Bill Text: OH HB629 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: , and to amend Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of the 130th General Assembly with regard to the administration of state primary and secondary education assessments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-06 - To Education [HB629 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB629-Introduced.html
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Representatives Brenner, Gonzales
Cosponsors:
Representatives Becker, Boose, Derickson, Grossman, Henne, Hill, Perales, Ruhl, Wachtmann
To amend sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0715 and to | 1 |
enact section 3301.132 of the Revised Code, and to | 2 |
amend Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of the 130th | 3 |
General Assembly with regard to the administration | 4 |
of state primary and secondary education | 5 |
assessments. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0715 be amended | 7 |
and section 3301.132 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as | 8 |
follows: | 9 |
Sec. 3301.0710. The state board of education shall adopt | 10 |
rules establishing a statewide program to assess student | 11 |
achievement. The state board shall ensure that all assessments | 12 |
administered under the program are aligned with the academic | 13 |
standards and model curricula adopted by the state board and are | 14 |
created with input from Ohio parents, Ohio classroom teachers, | 15 |
Ohio school administrators, and other Ohio school personnel | 16 |
pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised Code. | 17 |
The assessment program shall be designed to ensure that | 18 |
students who receive a high school diploma demonstrate at least | 19 |
high school levels of achievement in English language arts, | 20 |
mathematics, science, and social studies. | 21 |
(A)(1) The state board shall prescribe all of the following: | 22 |
(a) Two statewide achievement assessments, one each designed | 23 |
to measure the level of English language arts and mathematics | 24 |
skill expected at the end of third grade; | 25 |
(b) Three statewide achievement assessments, one each | 26 |
designed to measure the level of English language arts, | 27 |
mathematics, and social studies skill expected at the end of | 28 |
fourth grade; | 29 |
(c) Three statewide achievement assessments, one each | 30 |
designed to measure the level of English language arts, | 31 |
mathematics, and science skill expected at the end of fifth grade; | 32 |
(d) Three statewide achievement assessments, one each | 33 |
designed to measure the level of English language arts, | 34 |
mathematics, and social studies skill expected at the end of sixth | 35 |
grade; | 36 |
(e) Two statewide achievement assessments, one each designed | 37 |
to measure the level of English language arts and mathematics | 38 |
skill expected at the end of seventh grade; | 39 |
(f) Three statewide achievement assessments, one each | 40 |
designed to measure the level of English language arts, | 41 |
mathematics, and science skill expected at the end of eighth | 42 |
grade. | 43 |
(2) The state board shall determine and designate at least | 44 |
five ranges of scores on each of the achievement assessments | 45 |
described in divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of this section. Each | 46 |
range of scores shall be deemed to demonstrate a level of | 47 |
achievement so that any student attaining a score within such | 48 |
range has achieved one of the following: | 49 |
(a) An advanced level of skill; | 50 |
(b) An accelerated level of skill; | 51 |
(c) A proficient level of skill; | 52 |
(d) A basic level of skill; | 53 |
(e) A limited level of skill. | 54 |
(3) For the purpose of implementing division (A) of section | 55 |
3313.608 of the Revised Code, the state board shall determine and | 56 |
designate a level of achievement, not lower than the level | 57 |
designated in division (A)(2)(e) of this section, on the third | 58 |
grade English language arts assessment for a student to be | 59 |
promoted to the fourth grade. The state board shall review and | 60 |
adjust upward the level of achievement designated under this | 61 |
division each year the test is administered until the level is set | 62 |
equal to the level designated in division (A)(2)(c) of this | 63 |
section. | 64 |
(B)(1) The assessments prescribed under division (B)(1) of | 65 |
this section shall collectively be known as the Ohio graduation | 66 |
tests. The state board shall prescribe five statewide high school | 67 |
achievement assessments, one each designed to measure the level of | 68 |
reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies skill | 69 |
expected at the end of tenth grade. The state board shall | 70 |
designate a score in at least the range designated under division | 71 |
