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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. 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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment MT Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Assessment Required for Accrediation ARM 10.56.101 Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free... More... LA Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Retesting Due to Testing Irregularity LAC 28:CXI.312 Provides that where retests on an assessment required for accountability are available, LEAs may request that School Performance Score (SPS)... More... CO Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Common Core Assessments H.B. 1240 (section 58) Indicates that Colorado will participate as a governing board member, at least until January 2014, in the consortium of states that are deve... More... DE Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment H.B. 317 Provides that the Department of Education establish a statewide readiness tool that will review a child's readiness for learning when they e... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges S.B. 316 - Common Core and State Assessment Scoring Ranges By December 31, 2013, directs the state board to submit recommended scoring ranges on the state English language arts assessments (including... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT S.B. 316 - Scores on State Assessments, Including OGT Directs the department or a contractor responsible for scoring of assessments to send each district board a list of the individual scores of... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Keystone Exam H.B. 1901- Sections 102, 121 Defines "Keystone Exam" as "An assessment developed or caused to be developed by the Department of Education pursuant to 22 Pa. Code § 4.51(... More... CO Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. High School Early Assessment and Intervention H.B. 1345 (sections 13 to 15) Allows districts and charter schools to administer to 9th-12th-grade students the basic skills placement or assessment tests that are used f... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Assessment of Student Progress on Core Academic Indicators S.F. 2284 - Division II Directs the state board to specify the approved district-wide assessments measuring student progress on core academic indicators in any rule... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Student Assessment and Statewide Standards H.B. 707 Relates to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program and the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Provides greater clarity to th... More... MD Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Student Achievement - Core Content Areas H.B. 1227 Requires the county board to include in its master plan to improve student achievement a description of how it plans to ensure and measure a... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Task Force on Accountable Schools H.B. 4014 Establishes and sets membership for the Task Force on Accountable Schools to develop a plan to improve accountability practices for schools ... More... NM Adopted 02/2012 P-12 Study of Costs of All School Assessments S.M. 73 Requests an analysis of the cost, both in instructional time and money, of all assessments of New Mexico students, including proposed assess... More... 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... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy S.B. 929 Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Physical Fitness Assessment S.B. 8 - Physical Fitness Assessment From bill summary: Limits a school district's required annual physical fitness assessment of students in grade three or higher to students e... More... DE Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment Definitions S.B. 78 Amends Delaware Code to reflect changes from the Delaware Student Testing program (DSTP) to the new state assessment system, including langu... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Statewide Assessment Provisions H.B. 1255 - Sec. 16, 18, 25, 26 Allows a principal to waive the civics end-of-course (EOC) assessment requirement for a transfer student who already completed a civics cour... More... HI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Transitioning Assessment System to Common Core State Standards S.B. 1282 Permits the administration of nationally norm-referenced testing in any content area for certain grades at the discretion of individual scho... More... ME Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Updating High School Graduation Requirements S.P. 295 (L.D. 949) Proposes to amend the current education laws to update high school graduation requirements. Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to su... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Community College Common Core State Standards/Remediation/Vocational, Career Courses S.B. 479 Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction w... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Assessment A.B. 498 This bill eliminates the statutory requirement for the administration of norm-referenced examinations and revises existing law to delete ref... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 State Assessments H.B. 153 - State Assessments Provides that for administrations of each state assessment in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter, the administrations are not to be pu... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 English Language Arts Assessments in Elementary Grades H.B. 153 - English Language Arts Assessments in Elementary Grades Provides the administration of the English language arts assessments for elementary grades as a replacement for the separate reading and wri... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Ranges of Scores on State Assessments H.B. 153 - Ranges of Scores on State Assessments Directs the state board not to prescribe the three ranges of scores for the assessments prescribed by division (A)(2) of section 3301.0710 o... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Elementary Writing and Social Studies Assessments H.B. 153 - Elementary Writing and Social Studies Assessments Directs the department of education in the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years not to furnish, and school districts and schools not to admi... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Assessments S.B. 801 Directs State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for best practices of administering statewide assessments of students http://www.leg.st... More... SC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Report Cards/WorkKey Assessments/Teacher Loans H.B. 3663 Suspends the requirement that the Department of Education (DOE) provide printed copies of 2011 district and school report cards. Requires a ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Assessing Students Taking Courses Above Their Grade Level H.B. 2135 Specifies that state policy does not require a 5th or 8th grader to be administered a criterion-referenced assessment if the student is enro... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 College Readiness H.B. 3468 - College Readiness Directs the Texas Education Agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to conduct a study of best practices... More... WA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 End-of-Course Assessment H.B. 1410 Amends RCW 28A.655.061; adding a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW; and creating a new section 2011 WA SB 5226. Deterination has been made ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 High School Proficiency Exam A.B. 290 Authorizes the principal of a high school or the principal's designee to postpone the administration of the high school proficiency examina... More... OR Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Assessment S.B. 331 Requires Department of Education to grant waiver to allow school districts to contract with entity that meets specified criteria for purpose... More... OR Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Assessments H.B. 2220 Requires assessments to show whether student meets or exceeds academic content standards of student's grade level and to show student's prog... More... WA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Student Assessment H.B. 2115 Modifies the state board of education's responsibilities with regard to performance standards for the statewide student assessment. http://a... More... WV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Curriculum Teams and Local School Collaborative Processes H.B. 3116 Amends and reenacts the law relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes with respect to se... More... NM Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Suspension of Specified Assessments S.B. 360 Due to financial crisis, temporarily suspends requirements for districts to administer specified assessments for 2011-12. In addition, a stu... More... NC Became law without governor's signature 03/2011 P-12 Eliminates Statewide Standardized Testing Unless Required By the Feds H.B. 48 Eliminates statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. htt... 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... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 VIP Incentive Program H.B. 2172/S.B. 953 Requires the Board of Education to take into account in its guidelines for the Virginia Index of Performance program a school division's inc... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Secure Mandatory Testing: Exclusion of Students H.B. 2077 Adds the act of excluding students from testing who are required to be assessed to the conditions under which the Board of Education may (i)... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Assessment S.F. 70--Assessment State Board of Education: --Pilot statewide benchmark adaptive assessment for school year 2011-2012 (1) Results of pilot program will be u... More... IL Adopted 02/2011 P-12 Definition of Grade 11 23 ADC 1.30 Clarifies that students in grade 11 must be administered the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) or the Illinois Alternate Assessme... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Evaluation of STAR Assessment Program A.B. 391 Requires the superintendent of public instruction, by April 1, 2011, to contract for an independent evaluation of the Standardized Testing a... More... AK Adopted 08/2010 P-12 Work Ready/College Ready Transitional Skills Curriculum and Benchmark Assessments 4 AAC 06.715 Amends the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06. 715(b), regarding Work Ready/College Ready transitional skills curriculum and benchmark ass... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Consumer Education Proficiency Test S.B. 3608 Repeals policies relating to the Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test, for students in grades 9-12 who elected to take the test. Stude... More... TN Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Assessments Count 20% of Final Grade S.B. 3427 Requires a student's score on a Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) test to comprise 15%-20% of the student's final grade for ... More... AK Adopted Text or Summary of Text 06/2010 P-12 Nonstandardized Assessment Administrative Manual 4 AAC 06.775 The Department of Education & Early Development proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4 AAC 06.... