CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 872Introduced by Committee on EducationFebruary 14, 2023 An act to amend Section 60642.7 of the Education Code, relating to pupil assessments.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 872, as introduced, Committee on Education. Pupil assessments: interim assessments. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide a system of assessments of pupils that has the primary purposes of (1) assisting teachers, administrators, and pupils and their parents, (2) improving teaching and learning, and (3) promoting high-quality teaching and learning using a variety of assessment approaches and item types. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to acquire, and offer at no cost to local educational agencies, certain interim assessment tools for pupils in kindergarten and of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires those interim assessments to be designed to provide timely feedback to teachers to improve instruction, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for identifying teachers professional development goals. Existing law prohibits the results of these interim assessments from being used for any high-stakes purpose, including, among other specified uses, school staff evaluations or pupil grade promotion or retention.This bill would apply those purposes and that prohibition to any interim assessments offered by the department to local educational agencies.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 60642.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 872Introduced by Committee on EducationFebruary 14, 2023 An act to amend Section 60642.7 of the Education Code, relating to pupil assessments.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 872, as introduced, Committee on Education. Pupil assessments: interim assessments. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide a system of assessments of pupils that has the primary purposes of (1) assisting teachers, administrators, and pupils and their parents, (2) improving teaching and learning, and (3) promoting high-quality teaching and learning using a variety of assessment approaches and item types. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to acquire, and offer at no cost to local educational agencies, certain interim assessment tools for pupils in kindergarten and of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires those interim assessments to be designed to provide timely feedback to teachers to improve instruction, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for identifying teachers professional development goals. Existing law prohibits the results of these interim assessments from being used for any high-stakes purpose, including, among other specified uses, school staff evaluations or pupil grade promotion or retention.This bill would apply those purposes and that prohibition to any interim assessments offered by the department to local educational agencies.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 872
Introduced by Committee on EducationFebruary 14, 2023
Introduced by Committee on Education
February 14, 2023
An act to amend Section 60642.7 of the Education Code, relating to pupil assessments.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 872, as introduced, Committee on Education. Pupil assessments: interim assessments.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide a system of assessments of pupils that has the primary purposes of (1) assisting teachers, administrators, and pupils and their parents, (2) improving teaching and learning, and (3) promoting high-quality teaching and learning using a variety of assessment approaches and item types. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to acquire, and offer at no cost to local educational agencies, certain interim assessment tools for pupils in kindergarten and of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires those interim assessments to be designed to provide timely feedback to teachers to improve instruction, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for identifying teachers professional development goals. Existing law prohibits the results of these interim assessments from being used for any high-stakes purpose, including, among other specified uses, school staff evaluations or pupil grade promotion or retention.This bill would apply those purposes and that prohibition to any interim assessments offered by the department to local educational agencies.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to provide a system of assessments of pupils that has the primary purposes of (1) assisting teachers, administrators, and pupils and their parents, (2) improving teaching and learning, and (3) promoting high-quality teaching and learning using a variety of assessment approaches and item types. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to acquire, and offer at no cost to local educational agencies, certain interim assessment tools for pupils in kindergarten and of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires those interim assessments to be designed to provide timely feedback to teachers to improve instruction, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for identifying teachers professional development goals. Existing law prohibits the results of these interim assessments from being used for any high-stakes purpose, including, among other specified uses, school staff evaluations or pupil grade promotion or retention.
This bill would apply those purposes and that prohibition to any interim assessments offered by the department to local educational agencies.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 60642.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 60642.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.
SECTION 1. Section 60642.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.
60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.
60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.
60642.7. (a) The An interim assessments assessment offered by the department to local educational agencies agencies, including the interim assessments offered to local educational agencies pursuant to Section 60642.6 60642.6, are intended for the purposes of improving teaching and pupil learning. Results of the assessments may be used to provide timely feedback to teachers that they may use to continually adjust instruction to improve learning, for communication with pupils parents or guardians, and for use by teachers in identifying professional development goals.
(b) Results from the an interim assessments assessment offered by the department shall not be used for any high-stakes purpose, including, but not limited to, teacher or other school staff evaluation, accountability, pupil grade promotion or retention, graduation, course or class placement, identification for gifted or talented education, reclassification of English learners, or identification as an individual with exceptional needs.