Bill Text: NY S05921 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - PRINT NUMBER 5921A [S05921 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5921
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the weight assigned to
         state-created or administered  testing  results  for  calculating  the
         student performance category of teacher assessments
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  4  of  section  3012-d  of  the
    2  education  law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter
    3  56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    4    a. Student performance category. Such category shall  have  [at  least
    5  one  subcomponent and an optional second subcomponent] TWO SUBCOMPONENTS
    6  as follows:
    7    (1) For the first subcomponent, (A) for a teacher whose course ends in
    8  a state-created or administered test for which there is a state-provided
    9  growth model, such teacher shall  have  a  state-provided  growth  score
   10  based  on such model; and (B) for a teacher whose course does not end in
   11  a state-created or administered test such teacher shall have  a  student
   12  learning  objective  (SLO) consistent with a goal-setting process deter-
   13  mined or developed by the commissioner, that results in a student growth
   14  score; provided that, for any teacher whose  course  ends  in  a  state-
   15  created  or administered assessment for which there is no state-provided
   16  growth model, such assessment must be used as the underlying  assessment
   17  for such SLO;
   18    (2)  For  the  [optional]  second subcomponent, a district may locally
   19  select a second measure  in  accordance  with  this  subparagraph.  Such
   20  second measure shall apply in a consistent manner, to the extent practi-
   21  cable,  across  the district and be [either: (A) a second state-provided
   22  growth score on a state-created or administered test under clause (A) of
   23  subparagraph one of this paragraph, or (B)] a growth score  based  on  a
   24  state-designed supplemental assessment, calculated using a state-provid-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  ed  or  approved  growth model. The [optional] second subcomponent shall
    2  provide options for multiple assessment measures  that  are  aligned  to
    3  existing classroom and school best practices and take into consideration
    4  the  recommendations  in  the  testing  reduction  report as required by
    5  section one of subpart F of [the] PART EE OF chapter  FIFTY-SIX  of  the
    6  laws  of  two  thousand fifteen [which added this section] regarding the
    7  reduction of unnecessary additional testing.
    8    The commissioner shall determine the weights and  scoring  ranges  for
    9  the  subcomponent  or  subcomponents of the student performance category
   10  that shall result in a combined category rating.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
   11  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND TWELVE-C OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY
   12  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IN NO CASE SHALL  THE  SUBCOMPO-
   13  NENT  CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBPARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH BE
   14  ASSIGNED A WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF  FIVE  PERCENT  OF  A  TEACHER'S  OVERALL
   15  ASSESSMENT  UNDER  THIS SECTION. The commissioner shall also set parame-
   16  ters for appropriate targets for student growth for both  subcomponents,
   17  and the department must affirmatively approve and shall have the author-
   18  ity to disapprove or require modifications of district plans that do not
   19  set  appropriate  growth  targets, including after initial approval. The
   20  commissioner shall set such weights and parameters consistent  with  the
   21  terms contained herein.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.