Bill Text: FL H0209 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Student Assessment in the Public Schools

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on PreK-12 Policy (EPC), companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 4 (Ch. 2010-22) [H0209 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0209-Introduced.html

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HB 209

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to student assessment in the public
3	schools; terminating the administration of the Florida
4	Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) to students in grades
5	9 through 12; requiring the Preliminary SAT/National Merit
6	Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) to replace the
7	grade 10 FCAT for purposes of measuring a student's
8	knowledge and skills; requiring students to take the
9	PSAT/NMSQT in grade 10; requiring students to earn passing
10	scores on the PSAT/NMSQT to qualify for a standard high
11	school diploma; requiring the State Board of Education to
12	designate passing scores; requiring use of student
13	performance on the PSAT/NMSQT for school grading purposes;
14	providing for application beginning with students entering
15	grade 9 in the 2011-2012 school year; providing an
16	effective date.
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18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1. Notwithstanding ss. 1003.428, 1003.429,
21	1003.43, and 1008.22, Florida Statutes, and any other provision
22	of law to the contrary, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment
23	Test (FCAT) shall not be administered to students in grades 9
24	through 12. The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship
25	Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) shall replace the grade 10 FCAT for
26	purposes of measuring a student's knowledge and skills in
27	reading, mathematics, and writing. The PSAT/NMSQT shall be taken
28	by students in grade 10 to provide teachers and students with
29	feedback on a student's strengths and weaknesses and shall be
30	used as practice and preparation for the SAT Reasoning Test
31	(SAT) for students who will take the SAT as part of the college
32	admission process. Students must earn a passing score on the
33	PSAT/NMSQT in reading, mathematics, and writing to qualify for a
34	standard high school diploma. The State Board of Education shall
35	designate a passing score for each section of the PSAT/NMSQT
36	that is aligned to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards
37	and demonstrates the proficiency level required for high school
38	graduation. If a required passing score is raised by the State
39	Board of Education, the passing score shall apply only to
40	students taking the PSAT/NMSQT for the first time after such
41	designation. For purposes of the public school grading system
42	under ss. 1008.34 and 1008.341, Florida Statutes, student
43	performance on the PSAT/NMSQT shall be used in place of student
44	performance on the FCAT, as applicable. The provisions of this
45	section shall apply to public school students entering grade 9
46	in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter.
47	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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