Bill Text: TX HB2572 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to eliminating the state-required assessment instrument in social studies and the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument and to establishing a pilot program to develop a portfolio method to assess student performance in those courses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2572 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2572-Comm_Sub.html
86R28869 MM-D | |||
By: Patterson, González of El Paso, | H.B. No. 2572 | ||
VanDeaver, Bowers, et al. | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2572: | |||
By: Meyer | C.S.H.B. No. 2572 |
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relating to eliminating the state-required assessment instrument | ||
in social studies and the United States history end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument and to establishing a pilot program to | ||
develop a portfolio method to assess student performance in those | ||
courses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 39.023(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate | ||
criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess | ||
essential knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, | ||
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(a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection | ||
(b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in: | ||
(1) mathematics, annually in grades three through | ||
seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid | ||
of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra; | ||
(2) reading, annually in grades three through eight; | ||
(3) writing, including spelling and grammar, in grades | ||
four and seven; | ||
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federal law. | ||
(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment | ||
instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, | ||
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Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered | ||
with the aid of technology. The English I and English II | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments must each assess essential | ||
knowledge and skills in both reading and writing in the same | ||
assessment instrument and must provide a single score. A school | ||
district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding | ||
administration of the assessment instruments listed in this | ||
subsection. 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 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 39.02305 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.02305. PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM FOR | ||
EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES AND SECONDARY-LEVEL UNITED STATES | ||
HISTORY. (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the | ||
commissioner shall establish a pilot program as provided by this | ||
section under which participating school districts implement a | ||
portfolio method designed to assess mastery of the essential | ||
knowledge and skills for: | ||
(1) eighth grade students in social studies; and | ||
(2) students enrolled in a secondary-level United | ||
States history course. | ||
(b) A school district designated as a district of innovation | ||
under Chapter 12A may submit to the commissioner for approval not | ||
later than December 1, 2019, a resolution approved by the board of | ||
trustees of the district requesting to participate in the pilot | ||
program established under this section. In selecting campuses to | ||
participate in the pilot program, the district must select each | ||
campus as a whole. The district may designate a single campus in | ||
the district to participate in the pilot program. Before approving | ||
a resolution submitted under this section, the board must consult | ||
with: | ||
(1) teachers and administrators employed by the | ||
district and members of the community; or | ||
(2) the district- and campus-level planning and | ||
decision-making committees established under Section 11.251, if | ||
applicable. | ||
(c) On or before March 1, 2020, the commissioner shall | ||
review the resolutions submitted in compliance with Subsection (b) | ||
and select school districts for participation in the pilot program. | ||
In making selections for participation in the pilot program, the | ||
commissioner must consider: | ||
(1) the availability of funds; | ||
(2) the ability of the district to successfully | ||
implement the portfolio assessment method; | ||
(3) the location and size of the district and whether | ||
the district provides a student enrollment at each participating | ||
campus that ensures that the pilot program as a whole is | ||
representative of the economic, linguistic, racial, ethnic, and | ||
geographic diversity of this state; and | ||
(4) the number of participating districts the | ||
commissioner determines appropriate to allow not more than 100,000 | ||
students to participate in the pilot program. | ||
(d) A school district that the commissioner selects to | ||
participate in the pilot program must create a committee that | ||
consists of teachers and administrators employed by the district to | ||
develop a plan that: | ||
(1) specifies the goals and guiding principles for | ||
implementation of the district's portfolio assessment method; | ||
(2) designates for assessment by the portfolio | ||
assessment method: | ||
(A) eighth grade students in social studies; | ||
(B) students enrolled in a secondary-level | ||
United States history course; or | ||
(C) both categories of students described by | ||
Paragraphs (A) and (B); | ||
(3) specifies the essential knowledge and skills that | ||
must be addressed by the portfolio assessment method for each | ||
subject or course described under Subdivision (2); | ||
(4) provides for accommodations and any other support | ||
measures that comply with applicable federal law for students | ||
enrolled in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter | ||
29, and students of limited English proficiency, as defined by | ||
Section 29.052; | ||
(5) includes requirements for using components of the | ||
portfolio assessment as: | ||
(A) an interim formative assessment tool to | ||
provide the student the opportunity to further develop | ||
understanding and performance; and | ||
(B) a final summative assessment; and | ||
(6) includes the method for submitting student | ||
portfolios, which may include written submission, digital | ||
delivery, an oral defense presentation, or a combination of those | ||
methods. | ||