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Revision to Students with Disabilities Provisions H.B. 1255 - Sec. 8, 10, 15, 16 Establishes a waiver from the results of end of course (EOC) assessments for certain students with disabilities. Requires restraint or seclu... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School Grades H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29 Amends the formula for calculating school grades to include end-of-course (EOC) assessments taken by middle school students and middle schoo... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 State Assessment Program S.B. 83 Relates to the test type options as part of the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program. Beginning with the 1998-1999 2010-2011 school year... More... NH Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Postsec. Reporting on Pupil Indicators S.B. 503 Requires early childhood programs and postsecondary institutions to submit a report to the department of education containing information on... More... CO Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College Visual and Peforming Arts Standards H.B. 1273 Amends several provisions of the Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act to specifically incorporate visual arts and performing a... More... OK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Test Retakes S.B. 1799 If a school district is unable to administer the tests online to all students taking the test for the first time and all students retaking t... More... SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Suspends Writing Assessments H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 3 Requires the state department of education, for the 2010-2011 school year, to suspend the writing assessments in grades 3, 4, 6 and 7; Provi... More... SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 High Schools May Offer State-funded WorkKeys H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 4 Permits high schools to offer state-funded WorkKeys (i.e., a job skill assessment system) to 10th grade students using funds appropriated fo... More... SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 End-of-Course Assessments Task Force H.J.R. 4823 - Sec. 7 Directs the state Department of Education, in collaboration with the Education Oversight Committee, to convene a task force to include, but ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Redefines Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test S.B. 4 - Sec. 1-4 Redefines the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math and reading as end-of-course exams. Provides that: (1) Beginning with students e... More... FL Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Statewide Assessment Program S.B. 4 - Sec. 8 Statewide Assessment Program - Discontinues the 9th and 10th grade math Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and the high school mat... More... ID Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Postsec. Mastery Advancement Pilot Program H.B. 493 Creates the Mastery Advancement Pilot Program (MAPP) to provide students with the opportunity and incentive to move more rapidly through the... More... OR Rule Adoption 04/2010 P-12 Alternate Assessment, Fingerprinting of Teachers and Administrators OAR 584-050-0015, 584-050-0100, 584-052-0030, 584- 070-0111,584-080-0153, 584-090-0050 Amends rules relating to alternative assessment, transitional counselors, restricted transitional administrators, reinstatement of licenses ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Teacher Preparation H.B. 637 The Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment has been given to each Idaho prospective kindergarten through 8th grade teacher since 2002 and p... More... OR Rule Adoption 03/2010 P-12 Oregon Statewide Assessment OAR 581-022-0620 Specifies requirements for development of Oregon Statewide Assessment for public school students. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS_... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 State Assessment System S.B. 16 Provides for the statewide assessment of students in grades 2-12 in basic skills courses using criterion-referenced tests or online computer... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Money-Saving Measures H.B. 166 Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Workplace Readiness Skills S.B. 630 Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed the state Workp... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 California Assessment of Academic Achievement S.B. 1E - Sections 9, 12, 14, 15, 16 Numbers below relate to Section numbers in Education Code. 60601: Extends repeal date on Chapter 5 of Education Code, "California Assessmen... More... AR Adopted 12/2009 P-12 End-of-Course Assessments and Remediation 005.15.09 Adopts rules governing public school end-of-course assessments and remediation. Provides that beginning with the 2009-10 school year and eac... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Evaluation of STAR Assessment Program A.B. 476 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with an independent evaluator by April 2010 for evaluation of the Standardized... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 College-Readiness Tests S.B. 511 Requires the department to ensure that a California Standards Test that is augmented for the purpose of determining readiness for college-le... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Prairie State Achievement Exam S.B. 2014 Reduces the number of opportunities to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) from two to one during the spring semester of g... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Writing and Social Studies Assessments H.B. 1 - Section 265.20.18 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Prohibits the administration of the elementary writing and social studies assessments during the 2009-10 and 2... More... AK Adopted 06/2009 P-12 CURRICULUM 4 AAC 6.715, .717 Amends rules concerning work ready/college ready transitional skills assessments. ... 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... NV Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Norm-Referenced Assessment S.B. 416 Relates to the administration of certain tests, examinations and assessments by the boards of trustees of school districts; suspends tempora... More... NY Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Using Inservice Days to Rate State Assessments Title 8 NYCRR 175.5 Amends rule to extend to 2013 the provision allowing use of up to two professional development days for teacher scoring of state assessments... More... OH Adopted 06/2009 P-12 State Assessments OAC 3301-13-02 Clarifies circumstances under which a student may be excused from taking a state test required at the student's grade level. Clarifies that ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Assessments S.B. 976 Relates to a certain required assessment of students in grade 10; requires the Department of Education to grant a waiver for a school distri... More... TN Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Dates of Assessments H.B. 1393 Requires commissioner to establish dates for the administration of assessments required for graduation that provide the maximum number of in... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 State and National Norms of Test Averages S.B. 759 Relates to certain standards for group-administered achievement tests used by school districts; requires that state and national norms of av... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 College-Ready Indicators on End-of-Course Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 27 Eliminates provision that a student's performance on a college-ready question on an end-of-course assessment may not be used to determine th... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 College Readiness Standards H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part I Defines "college-readiness" as the level of preparation a student must attain in English language arts and math to enroll and succeed, witho... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Assessment Data Portal H.B. 3 - Section 48 and 49 Deletes provision that education Internet portal provides secure access to student assessment data. Amends 32.258 to direct the state educat... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Annual Improvement Needed for Student Success on Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 58 Previous legislation on measuring annual improvement from one year to the next required the state education agency to determine the necessar... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 End-of-Course Assessments and Exit Exam Transition H.B. 3 - Section 54 Repeals existing language on means to determine completion of end-of-course assessment requirements. Replaces with language requiring studen... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Determining Performance Standards on State Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part II Transfers from the state board to the commissioner the duty of determining the performance level considered satisfactory on specified assess... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Limiting Test Prep H.B. 3 - Section 55 Amends 39.0262. Specifies that a district may not administer locally-required assessments designed to prepare students for state-administere... More... FL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Public Records Law Exemption for Information Obtained in a Department of Education Testing Impropriety Investigation H.B. 895 Provides an exemption from public records requirements for personally identifiable information of any personnel of any school district or po... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 State Assessment System H.F. 2 Aligns high school tests with required academic standards.  Strikes the requirement for constructed response questions.  Makes GRAD tests ap... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 College and Career-Readiness Workgroup H.F. 2 Establishes a college and career-readiness workgroup headed jointly by MDE and the U of M to evaluate and make recommendations to the commis... 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... OR Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Assessment H.B. 2362 Allows Department of Education to make available assessment system that measures student's progress in achieving academic content standards ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 College and Career Readiness Planning Program Act H.B. 1808 Creates the College and Career Readiness Planning Program Act. Defines "college and career readiness". Beginning with the 2010-11 school yea... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accomodations for Students with Difficulty with Sensory Processing S.B. 358 Allows reasonable accommodation by the Department of Education and each school district for a student who has difficulty with sensory proces... More... NV Adopted 04/2009 P-12 Proficiency Examinations NAC 389 Revises various provisions governing proficiency examinations, include pass of proficiency examinations and an alternative method to demonst... More... UT Adopted 04/2009 P-12 Exemption from U-PASS Testing Requirements R277-705 Adds a new section regarding student achievement testing exceptions. Provides the state board may exempt a district or charter school from U... