Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB988 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	85R6716 PAM-D
2	2	By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 988
3	3
4	4
5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to establishing a pilot program under which public schools
8	8	may develop a portfolio method to assess student performance in
9	9	grades three through eight for purposes of accountability and
10	10	qualification for promotion.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 39.02302 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 39.02302. PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM FOR
15	15	GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT. (a) The commissioner shall establish a
16	16	pilot program as provided by this section under which participating
17	17	school districts may:
18	18	(1) implement a portfolio method to assess students in
19	19	grades three through eight; and
20	20	(2) use student performance under that method as a
21	21	percentage of a student's overall performance on assessment
22	22	instruments, in addition to the student's performance on assessment
23	23	instruments required under Sections 39.023(a), (b), and (l), for
24	24	purposes of accountability under this chapter and qualification for
25	25	promotion under Section 28.0211.
26	26	(b) A school district may choose to participate in the pilot
27	27	program established under this section by submitting to the
28	28	commissioner for approval not later than May 1, 2018, a plan
29	29	described by this subsection and approved by the board of trustees
30	30	of the district. A school district that chooses to participate in
31	31	the pilot program must create a committee that consists of teachers
32	32	and administrators employed by and students enrolled in the
33	33	district to develop a three-year plan that:
34	34	(1) specifies the goals and guiding principles for
35	35	implementation of the district's portfolio assessment method;
36	36	(2) designates for assessment by the portfolio
37	37	assessment method:
38	38	(A) English language arts;
39	39	(B) mathematics; and
40	40	(C) any other subject as determined by the
41	41	committee;
42	42	(3) specifies the essential knowledge and skills that
43	43	must be addressed by the portfolio method of assessment for each
44	44	subject designated under Subdivision (2);
45	45	(4) designates the grades subject to portfolio
46	46	assessment;
47	47	(5) provides for accommodations and any other support
48	48	measures that comply with applicable federal law for students
49	49	enrolled in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter
50	50	29, and students of limited English proficiency, as defined by
51	51	Section 29.052;
52	52	(6) includes requirements for using components of the
53	53	portfolio assessment as:
54	54	(A) an interim formative assessment tool to
55	55	provide the student the opportunity to further develop
56	56	understanding and performance; and
57	57	(B) a final summative assessment;
58	58	(7) includes the method of submitting student
59	59	portfolios, which may include written submission, digital
60	60	delivery, an oral defense presentation, or a combination of those
61	61	methods; and
62	62	(8) includes a rubric for grading student portfolios
63	63	as provided by Subsection (c).
64	64	(c) The rubric included in the plan developed under
65	65	Subsection (b) must be developed by district teachers. In
66	66	developing the rubric, the district teachers may incorporate
67	67	suggestions from students enrolled in the district and community
68	68	and business leaders. The rubric must be based on a 100-point scale
69	69	scoring system and must establish a level of performance considered
70	70	satisfactory and a level of performance necessary to indicate
71	71	college readiness.
72	72	(d) Subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
73	73	of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g), the plan developed under
74	74	Subsection (b) may provide for the use of portfolio assessments for
75	75	other purposes, including to:
76	76	(1) evaluate teacher performance;
77	77	(2) assist in developing campus turnaround plans and
78	78	other campus improvement initiatives under Subchapter E;
79	79	(3) assist in communicating with the student's parents
80	80	regarding the student's academic development; or
81	81	(4) provide relevant information in admission,
82	82	review, and dismissal committee and language proficiency
83	83	assessment committee meetings.
84	84	(e) The commissioner shall review and make a determination
85	85	on each plan submitted under this section on or before August 1,
86	86	2018. To participate in the pilot program, a school district must
87	87	implement a plan approved by the commissioner under this section
88	88	beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.
89	89	(f) For purposes of the pilot program, if a scale score
90	90	required for satisfactory performance under Section 39.0241(a) on
91	91	an assessment instrument required under Section 39.023(a), (b), or
92	92	(l) is not based on a 100-point scale scoring system, the
93	93	commissioner shall provide for a conversion, in accordance with
94	94	commissioner rule, of the scale score to an equivalent score based
95	95	on a 100-point scale scoring system. A student's performance under
96	96	the portfolio assessment method for a grade and subject shall be
97	97	combined with the student's performance on the assessment
98	98	instrument administered under Section 39.023(a), (b), or (l), as
99	99	applicable, for that grade and subject to determine the student's
100	100	overall performance. For purposes of assigning districts and
101	101	campuses a performance rating under Section 39.054, a student's
102	102	performance under the portfolio assessment method for a grade and
103	103	subject is considered as 50 percent of the student's overall
104	104	performance. For purposes of determining whether a student
105	105	performed satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required
106	106	under Section 28.0211 to qualify for promotion, a student's
107	107	performance under the portfolio assessment method for the
108	108	applicable grade and subject is considered as 65 percent of the
109	109	student's overall performance.
110	110	(g) For purposes of assigning districts and campuses a
111	111	performance rating under Section 39.054, the commissioner shall
112	112	consider districts and campuses participating in the pilot program
113	113	separately. The commissioner shall adopt rules to substitute a
114	114	student's overall performance computed as provided by Subsection
115	115	(f) for purposes of accountability for the student's performance on
116	116	assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a), (b), or
117	117	(l), as applicable.
118	118	(h) A school district that participates in the pilot program
119	119	shall provide student performance data to the agency as required by
120	120	agency rule. The agency shall periodically review the performance
121	121	data submitted under this subsection.
122	122	(i) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
123	123	implement this section, including:
124	124	(1) rules for submitting to the commissioner for
125	125	approval a plan described by Subsection (b) and subsequent
126	126	amendments to the plan;
127	127	(2) rules for evaluating submitted plans and
128	128	amendments described by Subdivision (1);
129	129	(3) rules for submitting student performance data to
130	130	the agency as required under Subsection (h); and
131	131	(4) any specific rules for school districts or
132	132	campuses that are rated unacceptable and choose to participate in
133	133	the pilot program under this section.
134	134	(j) Not later than September 1, 2022, the agency shall
135	135	prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
136	136	speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer
137	137	of each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction
138	138	over primary and secondary education a report that:
139	139	(1) evaluates the implementation and performance
140	140	results of the pilot program under this section; and
141	141	(2) makes recommendations regarding the feasibility
142	142	of statewide application of establishing a portfolio method to
143	143	assess student performance in grades three through eight for
144	144	purposes of accountability and qualification for promotion.
145	145	(k) This section expires September 1, 2023.
146	146	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
147	147	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
148	148	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
149	149	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
150	150	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.