§ 22-2C-3 NMSA 1978

Academic content and performance standards; department powers and duties

Known as the Assessment and Accountability Act

The act spans §§ 22–22 (16 sections).

1978 Comp., § 22-2A-3, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 12; 2015, ch. 58, § 5.

A. The department shall adopt academic content and performance standards for grades one through twelve in the following areas:

(1) mathematics;

(2) reading and language arts;

(3) science; and

(4) social studies.

B. The department may adopt content and performance standards in other subject areas.

C. Academic content and performance standards shall be sufficiently academically challenging to meet or exceed any applicable federal requirements.

D. The department shall measure the performance of every public school in New Mexico.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.