A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016, the State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide system of student assessments in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. No. 114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which prepare students for college and careers. B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section. 2. The Board shall adopt assessments from the selected proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the Board for a period that is in coordination with the six-year subject area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section shall include assessments that: 1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as adopted by the Board; 2. Provide a measure of comparability among other states; 3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion-referenced scores; 4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy; and 5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a measure of future academic performance. D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer assessments in: 1. English Language Arts or reading and mathematics in grades three through eight and at least once in high school, during the grade span of nine through twelve; 2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three through five, six through nine, and ten through twelve; and 3. United States History not less than once during the grade span of nine through twelve. E. 1. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide student assessment system shall include assessments in: a. English Language Arts and mathematics in grades three through eight and at least once in high school, during the grade span of nine through twelve, b. science not less than once during each grade span of three through five, six through nine, and ten through twelve, and
c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, not less than once during the grade span of nine through twelve. 2. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide student assessment system may include: a. assessments in reading, writing, and mathematics in certain grades as determined by the Board, and b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an additional nationally recognized college- and career- readiness assessment or assessments as recommended by the State Department of Education which will be administered to students in high school at no cost to the student. F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2017-2018 school year, each student shall take the assessment or assessments included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law. 2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the assessment or assessments included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section, shall meet any other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. 3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that establishes the assessment or assessments those students are required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. 4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out-of-state after the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing requirements. G. In order to provide an indication of the levels of competency attained by the student in a permanent record for potential future employers and institutions of higher education,
school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the student the highest-achieved score on the assessment or assessments included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business- and industry-recognized endorsements attained. H. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature, subject to the availability of funding. I. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11-103.6 and 11- 103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards, are specific, well-defined, measurable, and challenging, and will prepare elementary students for next-grade-level course work and secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of higher education or technology center schools without the need for remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title and of improving the state average of college entrance exam scores. 2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As improvements are made to the assessments required by this section, the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are utilized at the school district level to inform instruction, professional development, school improvement, and remediation for students. 3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review, the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary. 4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of conducting reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to professionally accepted testing standards, and providing recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the services of an established, independent agency or organization that
is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These national assessment experts shall annually conduct studies of the reliability and validity of the statewide assessments administered pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of decision validity and concurrent validity. J. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so that the assessments are administered according to recommended testing protocols and so that the assessment results are reported back to school districts in a timely manner. The vendor shall provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school district, and state results to the State Department of Education and the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August 20 of each year. The Department shall forward the final data files for each school district and each school site in that district to the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment results directly to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability at the same time it is reported to the Board. 2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student. Each school site shall notify the student’s parents or legal guardians of the school’s performance levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program as reported in the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program at the end of each school year. K. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system required in subsection A of this section. L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program other assessment programs or procedures including appropriate accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq. M. For purposes of developing and administering alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title.
N. By December 15, 2026, and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall electronically submit a report to the Legislature containing data collected for the most recently completed school year on the number and demographics of students who were eligible for advanced mathematics courses, the number and demographics of students who were placed in advanced mathematics courses, the number and demographics of students placed in mathematics intervention courses, and the number and demographics of students not placed in advanced mathematic courses or mathematic intervention courses. The report shall include information on the type and format of advanced mathematic courses and the type and format of mathematic intervention courses. O. The State Board of Education shall provide guidance on how to best develop programming and courses to ensure all impacted students receive rigorous, academically appropriate instruction in mathematics. Added by Laws 1985, c. 329, § 7, emerg. eff. July 30, 1985. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 259, § 42, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1989, c. 335, § 10, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 19, emerg. eff. April 25, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 292, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 361, § 12, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 188, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 343, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 5, § 25, emerg. eff. March 4, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 356, § 2, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 306, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 130, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 413, § 4, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 428, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 289, § 4, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 162, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 456, § 8, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 251, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 162, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 223, § 13, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2012, c. 354, § 8; Laws 2013, c. 403, § 1; Laws 2014, c. 430, § 8, emerg. eff. June 5, 2014; Laws 2016, c. 360, § 4, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2018, c. 67, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 479, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019; Laws 2025, c. 277, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025; Laws 2025, c. 492, § 10, eff. July 1, 2025. NOTE: Laws 1989, c. 315, § 55 repealed by Laws 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 121, operative July 1, 1990. Laws 1997, c. 341, § 1 repealed by Laws 1998, c. 5, § 29, emerg. eff. March 4, 1998.
§70-1210.508-1. Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 360, § 11, eff. July 1, 2016.
§70-1210.508-2. Students exempt from mandated tests. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules providing for limited exemptions from the mandated tests administered pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act for students facing exceptional emergency circumstances which prevent
the student from being assessed during the testing window. For purposes of this section, exceptional emergency circumstance shall be defined to include situations involving serious accidents or medical emergency events involving the student, a parent or guardian of the student or a sibling of the student. Added by Laws 2014, c. 344, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 2014.
§70-1210.508-3. Exemptions for MSCD students.
