Similar to No Child Left Behind, the Every Student Succeeds Act requires that 95 percent of students in a school, and within each of the federally required subgroups, participate in the state assessment. If a school fails to meet this bar, those students who did not test must be considered non-proficient. According to ESSA, the state also must include test participation in its accountability system in another way. What would be an appropriate way for South Dakota to incorporate test participation in its system?
