Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.
What changed between versions
Limits supplemental instruction to two subject areas per school year, prioritizing mathematics and reading language arts when districts would otherwise exceed this limit.
Requires teachers at campuses failing to meet plan goals to attend literacy achievement academies, with priority given to teachers at campuses with 50% or more educationally disadvantaged students.
Establishes specific time windows for administering beginning-of-year, middle-of-year, and end-of-year assessments to standardize testing schedules.
Caps total assessment administration time at six hours and limits daily testing duration to 60-90 minutes depending on grade level.
Creates optional writing portfolio assessment as an alternative to traditional reading language arts assessment components.
Expands early education reporting requirements to include diagnostic reading instrument data and kindergarten readiness information.
Modifies criteria for transferring emergent bilingual students out of bilingual programs to include standardized test performance thresholds.