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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 195
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHRODER
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT: Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education to promulgate rules relative to teacher and parental access to and review
of student assessments
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to promulgate
3 rules to provide for teacher and parental access to and review of student assessments.
4 WHEREAS, current law, R.S. 17:355, provides that a parent of a child attending a
5public elementary or secondary school shall be entitled to access to instructional materials;
6and
7 WHEREAS, this law further provides that a parent is entitled to review instructional
8materials used by or administered to his or her child; and
9 WHEREAS, this law defines "instructional materials" as content that conveys the
10knowledge or skills of a subject in the school curriculum through a medium or a combination
11of media for conveying information to a student including any nonsecure test, nonsecure
12assessment, or survey administered to a student, books, supplementary materials, teaching
13aids, computer software, magnetic media, DVD, CD-ROM, computer courseware, online
14material, information, or services, or an electronic medium or other means of conveying
15information to the student or otherwise contributing to the learning process; and
16 WHEREAS, current law, R.S. 17:24.4, requires the State Board of Elementary and
17Secondary Education to implement standards-based assessments in English language arts,
18mathematics, science, and social studies based on state content standards and rigorous
19student achievement standards set with reference to test scores of students of the same grade
20level nationally; and
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1 WHEREAS, this law further requires such standards-based assessments in English
2language arts and mathematics to be based on nationally recognized content standards that
3represent the knowledge and skills needed for students to successfully transition to
4postsecondary education and the workplace; and
5 WHEREAS, current law, R.S. 17:10.1, requires the State Board of Elementary and
6Secondary Education to provide for a school and district accountability system based on
7student achievement and minimum standards for the approval of public schools; and
8 WHEREAS, implementation of the school and district accountability system by the
9state board necessitates the use of secure, standards-based assessments to produce valid and
10reliable data on student achievement; and
11 WHEREAS, it is important to provide teachers with the assessment results for their
12students and to make the assessments available to parents of students taking the assessments
13in a manner that does not compromise the security or use or increase the cost of the
14assessments.
15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
16Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the State Board of Elementary and
17Secondary Education to promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure
18Act to provide for teacher and parental access to and review of student assessments.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such rules shall include a process and procedures
20for both of the following:
21 (1) Teachers to review the assessment results of any student he taught for the subject
22he taught in that school year and review an individualized student assessment report that
23identifies the student's performance in each assessment domain.
24 (2) Parents of students taking the assessments to review each assessment, excluding
25a national assessment that the state Department of Education is prohibited by the assessment
26vendor from providing to a parent for review, in a secure setting. The review shall be held
27within ten days following the dissemination of assessment results to parents and shall be
28offered for at least ten consecutive business days at the department's main office during
29regular business hours in the presence of the director of assessments or his designee. Parents
30shall be given reasonable time to complete the review, not to exceed two hours, and shall not
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1be permitted to photocopy or photograph any assessment item or question or make
2handwritten, typed, or orally recorded notes that identify an assessment item or question.
3The board may require a parent who violates such prohibitions to reimburse the state
4Department of Education for any costs incurred by the department to replace any assessment
5items or questions determined to no longer be secure due to the actions of the parent.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
7of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
8Education to promulgate and implement such rules in order to provide for such access and
9review by teachers and parents following the administration of standards-based assessments
10during the 2015-2016 school year.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
12president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state
13superintendent of education.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 195 Original 2015 Regular Session Schroder
Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to promulgate rules in
accordance with the Admin. Procedure Act to provide for teacher and parental access to
student assessments and provides for processes and procedures to be included in such rules.
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