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Assessment S.B. 5414 Relates to statewide assessments and curricula; states findings of the Legislature; requires the superintendent of public instruction to rev... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Interim Assessment System S.B. 1 Section 19 Directs the the state board of education and the state department of education, prior to the development and implementation of a new state a... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Transition to New Assessment and Accountability System S.B. 1 Section 18 Provides that whereas it is imperative that schools, administrators, teachers, parents and policymakers maintain high expectations for stude... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Online Writing Assessment H.B. 334 Modifies the State Performance Assessment System for Students by requiring online writing assessments in grades 5 and 8. Encourages a school... More... WA Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Assessment Requirement Appeals WAC 392-501-600, -601, -602 Complies with legislative directive to implement procedures allowing student rights to appeal state assessment requirements under conditions... More... LA Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Revisions to End of Course Tests LAC 28:CXI.1801, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1817 Amends rules relating to statewide assessment standards and practices, specifically, End of Course Tests (EOCT). http://doa.louisiana.gov/... More... SD Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Repeals Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council H.B. 1045 Repeals the provisions for the state Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/HB1045ENR.pdf... More... TX Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills 19 TAC 2.101.B.101.23 Sets the standard of satisfactory performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), as appropriate for the reading and mat... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Industry Certification and State Licensure Examinations H.B. 2517 Directs the Board of Education in prescribing Standards of Learning assessments to also provide the option of industry certification and sta... More... FL Adopted 01/2009 P-12 COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FAC 6A-1.094221 Amends rule to provide guidance relating to the statewide public school student progression law eliminating social promotion by removing the... 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... GA Adopted 12/2008 P-12 State Assessments GAC 160-3-1-.07 Eliminates reference to Georgia Kindergarten Assessment Program - Revised (GKAP-R). Provides all kindergarten students must be assessed usin... More... MI Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 High School Merit Exam H.B. 6412 Revises the administration and requirements of the state merit examination; provides that pupils in grade 12 may take the exam if they did n... More... CO Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Workforce Readiness Assessments 1 CCR 301-77 Addresses the administration of the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Assessments Pilot Program. Beginning in the 2008-09 academic year,... More... UT Signed into law 10/2008 P-12 Assessment System S.B. 2002A Allows the State Board of Education to exempt a school district or charter school from testing requirements under the Utah Performance Asses... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Assessments S.B. 1111 Requires the State Board of Education to minimize the amount of testing time and duplication required to complete the state standards tests,... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Community College Early Assessment Program S.B. 946 Expresses legislative intent that the Early Assessment Program (EAP) be expanded to include state community colleges. Authorizes community c... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 electronic learning assessment S.B. 1767 Amends existing law which requires the Learning Resource Network to establish review criteria for electronic learning assessment resources a... More... CA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Data Analysis A.B. 2391 Allows a teacher to fulfill requirement to receive follow up training and instruction in areas that include data analysis, alignment of asse... More... CA Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Charter School Assessments A.B. 2305 Requires a charter school or group of charter schools that directly administer pupil assessments to submit a notice of direct administration... More... FL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Community College Omnibus Bill S.B. 1908 Requires the State Board of Education to replace the Sunshine State Standards with the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards; relates to ... More... OK Vetoed 06/2008 P-12 End-of-Course Assessments H.B. 2633 Sets the testing window dates for the administration of each end-of-instruction criterion-referenced test required to be taken by students p... More... OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Support for Summer Reading, Survey on District Online Testing Capacity S.B. 1769 Relates to schools; provides a school district which has a certain amount of students participating in a summer reading program may be alloc... 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... CO Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 No Penalties for Students Missing State Assessment H.B. 1186 Excepts from the calculation of a school's academic performance ratings and from determining accreditation, the assessment scores of student... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Norm-Referenced Assessments H.B. 637 Relates to the assessment of effectiveness of educational programs under the Quality Basic Education Act. Provides that each local school sy... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Student Readiness for College or Work S.F. 2216 - Generally Concerns state and local measures for preparing a student for a career or for postsecondary education, including a mandated statewide core c... More... MN Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Omnibus Education Policy Bill S.B. 3001 Authorized a parent or guardian of a student to designate an individual to participate in a school conference involving the child of the par... More... NE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Statewide Assessments L.B. 1157 From the fiscal note: Changes the current assessment system to provide for statewide assessments in reading and mathematics to be administer... More... LA Adopted 03/2008 P-12 Online Assessment Data Systems and End-of-Course Tests LAC 28:CXI.305 and 1801 Incorporates guidelines for usage of the statewide online assessment data systems and updates the names of content areas to be assessed thro... More... LA Adopted 03/2008 P-12 Revisions to State Assessment Policies Bulletin 118 Amends several rules relating to the statewide assessment standards and practices for testing, including: testing security, administrative e... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Community College Alternative Testing Arrangements S.B. 1023 Pertains to institutions of higher education. Requires alternative testing arrangements be provided to certain students unable to attend tes... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Washington Assessment of Student Learning Modifications and End-of-course Exams H.B. 3166 Beginning with the 2009 administration of the Washington assessment of student learning (WASL), the superintendent is directed to redesign t... More... AK Adopted 02/2008 P-12 Work-Ready/College-Ready Transitional Skills Assessment 4 AAC 06.715, .717 Establishes a program curriculum and benchmark assessments to ensure that students in Alaska have the basic or transitional skills required ... More... LA adopted 01/2008 P-12 Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices LAC 28:CXI.303, 305, 312, 315, 701, 1351, and 1355 Amends chapters of Bulletin 118 - Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices relating to test security, assessment program overview, and g... More... ID Adopted 12/2007 P-12 alternative assessment IDAPA 08.02.03 Proposes to align the Alternative Assessment Extended Content Standards with the Idaho Content Standards; Sets appropriate cut scores; Imple... More... OH Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Test Administration Timing H.B. 190 - Multiple Components One section of this bill revises the scheduling of the spring administration of the elementary achievement tests from no earlier than the we... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 language arts assessment A.B. 252 Authorizes the Department of Education to make a primary language assessment available to public schools for assessing pupils enrolled in du... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student Assessment Programs GAC 160-3-1-.07 Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL... More... WV Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College The Readiness Project Executive Order No. 489 Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov... More... DE Passed 06/2007 P-12 Task Force H.C.R. 32 This Resolution requires a transition to a statewide student assessment system that is economical, focused, requires less testing time, meas... More... LA Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Integrated LEAP and Accommodations for Special Populations LAC 28:CXI.1709-1729, 3306, and 3307 Provides information regarding addition of achievement level descriptors for iLEAP, which causes a reformatting of a chapter. Adds language ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Adminstering International Assessments H.B. 3259 Establishes a program for school districts to administer international assessment tests to students in the district and specifies a funding ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 End-of-course Assessments S.B. 1031 From bill analysis: This bill would phase out TAKS and replace it with end of course exams in the four core subject areas in grades 9-12. Th... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 GRAD Assessments H.F. 2245 [Statewide Testing and Reporting System] Amends laws concerning state's assessment system. Transitions from to MCA IIs to GRAD assessment program at the high school level. http://ww... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State Assessment System H.F. 2245 [High School Assessment] Amends state's high school assessment system. Phases out MCA II's and phases in Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) exam. Esta... