Each year the East Penn School District screens, examines and administers tests to groups of students. The Board of Directors must grant representational consent annually, publish the purpose and character of the data collection and afford parents the opportunity to contest the necessity and desirability of the collection process or proposed use of the data.
The East Penn School District Board of Directors granted representational consent for the following data collection for the 2010/11school year.
TESTS
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
Mathematics and Reading - Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11
Science - Grades 4, 8, 11
Writing - Grades 5, 8, 11
District Final Examinations - Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 and Algebra 1 students
Career Cruising Interest Inventory - Grade 11
In addition, teachers administer informal academic assessments and achievement tests as required by the curriclumum in grades K through 12.
The EPSD uses specialists from the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 to assess and provide services for any students who may have Hearing or Visual impairments. These services c an be requested, with parental consent.
HEALTH SCREENINGS AND EXAMINATIONS
Vision Screening (school nurse) Grades K -12
Hearing Screening (school nurse) Grades K-3, 7 and 11, all special education students
Scoliosis Screening
(school nurse, health/wellness/fitness teacher) Grades 6 and 7
Height and weight (school nurse, Grades K-12
(health/wellness/fitness teacher)
Physical Examination by private or school physician First-time entry, grades 6 and 11
Dental Exam by private or school dentist First time entry, grades 3 and 7