Bill Text: TX HB1056 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state assessment of public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-19 - Referred to Public Education [HB1056 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1056-Introduced.html
83R5919 VOO-D | ||
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 1056 |
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relating to state assessment of public school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 28.014(c) and (f), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument for each course developed under this section | ||
to ensure the rigor of the course. A school district shall, in | ||
accordance with State Board of Education rules, administer the | ||
end-of-course assessment instrument to a student enrolled in a | ||
course developed under this section. A [ |
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end-of-course assessment instrument to account for not more than 15 | ||
percent of the student's final grade for the course. [ |
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(f) To the extent applicable, the commissioner shall draw | ||
from curricula and instructional materials developed under Section | ||
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instructional materials under this section. Not later than | ||
September 1, 2010, the State Board of Education shall adopt | ||
essential knowledge and skills for each course developed under this | ||
section. The State Board of Education shall make each course | ||
developed under this section and the related instructional | ||
materials available to school districts not later than the | ||
2014-2015 school year. [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment | ||
instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, Algebra II, | ||
geometry, biology, chemistry, physics, English I, English II, | ||
English III, world geography, world history, and United States | ||
history. The Algebra I, Algebra II, and geometry end-of-course | ||
assessment instruments must be administered with the aid of | ||
technology. A school district shall comply with State Board of | ||
Education rules regarding administration of the assessment | ||
instruments listed in this subsection and may [ |
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policy that requires a student's performance on an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument for a course listed in this subsection in | ||
which the student is enrolled to account for not more than 15 | ||
percent of the student's final grade for the course. [ |
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If a student is in a special education program under Subchapter A, | ||
Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, and dismissal | ||
committee shall determine whether any allowable modification is | ||
necessary in administering to the student an assessment instrument | ||
required under this subsection. The State Board of Education shall | ||
administer the assessment instruments. The State Board of | ||
Education shall adopt a schedule for the administration of | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments that complies with the | ||
requirements of Subsection (c-3). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (b), (b-2), and (e) | ||
and adding Subsections (a-4) and (a-5) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a student | ||
participating in the recommended or advanced high school program to | ||
be administered each end-of-course assessment instrument listed in | ||
Section 39.023(c) and requiring a student participating in the | ||
minimum high school program to be administered an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c) only for a course | ||
in which the student is enrolled and for which an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument is administered. [ |
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(a-1) The commissioner by rule shall determine a method by | ||
which a student's satisfactory performance on an advanced placement | ||
test, an international baccalaureate examination, an SAT Subject | ||
Test, or another assessment instrument determined by the | ||
commissioner to be at least as rigorous as an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument adopted under Section 39.023(c) may be used | ||
as a factor in determining whether the student satisfies the | ||
requirements of Subsection (a) and Subsection (a-2), (a-3), or | ||
(a-4), as applicable to the student[ |
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may determine a method by which a student's satisfactory | ||
performance on a Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) | ||
assessment or a preliminary American College Test (ACT) assessment | ||
may be used as a factor in determining whether the student satisfies | ||
the requirements of Subsection (a) and Subsection (a-2), (a-3), or | ||
(a-4), as applicable to the student. | ||
(a-2) To graduate under the recommended high school program | ||
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determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a) on | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments for the following: | ||
(1) English III; | ||
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(3) biology, chemistry, or physics [ |
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(a-3) To graduate under the advanced high school program [ |
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(1) achieve a score that meets or exceeds the score | ||
determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a-1) on | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments for the following: | ||
(A) English III; and | ||
(B) Algebra II; and | ||
(2) achieve a score that meets or exceeds the score | ||
determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a) on | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments for biology, chemistry, or | ||
physics [ |
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(a-4) To graduate under the minimum high school program, a | ||
student must achieve a score that meets or exceeds the score | ||
determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a) on | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments for the following: | ||
(1) English III; | ||
(2) Algebra I; and | ||
(3) biology, chemistry, or physics. | ||
(a-5) The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a | ||
student in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter | ||
29, shall determine whether, to receive a high school diploma, the | ||
student is required to achieve satisfactory performance on | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments. | ||
(b) Each time an end-of-course assessment instrument is | ||
administered, a student who failed to achieve the [ |
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requirement under this section may [ |
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the assessment instrument. A student who fails to perform | ||
satisfactorily on an Algebra II or English III end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument under the college readiness performance | ||
standard, as provided under Section 39.024(b), may retake the | ||
assessment instrument. [ |
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not required to retake a course as a condition of retaking an | ||
end-of-course assessment instrument. | ||
(b-2) If a school district determines that a student, on | ||
completion of grade 11, is unlikely to achieve the [ |
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score requirement under this section [ |
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end-of-course assessment instruments as necessary [ |
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the district shall require the student to enroll in a corresponding | ||
content-area college preparatory course for which an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument has been adopted, if available. A student | ||
who enrolls in a college preparatory course described by this | ||
subsection shall be administered an end-of-course assessment | ||
instrument for the course, with the end-of-course assessment | ||
instrument scored on a scale as determined by the commissioner [ |
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the student's score on the end-of-course assessment instrument for | ||
the college preparatory course towards satisfying the [ |
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score requirement under this section [ |
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(e) The commissioner shall establish a required performance | ||
level for an assessment instrument adopted under Subsection (d) | ||
that is at least as rigorous as the performance level required to be | ||
met under Subsection (a-2), (a-3), or (a-4), as applicable to the | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 39.0262, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.0262. LIMITATION ON INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS FOR STUDENT | ||
PREPARATION FOR OR ADMINISTRATION OF [ |
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ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS [ |
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assessment instruments required under Section 39.023 or locally | ||
required assessment instruments designed to prepare students for | ||
state-administered assessment instruments to any student on more | ||
than 10 percent of the instructional days in any school year. [ |
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(b) The prohibition prescribed by this section does not | ||
apply to the administration of a college preparation assessment | ||
instrument, an advanced placement test, or an international | ||
baccalaureate examination [ |
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(c) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
administer this section. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 39.025, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade during | ||
the 2013-2014 school year or a later school year. For students | ||
entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2013-2014 school | ||
year, Section 39.025, Education Code, as that section existed | ||
before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |