Bill Text: IA HF2235 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to statewide assessments of student progress for purposes of core academic indicators, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 578.) Effective 3-28-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-28 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 700. [HF2235 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2235-Enrolled.html

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House File 2235 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 578)
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                                        House File 2235

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS OF STUDENT PROGRESS
    FOR PURPOSES OF CORE ACADEMIC INDICATORS, AND INCLUDING
    EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b,
 subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2018, are amended to read as
 follows:
    (1)  Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall
 specify that the approved district=wide statewide summative
  assessment of student progress administered by school districts
  for purposes of the core academic indicators shall be the
 assessment utilized by school districts statewide in the school
 year beginning July 1, 2011, or a successor assessment approved
 by the state board for school years beginning on or after July
 1, 2018 summative assessment developed by the Iowa testing
 program within the university of Iowa college of education and
 administered by the Iowa testing program's designee.
    (2)  The For the school year beginning July 1, 2018, and each
 succeeding school year, the rules shall also require that all
 of the following:
    (a)  That all students enrolled in school districts in
 grades three through eleven be administered an assessment in
 mathematics and English language arts, including reading and
 writing, during the last quarter of the school year and all
 students enrolled in school districts in grades five, eight,
 and ten be administered an assessment in science during the
 last quarter of the school year.
    (b)  That the assessment, at a minimum, assess the core
 academic indicators identified in this paragraph "b"; be
 aligned with the Iowa common core standards in both content
 and rigor; accurately describe student achievement and
 growth for purposes of the school, the school district, and
 state accountability systems; provide valid, reliable, and
 fair measures of student progress toward college or career
 readiness; and meet the summative assessment requirements of
 the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114=95.
    (c)  That the assessment be available for administration in
 both paper=and=pencil and computer=based formats and include
 assessments in mathematics, science, and English language arts,
 including reading and writing.
    (d)  That the assessment be peer=reviewed by an independent,
 third=party evaluator to determine that the assessment is
 aligned with the Iowa core academic standards, provides a
 measurement of student growth and student proficiency, and
 meets the summative assessment requirements of the federal
 Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114=95.  The assessment
 developed by the Iowa testing service within the university of
 Iowa college of education shall make any necessary adjustments
 as determined by the peer review to meet the requirements of
 this subparagraph (2).
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
 importance, takes effect upon enactment.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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