Bill Text: TX HB500 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 91-37)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-17 - No action taken in committee [HB500 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB500-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 91-37)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-17 - No action taken in committee [HB500 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB500-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Eissler, Aycock, Guillen, Shelton, | H.B. No. 500 | |
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relating to end-of-course assessment instruments administered to | ||
public high school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 39.023(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The agency shall also adopt end-of-course assessment | ||
instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, Algebra II, | ||
geometry, biology, chemistry, physics, English I, English II, | ||
English III, world geography, world history, and United States | ||
history. The Algebra I, Algebra II, and geometry end-of-course | ||
assessment instruments must be administered with the aid of | ||
technology. A school district shall comply with State Board of | ||
Education rules regarding administration of the assessment | ||
instruments listed in this subsection. A district [ |
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a policy addressing whether [ |
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on an end-of-course assessment instrument for a course listed in | ||
this subsection in which the student is enrolled will be used by the | ||
district in determining [ |
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student's final grade for the course and, if so, the manner in which | ||
the student's performance on an end-of-course assessment | ||
instrument will be used in determining the student's final grade | ||
for the course. If a student retakes an end-of-course assessment | ||
instrument for a course listed in this subsection, as provided by | ||
Section 39.025, a [ |
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district policy concerning whether [ |
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so, the manner in which to use the student's performance on the | ||
subsequent administration or administrations of the assessment | ||
instrument in determining [ |
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for the course. If a student is in a special education program | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, | ||
and dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable | ||
modification is necessary in administering to the student an | ||
assessment instrument required under this subsection. The State | ||
Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments. | ||
The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the | ||
administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that | ||
complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (a-2), (b), (b-2), (f), and (g) and | ||
adding Subsection (a-4) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring a student | ||
participating in the recommended or advanced high school program to | ||
be administered each end-of-course assessment instrument listed in | ||
Section 39.023(c) and requiring a student participating in the | ||
minimum high school program to be administered an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c) only for a course | ||
in which the student is enrolled and for which an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument is administered. Except as otherwise | ||
provided by Subsection (a-2), (a-4), or (d), to receive a high | ||
school diploma a [ |
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in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1), a | ||
cumulative score that is at least equal to the product of the number | ||
of end-of-course assessment instruments administered to the | ||
student in that subject and a scale score that indicates | ||
satisfactory performance, as determined by the commissioner under | ||
Section 39.0241(a). A student must achieve a minimum score as | ||
determined by the commissioner to be within a reasonable range of | ||
the scale score under Section 39.0241(a) on an end-of-course | ||
assessment instrument for the score to count towards the student's | ||
cumulative score. For purposes of this subsection, a student's | ||
cumulative score is determined using the student's highest score on | ||
each end-of-course assessment instrument administered to the | ||
student. For each scale score required under this subsection that | ||
is not based on a 100-point scale scoring system, the commissioner | ||
shall provide for conversion, in accordance with commissioner rule, | ||
of the scale score to an equivalent score based on a 100-point scale | ||
scoring system. [ |
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demonstrate readiness to enroll in an institution of higher | ||
education. | ||
(a-2) In lieu of satisfying [ |
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score requirements under Subsection (a), to graduate under the | ||
recommended high school program, a student must achieve a score | ||
that meets or exceeds the score determined by the commissioner | ||
under Section 39.0241(a) on end-of-course assessment instruments | ||
for the following: | ||
(1) English III; | ||
(2) [ |
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(3) biology, chemistry, or physics; and | ||
(4) world geography, world history, or United States | ||
history [ |
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(a-4) In lieu of satisfying the cumulative score | ||
requirements under Subsection (a), to graduate under the minimum | ||
high school program, a student must achieve a score that meets or | ||
exceeds the score determined by the commissioner under Section | ||
39.0241(a) on end-of-course assessment instruments for the | ||
following: | ||
(1) English III; | ||
