Assessment and Accountability Bills ontheMove 18 2017... · HB 515 by Rep. VanDeaver Eliminates:...

Assessment and

Accountability Bills

on the Move

Major Bills on Assessment

• SB 463 by Sen. Seliger*

– Extends IGCs for 2 more years (Sept. 2019)

– Creates IGCs for TAKS graduates

– Requires THECB to conduct follow-up studies

of IGC graduates

• HB 515 by Rep. VanDeaver*

– Eliminates some tests but adds a new one

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* Both bills have been received in the other house and heard in committee; SB 463 was voted out

of the House Public Ed Committee on 5/16/2017. Committee vote on HB 515 expected soon.

HB 515 by Rep. VanDeaver

Eliminates: STAAR Gr. 8 SS, EOC test

in US History

Optional STAAR tests

(Algebra II, English III)

Retesting in Gr. 5 & 8 in

Reading & Math (no high

stakes)

TAKS retesting (students

shift to SAT, ACT, TSI with

cutoff points linked to TAKS

standards)

Adds: Civics test for graduation

Results used in accountability

Administration, scoring, reporting

are all at district expense

Accelerated Learning

Committees for Gr. 3, 5,

and 8 in R/M

Required test release cycle

Shifts authority for test

administration to COE

Revised method of

assessing writing by 2021

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Major Bills on Assessment, cont’d.

• HB 657 by Rep. Bernal*

– Parental notice by Sept. 1 of ARD options if

student does not pass state assessment

– ARD meeting must be set before retesting a

student in special education who fails STAAR

– ARD committee may promote a student if

sufficient progress is made on goals in IEP

– District is not compelled to provide additional

retest opportunities to a promoted student


* This bill has been voted out of Senate Ed Committee and is recommended for Senate

Local/Uncontested calendar.

• HB 1776 by Rep. Ashby*

– Eliminates U.S. History EOC test

– Adds multiple-choice civics test

• Questions from U.S. Citizenship & Immigration

Services exam

• 70% correct is graduation requirement

• ISDs pay for ALL costs

– Results to be used in accountability system


* Bill received in Senate; its provisions were folded into HB 515 by way of a floor amendment.

Other Bills on Assessment

Other Assessment Bills, cont’d.

• SB 2049 by Ch. Taylor – pending in Senate Ed.

– Makes the STAAR English II EOC test a district option

– Requires ISDs to administer one or more TSI tests in

reading, mathematics and writing to 11th graders

– Authorizes commissioner to determine if SAT, ACT

are necessary alternatives to TSI

– FHSP grads test only for courses in which they enroll

– 2-year pilot program for assessing Gr. 3-8 with

computer adaptive testing


Other Bills on Assessment

• HB 1886 – dyslexia

testing

• HB 1980 – IGCs for

senior transfers

• HB 2130 – study of

testing impact on

students w/ disabilities

• HB 2614 – Option to

give PSAT/SAT, etc.

• SB 384 – Schedule

STAAR to avoid AP,

IB, etc. test dates

• SB 1005 – SAT/ACT

as exit-level tests in

lieu of TAKS

• SB 1843 – Adds

ASVAB testing for

10th -12th graders


Major Bills on Accountability

• HB 22 by Ch. Huberty*

• SB 2051 by Ch. Taylor


* HB 22 was passed by the House and is being heard today in the Senate Committee on

Education. We anticipate that the Senate will offer a committee substitute.

A committee substitute for Chairman Taylor’s bill, SB 2051, became available on Tuesday of this

week, and at the time of writing, the bill had not yet been placed on a Senate calendar.

HB 22 by Ch. Huberty

• Stability, support and lead time– Maintains 2016 Manual for SYs 2017-18 & 2018-19

– Requires TEA to model results of new system – twice

– Delays implementation of A-F ratings to Aug. 2020

– Indicators and standards must be announced earlier

in the year (9/30 or as soon as possible after that,

with stakeholder input)

– TEA to produce 250-word descriptions of each

domain

– TEA to produce explanation of system suitable for

districts to share with parents


HB 22, cont’d.

• More comprehensive view of performance

– More non-test-based indicators are included

– Three rather than five domains; NO overall

ratings

• Student achievement

• School progress

• School climate

– State assessment data contribute no more

than 50% of the weight in the student

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HB 22, cont’d.

