New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated 193-E:3

   § 193-E:3  Delivery of an Adequate Education. – I. By April 1, 2000, each school district shall report to the department of education its data for the previous 12 months on its school and district performance indicators. The requirements for data keeping and the form of the report shall be established in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.

   (a) Performance indicators shall include the following areas:

   (1) Attendance and drop-out rates.

   (2) School environment indicators, such as safe-schools data.

   (3) Proportion of graduating students going on to post-secondary education, military service, and the workplace.

   (4) Performance on state tests administered pursuant to RSA 193-C and other standardized tests administered at local option.

   (b) In addition, local districts shall report on locally developed performance indicators and assessment measures.

   II. No later than December 1, 2000 the department of education shall issue a report on the condition of education statewide and on a district-by-district and school-by-school basis. This report shall include demographic and student performance data including, but not limited to, school and district performance on state tests administered pursuant to RSA 193-C, other standardized tests administered at local option by at least 25 percent of school districts, data provided under paragraph I, as well as other relevant statistics. Comparisons with state averages and with the condition of each district and school in comparison with previous years shall be provided, including, but not limited to, statewide rankings of each district and school on the state tests administered pursuant to RSA 193-C and on other standardized tests administered at local option by at least 25 percent of school districts. The report shall be organized and presented in a manner that is easily understood by the public and that assists each school district with the identification of trends, strengths, and weaknesses and the development of its local education improvement and assessment plan.

  Source. 1998, 389:1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.