Virginia House Bill 498 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessment tools. Requires the Standards of Learning assessments administered to students (i) in grade three to be limited to English and mathematics, (ii) in grade four to be limited to English, mathematics, and the Virginia and Community history and social science assessment, (iii) in grade five to be limited to English, writing, mathematics, and science, and (iv) in grade six to be limited to English and mathematics, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. The bill also requires the history and social science Standards of Learning assessment in grades seven through 12 to be limited to History, Economy, and Civics in grade eight and Modern World and United States History in grade 10, 11, or 12, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. The bill requires the Board of Education, by January 1, 2015, to establish guidelines for the development of alternative assessment tools by local school boards and permits the Board to (i) limit the initial number of school divisions that are permitted to develop and implement alternative assessment tools in accordance with Board guidelines and (ii) develop a phased process for the implementation of the alternative assessment tools by local school boards that aligns implementation in each subject area with the regular cycle of Standards of Learning assessment review and updates. The bill provides that in school divisions in which the school board has adopted approved authentic assessment methodologies for the history and social science and science Standards of Learning that include approved verification measures that provide explicit data on student learning, the Board shall waive the history and social science and science Standards of Learning assessment requirements.

Standards of Learning; assessments and alternative assessment tools.

Del. Mamye BaCote [D]	Del. Robert Brink [D]	Del. Algie Howell [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Del. Rob Krupicka [D]	Del. Daun Hester [D]	Del. Michael Futrell [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Education
2014-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-10	House	Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
2014-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2014-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100823D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB498
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB498+hil