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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7011
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT STATE -WIDE ASSESSMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-14n of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
(a) As used in this section, "mastery examination" means (1) (A) for 3
the school year commencing July 1, 2025, for students enrolled in grades 4
three to eight, inclusive, and (B) for the school year commencing July 1, 5
2026, and each school year thereafter, for students enrolled in grades 6
four, six and eight, an examination or examinations, approved by the 7
State Board of Education, that measures essential and grade-appropriate 8
skills in reading, writing or mathematics, (2) for students enrolled in 9
grades five, eight and eleven, an examination, approved by the State 10
Board of Education, that measures essential and grade-appropriate 11
skills in science, and (3) for students enrolled in grade eleven, a 12
nationally recognized college readiness assessment, approved by the 13
State Board of Education, that measures essential and grade-appropriate 14
skills in reading, writing and mathematics. 15
(b) (1) (A) For the school [year] years commencing July 1, 2015, [and 16
each school year thereafter] to July 1, 2025, inclusive, each student 17
enrolled in grades three to eight, inclusive, and grade eleven in any 18
public school shall, annually, take a mastery examination in reading, 19 Substitute Bill No. 7011
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writing and mathematics during the regular school day. 20
(B) For the school year commencing July 1, 2026, and each school year 21
thereafter, each student enrolled in grades four, six, eight and eleven in 22
any public school shall, annually, take a mastery examination in 23
reading, writing and mathematics during the regular school day. 24
(2) (A) For the school years commencing July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2017, 25
inclusive, each student enrolled in grades five, eight and ten in any 26
public school shall, annually, in March or April, take a state-wide 27
mastery examination in science during the regular school day. 28
[(3)] (B) For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school 29
year thereafter, each student enrolled in grades five, eight and eleven in 30
any public school shall annually take a state-wide mastery examination 31
in science during the regular school day. 32
(c) (1) Mastery examinations, as defined in subdivision (1) of 33
subsection (a) of this section, given to students [enrolled in grades three 34
to eight, inclusive,] pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this 35
section, shall be provided by and administered under the supervision of 36
the State Board of Education. 37
(2) Mastery examinations, as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection 38
(a) of this section, given to students [enrolled in grades five, eight and 39
ten or eleven, pursuant to subdivisions (2) and (3)] pursuant to 40
subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, shall be provided by and 41
administered under the supervision of the State Board of Education. 42
(3) Mastery examinations, as defined in subdivision (3) of subsection 43
(a) of this section, given to students enrolled in grade eleven, pursuant 44
to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, shall be paid for by 45
the State Board of Education and administered by the provider of such 46
nationally recognized college readiness assessment in accordance with 47
the provisions of the agreement between the state board and such 48
provider, pursuant to section 10-14x. 49 Substitute Bill No. 7011
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(d) The scores on each component of the mastery examination, as 50
defined in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, for each 51
eleventh grade student may be included on the permanent record and 52
transcript of each such student who takes such examination. For each 53
eleventh grade student who meets or exceeds the state-wide mastery 54
goal level on any component of the mastery examination, a certification 55
of having met or exceeded such goal level shall be made on the 56
permanent record and the transcript of each such student and such 57
student shall be issued a certificate of mastery for such component. 58
(e) No public school may require achievement of a satisfactory score 59
on a mastery examination, or any subsequent retest on a component of 60
such examination as the sole criterion of promotion or graduation. 61
(f) (1) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school 62
year thereafter, the scores on each component of the mastery 63
examination for students who are multilingual learners, as defined in 64
section 10-76kk, and who have been enrolled in a school in this state or 65
another state for fewer than twenty school months, shall not be used for 66
purposes of calculating the accountability index, as defined in section 67
10-223e, for a school or school district. 68
(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year 69
thereafter, mastery examinations pursuant to subsection (b) of this 70
section shall be offered in the most common native language of students 71
who are multilingual learners taking such mastery examinations and 72
any additional native languages of such students when mastery 73
examinations in such native languages are developed and have been 74
approved by the United States Department of Education. 75
(g) (1) Not later than August fifteenth of each school year, the 76
Department of Education shall notify each local and regional board of 77
education of the scores of students under the jurisdiction of the board 78
on the mastery examination administered during the previous school 79
year. 80
(2) Not later than October first of each school year, each local and 81 Substitute Bill No. 7011
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regional board of education shall notify the parent or guardian of a 82
student who had taken the mastery examination that was administered 83
during the previous school year of such student's scores on such 84
mastery examination. 85
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 10-14n
ED Joint Favorable Subst.