(A)(2)(c) of this section on each such assessment that shall be | 72 |
deemed to be a passing score on the assessment as a condition | 73 |
toward granting high school diplomas under sections 3313.61, | 74 |
3313.611, 3313.612, and 3325.08 of the Revised Code until the | 75 |
assessment system prescribed by section 3301.0712 of the Revised | 76 |
Code is implemented in accordance with division (B)(2) of this | 77 |
section. | 78 |
(2) The state board shall prescribe an assessment system in | 79 |
accordance with section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code that shall | 80 |
replace the Ohio graduation tests beginning with students who | 81 |
enter the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2014. | 82 |
(3) The state board may enter into a reciprocal agreement | 83 |
with the appropriate body or agency of any other state that has | 84 |
similar statewide achievement assessment requirements for | 85 |
receiving high school diplomas, under which any student who has | 86 |
met an achievement assessment requirement of one state is | 87 |
recognized as having met the similar requirement of the other | 88 |
state for purposes of receiving a high school diploma. For | 89 |
purposes of this section and sections 3301.0711 and 3313.61 of the | 90 |
Revised Code, any student enrolled in any public high school in | 91 |
this state who has met an achievement assessment requirement | 92 |
specified in a reciprocal agreement entered into under this | 93 |
division shall be deemed to have attained at least the applicable | 94 |
score designated under this division on each assessment required | 95 |
by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section that is specified in the | 96 |
agreement. | 97 |
(C) The superintendent of public instruction shall designate | 98 |
dates and times for the administration of the assessments | 99 |
prescribed by divisions (A) and (B) of this section. | 100 |
In prescribing administration dates pursuant to this | 101 |
division, the superintendent shall designate the dates in such a | 102 |
way as to allow a reasonable length of time between the | 103 |
administration of assessments prescribed under this section and | 104 |
any administration of the national assessment of educational | 105 |
progress given to students in the same grade level pursuant to | 106 |
section 3301.27 of the Revised Code or federal law. | 107 |
The duration of the administration for each assessment | 108 |
prescribed by division (A) of this section and for each assessment | 109 |
prescribed by division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised | 110 |
Code shall not exceed four hours per year. The limitation | 111 |
prescribed by this paragraph shall not apply to assessments for | 112 |
students with disabilities, the English language arts assessment | 113 |
prescribed by division (A)(1)(a) of section 3301.0710 of the | 114 |
Revised Code or any related diagnostic assessment for students who | 115 |
failed to attain a passing score on that English language arts | 116 |
achievement assessment, the nationally standardized assessment | 117 |
that measures college and career readiness as prescribed by | 118 |
division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code, or | 119 |
substitute examinations as prescribed by division (B)(4) of | 120 |
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code. | 121 |
(D) The state board shall prescribe a practice version of | 122 |
each Ohio graduation test described in division (B)(1) of this | 123 |
section that is of comparable length to the actual test. | 124 |
(E) Any committee established by the department of education | 125 |
for the purpose of making recommendations to the state board | 126 |
regarding the state board's designation of scores on the | 127 |
assessments described by this section shall inform the state board | 128 |
of the probable percentage of students who would score in each of | 129 |
the ranges established under division (A)(2) of this section on | 130 |
the assessments if the committee's recommendations are adopted by | 131 |
the state board. To the extent possible, these percentages shall | 132 |
be disaggregated by gender, major racial and ethnic groups, | 133 |
limited English proficient students, economically disadvantaged | 134 |
students, students with disabilities, and migrant students. | 135 |
Sec. 3301.0715. (A) Except as otherwise required under | 136 |
division (B)(1) of section 3313.608 of the Revised Code, the board | 137 |
of education of each city, local, and exempted village school | 138 |
district shall administer each applicable diagnostic assessment | 139 |
developed and provided to the district in accordance with section | 140 |
3301.079 of the Revised Code to the following: | 141 |
(1) Any student who transfers into the district or to a | 142 |
