Bill Text: CT HB05681 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Repealing The Requirement That Teacher Performance Evaluations Include Student Mastery Test Results.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-21 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05681 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05681-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5681

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 1613

 

*01613*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

 

AN ACT REPEALING THE REQUIREMENT THAT TEACHER PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS INCLUDE STUDENT MASTERY TEST RESULTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (a) of section 10-151b of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the use of student performance data on mastery examinations, conducted pursuant to section 10-14n of the general statutes, among the multiple indicators of student academic growth for purposes of teacher performance evaluations.

Statement of Purpose:

To uncouple students' test results on the Smarter Balanced Assessment from a teacher's performance evaluation.

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