Bill Text: NJ S2768 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-24 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S2768 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2768-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Van Drew
SYNOPSIS
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain standardized assessments and supplementing P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-1 et seq.)
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, "PARCC assessment" means the assessments developed by the consortium of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
b. During the 2015-2016 through 2017-2018 school years, the PARCC assessment shall not be used in making a determination regarding a student's placement in a gifted and talented program, placement in another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-6), any other school or district-level decision that affects students, or as a component of any evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education for approval pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of P.L.2012, c.26 (C.18A:6-122).
c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt a student from the graduation requirements established pursuant to P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-1 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill stipulates that, for the 2015-2016 through 2017-2018 school years, the assessments developed by the consortium of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC assessments) may not be used to determine a student's placement in a gifted and talented program, another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test, any other school or district-level decision that affects students, or as part of any evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education for approval.
