| 1 | 1 | | 81R3891 CAS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Eissler H.B. No. 525 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain standards for group-administered achievement |
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| 8 | 8 | | tests used by school districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 39.032, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) A company or organization may not distribute to, sell |
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| 14 | 14 | | to, or grade for the same school district the same form of an |
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| 15 | 15 | | assessment instrument for more than eight [three] school years. A |
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| 16 | 16 | | school district may not use the same form of an assessment |
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| 17 | 17 | | instrument for more than eight [three] years. This subsection does |
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| 18 | 18 | | not apply if another form of a particular assessment instrument |
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| 19 | 19 | | does not exist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) State and national norms of averages shall be computed |
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| 21 | 21 | | using data that: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) are not more than eight [six] years old at the time |
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| 23 | 23 | | the assessment instrument is administered, unless only data older |
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| 24 | 24 | | than eight years old are available; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) [that] are representative of the group of students |
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| 26 | 26 | | to whom the assessment instrument is administered. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c-1) The standardization norms computed under Subsection |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) shall be based on a national probability sample that meets |
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| 29 | 29 | | accepted standards for educational and psychological testing and, |
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| 30 | 30 | | using proven psychometric procedures approved by the State Board of |
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| 31 | 31 | | Education, shall be updated at least every eight [six] years, |
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| 32 | 32 | | unless sufficient data to update the sample are not available |
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| 33 | 33 | | [using proven psychometric procedures approved by the State Board |
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| 34 | 34 | | of Education]. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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