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From the ECS State Policy Database
Assessment--Formative/Interim


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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.

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State Status/Date Level Summary
CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Assessment System
A.B. 250 - Assessment System
From bill summary: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop recommendations, to be reported to the fiscal and appropriat...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12K-3 Reading Improvement Program
H.B. 302
Directs the state board of education to approve a benchmark assessment for districts and charter schools to assess the reading proficiency o...

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GASigned into law 05/2010P-12Research-Based Approaches for Low-Performing High Schools
H.B. 400 - New Section 20-2-326, 328 and 329
20-2-326 defines:
--"Career academy" as (1) a specialized charter school established by a partnership between one or more local boards of ed...

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KYSigned into law 03/2010P-12Adolescent Literacy
S.B. 163
Relates to adolescent reading skills. Expresses legislative intent that all middle and high school students have the skills necessary to rea...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12State Assessment System
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712
Replaces all references to "tests" to "assessments".
Section 3301.079: Existing law requires the state board to inform all districts when an...

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DESigned into law 06/2009P-12Eliminating the DSTP
S.B. 68
Eliminates the DSTP; requires its replacement beginning in the 2010-2011 school year with a test administered in English language arts and m...

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GAVetoed 05/2009P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 178 Section 10, Part 2
Directs the state board of education to develop an evidence-based model program for chronically low-performing high schools receiving a refo...

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NDSigned into law 05/2009P-12Assessment - Formative & Summative
H.B. 1400 - Secs. 22, 24, 25 Assessment
Requires districts to administer annually to students in grades 2-10 the measures of academic progress test or any other interim assessment ...

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WASigned into law 04/2009P-12Finance
H.B. 2343
Relates to achieving savings in education programs by revising provisions relating to diagnostic assessments, classified staff training, con...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12State Assessment System
S.B. 1 Section 2(3), 6, 9 and 11
Repeals language referring to the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS). Directs the state board, using the revised content stan...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12
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Postsecondary Remediation and College Completion
S.B. 1 Section 21
Provides that the general assembly finds the continuing high rates of postsecondary remediation totally unacceptable and an unwarranted addi...

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KYAdopted 02/2009P-12Extended School Services
704 KAR 3:390
Establishes requirements for extended school services. Defines "A5 program" as an alternative program with no attendance boundaries, serving...

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NMAdopted 01/2009P-12High School Assessment System
NMAC 6.19.7.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .11
The objective of this rule is to establish procedures for implementing the high school readiness assessment system, including: (a) the proce...

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SCSigned into law 06/2008P-12Amends Multiple Accountability Provisions
H.B. 4662
Revises the Education Accountability Act. Adds poverty, limited English proficiency status, disability status, or other groups required by f...

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IASigned into law 05/2008P-12Core Curriculum
S.F. 2216 - Core Curriculum
Amends previous language to remove "voluntary model" from the establishment of core curriculum for grades 9-12, beginning with students grad...

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UTAdopted 09/2007P-12Online Testing
R277-402
Defines "Formative assessment" as an activity, such as questioning, observation, interview and assessment, engaged in by teachers and studen...

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SCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Students At-Risk of Being Poorly Prepared
H.B. 3628
Approves regulations of the Board of Education. This regulation addresses the requirement of the Education and Economic Development Act of 2...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Intensive Math and Science Intervention Pilot
H.B. 2504
Requires the commissioner to establish an intensive mathematics and algebra intervention pilot program for students not performing at grade ...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Budget
H.B. 1001
From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Early Childhood Literacy Programs
H.F. 2245 [Early Childhood]
Establishes a research-based early childhood literacy program premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development,...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12High School Graduation Exam Options
S.B. 6023
A conditional delay of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) as a graduation requirement in mathematics is created for the gr...

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INSigned into law 04/2007P-12Advanced Placement and Pre-AP
H.B. 1300
Provides that for a teacher to be eligible for a stipend to cover expenses related to a summer training institute, the training must:
(1) P...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12High Quality Educational Programs
S.B. 657
From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order ...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12Curriculum Alignment
S.B. 3059
Requires standards-based curricula to meet specific K-12 alignment criteria. Authorizes schools to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 ...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.272
Clarifies rules regarding the Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant. The intent of the funding is to pro...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12K-3 Diagnostic Assessments
S.B. 2272 - Section 5
If the diagnostic assessments administered to K-3 students indicate that a child is reading below grade level, requires the district to subm...

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SCSigned into law 03/2006P-12State Assessments
H.B. 4328
Existing provision provides for the Budget and Control Board to issue a request for proposals for the purpose of conducting a study to deter...

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CASigned into law 09/2005P-12Assistance to Students Failing the Exit Exam
A.B. 128
States that funds received through section 37252 for supplemental instruction may be used to provide intensive instruction and services to s...

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COSigned into law 06/2005P-12Sufficient Academic Growth
H.B. 1217
Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished...

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WASigned into law 04/2005P-12Mandatory Norm Referenced Student Assessments
H.B. 1068
From the fiscal note: The bill eliminates the mandatory requirement for norm referenced testing in the third, sixth, and ninth grade classes...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12
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Community College
Committee for Mathematics Achievement
H.B. 93 (Section 2)
Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Teacher' Professional Growth Fund
H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6)
Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Mathematics Achievement Fund
H.B. 93 (Section 3)
Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12
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The Center for Mathematics
H.B. 93 (Section 4)
Creates the Center for Mathematics to make available professional development for teachers in reliable, research-based diagnostic assessment...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals
H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4)
Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Program
S.B. 19
This act is to be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005." Relates to reading; makes an appropriation therefor; describes the general ass...

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OHSigned into law 03/2004P-12Teaching Success
S.B. 2

· Creates an Educator Standards Board to develop and submit to the State Board of Education recommendations for statewide educator standard...

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OHSigned into law 08/2003P-12State Assessments
H.B. 3--Section 3301.0710
Requires the state board to develop tests to revise the system of statewide achievement testing to include annual achievement tests in readi...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Reading
H.B. 2465
Requires diagnostic assessment of a child's reading proficiency before instruction; requires teaching of phonics; permits multiple reading i...

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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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