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessment and Reporting System L.A. 653 Requires the state board to implement a statewide assessment and reporting reporting system; grade level standards and assessments; and the ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 District-Wide Assessments S.B. 110 Limits the district-wide tests, examinations and assessments that the board of trustees of a school district may administer between July 1, ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 End-of-Course Tests H.B. 2237 (End of Course Assessment Provisions) Requires development and implementation of college-prep courses and end-of-course assessments (mathematics, science, social studies, and Eng... More... TX Vetoed 05/2007 P-12 Substitute Assessments for Military Dependents S.B. 960 Extends the provision allowing students transferring into Texas schools to use their SAT or ACT scores to "test out" of the math and languag... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 assessments and teacher license S.B. 274 (Technical corrections) Act makes corrections in code including modifying references to state-mandated tests or benchmark exams to references to "augmented, criteri... More... AR Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability 005.19.06-002, ADE 247 Adopts rules to develop a single comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program which utilizes the most current and effective ... More... MS Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Assessment of Special Populations State Board of Education Policy 7601 Proposes approval of the Administrative Procedures Act process.Revises the policy for Statewide Assessment System Assessment of SpecialPopul... More... NH Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Civics and Economics Assessments H.B. 167 Adds civics and economics to the required areas of assessment in the statewide improvement and assessment program. Specifies that the assess... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Reporting of Student Performance on Standards-Based Tests S.B. 1004 Requires the public education department to provide districts with their respective students' scores on all required standards-based academi... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 State Payment for Mandatory Assessments S.B. 501 Requires the public education department to pay the costs of mandatory assessments. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Rising Junior Exam S.B. 203 Relates to an act to repeal the requirement that college juniors take the Rising Junior Exam. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/20... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessments LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19 Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 State Assessment System (U-PASS) H.B. 155 Modifies U-PASS (Utah Performance Assessment System for Students) by: expanding the basic skill courses tested to include intermediate algeb... 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... AK Adopted 02/2007 P-12 TEST SECURITY 4 AAC 06.765, 34.055 Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Provides test security guidelines for the English Language assessment. Add... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Writing Assessments H.B. 1035 Revises the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills by every public school district. Changes from grades 5 and 9 to "at least... More... NJ Active 01/2007 P-12 End-of-Course Biology Assessment Department Policy States that beginning in spring 2008, New Jersey will begin administering an end-of-course assessment in biology. Per memo: "This direction ... More... UT Adopted 12/2006 P-12 Adult Education Exit Exam Exemption R277-705 Exempts adult education students from attempting or passing the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) in order to qualify for an adult e... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Non-traditional Student Participation in State Achievement Tests R277-604 Provides definitions, criteria and procedures for private school students, home school students, electronic high school (EHS) students, and ... More... WV Adopted 09/2006 P-12 State Assessment System Administration & Operation Title 126, Series 14 Amends rules regarding the administration and operation of the West Virginia Measures of Academic Progress, which is the state's assessment ... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Assessments on days of Religious Observation A.B. 11550 Directs the board of regents to schedule any state mandated examinations on days other than days of religious observation.... More... VA Rule Adoption 07/2006 P-12 Standards For Accrediting Public Schools 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq. Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student... More... DE Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 NCLB Assessments S.B. 320 Makes a change to the student testing program to be in compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act; includes the provision that the... 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... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Statewide Assessments - Subjects, Grades, Rigor H.B. 7087 (Section 40) Revises policies for the statewide Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Previously, the FCAT was being administered annually in grades 3 t... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Review of State Assessments - Cost and Impact H.B. 7087 (Section 40) Legislation expands requirements for ongoing research and analysis of achievement data. The commissioner must study the cost and student ach... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Postsec. High School Achievement Tests H.B. 7087 (Section 40) The State Board of Education must analyze the content and concordant data sets for widely used high school achievement tests, including, but... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2006 P-12 High School Math Assessment Requirements COMAR 13A.03.02.04, .12 Amends rules regarding exemption of students from taking the Maryland High School Assessment for algebra/data analysis if they completed and... More... OK Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee S.B. 1792 Creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) steering committee to assist the state board with implementation of the student assessment ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 NCLB and End-of-Instruction Assessments S.B. 1792 - Section 4 Clarifies that testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 is contingent on the availability of federal and state funds. Eliminates grade 3 stand-alon... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 End-of-Course Exams H.B. 197 Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define core courses. Requires the Kentucky Department of Education to begin developing standard... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. High School and College Readiness Assessments S.B. 130 Section 1: Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include: 1. A high school readiness examination to assess ... More... FL Adopted 03/2006 P-12 Science Assessments and Proficiency Levels FAC 6A-1.09422 Includes the science grade-level scale scores for each achievement level for use in reporting student proficiency levels in science as part ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Overhaul of State Testing System H.B. 1240 Mandates that the department and the state board review the current statewide testing program and develop a long term plan that is subject t... More... MD Adopted 03/2006 P-12 Algebra Assessment for NCLB Requirements COMAR 13A.01.04.04, .05, 13A.03.02.04, .07 thru .09 Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Replaces the Geometry Maryland School Assessment with the Algebra High School Assessment ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Alleged Violations H.B. 348 Authorizes the Board of Education to initiate a review of any alleged violation of its regulations by a local school board or local school b... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Release of Assessments H.B. 1059, S.B. 34 Adds a condition to the release of Standards of Learning assessments by the state board that the release of such assessments to the public m... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Special Provisions H.B. 813 Provides that the Board of Education may adopt special provisions related to the administration and use of any SOL test or tests in a conten... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Civic Education and Assessment H.B. 2579 Finds that instruction in social studies, arts, health, and fitness is important to ensure a well-rounded and complete education. In particu... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Assessment S.B. 6618 Directs the Washington state institute for public policy to conduct a study to explore options to augment the current system of assessments ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Making State Assessments Publicly Available S.B. 34, H.B. 1059 Requires the state board to make the Standards of Learning assessments publicly available in a timely manner and as soon as practicable foll... More... VA Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Review of Alleged Violations S.B. 39 Authorizes the Board of Education to initiate a review of any alleged violation of its regulations by a local school board or local school b... More... AK Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Standards-based science assessment 4 AAC 04.140 thru 06.825 Requires the commissioner to select a standards-based science assessment and school districts to administer the assessment in selected grade... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Assessing English Language Learners; and Posting State Test Items S.B. 755 This bill would require a pupil identified as limited English proficient who is enrolled in any of grades 2 to 11, and who either receives i... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners S.B. 385 This bill would require a pupil to take achievement tests in his or her primary language, if the pupil is identified as limited English prof... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 School testing program H.B. 911 Streamline School Testing Program.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Best Practices of Other State Assessment Programs H.J.R. 4 This Resolution creates a Task Force to examine best practice models of other state assessment programs for the purpose of providing recomme... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... OR Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Assessment Dates S.B. 169 Deleted requirement that an assessment shall be administered to students on or after March 1 of a school year if the assessment is: (A) A ma... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Phonologic Weakness H.B. 1488 Defines "phonologic weakness." Requires the department of education to develop and implement a plan to (1) train teachers, especially the t... More... MI Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Provisions in original MEAP authorizing statute relating to administration of state assessment program H.B. 4142 AN ACT to amend 1970 PA 38, entitled "An act to provide for assessment and remedial assistance programs of students in reading, mathematics ... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Statewide Assessment System IIB-3 Provides that the information contained within the Guidelines for Testing Students with Disabilities and the Guidelines for Educational Serv... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005 S.B. 982 New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Progra... