Every Student Succeeds Act: State Plan Revisions, Public Comment 2024 Title I, Part A: Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)

This survey is a summary of NMPED’s approach to it’s statewide accountability system. Due to the detailed nature of the accountability, NMPED highly encourages stakeholders to review either the overview document or the draft PDF found on NMPED's ESSA Plan webpage for a detail description of pertinent information not contained here.

This survey contains three pages and a total of 15 questions. You are not required to complete every question, however you must click DONE at the end of page 3 in order to submit your responses.

Page 1 of the survey includes NMPED’s responses to the following requirements in the ESEA:

State Academic Standards And Assessments
Eighth Grade Math Exception
Native Language Assessments

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* 1. Optional Demographics: I am responding to this survey as a (an)

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* 2. Challenging State Academic Standards and Assessments (ESEA section 1111(b)(1) and (2) and 34 CFR §§ 200.1−200.8.)1

The combined Standards for excellence demonstrate a mixture of Common Core and New Mexico-created academic standards to ensure that all students obtain a rigorous and relevant education experience. The adopted New Mexico content standards include:

K-12 English language development and Spanish language development

K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) and Spanish Language Arts (SLA)

K-12 Mathematics

7-12 Career and Technical Education (CTE)

K-12 World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (WRS)

K-12 Physical Education

K-12 Health Education

K-12 Science

Computer Science

K-12 Social Studies

K-12 Visual and Performing Arts

Alternate Achievement Standards for math, language arts and science aligned to academic achievement standards.

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* 3. Eighth Grade Math Exception (ESEA section 1111(b)(2)(C) and 34 CFR § 200.5(b)(4)):

NMPED does not administer the State administer an end-of-course mathematics assessment to meet the requirements under section 1111(b)(2)(B)(v)(I)(bb) of the ESEA and therefore the state will not leverage the Eighth Grade Math Exception permitted under the statute.

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* 4. Native Language Assessments (ESEA section 1111(b)(2)(F) and 34 CFR § 200.6(f)(2)(ii)) and (f)(4):

i .Provide its definition for “languages other than English that are present to a significant extent in the participating student population,” and identify the specific languages that meet that definition.

NMPED's definition for “languages other than English that are present to a significant extent in the participating student population” is when a language exceeds 10% or more of the total tested population. The most populous language in the state is Spanish, which accounts for approximately 20% of the English learners in the tested grades of 3-8 and 11.

ii. Identify any existing assessments in languages other than English and specify for which grades and content areas those assessments are available.

The State currently provides assessments in Spanish for the following content areas and grades:
● Science, Grades 5, 8, & 11
● Mathematics, Grades 3-8
● Language Arts, Grades 3-8 & 11

iii. Indicate the languages identified in question 3(i) for which yearly student academic assessments are not available and are needed.

NMPED is committed to providing rigorous and relevant assessments for all students. NMPED will determine the need to promulgate additional assessments in Spanish through annual data reviews and stakeholder engagement.

iv. Describe how it will make every effort to develop assessments, at a minimum, in languages other than English that are present to a significant extent in the participating student population including by providing the State’s plan and timeline for developing such assessments, including a description of how it met the requirements of 34 CFR § 200.6(f)(4);

Although NMPED does not provide a high school math assessment in Spanish, English learners are able to utilize an oral interpreter during the assessment. PED has published guidance on how the translation should occur during test administration. Current stakeholder feedback did not warrant the need for the development of this assessment in Spanish; however, the state will continue to engage stakeholders annually to revisit this possible need.

Please see the current draft on NMPED’s website for additional details on NMPED's proposed revisions to this section.

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