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