Bill Text: IN HB1361 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Statewide assessment scores.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1361 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1361-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1361

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 20-32-5-33.

Synopsis: Statewide assessment scores. Requires the department of education to submit an annual report to the state board of education and the legislative council concerning: (1) the cut scores for statewide assessments administered during the previous school year and how the cut scores correlate to the cut scores of national and international assessments; and (2) a statistical analysis of how student scores on the statewide assessments compare with student scores on national and international assessments.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Huston

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    January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1361

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-33; (13)IN1361.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-32-5-33 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 33. (a) As used in this section, "cut score" means the score on an assessment that separates individuals taking the assessment into categories of performance, including separating individuals passing the assessment from individuals failing the assessment.
    (b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department shall report to the state board and the legislative council the following information concerning statewide assessments administered during the previous school year under this chapter:
        (1) The cut scores for the statewide assessments, and how the cut scores correlate to the cut scores of:
            (A) national; and
            (B) international;
        assessments.
        (2) A statistical analysis of how student scores on the

statewide assessments compare with student scores on:
            (A) national; and
            (B) international;
        assessments.
The report to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.