• Multiple feasibility studies by TEA

– Progress measure for students served in

special education

• If NOT adopted, explanatory legislative report by

Dec. 1, 2022

– Statewide school climate survey over 3 years

• Report results in Sys 2020-21 and 2021-22

• Includes administrators, students and parents

• Joint legislative committee to contract

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HB 22, cont’d.

• More about ratings and sanctions– Ratings must be prepared in a way that makes it

possible for all districts and campuses to get “A’s”

– Differentiation between grades of “D” and “F”

• “D’s” re-categorized to acceptable

– Sanctions driven by school progress domain results

– New procedures to support acceptance of turn-

around plans

– PEG is aligned to current year ratings in student

achievement and school progress domains


CSSB 2051 by Ch. Taylor as of Tuesday, May 16, 2017

• Proceeds with implementation of A-F (no delay)

• More comprehensive than current system

– Three Four domains: achievement, progress, closing the

gaps, and school climate

– Maintains overall ratings + domain ratings

– COE has “carte blanche” to determine domain weights

– COE can adopt indicators and standards at any time

• Disaggregated data must be used in the system

• “F” rated schools are to have interventions and

sanctions of “increased severity”

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Other Bills on Accountability• HB 1174 – adds %

completing OnRamps

courses, sequences of fine

arts courses to Domain IV

• HB 1500 – adds PSR

measures to Domain IV

• HB 1553 – ISDs that miss

standards can partner with

IHEs to improve

performance

• HB 1731 – Expands dropout

exclusions

• HB 2263 – CITs required for

each year of IR ratings (not

after meeting standards)

• HB 2782 – Possible for all

districts & campuses to get

“A” ratings

• HB 3075 – Certain existing

dropout exclusions apply to

charters

• HB 3209 – Non-resident

students in Reg. Day

School for Deaf excluded

from accountability


Other Bills on Accountability• HB 3722 – District that

annexes an IR district can

receive extra $ for up to 5

years

• HB 3767 – Board must

certify to TEA establishment

of district & campus SBDM

committees each year

• SB 1837 – financial

performance of a charter

school run by a Texas public

IHE must be evaluated using

only appropriate indicators

• SB 1873 – TEA must

prepare & post on website a

report about PE

• SB 1882 – School board

can contract to have charter

operate a district campus;

special treatment re

sanctions

• SB 1883 – TEA to review all

appeals (and much more)

• SB 1886 – Office of

Inspector General at TEA

can conduct SAIs


Selected House Bills Pertaining to

Curriculum or Programs

• HB 1638 by Rep. Guillen – State & local

goals for dual credit programs [G]*

• HB 728 by Rep. Guerra – In participating

sites, advanced computer science

program credit can satisfy an advanced

math or science credit in SY 2018-19

(Passed both houses)


All bills shown here have, at a minimum, made it over to the other house.

*[G] = Bill has been sent to the governor.

More Selected House Bills re


• HB 884 by Rep. Ken King - By Sept. 2020,

SBOE is to:

– review and reduce the TEKS without need for new

instructional materials

– consider instructional time and coverage of TEKS

– review STAAR to see if it adequately assesses a

student expectation

– Limitation on cost for a given proclamation to 75% of

total amount used to fund IMA


More Selected House Bills re


• HB 2937 by Rep. Canales – TEA authorized

to start medical dual credit pilot program

• HB 3593 by Rep. Bernal – Cybersecurity

courses for graduation credit



Selected Senate Bills Pertaining

to Curriculum or Programs

• SB 671 by Sen. Campbell - foreign language

credit for dual language immersion program in

elementary school [G]*

• SB 826 by Ch. Taylor – gives students flexibility

in high school English, Math course sequencing

• SB 160 by Sen. Rodriguez – No PBMAS

measure based solely on aggregate # or % of

students served in special education [G]*



*[G] = Bill has been sent to the governor.

More Selected Senate Bills re


• SB 1091 by Sen. Seliger – limits dual credit

courses to those in IHE’s core curriculum, CTE,

a foreign language

• SB 1318 by Sen. V. Taylor – mathematics

innovation zones

• SB 1659 by Ch. L. Taylor – competitive grant

program to assist districts in implementing high-

quality educational programs.




QUESTIONS?

The bills in this presentation represent

only a SAMPLE of pertinent legislation.

Much more activity is expected in the

next week!

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