different school within the district if each applicable diagnostic | 143 |
assessment was not administered by the district or school the | 144 |
student previously attended in the current school year, within | 145 |
thirty days after the date of transfer. If the district or school | 146 |
into which the student transfers cannot determine whether the | 147 |
student has taken any applicable diagnostic assessment in the | 148 |
current school year, the district or school may administer the | 149 |
diagnostic assessment to the student. However, if a student | 150 |
transfers into the district prior to the administration of the | 151 |
diagnostic assessments to all students under division (B) of this | 152 |
section, the district may administer the diagnostic assessments to | 153 |
that student on the date or dates determined under that division. | 154 |
(2) Each kindergarten student, not earlier than the first day | 155 |
of | 156 |
November, except that the language and reading skills portion of | 157 |
the assessment shall be administered by the thirtieth day of | 158 |
September to fulfill the requirements of division (B) of section | 159 |
3313.608 of the Revised Code. | 160 |
For the purpose of division (A)(2) of this section, the | 161 |
district shall administer the kindergarten readiness assessment | 162 |
provided by the department of education. In no case shall the | 163 |
results of the readiness assessment be used to prohibit a student | 164 |
from enrolling in kindergarten. | 165 |
A district or school may administer the kindergarten | 166 |
readiness diagnostic assessment all at one time or may administer | 167 |
it in portions at different times, so long as the assessment has | 168 |
been administered in its entirety not later than the first day of | 169 |
November. | 170 |
(3) Each student enrolled in first, second, or third grade. | 171 |
Division (A) of this section does not apply to students with | 172 |
significant cognitive disabilities, as defined by the department | 173 |
of education. | 174 |
(B) Each district board shall administer each diagnostic | 175 |
assessment when the board deems appropriate, provided the | 176 |
administration complies with section 3313.608 of the Revised Code. | 177 |
However, the board shall administer any diagnostic assessment at | 178 |
least once annually to all students in the appropriate grade | 179 |
level. A district board may administer any diagnostic assessment | 180 |
in the fall and spring of a school year to measure the amount of | 181 |
academic growth attributable to the instruction received by | 182 |
students during that school year. | 183 |
(C) Any district that received a grade of "A" or "B" for the | 184 |
performance index score under division (A)(1)(b), (B)(1)(b), or | 185 |
(C)(1)(b) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code or for the | 186 |
value-added progress dimension under division (A)(1)(e), | 187 |
(B)(1)(e), or (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for | 188 |
the immediately preceding school year may use different diagnostic | 189 |
assessments from those adopted under division (D) of section | 190 |
3301.079 of the Revised Code in order to satisfy the requirements | 191 |
of division (A)(3) of this section. | 192 |
(D) Each district board shall utilize and score any | 193 |
diagnostic assessment administered under division (A) of this | 194 |
section in accordance with rules established by the department. | 195 |
After the administration of any diagnostic assessment, each | 196 |
district shall provide a student's completed diagnostic | 197 |
assessment, the results of such assessment, and any other | 198 |
accompanying documents used during the administration of the | 199 |
assessment to the parent of that student, and shall include all | 200 |
such documents and information in any plan developed for the | 201 |
student under division (C) of section 3313.608 of the Revised | 202 |
Code. Each district shall submit to the department, in the manner | 203 |
the department prescribes, the results of the diagnostic | 204 |
assessments administered under this section, regardless of the | 205 |
type of assessment used under section 3313.608 of the Revised | 206 |
Code. The department may issue reports with respect to the data | 207 |
collected. The department may report school and district level | 208 |
kindergarten diagnostic assessment data and use diagnostic | 209 |
assessment data to calculate the measure prescribed by divisions | 210 |
(B)(1)(g) and (C)(1)(g) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. | 211 |
(E) Each district board shall provide intervention services | 212 |
to students whose diagnostic assessments show that they are | 213 |
failing to make satisfactory progress toward attaining the | 214 |
academic standards for their grade level. | 215 |
