Section 2-221 - Value-added assessment system(a) Beginning on the effective date of this section, the Department of Education shall make available on its publicly accessible Internet website the following: (1) Value-added assessment system data for the school district level and the school level. The Department of Education's disclosure of value-added assessment system data shall be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ( Public Law 90-247, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g ) or a successor Federal statute.(2) Instructions that may assist the public in understanding and interpreting the data provided under paragraph (1).(b) For purposes of this section: "Value-added assessment system" shall mean a statistical analysis of results on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test or any other test established by the State Board of Education to meet the requirements of section 2603-B(d)(10)(i) pursuant to 22 Pa. Code § 403.3 (relating to single accountability system) that uses measures of student learning to enable the estimation of school or school district statistical distributions.
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, § 221, added 2010, Nov. 17, P.L. 996, No. 104, § 2, imd. effective.