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3|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE |
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4|HOUSE BILL NO. 3274 By: Baker and McBride of the |
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| Pugh of the Senate |
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9| [ schools - statewide system of student assessments - |
| cost - graduation plan - window dates - effective |
10| date - emergency ] |
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13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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14| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.508, is |
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15|amended to read as follows: |
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16| Section 1210.508. A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016, |
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17|the State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide system of |
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18|student assessments in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary |
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19|Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. |
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20|No. 114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). |
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21| 2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board |
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22|pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma |
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23|Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which prepare |
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24|students for college and careers. |
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1| B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the |
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2|selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades |
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3|three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment |
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4|system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section. |
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5| 2. The Board shall adopt assessments from the selected |
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6|proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this |
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7|subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the |
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8|Board for a period that is in coordination with the six-year subject |
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9|area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the |
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10|terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms |
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11|of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments |
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12|beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. |
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13| C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board |
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14|pursuant to this section shall include assessments that: |
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15| 1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as |
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16|adopted by the Board; |
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17| 2. Provide a measure of comparability among other states; |
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18| 3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion-referenced |
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19|scores; |
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20| 4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy; |
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21|and |
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22| 5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a |
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23|measure of future academic performance. |
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1| D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer |
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2|assessments in: |
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3| 1. English Language Arts or Reading and Mathematics in grades |
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4|three through eight and at least once in high school, during the |
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5|grade span of nine through twelve; |
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6| 2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three |
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7|through five, six through nine and ten through twelve; and |
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8| 3. United States History not less than once during the grade |
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9|span of nine through twelve. |
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10| E. 1. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide |
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11|student assessment system shall include assessments in: |
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12| a. English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades three |
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13| through eight and at least once in high school, during |
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14| the grade span of nine through twelve, |
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15| b. Science not less than once during each grade span of |
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16| three through five, six through nine and ten through |
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17| twelve, and |
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18| c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, |
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19| not less than once during the grade span of nine |
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20| through twelve. |
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21| 2. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide |
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22|student assessment system may include: |
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23| a. assessments in Reading and Writing in certain grades |
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24| as determined by the Board, and |
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1| b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an |
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2| additional nationally recognized college- and |
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3| career-readiness assessment or assessments as |
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4| recommended by the State Department of Education which |
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5| will be administered to students in high school at no |
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6| cost to the student. |
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7| 3. a. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the |
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8| statewide student assessment system may include: |
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9| (1) a retest of the nationally recognized college- |
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10| and career-readiness assessment administered |
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11| pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of this |
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12| subsection, |
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13| (2) administration of nationally recognized, |
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14| portable career-readiness assessments that lead |
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15| to a National Career Readiness Certificate, or |
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16| (3) administration of the Armed Services Vocational |
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17| Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to students in grades |
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18| ten through twelve as provided for in Section |
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19| 1210.508-5 of this title. |
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20| b. Except as provided for in division 3 of subparagraph |
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21| a of this paragraph, assessments described in this |
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22| paragraph shall be available for students in the fall |
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23| semester of their twelfth-grade year and shall be |
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24| administered at no cost to the students. |
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1| F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the |
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2|2017-2018 school year, each student shall take the assessment or |
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3|assessments included in the statewide student assessment system |
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4|adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in |
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5|order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. |
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6| All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to |
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7|graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law. |
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8| 2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the |
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9|2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the |
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10|assessment or assessments included in the statewide student |
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11|assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of |
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12|this section, shall meet any other high school graduation |
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13|requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled |
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14|House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma |
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15|Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a |
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16|standard diploma. |
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17| 3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during |
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18|the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that |
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19|establishes the assessment or assessments those students are |
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20|required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with |
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21|a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the |
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22|other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board |
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23|pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd |
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24|Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be |
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1|required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with |
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2|a standard diploma. A student who has taken a nationally recognized |
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3|college- and career-readiness assessment administered pursuant to |
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4|subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of subsection E of this section prior |
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5|to the assessment window dates adopted pursuant to subsection J of |
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6|this section shall be exempt from taking the assessment during the |
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7|dates established in subsection J of this section if the student's |
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8|assessment score information is provided to his or her school |
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9|district for the purposes of calculating the annual report required |
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10|by Section 1210.545 of this title. |
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11| 4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who |
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12|transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out-of-state after |
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13|the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity |
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14|to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing |
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15|requirements. |
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16| G. In order to provide an indication of the levels of |
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17|competency attained by the student in a permanent record for |
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18|potential future employers and institutions of higher education, |
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19|school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the |
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20|student the highest-achieved score on the assessment or assessments |
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21|included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the |
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22|Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business- and |
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23|industry-recognized endorsements attained. |
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1| H. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on |
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2|assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment |
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3|requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled |
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4|House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma |
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5|Legislature, subject to the availability of funding. |
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6| I. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure |
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7|academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter |
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8|standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11-103.6 and |
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9|11-103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic |
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10|Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject |
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11|matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards, |
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12|are specific, well-defined, measurable, challenging, and will |
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13|prepare elementary students for next-grade-level course work and |
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14|secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of |
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15|higher education or technology center schools without the need for |
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16|remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals |
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17|as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title and of improving the |
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18|state average ACT score. |
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19| 2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate |
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20|the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall |
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21|ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are |
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22|reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are |
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23|presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information |
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24|for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As |
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1|improvements are made to the assessments required by this section, |
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2|the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for |
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3|each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure |
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4|that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are |
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5|utilized at the school district level to inform instruction, |
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6|professional development, school improvement and remediation for |
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7|students. |
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8| 3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability |
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9|shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all |
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10|statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing |
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11|review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance |
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12|descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review, |
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13|the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary. |
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14| 4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of conducting |
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15|reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to |
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16|professionally accepted testing standards, and providing |
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17|recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the |
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18|services of an established, independent agency or organization that |
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19|is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational |
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20|testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or |
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21|achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These |
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22|national assessment experts shall annually conduct studies of the |
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23|reliability and validity of the statewide assessments administered |
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1|pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of |
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2|decision validity and concurrent validity. |
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3| J. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules |
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4|setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so |
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5|that the assessments are administered according to recommended |
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6|testing protocols, and so that the assessment results are reported |
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7|back to school districts in a timely manner. The vendor shall |
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8|provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school |
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9|district, and state results to the State Department of Education and |
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10|the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August |
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11|20 of each year. The Department shall forward the final data files |
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12|for each school district and each school site in that district to |
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13|the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the |
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14|vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment |
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15|results directly to the Office of Educational Quality and |
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16|Accountability at the same time it is reported to the Board. |
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17| 2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments |
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18|required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race, |
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19|ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, |
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20|and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such |
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21|disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number |
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22|of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically |
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23|reliable information or the results would reveal personally |
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24|identifiable information about an individual student. Each school |
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1|site shall notify the student's parents of the school's performance |
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2|levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program as reported in the |
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3|Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program at the end of each school |
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4|year. |
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5| K. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the |
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6|field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system |
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7|required in subsection A of this section. |
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8| L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and |
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9|incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program, other |
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10|assessment programs or procedures, including appropriate |
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11|accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as |
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12|required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), |
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13|20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq. |
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14| M. For purposes of developing and administering alternate |
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15|assessments for students with the most significant cognitive |
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16|disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to |
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17|subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title. |
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18| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. |
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19| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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20|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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21|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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22|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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23|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION |
|April 2, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS |
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