Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 12/1/2014

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2729

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2729, AS AMENDED,

3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the

4 following:

5 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section

6 2-3.64a-5 as follows:

7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5)

8 Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.

9 (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this

10 Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a

11 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,

12 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or

13 board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with

14 the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office

15 of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public

16 school administered by a local public agency or the Department

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1 of Human Services.

2 (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the

3 academic standards that are to be applicable to students who

4 are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State

5 Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in

6 final form without first providing opportunities for public

7 participation and local input in the development of the final

8 academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a

9 well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to

10 file written comments.

11 (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the

12 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students

13 enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and

14 mathematics.

15 Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the

16 State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in

17 science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in

18 grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.

19 The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools

20 that operate a secondary education program, as defined in

21 Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and

22 mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no

23 more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts

24 and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.

25 One of these assessments shall include a college and career

26 ready determination. However, a school district may, at its

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1 discretion, delay the administration of the Partnership for

2 Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers examination

3 until the 2015-2016 school year, with the option to instead

4 administer the Prairie State Achievement Examination for grade

5 11, in which case the State Board of Education shall allow the

6 school district to administer the same college and career ready

7 determination assessment during the 2014-2015 school year that

8 the school district administered during the 2013-2014 school

9 year.

10 Students who are not assessed for college and career ready

11 determinations may not receive a regular high school diploma

12 unless the student is exempted from taking State assessments

13 under subsection (d) of this Section because (i) the student's

14 individualized educational program developed under Article 14

15 of this Code identifies the State assessment as inappropriate

16 for the student, (ii) the student is enrolled in a program of

17 adult and continuing education, as defined in the Adult

18 Education Act, (iii) the school district is not required to

19 assess the individual student for purposes of accountability

20 under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements,

21 (iv) the student has been determined to be an English language

22 learner, referred to in this Code as a student with limited

23 English proficiency, and has been enrolled in schools in the

24 United States for less than 12 months, or (v) the student is

25 otherwise identified by the State Board of Education, through

26 rules, as being exempt from the assessment.

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1 The State Board of Education shall not assess students

2 under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.

3 Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and

4 procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly

5 administration of the State assessments. The State Board of

6 Education shall establish periods of time in each school year

7 during which State assessments shall occur to meet the

8 objectives of this Section.

9 (d) Every individualized educational program as described

10 in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or

11 components thereof are appropriate for the student. The State

12 Board of Education shall develop rules governing the

13 administration of an alternate assessment that may be available

14 to students for whom participation in this State's regular

15 assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as

16 allowed under this Section.

17 Students receiving special education services whose

18 individualized educational programs identify them as eligible

19 for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have

20 the option of taking this State's regular assessment that

21 includes a college and career ready determination, which shall

22 be administered in accordance with the eligible accommodations

23 appropriate for meeting these students' respective needs.

24 All students determined to be an English language learner,

25 referred to in this Code as a student with limited English

26 proficiency, shall participate in the State assessments,

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1 excepting those students who have been enrolled in schools in

2 the United States for less than 12 months. Such students may be

3 exempted from participation in one annual administration of the

4 English language arts assessment. Any student determined to be

5 an English language learner, referred to in this Code as a

6 student with limited English proficiency, shall receive

7 appropriate assessment accommodations, including language

8 supports, which shall be established by rule. Approved

9 assessment accommodations must be provided until the student's

10 English language skills develop to the extent that the student

11 is no longer considered to be an English language learner,

12 referred to in this Code as a student with limited English

13 proficiency, as demonstrated through a State-identified

14 English language proficiency assessment.

15 (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under

16 this Section shall be made available to the parents of each

17 student.

18 In each school year, the scores attained by a student on

19 the State assessment that includes a college and career ready

20 determination must be placed in the student's permanent record

21 and must be entered on the student's transcript pursuant to

22 rules that the State Board of Education shall adopt for that

23 purpose in accordance with Section 3 of the Illinois School

24 Student Records Act. In each school year, the scores attained

25 by a student on the State assessments administered in grades 3

26 through 8 must be placed in the student's temporary record.

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1 (f) All schools shall administer an academic assessment of

2 English language proficiency in oral language (listening and

3 speaking) and reading and writing skills to all children

4 determined to be English language learners, referred to in

5 Section 14C-3 of this Code as children with limited

6 English-speaking ability.

7 (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample

8 drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in

9 collaboration with their school districts and the State Board

10 of Education, shall administer the biennial academic

11 assessments under the National Assessment of Educational

12 Progress carried out under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal

13 National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if

14 the U.S. Secretary of Education pays the costs of administering

15 the assessments.

16 (h) Subject to available funds to this State for the

17 purpose of student assessment, the State Board of Education

18 shall provide additional assessments and assessment resources

19 that may be used by school districts for local assessment

20 purposes. The State Board of Education shall annually

21 distribute a listing of these additional resources.

22 (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically

23 based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions

24 and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the

25 knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject

26 matters covered by the assessments. All assessments

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1 administered pursuant to this Section must be academically

2 based assessments. The scoring of academically based

3 assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet

4 the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by

5 the American Psychological Association, the National Council

6 on Measurement in Education, and the American Educational

7 Research Association.

8 The State Board of Education shall review the use of all

9 assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid

10 and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the

11 learning standards being assessed and that the development,

12 administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable

13 in terms of cost.

14 (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a

15 committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents,

16 teachers, school administrators, school board members,

17 assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and

18 citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the

19 State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of its

20 members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an

21 ongoing basis to review the content and design of the

22 assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection

23 (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended

24 at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the

25 assessments, the collective results of the assessments as

26 measured against the stated purpose of assessing student

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1 performance, and other issues involving the assessments

2 identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic

3 recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and

4 the General Assembly concerning the assessments.

5 (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to

6 implement this Section.

7 (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)

8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

9 becoming law.".