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

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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Assessment 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 K-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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Research-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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Adolescent 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... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 State 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... More... DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Eliminating 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... More... GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Dropout 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... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Assessment - 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 ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2343 Relates to achieving savings in education programs by revising provisions relating to diagnostic assessments, classified staff training, con... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 State 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. 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... More... KY Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Extended School Services 704 KAR 3:390 Establishes requirements for extended school services. Defines "A5 program" as an alternative program with no attendance boundaries, serving... More... NM Adopted 01/2009 P-12 High 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... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Amends 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... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Core 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... More... UT Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Online Testing R277-402 Defines "Formative assessment" as an activity, such as questioning, observation, interview and assessment, engaged in by teachers and studen... More... SC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Students 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Intensive 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 ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Budget H.B. 1001 From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Early 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,... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 High 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... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Advanced 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 High 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 ... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 Curriculum 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 ... More... GA Adopted 06/2006 P-12 Comprehensive 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... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 K-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... More... SC Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 State 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Assistance 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... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Sufficient Academic Growth H.B. 1217 Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading 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... More... OH Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Teaching Success S.B. 2 · Creates an Educator Standards Board to develop and submit to the State Board of Education recommendations for statewide educator standard... More... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 State 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... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Reading H.B. 2465 Requires diagnostic assessment of a child's reading proficiency before instruction; requires teaching of phonics; permits multiple reading i... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Standards, Assessments S.B. 1 Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve... More...