Bill Text: CA SB1263 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Teacher credentialing: teaching performance assessments: repeal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-29 - April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. [SB1263 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1263-Introduced.html
Introduced by Senator Newman |
February 15, 2024 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44259 of the Education Code is amended to read:44259.
(a) Except as provided in clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), a program of professional preparation for multiple or single subject teaching credentials shall not include more than two years of full-time study of professional preparation.SEC. 2.
Section 44283 of the Education Code is amended to read:44283.
(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes that teacher competence in reading instruction is essential to the progress and achievement of pupils learning to read in elementary and secondary schools. It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission develop a reading instruction competence assessment to measure the knowledge, skill, and ability of first-time credential applicants who are not credentialed in any state who will be responsible for reading instruction.SEC. 3.
Section 44320.2 of the Education Code is repealed.(a)The Legislature finds and declares that the competence and performance of teachers are among the most important factors in influencing the quality and effectiveness of education in elementary and secondary schools.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2008, for a program of professional preparation to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259, the program shall include a teaching performance assessment that is aligned with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession and that is congruent with state content and performance standards for pupils adopted by the state board. In implementing this requirement, institutions or agencies may do the following:
(1)Voluntarily develop an assessment for approval by the commission. Approval of any locally developed performance assessment shall be based on assessment quality standards adopted by the commission, which shall encourage the use of alternative assessment methods including portfolios of teaching artifacts and practices.
(2)Participate in an assessment training program for assessors and implement the commission developed assessment.
(c)The commission shall implement the performance assessment in a manner that does not increase the number of assessments required for teacher credential candidates prepared in this state. A candidate shall be assessed during the normal term or duration of the preparation program of the candidate.
(d)Subject to the
availability of funds in the annual Budget Act, the commission shall perform all of the following duties with respect to the performance assessment:
(1)Assemble and convene an expert panel to advise the commission about performance standards and developmental scales for teaching credential candidates and the design, content, administration, and scoring of the assessment. At least one-third of the panel members shall be classroom teachers in California public schools.
(2)Design, develop, and implement assessment standards and an institutional assessor training program for the sponsors of professional preparation programs to use if they choose to use the commission developed assessment.
(3)Establish a review panel to examine each assessment developed by an institution or agency in relation to the standards set by the commission and advise the commission regarding approval of each assessment system.
(4)Initially and periodically analyze the validity of assessment content and the reliability of assessment scores that are established pursuant to this section.
(5)Establish and implement appropriate standards for satisfactory performance in assessments that are established pursuant to this section.
(6)Analyze possible sources of bias in the performance assessment and act promptly to eliminate any bias that is discovered.
(7)Collect and analyze background information provided by candidates who participate in the performance assessment, and report and interpret the individual and aggregated results of the assessment.
(8)Examine and revise, as necessary, the institutional accreditation system pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 44370), for the purpose of providing a strong assurance to teaching candidates that ongoing opportunities are available in each credential preparation program that is offered pursuant to Section 44320, Article 6 (commencing with Section 44310), Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44325), or Article 3 (commencing with Section 44450) of Chapter 3 for candidates to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities measured by the assessment system.
(9)Ensure that the aggregated results of the assessment for groups of candidates who have completed a credential program are used as one source of information about the quality and effectiveness of that program.
(e)The commission shall ensure that each
performance assessment pursuant to subdivision (b) is state approved and aligned with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession and is consistently applied to candidates in similar preparation programs. To the maximum feasible extent, each performance assessment shall be ongoing and blended into the preparation program, and shall produce the following benefits for credential candidates, sponsors of preparation programs, and local educational agencies that employ program graduates:
(1)The performance assessment shall be designed to provide formative assessment information during the preparation program for use by the candidate, instructors, and supervisors for the purpose of improving the teaching knowledge, skill, and ability of the candidate.
(2)The performance assessment results shall be reported so that they may serve as one basis for a recommendation by the program sponsor that the commission award a teaching credential to a candidate who has successfully met the performance assessment standards.
(3)The formative assessment information pursuant to paragraph (1) and the performance assessment results pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be reported so that they may serve as one basis for the individual induction plan of the new teacher pursuant to Section 44279.2.
(f)It is the intent of the Legislature that assessments in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b), including the administrative costs of the commission, be fully funded.
SEC. 4.
Section 44320.3 of the Education Code is repealed.(a)By July 1, 2025, the commission shall ensure that an approved teaching performance assessment for a preliminary multiple subject credential, as required by Section 44320.2, and for a preliminary education specialist credential assesses all candidates for competence in instruction in literacy, including, but not limited to, evidence-based methods of teaching foundational reading skills, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259. The commission shall ensure that any competencies assessed pursuant to this section are assessed in a manner aligned to the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259, the commission’s standards of program quality and
effectiveness and current teaching performance expectations, and the current English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Framework adopted by the state board. The commission shall ensure that the assessment meets the commission’s adopted teaching performance assessment design standards for validity, reliability, and sponsor support responsibilities.
(b)Before requiring successful passage of the teaching performance assessment for the preliminary multiple subject teaching credential and the preliminary education specialist credential pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall certify that all of the teacher education programs approved by the commission pursuant to Section 44227 provide instruction in the knowledge, skills, and abilities required in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (b)
of Section 44259.
(c)Commencing on July 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, until the requirements of this section are met, the commission shall report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on its progress in meeting the requirements of this section and Sections 44259.6 and 44259.7, including how stakeholders were engaged in the process of meeting the requirements of this section and Sections 44259.6 and 44259.7.
SEC. 5.
Section 44468 of the Education Code is amended to read:44468.
(a) An internship program, established pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44325) of Chapter 2 or this article, that is accredited by the commission shall provide interns who meet entrance criteria and are accepted to a multiple subject teaching credential program, a single subject teaching credential program, or an education specialist credential program that provides instruction to individuals with mild to moderate disabilities the opportunity to choose an early program completion option, culminating in a five-year preliminary teaching credential. The early program completion option shall be made available to interns who meet the following requirements:(2)(A)Pass the teaching performance assessment as set forth in Section 44320.2.
(B)An intern participating in the early completion option may take the teaching performance assessment only one time as part of the early completion option. An intern who takes the teaching performance assessment but is not successful may complete the internship program. Scores on this assessment shall be used by the internship program in providing the individualized professional development plan for interns that emphasizes preparation in areas where additional growth is warranted and waiving preparation in areas where the candidate has demonstrated competence. The intern shall retake and pass the teaching performance assessment at the end of the internship in order to be considered for recommendation by the internship program to the commission.
(3)Until the commission ensures that an approved teaching performance assessment for a preliminary multiple subject credential, as required by Section 44320.2, and for a preliminary education specialist credential assesses candidates for competence in instruction in literacy as specified in Section 44320.3, successfully
(4)
(b)An intern who elects to use the early completion option must first pass the assessment required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) in order to qualify to take the teaching performance assessment required pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(c)
(d)