically designed to exclusively serve secondary-school students who are
at high risk of failing to graduate because of credit deficiencies,
non-proficient academic performance, a history of low attendance, a history or
high risk of dropping out, or other barriers to graduation; in this paragraph,
"non-proficient academic performance" means obtaining an achievement level on a
standards-based assessment under
4
AAC 06.739 that does not meet standards;
(25) "full academic year" means continuous
enrollment between October 1 and the first date of the administration of the
standards-based test under
4
AAC 06.737;
(26) "evidence-based" means an activity,
strategy, or intervention that:
(A)
demonstrates a statistically significant effect on improving student outcomes
based on
(i) strong evidence from at least
one well-designed and well-implemented experimental study:
(ii) moderate evidence horn at least one
well-designed and well-implemeted quasi-experimental study or
(iii) promising evidence from at least one
well-designed and well-implemented correlational study with statistical
controls for bias; or
(B)
(i) demonstrates a rationale based on
high-quality research findings or positive evaluation that such activity,
strategy, or intervention is likely to improve student outcomes or other
relevant outcomes; and
(ii)
includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of such activity, strategy, or
intervention.
(27) "valid score" means a scale score and an
achievement level under
4
AAC 06.739 or
4
AAC 06.775(b);
(28) "natural grade progression" means the
student has progressed to the next consecutive grade level in the current
school year from the previous school year.
Notes
Authority:AS 14.03.123
AS 14.07.020
AS 14.07.060
AS 14.50.080
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