Bill Text: NY S05326 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates state administered test from the determination of student performance for purposes of teacher evaluations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S05326 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05326-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5326
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 21, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  use  of  student
          testing results in annual teacher evaluations
          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 one
     7  subcomponent and an optional second subcomponent as follows:
     8    (1) For the first subcomponent, [(A) for a teacher whose  course  ends
     9  in  a state-created or administered test for which there is a state-pro-
    10  vided growth model, such teacher  shall  have  a  state-provided  growth
    11  score  based  on such model, which shall take into consideration certain
    12  student characteristics, as determined by  the  commissioner,  including
    13  but not limited to students with disabilities, poverty, English language
    14  learner  status  and  prior  academic  history  and which shall identify
    15  educators whose students' growth is well above  or  well  below  average
    16  compared  to  similar  students  for a teacher's or principal's students
    17  after the certain student characteristics above are taken into  account;
    18  and  (B)  for  a teacher whose course does not end in a state-created or
    19  administered test such teacher shall have] a student learning  objective
    20  (SLO)  consistent with a goal-setting process determined or developed by
    21  the commissioner, that results in a student growth score; provided that,
    22  for any teacher whose course ends in  a  state-created  or  administered
    23  assessment  for  which  there  is  no  state-provided growth model, such
    24  assessment must be used as the underlying assessment for such SLO;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10736-01-7
        S. 5326                             2
     1    (2) For the optional  second  subcomponent,  a  district  may  locally
     2  select  a  second  measure  in  accordance  with this subparagraph. Such
     3  second measure shall apply in a consistent manner, to the extent practi-
     4  cable, across the district and be [either: (A) a  second  state-provided
     5  growth score on a state-created or administered test under clause (A) of
     6  subparagraph  one  of  this paragraph, or (B)] a growth score based on a
     7  state-designed supplemental assessment, calculated using a state-provid-
     8  ed or approved growth model.  The  optional  second  subcomponent  shall
     9  provide  options  for  multiple  assessment measures that are aligned to
    10  existing classroom and school best practices and take into consideration
    11  the recommendations in the  testing  reduction  report  as  required  by
    12  section  one  of subpart F of [the] chapter fifty-six of the laws of two
    13  thousand fifteen [which added this section] regarding the  reduction  of
    14  unnecessary additional testing.
    15    The  commissioner  shall  determine the weights and scoring ranges for
    16  the subcomponent or subcomponents of the  student  performance  category
    17  that  shall result in a combined category rating. The commissioner shall
    18  also set parameters for appropriate targets for student growth for  both
    19  subcomponents,  and  the department must affirmatively approve and shall
    20  have the authority to disapprove or require  modifications  of  district
    21  plans  that  do  not  set  appropriate  growth  targets, including after
    22  initial approval. The commissioner shall set such weights and parameters
    23  consistent with the terms contained herein.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.