Bill Text: IL HJR0054 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages school districts, for the 2014-2015 school year through the 2017-2018 school year, to not use results of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test as a determining factor for making decisions about a student's educational opportunities, the evaluation of educators, and the allocation of resources based on educational achievement on this assessment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-24 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett [HJR0054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0054-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, School districts in this State began implementing | ||||||
| 3 | new learning standards in English language arts and mathematics | ||||||
| 4 | in 2010, commonly referenced as the Common Core Learning | ||||||
| 5 | Standards; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, These new standards in English language arts and | ||||||
| 7 | mathematics replaced older standards previously adopted in | ||||||
| 8 | 1997; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Learning Standards outline what all | ||||||
| 10 | students in public school districts should know and be able to | ||||||
| 11 | do in core educational areas; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, These new standards were originally designed to be | ||||||
| 13 | more rigorous and to better prepare students for college and | ||||||
| 14 | careers; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for | ||||||
| 16 | College and Careers is a new State assessment that will be | ||||||
| 17 | given to students in public school districts for the first time | ||||||
| 18 | beginning in the 2014-2015 school year; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for | ||||||
| 20 | College and Careers has never been given as a full assessment | ||||||
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| 1 | in this State; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for | ||||||
| 3 | College and Careers will be based on the new learning standards | ||||||
| 4 | adopted in 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, There is an increased emphasis on student | ||||||
| 6 | performance on State assessments; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, there is also a greater emphasis on using student | ||||||
| 8 | assessment results to make major decisions that affect | ||||||
| 9 | students, schools, educators, and funding; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for | ||||||
| 11 | College and Careers is a new and untested student assessment; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 15 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that for the 2014-2015 school year | ||||||
| 16 | through the 2017-2018 school year, we encourage school | ||||||
| 17 | districts to not use results of the Partnership for Assessment | ||||||
| 18 | of Readiness for College and Careers test as a determining | ||||||
| 19 | factor for making decisions about a student's educational | ||||||
| 20 | opportunities, the evaluation of educators, and the allocation | ||||||
| 21 | of resources based on educational achievement on this | ||||||
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| 1 | assessment; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | delivered to each school district in this State.
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