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Potential Alternative Assessments H.B. 1987 Directs the superintendent of public instruction to review the course requirements and assessments in one or more representative career and ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Career Counseling for Students H.B. 2868 Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on sta... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End of Course Assessment Requirements H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Establishes system for districts to report all students' scores on end-of-course assessments. Requires the division of public school accoun... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Grade 3-8 Assessments, End-of-Course Exams and Remediation H.B. 2824 Requires a student not passing an immediately previous grades 3-8 benchmark assessment or in a secondary level end-of-course assessment to p... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End-of-Course Success Incentive Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Creates the End-of-Course Success Incentive Program under the department of education. Awards schools $50.00 for each student passing the en... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Modifies eligibility requirements for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, effective for applicants graduating from an Arkan... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Department Reporting and Student Testing H.B. 2033 Requires the department to report to specified members of the legislature on its budget status every two months for the first half of each f... More... UT Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Makeup Days: Basic Skills Competency Testing Requirements R277-705-6 Amends rule to provide for makeup days in administration of required Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT). Changes add language for sch... 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 Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... 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 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... TX Adopted 03/2005 P-12 Student Testing Requirements §101.5 The adopted amendments update and revise the rules to align with current statute (3-10 testing rather than 3-8). http://www.tea.state.tx.us/... More... NM Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Examination Opportunities, Results, Verification 11.12, 11.13, 11.15, 11.16 Proposes rules regarding examination opportunities, exam results, verification of exam results, and examination of record purposes. NEW MEXI... More... UT Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Testing Procedures R277-473 Removes 'Constructed response portions' from definitions and language. Updates Criterion Reference Test (CRT) assessment window and adds new... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Education Assessment Program H.B. 6230 Amends the State School Aid Act of 1979; provides that the Michigan Education Assessment Program tests shall be administered during the last... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Merit Award Scholarships S.B. 1156 Replaces high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in determining eligibility for Michigan Merit Award scholarships. http:/... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Test Replacement in School Aid Act S.B. 1155 Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in the School Aid Act. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Test Replacement S.B. 1154 Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act. http://www.michig... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Merit Examination S.B. 1153 Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in the School Code for administration under certain conditi... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Career and Technical Preparation Act S.B. 1157 Provides for replacing high school MEAP test with the Michigan Merit Examination in the Career and Technical Preparation Act. http://www.mi... More... MI Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 Timing of High School MEAP Tests H.B. 6231 Revises the School Code; provides that the Michigan Education Assessment Program tests be administered to pupils during the last 90 days, ot... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 State Reimbursement for the School Accountability Report Card and the STAR Program A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) SEC. 19: Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining an elementary or secondary school to develop and cause t... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Pupil Assessment A.B. 2413 Places a prohibition from carrying on a program of specific preparation of the pupils for the statewide pupil assessment program or a partic... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Inclusion of Documents in History-Social Science Framework A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Section 2: Repeals the requirement that pupils in American government and civics courses required for high school graduation read and be tau... More... NY Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Student Admission Minimum Standardized Test Score A.B. 7143 Precludes the use of a minimum standardized test cut-off score for student admission to or rejection by the State University of New York and... More... AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Governor's Commission on Education Spending Executive Order No. 02-2003 The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commissio... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Pupil Assessment and Student Records S.B. 1448 Extends the repeal date of the Leroy Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act to January 1, 2011. Excludes testing students ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Postsec. FY 2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act S.B. 2205 Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act. Creates several education related funds for receipt of federal moneys for educatio... More... CO Signed by Governor 06/2004 P-12 Measuring Student Academic Growth H.B. 1433 Requires the Department of Education, no later than 15 days after the effective date of the act, to choose a public or private entity to dev... More... FL Signed by Governor 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Accelerated High School Graduation, High Stakes Testing, Reading Deficiencies S.B. 364 Revises course requirements in college & career preparatory accelerated high school graduation program; amends requirements for grade point ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education Provisions H.B. 1190 Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to... More... MO To governor 05/2004 P-12 Education Accountability Standards S.B. 1080 Amends certain policies with regard to MAP testing. Provides that the performance standards of the MAP so that such indicators meet the stan... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 2416 From the fiscal note: Requires charter schools to administer state value-added testing for their students. Current law, T.C.A. 49-13-111(a)(... More... DE Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Student Assessment Program H.B. 304 Changes the grades where mandatory State testing is required from grades K-10 to grades 2-10. School districts will have the responsibility ... More... DE Issued 04/2004 P-12 Creating Review Panels For School Assessments And Performance Standards Executive Order #54 1. The Delaware Department of Education shall convene a panel of three national experts in the areas of assessment, accountability, and/or s... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Study of Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) S.J.R. 156 Direct the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a study of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System and to provide Education ... More... MA Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment System Performance Appeals 603 CMR 30.00 Amends rules relating to the Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) performance appeals process, and incorporates provisions regarding stude... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Public Schools S.B. 138 Relates to public schools; changes the writing test for certain grades; amends provisions regarding the English Language Reading Test; makes... 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... WY Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Statewide Assessment of Student Performance H.B. 126 Modifies statewide student assessment (WyCAS) to conform with NCLB by expanding grades assessed from grades 4, 8 and 11 to grades 3 through ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Reporting Test Results H.B. 1132 Allows the Department of Education to extend the deadline for test results if the deadline substantially increases the cost of administratio... More... MA Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment System and Standards 603 CMR 30.00 Establishes emergency rules relating to students with disabilities. Revises rules that relates to performance appeals. MASSACHUSETTS REG 828... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 02/2004 P-12 Basic Skills Assessment Program H.B. 3875 (Joint Resolution) Approves regulations of the Board of Education; relates to basic skills assessment program writing text; relates to minim... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Assessment S.B. 33 §§ 1, 4, 5 Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404; adds 6-15-433 and 6-15-1803. Creates the Student Assessment and Educational Accountability act of 2003; establi... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Reading S.B. 33 § 5 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-1804. Students exhibiting a reading deficiency will receive intensive reading instruction and beginning with the 2005-06... More... MI Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 MEAP Accreditation Exemption S.B. 787 Provides exemption from school accreditation requirements for schools whose Michigan Educational Assessment Program answer sheets were lost ... More... WV Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Education H.B. 4111 Requires the state board to adopt system standards, including student performance and progress, school and school system progress, etc. Req... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, & Accountability Program and Academic Distress Program ADE 162 Establishes rules governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program and the Academic Distress Program (ACT... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 School Administration and Instructional Services OAC 210:10-13-2 thru -18 (non seq.) Establishes emergency rules regarding school administration and instructional services. Concerns School Testing Program scope and general ad... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Achievement Tests A.B. 1485 §§ 4 - 7 Amends the existing Leroy F. Greene California Assessment of Academic Achievement Act that provides a system of individual assessment of pup... 