Sec. 3301.132. (A) The department of education shall | 216 |
determine which components of the resident educator | 217 |
performance-based assessment, as prescribed by rule of the state | 218 |
board of education for purposes of the Ohio teacher residency | 219 |
program established under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code, | 220 |
may be used as part of the teacher evaluations required by section | 221 |
3319.111 of the Revised Code. | 222 |
(B) The department shall develop a table of assessments that | 223 |
may be used for multiple purposes for which a measure of student | 224 |
performance or aptitude is required, in order to reduce the total | 225 |
number of assessments administered by a district or school. The | 226 |
table shall include achievement assessments, diagnostic | 227 |
assessments, end-of-course examinations, substitute examinations, | 228 |
examinations related to student academic growth measures, and | 229 |
other assessments. The department shall make the table available | 230 |
to school districts, community schools established under Chapter | 231 |
3314. of the Revised Code, STEM schools established under Chapter | 232 |
3326. of the Revised Code, college-preparatory boarding schools | 233 |
established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code, and chartered | 234 |
nonpublic schools. | 235 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0715 of | 236 |
the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 237 |
Section 3. That Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of the 130th | 238 |
General Assembly be amended to read as follows: | 239 |
Sec. 10. (A) For the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school | 240 |
years, no school district, community school, STEM school, | 241 |
college-preparatory boarding school, or chartered nonpublic school | 242 |
shall be required to administer in an online format any | 243 |
assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the | 244 |
Revised Code. However, a district or school may administer any of | 245 |
those assessments in an online format at the discretion of the | 246 |
district board or school governing authority, or in any | 247 |
combination of online and paper formats. The Department of | 248 |
Education shall furnish, free of charge, all such assessments for | 249 |
that school year regardless of the format selected by the district | 250 |
or school. | 251 |
(B) Not later than December 31, 2014, the Department shall | 252 |
submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly, in | 253 |
accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, on the | 254 |
security of student data with regard to the administration of | 255 |
online assessments. | 256 |
(C) Not later than July 1, 2015, the Department shall publish | 257 |
the number of districts and schools that administered the | 258 |
assessments required under sections 3301.0710 and 3301.0712 of the | 259 |
Revised Code in all of the following formats: | 260 |
(1) Completely in an online format; | 261 |
(2) Completely in a paper format; | 262 |
(3) In any combination of online and paper formats. | 263 |
Section 4. That existing Section 10 of Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of | 264 |
the 130th General Assembly is hereby repealed. | 265 |
Section 5. (A) The Department of Education shall study the | 266 |
impact on student performance of the online administration of the | 267 |
state assessments prescribed under sections 3301.0710 and | 268 |
3301.0712 of the Revised Code. Not later than June 30, 2015, the | 269 |
Department shall submit the results of its study to the General | 270 |
Assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, | 271 |
and to the Governor. | 272 |
(B)(1) The Department shall conduct a comprehensive survey of | 273 |
the capacity and readiness of each school district for online | 274 |
administration of the assessments prescribed by sections 3301.0710 | 275 |
and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code based on recommended | 276 |
specifications for such administration of the assessments. The | 277 |
survey conducted under this section shall include information | 278 |
regarding hardware, software, bandwidth, technical support, | 279 |
security requirements, training for teachers regarding the | 280 |
administration of assessments, and training for students regarding | 281 |
taking the assessments. | 282 |
(2) Not later than June 30, 2015, the Department shall | 283 |
compile and present to the Governor, the chairpersons and ranking | 284 |
members of the Education Committees of the Senate and House of | 285 |
Representatives, and the State Board of Education the results of | 286 |
the survey conducted under this section and a detailed | 287 |
implementation plan to address any issues or problems identified | 288 |
in the survey. | 289 |