Bill Text: TX HB23 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students and to a certain indicator of student achievement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-05 - Filed [HB23 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB23-Introduced.html
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| By: Ratliff | H.B. No. 23 | |
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| relating to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment | ||
| instruments for public school students and to a certain indicator | ||
| of student achievement. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (a-12), (a-13), (a-14), and (a-15) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a-12) Before an assessment instrument adopted or developed | ||
| under Subsection (a) may be administered under that subsection, the | ||
| assessment instrument must, on the basis of empirical evidence, be | ||
| determined to be valid and reliable by an entity that is independent | ||
| of the agency and of any other entity that developed the assessment | ||
| instrument. | ||
| (a-13) The agency shall ensure that an assessment | ||
| instrument adopted or developed under Subsection (a) is designed to | ||
| primarily assess the essential knowledge and skills identified by | ||
| the State Board of Education under Section 28.002 of the subject and | ||
| for the grade level for which the assessment instrument is | ||
| administered. Only to the extent necessary or helpful for | ||
| diagnostic or reporting purposes, the assessment instrument may | ||
| also assess supporting knowledge or skills that are introduced or | ||
| referenced in the subject and for the grade level for which the | ||
| assessment instrument is administered but that are identified as | ||
| essential knowledge or skills primarily of a different subject or | ||
| for a different grade level. | ||
| (a-14) An assessment instrument adopted or developed under | ||
| Subsection (a) must be designed so that: | ||
| (1) if administered to students in grades three | ||
| through five, 85 percent of students will be able to complete the | ||
| assessment instrument within 120 minutes; and | ||
| (2) if administered to students in grades six through | ||
| eight, 85 percent of students will be able to complete the | ||
| assessment instrument within 180 minutes. | ||
| (a-15) The amount of time allowed for administration of an | ||
| assessment instrument adopted or developed under Subsection (a) may | ||
| not exceed eight hours, and the administration may occur on only one | ||
| day. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-3) The indicator of student achievement under Subsection | ||
| (c)(1) may not include student performance as to supporting | ||
| knowledge or skills as described by Section 39.023(a-13). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
