1|ENGROSSED HOUSE | |BILL NO. 2673 By: Baker, West (Tammy), Lowe | 2| (Dick), McBride, Waldron, | | Hasenbeck, and Provenzano | 3| of the House | | | 4| and | | | 5| Pugh of the Senate | | | 6| | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| [ schools - career-readiness assessments - effective | | | 10| date - emergency ] | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.508, is | | | 15|amended to read as follows: | | | 16| Section 1210.508 A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016, | | | 17|the State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide system of | | | 18|student assessments in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary | | | 19|Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. | | | 20|No. 114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). | | | 21| 2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board | | | 22|pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma | | | 23|Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which prepare | | | 24|students for college and careers. | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the | | | 2|selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades | | | 3|three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment | | | 4|system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section. | | | 5| 2. The Board shall adopt assessments from the selected | | | 6|proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this | | | 7|subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the | | | 8|Board for a period that is in coordination with the six-year subject | | | 9|area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the | | | 10|terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms | | | 11|of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments | | | 12|beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. | | | 13| C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board | | | 14|pursuant to this section shall include assessments that: | | | 15| 1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as | | | 16|adopted by the Board; | | | 17| 2. Provide a measure of comparability among other states; | | | 18| 3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion-referenced | | | 19|scores; | | | 20| 4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy; | | | 21|and | | | 22| 5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a | | | 23|measure of future academic performance. | | | 24| | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer | | | 2|assessments in: | | | 3| 1. English Language Arts or Reading and Mathematics in grades | | | 4|three through eight and at least once in high school, during the | | | 5|grade span of nine through twelve; | | | 6| 2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three | | | 7|through five, six through nine and ten through twelve; and | | | 8| 3. United States History not less than once during the grade | | | 9|span of nine through twelve. | | | 10| E. 1. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide | | | 11|student assessment system shall include assessments in: | | | 12| a. English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades three | | | 13| through eight and at least once in high school, during | | | 14| the grade span of nine through twelve, | | | 15| b. Science not less than once during each grade span of | | | 16| three through five, six through nine and ten through | | | 17| twelve, and | | | 18| c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, | | | 19| not less than once during the grade span of nine | | | 20| through twelve. | | | 21| 2. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide | | | 22|student assessment system may include: | | | 23| a. assessments in Reading and Writing in certain grades | | | 24| as determined by the Board, and | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an | | | 2| additional nationally recognized college- and | | | 3| career-readiness assessment or assessments as | | | 4| recommended by the State Department of Education which | | | 5| will be administered to students in high school at no | | | 6| cost to the student. | | | 7| 3. a. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the | | | 8| statewide student assessment system may include: | | | 9| (1) a retest of the nationally recognized college- | | | 10| and career-readiness assessment administered | | | 11| pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of this | | | 12| subsection, or | | | 13| (2) nationally recognized, portable career-readiness | | | 14| assessments that lead to a National Career | | | 15| Readiness Certificate. | | | 16| b. The assessments described in this paragraph shall be | | | 17| available for students in the fall semester of their | | | 18| twelfth grade year and shall be administered at no | | | 19| cost to students. | | | 20| F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the | | | 21|2017-2018 school year, each student shall take the assessment or | | | 22|assessments included in the statewide student assessment system | | | 23|adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in | | | 24|order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 4 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to | | | 2|graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law. | | | 3| 2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the | | | 4|2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the | | | 5|assessment or assessments included in the statewide student | | | 6|assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of | | | 7|this section, shall meet any other high school graduation | | | 8|requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled | | | 9|House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma | | | 10|Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a | | | 11|standard diploma. | | | 12| 3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during | | | 13|the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that | | | 14|establishes the assessment or assessments those students are | | | 15|required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with | | | 16|a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the | | | 17|other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board | | | 18|pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd | | | 19|Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be | | | 20|required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with | | | 21|a standard diploma. | | | 22| 4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who | | | 23|transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out-of-state after | | | 24|the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 5 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing | | | 2|requirements. | | | 3| G. In order to provide an indication of the levels of | | | 4|competency attained by the student in a permanent record for | | | 5|potential future employers and institutions of higher education, | | | 6|school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the | | | 7|student the highest-achieved score on the assessment or assessments | | | 8|included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the | | | 9|Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business- and | | | 10|industry-recognized endorsements attained. | | | 11| H. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on | | | 12|assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment | | | 13|requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled | | | 14|House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma | | | 15|Legislature, subject to the availability of funding. | | | 16| I. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure | | | 17|academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter | | | 18|standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11-103.6 and | | | 19|11-103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic | | | 20|Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject | | | 21|matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards, | | | 22|are specific, well-defined, measurable, challenging, and will | | | 23|prepare elementary students for next-grade-level course work and | | | 24|secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 6 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|higher education or technology center schools without the need for | | | 2|remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals | | | 3|as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title and of improving the | | | 4|state average ACT score. | | | 5| 2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate | | | 6|the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall | | | 7|ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are | | | 8|reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are | | | 9|presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information | | | 10|for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As | | | 11|improvements are made to the assessments required by this section, | | | 12|the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for | | | 13|each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure | | | 14|that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are | | | 15|utilized at the school district level to inform instruction, | | | 16|professional development, school improvement and remediation for | | | 17|students. | | | 18| 3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability | | | 19|shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all | | | 20|statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing | | | 21|review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance | | | 22|descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review, | | | 23|the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary. | | | 24| | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 7 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| 4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of conducting | | | 2|reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to | | | 3|professionally accepted testing standards, and providing | | | 4|recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the | | | 5|services of an established, independent agency or organization that | | | 6|is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational | | | 7|testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or | | | 8|achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These | | | 9|national assessment experts shall annually conduct studies of the | | | 10|reliability and validity of the statewide assessments administered | | | 11|pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of | | | 12|decision validity and concurrent validity. | | | 13| J. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules | | | 14|setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so | | | 15|that the assessments are administered according to recommended | | | 16|testing protocols, and so that the assessment results are reported | | | 17|back to school districts in a timely manner. The vendor shall | | | 18|provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school | | | 19|district, and state results to the State Department of Education and | | | 20|the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August | | | 21|20 of each year. The Department shall forward the final data files | | | 22|for each school district and each school site in that district to | | | 23|the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the | | | 24|vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 8 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|results directly to the Office of Educational Quality and | | | 2|Accountability at the same time it is reported to the Board. | | | 3| 2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments | | | 4|required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race, | | | 5|ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, | | | 6|and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such | | | 7|disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number | | | 8|of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically | | | 9|reliable information or the results would reveal personally | | | 10|identifiable information about an individual student. Each school | | | 11|site shall notify the student's parents of the school's performance | | | 12|levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program as reported in the | | | 13|Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program at the end of each school | | | 14|year. | | | 15| K. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the | | | 16|field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system | | | 17|required in subsection A of this section. | | | 18| L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and | | | 19|incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program, other | | | 20|assessment programs or procedures, including appropriate | | | 21|accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as | | | 22|required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), | | | 23|20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq. | | | 24| | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 9 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| M. For purposes of developing and administering alternate | | | 2|assessments for students with the most significant cognitive | | | 3|disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to | | | 4|subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title. | | | 5| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 6| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 7|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 8|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 9|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 10| Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2023. | | | 11| | | | 12| | | Presiding Officer of the House | 13| of Representatives | | | 14| | | | 15| Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. | | | 16| | | | 17| | | Presiding Officer of the Senate | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid1256997 ENGR. H. B. NO. 2673 Page 10