158.6457 Definitions for KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, 158.6455, and 158.6457. As used in this section and KRS 158.6452, 158.6453, and 158.6455, unless the context requires otherwise: (1)'Accountability index' means the statistic, as provided by KRS 158.6455(1), that combines a school's academic and nonacademic factors; (2)'Core content for assessment' means the content identified for all students to know that is to be included on the state assessment; and (3)'Nonacademic factors' means the statistic that describes school success on: (a)Increasing attendance and decreasing retention rates at the elementary school level; (b)Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates at the middle school level; and (c)Increasing attendance rates and decreasing retention and dropout rates and improving the transition to adult life at the secondary school level. Effective: April 10, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 17, effective April 10, 2017. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 1, effective April 14, 1998.
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