Bill Text: CA AB743 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 743 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: California Community Colleges: common assessment system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, Statutes of 2011. [AB743 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB743-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 743	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 78219 to the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 743, as amended, Block. Community colleges: student
assessments: California Community Colleges: common assessment system.

   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state.
   The Seymour-Campbell Matriculation Act of 1986 requires,
contingent on the appropriation of funds for the purposes of the act,
matriculation services to be made available by the colleges. The act
requires those services to include assessment and counseling upon
enrollment, including administration of assessment instruments to
determine student competency in computational and language skills.
   This bill would require the board to establish a common assessment
system with specified objectives, that seeks to  create
  establish  a centrally delivered system of
student assessment to be used as one of multiple measures, consistent
with specified law, for the purposes of community college placement
and advisement.
   The bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges to work in collaboration with the State
Department of Education and the California State University when
developing a common college-readiness standard that will be reflected
in the creation of  common  assessment instruments
 to align the state's college-readiness standards toward
future common state standards  .
   The bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges to submit a report to the Legislature
and the Governor on the progress of implementation of the common
assessment system by December 31, 2012  , and would require the
above provisions to become operative upon the receipt of state,
federal, or philanthropic funds to cover the costs of the common
assessment system  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 78219 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   78219.  (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall establish a common assessment system to be used as one
of multiple measures, consistent with existing regulations, for the
purposes of community college placement and advisement. The system
shall include all of the following objectives:
   (1)  Creation   Establishment  of a
centrally delivered system of student assessment that provides a
single common assessment instrument for use by community colleges in
the curriculum areas of English, mathematics, and English as a second
language.
   (2) Creation of a secure, centrally housed assessment test data
warehouse that shall collect  both   all 
of the following:
   (A) All available assessment scores generated by assessed students
at all  participating  community colleges.
   (B) All available K-12 assessment data  and transcript
information  for students at all  participating
 community colleges. The use of this data shall be limited
to placing and advising community college students to enhance their
success with and completion of their postsecondary education
objectives. 
   (C) Other data or student transcript information that is used for
the purpose of student placement. 
   (3) Creation of an Internet Web portal that can be accessed by
community college personnel and students and that provides all of the
following:
   (A) An assessment profile, generated for each student upon
request,  which   that  includes all
assessment information available in the data warehouse created
pursuant to paragraph (2). This profile shall be accessible for
counseling, matriculation, and course placement purposes.
   (B) A pretest application that emulates the structure of the
student assessment created pursuant to paragraph (1) that students
can practice on and familiarize themselves with before taking future
assessments.
   (C) An advisement tool that provides students with information
about the importance of taking the common assessment to be placed in
college-level courses in English, mathematics, or English as a second
language and the historical success rates of students who place in
various levels of remedial coursework.
   (b) In developing the common assessment, the Office of the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall work in
collaboration with the State Department of Education and the
California State University when developing a common
college-readiness standard that will be reflected in the creation of
assessment instruments. 
   (c) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall work with the State Department of Education and the
California State University to move toward alignment of
college-readiness standards and align toward future common core state
standards.  
   (d) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall
convene an advisory committee established pursuant to subdivision (a)
that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from all of
the following entities:  
   (1) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges.  
   (2) The Legislative Analyst's Office.  
   (3) The Department of Finance.  
   (4) The State Department of Education.  
   (5) The California State University.  
   (6) The Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges.
 
   (7) The Research and Planning Group for California Community
Colleges.  
   (8) The California Community Colleges Matriculation Professionals
Association.  
   (e) 
    (c)  The Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges shall submit a report to the Legislature and the
Governor on the progress of the implementation of the common
assessment system by December 31, 2012. 
   (d) The provisions of this section shall be operative upon the
receipt of state, federal, or philanthropic funds sufficient to cover
the costs of the common assessment system.