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From the ECS State Policy Database
2001 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2001. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
- Assessment
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Standards, Assessments
S.B. 1
Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve...

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CAVetoed 10/2001P-12Appropriations for the State's Assessment Program
A.B. 50
Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to school districts for the purposes of standards-based instru...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Standardized Testing and Reporting Program
S.B. 233
Extends the repeal date concerning provisions of the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program. Requires the achievement test to contain En...

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CASigned into law 06/2001P-12Requirements For State Test Results
S.B. 245
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to return achievement test results to a district in the timeframe specified by the Board o...

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CTSigned into law 06/2001P-12Taking the State Test in the Junior year instead of the Sophomore Year
S.B. 1175
Changes the academic year that students take the Connecticut Academic Performance Test from the sophomore to the junior year....

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-128th Grade Assessment
S.B. 13A
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the development of a new criterion-referenced test for pupils in grade 8....

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Exempting Schools with a large amount of students who have IEPs
H.B. 1348
Authorizes the State Board of Education by rule to exclude a school from receiving an academic performance grade if more than 95% of the stu...

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FLFiled as Chapter No 05/2001P-12School Performance Grades
H.B. 1633
2001-90. Revises provisions relating to the designation of school performance grade categories; revises the basis for such designations; rev...

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LASigned into law 05/2001P-12Investigation of Improprieties in Administration of Standardized Tests
H.B. 482
Requires each city, parish and other local public school board to adopt a policy establishing uniform procedures for the investigation of em...

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MOSigned into law 05/2001P-12Assessment Requirements for Limited English, Low-Performing and Special Education Students
S.B. 319
Provides that assessment scores of students for whom English is a second language (ESL) shall not be counted until the student has been educ...

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NDSigned into law 05/2001P-12Reading and Math Tests
H.B. 1293--One Component
Beginning during the second half of the 2001-02 school year and annually thereafter, the superintendent of public instruction shall administ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Assessment Issues
A.B. 214
Requires the Department of Education and each school district to adopt a plan setting forth procedures concerning the security of certain ex...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Academic Performance
S.B. 810
Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12Math & English Assessments
H.B. 2822
Requires statewide math problem solving and English writing assessments to be given on or after March 1 in grades 3, 5, or 8. Requires the B...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Testing Accomodations
S.B. 343
Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Timely Test Score Data
S.B. 188
Requires the state department to provide raw test score data to local education agencies as soon as practicable after receipt of such data, ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Exemptions from Testing
H.B. 2109
Exempts higher education students from taking the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) test if the person graduates from a public high schoo...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Public School Accountability, Various Components
H.B. 1144
Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the excha...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Comparing Test Scores to Student Grades
S.B. 942
Requires the Department of Education to develop a plan to compare a school district's student gradepoint averages with student ACT and ACTAP...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Arkansas Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education.
S.B. 907
Creates the Arkansas Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education.

From the legislation: The purpose of the General Assembly in establishing ...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Students Tested; Reporting
S.B. 660
Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep...

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TXSigned into law 04/2001P-12Accomodation for Mobility and Language
S.B. 676
Students are exempt from testing for a period of up to one year after initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student is ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12
Postsec.
Expanding ACT Assistance Pilot Program
H.B. 1827
Clarifies the General Assembly's intent to continue the Arkansas American College Test Assessment Assistance Pilot Program; increases the nu...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.Use of the Rising Junior Exam
H.B. 1048
Until such time as the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves other assessment processes or exams to be used by Arkansas coll...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Reading Evaluations
S.B. 1116
Provides statewide goals for reading evaluations conducted in public schools; provides additional assistance to schools which fail to achiev...

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SDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Standards-Based Assessment
S.B. 234
Every school district shall administer the same national norm-referenced academic achievement test to all students in 2, 4, 8, and 11, and e...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Disaggregated Data, Professional Development
S.B. 28
Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education to address issues related to the Utah Performance Assessment System for ...

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