(2) Algebra I; | ||
(3) biology, chemistry, or physics; and | ||
(4) world geography, world history, or United States | ||
history. | ||
(b) Each time an end-of-course assessment instrument is | ||
administered, a student who failed to achieve a minimum score under | ||
Subsection (a) may [ |
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student who fails to perform satisfactorily on an Algebra II or | ||
English III end-of-course assessment instrument under the college | ||
readiness performance standard, as provided under Section | ||
39.024(b), may retake the assessment instrument. [ |
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A student is not required to retake a course as a condition of | ||
retaking an end-of-course assessment instrument. | ||
(b-2) If a school district determines that a student, on | ||
completion of grade 11, is unlikely to achieve the cumulative score | ||
requirements for one or more subjects prescribed by Subsection (a) | ||
for receiving a high school diploma or to satisfy the alternative | ||
score requirements under Subsection (a-2) or (a-4), as applicable | ||
for receiving a high school diploma, the district shall require the | ||
student to enroll in an appropriate [ |
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college preparatory course for which an end-of-course assessment | ||
instrument has been adopted, if available. A student who enrolls in | ||
a college preparatory course described by this subsection shall be | ||
administered an end-of-course assessment instrument for the | ||
course, with the end-of-course assessment instrument scored on a | ||
scale as determined by the commissioner not to exceed 20 percent of | ||
the cumulative score requirements required to graduate as | ||
determined under Subsection (a). A student may use the student's | ||
score on the end-of-course assessment instrument for the college | ||
preparatory course towards satisfying the [ |
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requirements prescribed by this section, as applicable to the | ||
student [ |
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(f) The commissioner shall by rule adopt a transition plan | ||
to implement the amendments made by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), | ||
Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, replacing | ||
general subject assessment instruments administered at the high | ||
school level with end-of-course assessment instruments. The rules | ||
must provide for the end-of-course assessment instruments adopted | ||
under Section 39.023(c) to be administered beginning with students | ||
entering the ninth grade during the 2011-2012 school year. During | ||
the period under which the transition to end-of-course assessment | ||
instruments is made: | ||
(1) for students entering a grade above the ninth | ||
grade during the 2011-2012 school year and to the extent necessary | ||
for purposes of Subdivision (5), the commissioner shall retain, | ||
administer, and use for purposes of accreditation and other campus | ||
and district accountability measures under this chapter the | ||
assessment instruments required by Section 39.023(a) or (c), as | ||
that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. | ||
1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007; | ||
(2) a student subject to Subdivision (1) may not | ||
receive a high school diploma unless the student has performed | ||
satisfactorily on each required assessment instrument administered | ||
under Section 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by | ||
Chapter 1312 (S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2007; [ |
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(3) the agency may defer releasing assessment | ||
instrument questions and answer keys as required by Section | ||
39.023(e) to the extent necessary to develop additional assessment | ||
instruments; | ||
(4) a student entering ninth grade during the | ||
2011-2012 or 2012-2013 school year shall be administered each | ||
end-of-course assessment instrument listed in Section 39.023(c) | ||
for a course in which the student is enrolled and for which an | ||
end-of-course assessment instrument is administered; | ||
(5) a student subject to Subdivision (4) may not | ||
receive a high school diploma unless the student: | ||
(A) achieves a score that meets or exceeds the | ||
score determined by the commissioner under Section 39.0241(a) on | ||
end-of-course assessment instruments for the following: | ||
(i) English III; | ||
(ii) Algebra II; | ||
(iii) biology, chemistry, or physics; and | ||
(iv) world geography, world history, or | ||
United States history; or | ||
(B) has performed satisfactorily on each | ||
required assessment instrument administered under Section | ||
39.023(c), as that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 | ||
(S.B. No. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2007; and | ||
(6) a student entering ninth grade during the | ||
2013-2014 school year or a later school year may not receive a high | ||
school diploma unless the student has satisfied the requirements of | ||
Subsection (a), (a-2), (a-3), or (a-4), as applicable to the | ||
student. | ||
(g) Rules adopted under Subsection (f) must require that | ||
each student who will be subject to the requirements of Subsection | ||
(a), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4), or (f)(4) is entitled to notice of the | ||
specific requirements applicable to the student. Notice under this | ||
subsection must be provided not later than the date the student | ||
enters the eighth grade. Subsection (f) and this subsection expire | ||
September 1, 2017 [ |
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SECTION 3. (a) A school district policy adopted under | ||
Section 39.023(c), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies | ||
beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. | ||
(b) Section 39.025(b), Education Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |