Bill Text: NY A00924 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00924 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00924-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           924
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALSH, BLANKENBUSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the weight assigned to
          state-created  or  administered  testing  results  for calculating the
          student performance category of teacher assessments
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision  4 of section 3012-d of the
     2  education law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of  chapter
     3  56  of  the  laws  of  2015,  subparagraph  1 as amended by section 3 of
     4  subpart C of part B of chapter 20 of the laws of  2015,  is  amended  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    a.  Student  performance  category. Such category shall have [at least
     7  one subcomponent and an optional second subcomponent] two  subcomponents
     8  as follows:
     9    (1) For the first subcomponent, (A) for a teacher whose course ends in
    10  a state-created or administered test for which there is a state-provided
    11  growth  model,  such  teacher  shall  have a state-provided growth score
    12  based on such model, which shall take into consideration certain student
    13  characteristics, as determined by the commissioner,  including  but  not
    14  limited to students with disabilities, poverty, English language learner
    15  status  and  prior  academic  history and which shall identify educators
    16  whose students' growth is well above or well below average  compared  to
    17  similar  students  for  a  teacher's  or  principal's students after the
    18  certain student characteristics above are taken into  account;  and  (B)
    19  for  a  teacher whose course does not end in a state-created or adminis-
    20  tered test such teacher shall have a student  learning  objective  (SLO)
    21  consistent  with  a  goal-setting process determined or developed by the
    22  commissioner, that results in a student growth score; provided that, for
    23  any teacher whose course ends in a state-created or administered assess-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  ment for which there is no state-provided growth model, such  assessment
     2  must be used as the underlying assessment for such SLO;
     3    (2)  For  the  [optional]  second subcomponent, a district may locally
     4  select a second measure  in  accordance  with  this  subparagraph.  Such
     5  second measure shall apply in a consistent manner, to the extent practi-
     6  cable,  across  the district and be [either: (A) a second state-provided
     7  growth score on a state-created or administered test under clause (A) of
     8  subparagraph one of this paragraph, or (B)] a growth score  based  on  a
     9  state-designed supplemental assessment, calculated using a state-provid-
    10  ed  or  approved  growth model. The [optional] second subcomponent shall
    11  provide options for multiple assessment measures  that  are  aligned  to
    12  existing classroom and school best practices and take into consideration
    13  the  recommendations  in  the  testing  reduction  report as required by
    14  section one of subpart F of [the] part EE of chapter  fifty-six  of  the
    15  laws  of  two  thousand fifteen [which added this section] regarding the
    16  reduction of unnecessary additional testing.
    17    The commissioner shall determine the weights and  scoring  ranges  for
    18  the  subcomponent  or  subcomponents of the student performance category
    19  that shall result in a combined category rating.    Notwithstanding  the
    20  provisions  of  section  three  thousand twelve-c of this article or any
    21  other provision of law to the contrary, in no case shall  the  subcompo-
    22  nent  calculated  pursuant  to  subparagraph  one  of  this paragraph be
    23  assigned a weight in excess of  five  percent  of  a  teacher's  overall
    24  assessment  under  this section. The commissioner shall also set parame-
    25  ters for appropriate targets for student growth for both  subcomponents,
    26  and the department must affirmatively approve and shall have the author-
    27  ity to disapprove or require modifications of district plans that do not
    28  set  appropriate  growth  targets, including after initial approval. The
    29  commissioner shall set such weights and parameters consistent  with  the
    30  terms contained herein.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.