(e) The commissioner shall establish a committee that | ||
consists of a teacher member from each committee created under | ||
Subsection (d) to collaborate with the agency to develop a rubric | ||
for grading student portfolios. Each teacher member that serves on | ||
the committee under this subsection must be jointly selected by the | ||
members of that teacher's committee created under Subsection (d). | ||
The rubric developed under this subsection must: | ||
(1) be approved by the agency; | ||
(2) be based on a 100-point scale scoring system; and | ||
(3) establish a level of performance considered | ||
satisfactory and a level of performance necessary to indicate | ||
college readiness. | ||
(f) The individuals responsible for scoring student | ||
portfolios under the pilot program shall be coordinated jointly by: | ||
(1) the school district in which the student is | ||
enrolled and that is participating in the pilot program; | ||
(2) a public junior college or institution of higher | ||
education that enters into an agreement with the participating | ||
school district; and | ||
(3) the regional education service center that serves | ||
the participating district. | ||
(g) A random sampling of scored student portfolios, the size | ||
of which the agency shall determine, shall be delivered to the | ||
agency. The agency shall use the samples submitted under this | ||
subsection to test for validity of results. | ||
(h) In determining the method for submitting student | ||
portfolios, the district shall solicit suggestions from members of | ||
the community. The district, to the extent possible, shall allow | ||
each participating student to choose the method for submitting the | ||
student's portfolio. | ||
(i) Not later than June 30, 2020, each regional education | ||
service center shall provide technical and advisory assistance to a | ||
participating district in the center's region regarding the | ||
development of a plan required under Subsection (d), including | ||
hosting a seminar to discuss: | ||
(1) portfolio assessment methods; and | ||
(2) the essential knowledge and skills that must be | ||
addressed by the portfolio assessment method. | ||
(j) A public junior college or institution of higher | ||
education may enter into an agreement with a participating school | ||
district to provide technical and advisory assistance to the | ||
district in developing and implementing a plan required under | ||
Subsection (d). | ||
(k) Subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | ||
of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), the plan developed under | ||
Subsection (d) may provide for the use of portfolio assessments for | ||
other purposes, including: | ||
(1) to evaluate teacher performance; | ||
(2) to assist in developing campus turnaround plans | ||
and other campus improvement initiatives under Chapter 39A; | ||
(3) to assist in communicating with the student's | ||
parents regarding the student's academic development; or | ||
(4) to provide relevant information in admission, | ||
review, and dismissal committee and language proficiency | ||
assessment committee meetings. | ||
(l) The commissioner shall review and make a determination | ||
on each plan submitted under this section. To participate in the | ||
pilot program, a school district must implement a plan approved by | ||
the commissioner under this section beginning with the 2020-2021 | ||
school year. | ||
(m) A school district that participates in the pilot program | ||
shall provide student performance data to the agency as required by | ||
commissioner rule. The agency shall periodically review the | ||
performance data submitted under this subsection. | ||
(n) A school district may withdraw from the pilot program | ||
established under this section by submitting to the commissioner a | ||
resolution approved by the board of trustees of the district | ||
requesting the change in participation status. | ||
(o) The agency shall develop and distribute a survey to | ||
educators and administrators soliciting feedback regarding the | ||
pilot program. | ||
(p) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section, including: | ||
(1) rules for submitting to the commissioner for | ||
approval: | ||
(A) a resolution to participate in the pilot | ||
program as described by Subsection (b); and | ||
(B) a plan described by Subsection (d) and | ||
subsequent amendments to the plan; | ||
(2) rules for evaluating submitted plans and | ||
amendments described by Subdivision (1)(B); | ||
(3) rules for submitting student performance data to | ||
the agency as required under Subsection (m); | ||
(4) rules for submitting to the commissioner a | ||
resolution to withdraw from the pilot program as described by | ||
Subsection (n); and | ||
(5) any specific rules for campuses that are assigned | ||
an overall performance rating of F and request to participate in the | ||
pilot program under this section. | ||
(q) Not later than December 1, 2024, the agency shall | ||
prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the | ||
speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer | ||
of each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction | ||
over primary and secondary education a report that: | ||
(1) evaluates the implementation and performance | ||
results of the pilot program under this section, including the | ||
results of the survey required under Subsection (o); and | ||
(2) makes recommendations regarding the feasibility | ||
of statewide application of establishing a portfolio method to | ||
assess eighth grade students in social studies and students | ||
enrolled in a secondary-level United States history course. | ||
(r) This section expires September 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 39.203(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) In addition to the distinction designations described | ||
by Subsections (a) and (b), a campus that satisfies the criteria | ||
developed under Section 39.204 shall be awarded a distinction | ||
designation by the commissioner for outstanding performance in | ||
academic achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or | ||
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SECTION 4. The Texas Education Agency shall, to the | ||
greatest extent practicable, apply cost savings that result from | ||
eliminating the social studies assessment instrument and the United | ||
States history end-of-course assessment instrument under the | ||
changes made by this Act to offset costs accrued by the agency in | ||
establishing the pilot program required under Section 39.02305, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2019. |