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... OH Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 AYP H.B. 3--3302.01 This section defines "performance index score;" defines subgroups as major racial and ethic groups, students with disabilities, economically... More... DE Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Summer School S.B. 141 Allows the use of indicators other than assessments prior to mandatory summer school; permits other indicators to be used to determine if a ... More... TX Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 P-12 Texas Success Initiative 19 TAC 4.51 thru .60 Establishes rules to implement the Success Initiative. Provides purpose, authority, and definitions. Specifies exemptions and exceptions. Co... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Comprehensive Testing/Assessment/Accountability Program ADE 188 Requires the development of a single Arkansas comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program (ACTAAP); ensures all public scho... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 No Child Left Behind Act S.B. 1155 Requires testing in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act; states an elementary teaching endorsement is valid for kindergarten to gra... More... DE Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 School Accountability for Academic Performance 14 DAC 101, 103 Amended regulation to conform to state and federal statutes that address school, district and state accountability for student performance; ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Alignment with No Child Left Behind Act - Accountability Provisions S.B. 1 (Omnibus Bill) The measure revises the public school accountability provisions of the Nevada Education Reform Act and related sections of the law to confor... More... OK Vetoed 06/2003 P-12 Performance Levels H.B. 1476 The performance standard and cut points are to be determined by a standard of what the average student in the applicable grade level should ... More... SC Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Basic Skills Assessment Program - Writing Test R. 43-262.6 Establishes that the standards for student achievement be a matter of public record through information and policy rather than through regul... More... TX to governor 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Programs of Mutual Benefit S.B. 1108 (Section 29.910) Requires state commissioner to develop, in coordination with appropriate representatives of institutions of higher education and school dist... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Technology Assisted Pilot Program H.B. 2093 Requires pupils enrolled in the Technology Assisted Project Based Instruction Program (TAPBI) to be subject to testing requirements, and stu... More... CO Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 Reading and Mathematics Assessments S.B. 292 Suspends the administration of the reading and mathematics assessments for students in the ninth grade and the curriculum based, achievement... More... CO Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 Writing Assessments S.B. 309 Concerns a suspension of the administration of statewide assessments in writing. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/C... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i... More... MN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 State-Level Assessment Advisory Committee H.F. 302 (multiple provisions) Language is effective immediately and applies to 2005-06 school year and later. Establishes assessment advisory committee of up to 11 member... More... NY Proposed Rule 05/2003 P-12 Students with Limited English Proficiency 8 NYCRR 154 Establishes criteria for the identification and assessment of students with limited English proficiency through use of the Language Assessme... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Oklahoma School Testing Program Act H.B. 1414 (Assessment Component) Brings the state testing program in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act. The measure institutes the testing configuration: 3rd: Re... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - School Improvement H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-420 - 6-15-429. Requires the state board to establish a clear concise system of reporting the academic performance of each sc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accountability and Assessment H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-402 - 6-15-406. Creates the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act; including requiring t... More... ND Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Reading, Mathematics, Science Assessments S.B. 2065 Relates to assessment of public school students in reading, mathematics and science. From the Fiscal Note: SB 2065 requires the state to d... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Assessment and Accountability Act H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Adds Section 22-2A-3 and Section 22-2A-4. Requires the state board to adopt content and performance standards in mathematics, reading and l... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Duties of Boards S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Section 53A-3-402 requires local boards to implement the core curriculum using instructional materials that best correlate to the core curri... More... SD Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Assessments Required in Public Schools S.B. 39 Revises the achievement assessments required in public schools, and the grades to be assessed.... More... TX Adopted 01/2003 P-12 Implementation of Testing Program 19 TAC 101.3001, 101.3003 Establishes rules relating to assessment. Implements certain requirements for the new testing program, called the Texas Assessment of Knowle... More... UT Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 01/2003 P-12 Education Testing H.B. 6005 Relates to education testing amendments. Eliminates the requirement to include constructed response test times in certain achievement tests.... More... UT Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Testing Procedures R277-473 Amends rules to provide additional definitions, terminology changes and new testing windows. Sets turnaround time for certain assessments. h... More... MI Signed into law 10/2002 P-12 Department Notification of Assessment Scoring or Administration Irregularities S.B. 562 Requires the Department of Treasury to notify a school district or public school academy about suspected irregularities in the district's or... More... AL Adopted 09/2002 P-12 Testing Program N/A During the summer of 2003, the state board will review the data on the reading and language subject-area tests of the AHSGE and determine if... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Longitudinal Achievement Data S.B. 1453 Requires the State Department of Education to contract for the development or proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students S.B. 109 Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p... More... CT Passed 06/2002 P-12 English Language Assessment N/A The Board, pursuant to Section 10-17f of the Connecticut General Statutes and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind legislation, appr... More... FL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations S.B. 20E Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill - Assessment Component H.B. 1711 For students who receive special education services, the state board must, through a teacher panel, determine if appropriate alternate asses... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Diagnosing Student Needs Through Assessments S.B. 59 Requires the department to ensure that assessments administered through the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) are designed to gener... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Potential Testing in Mathematics and Science H.B. 1306 Provides that if sufficient funding from the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is obtained, directs the Department of Education to ad... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Alternative Education Campuses S.B. 94 Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t... More... HI Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 NCLB-Aligned Reading and Math Testing H.B. 2353 Provides for expansion of the statewide educational assessment program to include norm-referenced testing in the same grades as required by ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. PSAT for 10th-Graders H.B. 661 Requires the department to distribute grants in qualified distressed counties for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Need-Based Financial Aid Programs for Undergraduate and Professional Degrees; College Readiness Mentoring Program; PSAT for 10th-Graders, K-16 Leadership Council, Middle School Teacher Certificate S.B. 453 Requires the department to distribute a grant in specified amounts to distressed counties in FY 03 and 04 and to all counties in FY05 and su... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Writing Assessment H.B. 2900 Relates to comprehensive writing assessment scheduling.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Public Access to Nationally Standardized S.B. 1135 Requires any nationally standardized test that is administered to pupils in multiple states and any questions, answers or scoring keys from ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Numerous Program Changes H.B. 2515 Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Deadline for Reporting State Assessment Results H.B. 621 Changes the time frame for reporting state assessment results from September 15 to 150 days following the first day the assessment can be ad... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Membership and Rules of Education Assessment and Accountability Subcommittee H.B. 292 Requires the membership of the Education assessment and accountability subcommittee include 4 members from each chamber, including at least ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Attendance Requirement for Inclusion in Reading Assessment S.B. 1412 Amends existing law to define the students who shall be included in calculations relating to the reading assessment. Students counted must ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results S.B. 292 Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i... More... UT Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Curriculum, Assessments S.B. 99 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to consult with teachers and p... 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... CA Vetoed 10/2001 P-12 Appropriations 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Standardized 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... More... CA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Requirements 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... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Taking 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.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 8th 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.... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exempting 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... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 05/2001 P-12 School 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... More... LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Investigation 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... More... MO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assessment 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... More... ND Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reading 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assessment 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... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Academic 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 ... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Math & 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Testing Accomodations S.B. 343 Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Timely 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, ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exemptions 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Comparing 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Arkansas 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 ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students 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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Accomodation 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 ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Evaluations S.B. 1116 Provides statewide goals for reading evaluations conducted in public schools; provides additional assistance to schools which fail to achiev... More... SD Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Standards-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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Disaggregated 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 ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Changes in The State's Academic Performance Index S.B. 1552 Makes clarifying changes in those provisions pertaining to the indicators used to evaluate the performance of schools in the Academic Perfor... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Assessment of Special Education Students A.B. 1940 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, and the State Board of Education to adopt, performance goals for individuals w... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 State Standardized Test A.B. 2812 Deletes the intent of the Legislature regarding the augmentation of the achievement test and instead would require the Superintendent of Pub... More... UT Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Establishment of U-PASS Assessment Program H.B. 177 Puts into legislation recommendations of Task Force on Learning Standards and Accountability in Public Education created by 1999 legislation... More... TN Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Assessing Students with Disabilities H.J.R. 589 Urges Department of Education to modify and revise portfolio assessment piloted for evaluating students with disabilities who do not partici... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 State Assessment Requirements S.B. 551 Relates to the assessment of student achievement in the public schools; removes the requirement that the board implement a nationally normed... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Tutoring Services for SAT S.B. 169 Relates to Stanford Achievement Tests (SAT) given to students in public schools as required by the State Department of Education; provides f... More... MN Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Profiles of Learning S.F. 3286 Amends the Profile of Learning. Highlights: Allows districts to phase in the number of content standards required of students for graduatio... More... MN Signed by governor 05/2000 P-12 Statewide Tests H.B. 3800 Specifies that the passing scores in reading and mathematics are the equivalent of 70 percent correct for students entering grade 9 in 1996 ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Assessment S.B. 491 Modifies the Oklahoma School Testing Program by administering a norm-referenced test in the third-grade beginning with the 2000-2001 school ... More... PA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Accountability, Funding S.B. 652 Act No. 16 of 2000., Amends the Public School Code. Provides funding for basic education, services to nonpublic schools, special education, ... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 State Testing S.B. 1300 Establishes the 15-member Maintenance and Operations Task Force and the 21-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Impact of State R... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Statewide Testing S.B. 1139 States the State Board of Education shall administer the standardized norm-referenced achievement test two times during each academic year t... More... DE Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Testing Program Logistics H.J.R. 20 Requires the Department of Education to make a report on the logistics of the Delaware Student Testing Program and to provide a plan regardi... More... LA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Testing S.B. 33A Exempts certain testing instruments, test answers, and individual student test scores from the public records laws.... More... NE Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Local Assessment System L.B. 812 Directs the state board to develop sufficiently clear and measurable model academic content standards. Additionally, each school district in... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Multiple Assessments H.B. 1484 Authorizes the Board of Education to provide multiple assessments; includes on-line computer tests, field tests, and evaluation of student p... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Option for End-of-Course Tests H.B. 1020 Relates to social studies; requires the Board of Education, in prescribing the Standards of Learning assessments, to provide local school bo... More... CO Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Accountability S.B. 186 Directs the Department of Education to evaluate the academic performance and safety environment of every public school within the state; spe... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Assessment Components H.B. 1187 Mandates Criterion Reference Competency Tests (CRCT's) in grades 1-8. English, language arts, math and reading will be assessed in grades 1-... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Student IEP as Alternative Assessment H.B. 1187 A student's IEP may serve as the alternative assessment.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Accelerated Learning H.B. 1196 Requires Board of Education to establish requirements to facilitate acceleration of students who are qualified under standard of learning as... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 More Timely Results/Standards of Learning S.B. 318 Directs the Board of Education to schedule the administration of Standards of Learning assessments to be graded by computerized or other aut... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Standards of Learning Assessments H.B. 1019 Requires the Board of Education to make publicly available the Standards of Learning assessments in a timely manner and as soon as practicab... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Diploma Requirements H.B. 489 Requires the Board of Education to include, in the requirement for verified credits for the standard and advanced studies diplomas, a provis... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 School at the Center Program L.B. 812 Provides for the implementation of educational standards and assessment for public schools, the School at the Center Program, a needs study ... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Appropriation for Reporting System L.B. 144 Reduces General Fund appropriation to department to implement a state assessment system. Intent language added to direct that $220,000 of r... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 LEAP Assessments for Special Education Students S.B. 251 Provides for alternative LEAP assessments for special education students.... More... NV Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Requires Standards-Based Assessments S.B. 466 State board is required to prescribe examinations that measure proficiency in standards. Exams to be given in grades 3 and 5 (English and m... More... OH Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Exemptions for LEP Students (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 282 Exempts LEP students from participating in the state proficiency assessment for two years.... More... SC Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Requires Districts to Administer Assessments S.B. 632 Requires that school districts administer norm-referenced tests or standards-based assessments; provides for the reporting of results.... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Age Requirements for Attendance and High School Equivalency Examinations S.B. 1472 Relates to the age at which a student may take the high school equivalency examinations and the age of compulsory attendance in public schoo... More... TX Signed by governor 06/1999 P-12 New State Exam Provisions S.B. 103 Adds that students shall be tested in math annually in grades 3-7 without the use of technology, and in math in grades 8-11 with the assista... More... FL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 A+ Plan (Part of Omnibus Bill) H.B. 751, 753, 755 Establishes requirements for design of student assessment program. Requires Commissioner to direct Florida school districts to participate ... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Postsec. Arkansas Assessment Assistance Program H.B. 2024 Creates the Arkansas Act Assessment Assistance Program; designed to prepare public high school students for postsecondary education; relates... More... CA Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Exit Exam Requirement S.B. 2A Beginning with class of 2004, all students must pass exit exam in language arts and mathematics to earn a high school diploma. Prior to 10/... More... NM Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Standards-Based Assessments H.B. 624 Relates to standards-based assessments.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Relates to Assessment and Accountability S.B. 751 Amends various sections of the Arkansas Code related to assessment and accountability in the public schools.... More... AR Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Study on Assessment of Disabled Students S.C.R. 7 Requests the Senate Interim Committee on Education and House Interim Committee on Education to conduct a study on the impact of changes in t... More... KS Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 State Minimum Competency Assessment Program S.B. 34 Concerns the state minimum competency assessment program.