The State Board of Education, in consultation with experts in the education and assessment of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (MSCD), shall promulgate rules providing for exemptions from the mandated tests administered pursuant to the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act for students with MSCD on an individualized education program (IEP) that directs that the student is to be assessed with alternate achievement standards through the Oklahoma Alternate Assessment Program (OAAP) who otherwise demonstrates satisfactory knowledge in that subject. Added by Laws 2015, c. 201, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015.
§70-1210.508-4. Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP). A. As used in this section, "Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP)" means an individualized plan developed by the student and the student's parent or legal guardian, in collaboration with their school counselors, school administrators, teachers and other school personnel, that is used to help establish personalized academic and career goals, explore postsecondary career opportunities, including, but not limited to, military careers, apprenticeship programs, career and technology programs leading to certification or licensure, educational opportunities, align coursework and curriculum, apply to postsecondary institutions, secure financial aid and ultimately enter the workforce. B. As part of the multimeasures approach to high school graduation recommended by the State Board of Education, pursuant to Section 5 of House Bill No. 3218 passed by the Legislature in the 2nd Session of the 55th Legislature, the Board shall adopt a new statewide system of college and career planning tools which shall be
known as the "Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)". The Board shall work cooperatively with school districts to incorporate the ICAP into graduation requirements. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2019-2020 school year, each student shall be required to complete the process of an ICAP in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. Each year thereafter, students shall annually update their ICAP. The ICAP shall include, but not be limited to: a. career- and college-interest surveys, b. written postsecondary and workforce goals and information of progress toward these goals, c. intentional sequence of courses that reflect progress toward the postsecondary goal, d. the student's academic progress, including courses taken, assessment scores, any remediation or credit recovery and any Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, concurrent or dual enrollment credits earned and/or career certificate(s), certification(s), or endorsements, and e. experience in-service learning and/or work environment activities. 2. The ICAP system shall be implemented according to the following schedule: a. for the 2017-2018 school year, the Oklahoma State Department of Education shall work with school districts, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education to develop individual career academic planning tools for students in grades six through twelve, b. for the 2018-2019 school year, the Department shall incorporate the ICAP as described in paragraph 1 of this subsection on a pilot program basis, and c. for the 2019-2020 school year, and each school year thereafter, school districts shall fully incorporate and put into operation the ICAP as described in paragraph 1 of this subsection for all students entering the ninth grade. C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a district from implementing the ICAP for students in earlier grades. D. ICAPs for students with disabilities, as defined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), P.L. No. 105-17, shall take into account and work in cooperation with the student's individualized education program (IEP) or Section 504 Plan as defined by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, P.L. No. 93-112.
Added by Laws 2017, c. 181, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 49, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
§70-1210.508-5. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test. A. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, each public school district and public charter school shall provide students in grades ten through twelve an opportunity to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test and consult with a military recruiter. B. The ASVAB test shall be scheduled during normal school day hours at a time that limits conflicts with extracurricular activities. C. Each public school district and public charter school shall provide each student in grades ten through twelve and his or her parent or legal guardian with the date, time and location of the scheduled administration of the ASVAB test. D. A public school district and public charter school may elect not to provide the ASVAB test if the district or charter school provides an alternative test that: 1. Assesses a student's aptitude for success in a career field other than a career field that requires postsecondary education; 2. Is free to administer; 3. Requires minimal training and support of district or charter school faculty and staff to administer the test; and 4. Provides the student with a professional interpretation of the test results that allows the student to explore occupations that are consistent with his or her interests and skills and to develop strategies to attain career goals. Added by Laws 2021, c. 290, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
§70-1210.508-6. FAFSA submission required to graduate. A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education, students shall complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). B. A student shall not be required to comply with the provisions of subsection A of this section if: 1. The student’s parent or legal guardian submits a signed form authorizing the student to opt out of the requirement of subsection A of this section; 2. A student age eighteen (18) or older submits a signed form authorizing him or her to opt out of the requirement of subsection A of this section; or 3. A school counselor authorizes a student to opt out of the requirement of subsection A of this section.
C. The State Department of Education shall develop and publish: 1. Materials for students, parents, and legal guardians explaining the requirements to complete the FAFSA, the benefits to completing the FAFSA, and the opt-out provisions described in subsection B of this section; and 2. An opt-out form to be used by school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools for the purposes outlined in subsection B of this section. D. The superintendent of each school district in this state shall designate a school employee to collect information regarding student compliance with subsection A or B of this section. The collection and storage of the information shall comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). E. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section, which shall address the method by which a student is to provide proof to a school district, public charter school, or virtual charter school that the student has completed and submitted the FAFSA as required by subsection A of this section. Added by Laws 2023, c. 206, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
§70-1210.508-7. Classic Learning Test (CLT). A. As used in this title: 1. “Classic Learning Test” or “CLT” means the Classic Learning Test administered by Classic Learning Initiatives, LLC; and 2. “Testing site” means an independently run testing center operated by the assessment company and any physical location where means of education are provided including public school districts, charter schools, private schools, institutions of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and private institutions of higher education in this state. B. Students in this state who take the Classic Learning Test (CLT) shall only take the test in a brick-and-mortar testing site. Added by Laws 2025, c. 277, § 5, eff. July 1, 2025.