Through-year growth assessment system; BOE to seek & incorporate input & suggestions into system.

Public elementary and middle schools; student growth assessments; NWEA MAP Growth assessment program. Requires the Board of Education, in implementing the through-year growth assessment system for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight, to seek input and suggestions from each interested local school division in the Commonwealth regarding ways in which such system can emulate the functionality of the NWEA MAP Growth assessment program, including ease of administration and use, and shall, to the extent possible, incorporate such input and suggestions into the through-year growth assessment system.