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires Assessments H.B. 33 Provides for annual criterion-referenced achievement testing of students in all grade levels and norm-referenced testing of students in grad... More... VA Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Requires Board to Develop or Purchase Software to Improve Achievement H.B. 2480 Requires that the Board of Education contract, with such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, for the development or purchase of inte... More... CA Signed into law 10/1998 P-12 Supplemental Instruction for Retained Pupils A.B. 1639 Requires school districts to offer direct, systematic and intensive supplemental instruction to students in grades 2-9 who have been retaine... More... IL Signed into law 08/1998 P-12 Defines Academically Based Tests S.B. 1610 Defines "academically based tests" as tests consisting of questions and answers that are objective, measurable and quantifiable to measure t... More... NH Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 451 Requires that pupil assessment materials used in the statewide education assessment and improvement system to be made assessable to parents ... More... SC Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 Performance and Accountability S.B. 850 Perfomance Accountability Relates to quality controls and productivity rewards, so as to enact the South Carolina Performance and Accountability for Excellence in Tea... More... KY Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 133 Requires that all references to allegations or findings in an investigation that a teacher, administrator, or other school employee acted im... More... LA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 116 Provides relative to the grades in which students are tested pursuant to the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program.... More... LA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 26 Allows multi-year contracts for educational testing services used in the school and district accountability system.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 409 Phases out current Literacy Passport testing requirement set forth in Standards of Quality; administers to students in grades 6, 7, 8, and t... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 356 Requires the Board of Education to include in the student outcome measures, which are required by the Standards for Accreditation; end of co... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 Literacy Passport S.B. 120, H.B. 409 Literacy Passport Testing Phases out the current Literacy Passport testing requirements set forth in the Standards of Quality as follows, in school year 1997-98, the ... More... VT Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 234 Graduation Requirements Renames state certified academic high school diplima Governor's Diploma; establishes standardized academic test results rather than academic... More... WV Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 4306 Provides legislative intent for establishing a process of standards, assessment, accountability and capacity building to provide assurances ... More... SD Signed into law 02/1998 P-12 S.B. 200 Repeals the waiver of academic achievement tests for special education students.... More... MI Signed into law 12/1997 P-12 Accountability, Assessment H.B. 5235 Educational Assessments Revises the MEAP test relationship and remediation; requires certain special assistance for schools with unsatisfactory MEAP results; relate... More... CA Signed into law 09/1997 P-12 S.B. 376 Standards & Assessment Specifies that the State Board of Education shall adopt statewide academically rigorous content and performance standards in the core curric... More... DE Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 S.B. 182 Establishes criteria for the student testing program; establishes design objectives for the state assessment program; requires the Departmen... More... CT Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 5713 Exit Exams for High School Graduation Requires students to pass an exit examination before graduating from high school and expands the school year by three days so that the exami... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 No Pass No Drive S.B. 81 Builds on current literacy incentives which require a person under the age of 18 to be enrolled in school or a GED program in order to obtai... More... TX Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 1800 Special Education State Assessment Instruments Relates to state administered assessment instruments for students in special education programs.... More... IN Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 6 Budget Bill Increases state contribution for adult education programs; creates a state-level alternative education grant program; increases assessment f... More... MN Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 2179 Formulates statewide testing and reporting system; requires that a standard assessment be given each year for students in grades 3, 5 and 8;... More... NV Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 A.B. 523 (Effective: 07/16/97) Relates to education; extends the period during which the Department of Education may expend certain money appropriate... More... WA Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 6072 Student Assessment System Relates to modifying the timelines for development and implementation of the student assessment system; identifies the knowledge and skills ... More... AR Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 550 Testing and Assessment Program Provides a comprehensive testing and assessment program for measuring academic achievement of public school students. Demonstrate grade-leve... More... FL Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 458 Concerns student performance standards; provides for rulemaking; concerns district testing; concerns graduation requirements, includes GPA; ... More... MT Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 28 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the trustees of a school district, upon request and in compliance with state and feder... More... WA Vetoed 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 2042 Reading in the Primary Grades Provides teachers with an accurate evaluation of student reading progress; provides teachers with information needed to improve instructiona... More... OK Passed 09/1996 P-12 OAC 210:35-19-3, 210:35-29-1 to 210:35-29-7 Concurrent Enrollment & Alternative Education (Effective: 05/25/95) Relates to concurrent education and alternative education academy programs and schools; provides for students in commo... More... OH Passed 05/1996 P-12 OAC 3301-13-01, -02 Terms/Educational Testing Defines terms; establishes statewide testing programs for demonstrating proficiency in reading, writing, mathematics, citizenship, and scien... More... CO Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 125 Implementation of Assessments (Effective: 04/17/96) Clarifies that statewide assessments shall be phased in over three years at the 4th, 8th, and 11th grades.... More... GA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 11 Curriculum Based Assessment Results (Effective: 04/25/96) The State Board of Education shall adopt a student assessment program consisting of instruments, procedures, and polic... More... LA Passed 04/1996 P-12 H.B. 167 Elementary and Secondary Testing Specifies that the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) norm-referenced test shall be given to students statewide in grades four,... More... NY Passed 04/1996 P-12 Exit Exam 8 NYCRR 100.5 (a)(4) (Effective: 07/01/96) Phases out the lower level Regents Competency Testing Program and requires districts to use Regents exams as the asses... More... HI Active 03/1996 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment and Accountability System (CAAS) In order for schools and the school system to have sufficient information for making systematic rather than fragmented improvements, the Dep... More... WV Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 S.B. 104 State Assessment Eliminates WV-STEP testing mandate.... More... IN Signed into law 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 1402 Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress - Plus ISTEP-Plus The 1996 ISTEP-Plus legislation designated language arts and mathematics as the only subjects required to be included in the testing, with s... More... CA Signed into law 09/1995 P-12 A.B. 603 Fee for Competency In Basic Skills (Effective: 09/02/95) Deletes the $40 limitation on the exam fee to verify competency in basic skills taught in public high schools and inst... More... AL Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 466/S.B. 391 Nationally Normed Test Requires the implementation of a nationally normed test to assess student achievement in grades three through eleven; requires a comprehensi... More... DE Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 S.B. 218 Assessment for Students Who Are Blind (Effective: 07/14/95) Intends to assure that each blind student receives an individualized braille literacy assessment and appropriate educa... More... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 S.B. 24 Statewide Testing Program (Effective: 07/29/95) Clarifies that purposes of the Statewide Testing Program include improving instructional delivery and ensuring account... More... NC Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 S.B. 701 Graduation Requirements (Effective: 07/05/95) Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting or enforcing any rule that requires Algebra I as a graduation sta... More... SC Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.B. 3685 Exit Examination for Students with Disabilities (Effective: 06/12/95) Relates to testing arrangements on the exit examination for students with learning disabilities; provides that student... More... NM Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Changes in Graduation Requirements Allows participation on an athletic team or in an athletic sport during the school day to count toward fulfillment of the physical education... More... NM Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Education Appropriation Act The provisions of the Education Appropriation Act allow school districts the flexibility to determine local priorities and make decisions ne... More... IN Died 04/1995 P-12 Ind. Senate Panel Kills a Pair of Statewide Assessments A Senate committee killed a controversial statwide testing program, Indiana Performance Assessment for Students (IPASS), as well as its prop... More... SC Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 3509 Assessment and Standards (Effective: 04/05/95) Approves regulations of the Board of Education, relating to basic skills assessment program-writing test; minimum stan... More... AR Died 03/1995 P-12 Arakansa Exit Exam The Arkansas Senate education committee has approved a bill that would abolish the state's mandatory high school exit test. The committee vo... More... KY Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 KRS 158.6455 "Schools in crisis" Requires that a school in which the proportion of successful students declines by five percent (5%) or more in any biennium beginning with t... More... NJ Passed 06/1994 P-12 NJAC 6:39(a) Student Assessment (Effective: 07/05/94) Requires the Board of Education, after consulting with the Commissioner, to establish uniform statewide levels of pupi... More... WI Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 S.B. 802 Statewide Exam Excusal (Effective: 04/25/94) Requires school districts to excuse a pupil from 8th and 10th grade statewide exams if requested by the parent. (WAS.B... More... Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. 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