HLS 15RS-667 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 113
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARROW
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Prohibits the administration of standards-based assessments
to public school students in the 2015-2016 school year
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S.17:24.4(F)(1)(c), relative to standards-based assessments; to
3 prohibit the administration of standards-based assessments to public school students
4 in the 2015-2016 school year; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง24.4. Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program; statewide standards for
8 required subjects; Louisiana Educational Assessment Program; parish or city
9 school board comprehensive pupil progression plans; waivers
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11 F.(1)
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13 (c) Standards-based assessments in English language arts, mathematics,
14 science, and social studies based on state content standards and rigorous student
15 achievement standards set with reference to test scores of students of the same grade
16 level nationally shall be implemented by the State Board of Elementary and
17 Secondary Education. Such tests shall be administered, at a minimum, in grades
18 three through eleven., except that in the 2015-2016 school year, standards-based
19 assessments shall not be administered to students at any grade level.
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HB NO. 113
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 113 Original 2015 Regular Session Barrow
Abstract: Prohibits the administration of standards-based assessments to public school
students in the 2015-2016 school year.
Present law requires standards-based assessments for required subjects (English language
arts, math, science, and social studies) to be implemented by the State Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education (BESE) and administered in at least grades three through 11.
Provides that such assessments be based on state content standards and rigorous student
achievement standards comparable to national student achievement levels. Further requires
that the rigor of such assessments shall at least compare to that of national achievement tests.
Requires the English language arts and math assessments to be based on nationally
recognized content standards. Requires BESE to establish the adequate test scores for
determining successful student performance on the tests.
Proposed law retains present law but prohibits the administration of such standards-based
assessments in the 2015-2016 school year.
(Amends R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(c))
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