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SB 779 Student assessments.
Introduced by: Harry B. Blevins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Student assessments. Provides that the Board of Education will not require administration of the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Ninth Edition (Stanford Nine) assessment, except as may be selected to facilitate compliance with the requirements for home instruction. Local school divisions may, however, opt to provide this assessment. The measure also deletes references to the Virginia State Assessment Program.
The Standards of Quality (§ 22.1-253.13:3) currently direct the Board of Education to “(i) develop appropriate assessments, which may include criterion-referenced tests and alternative assessment instruments which may be used by classroom teachers and (ii) prescribe and provide measures, which may include nationally normed tests, to be designated as the Virginia State Assessment Program, which shall be used to identify students who score in the bottom quartile at selected grade levels." The Board adopted the Stanford 9 in 1996 as the norm-referenced test--one which compares the performance of Virginia students to that of students across the nation to be administered in mathematics, reading, and language at grades four, six, and nine.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is administered to samples of students from grades four, eight, and 12 for periodic testing in reading, mathematics, science, writing, history and other fields. In 1998, NAEP covered reading, writing, and civics in grades four, eight, and 12. In 2000, NAEP covered mathematics and science for grades four and eight and reading in grade four only. Virginia has been participating in NAEP since 1990. Beginning in 2005-2006, the federal No Child Left Behind act will require annual testing in grades three--eight. The Commonwealth's SOL tests are administered in three, five, and eight at the end of certain high school courses, but will be administered in grades three, four, five, six, seven, and eight in mathematics and reading by the beginning of 2005-2006.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/06/03 034155402 pdf | impact statement
- 01/20/03 Senate: Printed as engrossed 034155402-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/03 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB779ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/02/03 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB779ER2) pdf
- 04/03/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1004) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/06/03 034155402
- 01/08/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/03 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (11-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 01/17/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/03 Senate: Read second time
- 01/20/03 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/20/03 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/20/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/20/03 Senate: Printed as engrossed 034155402-E
- 01/21/03 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
- 01/21/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (28-Y 11-N)
- 01/23/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/23/03 House: Read first time
- 01/23/03 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/05/03 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/03 House: Read second time
- 02/07/03 House: Read third time
- 02/07/03 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/03 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/03 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB779ER)
- 02/12/03 House: Enrolled
- 02/12/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/13/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/03 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/02/03 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/02/03 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/02/03 House: Reenrolled
- 04/02/03 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/02/03 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/02/03 House: Enacted, Chapter 1004 (effective 7/1/03)
- 04/02/03 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB779ER2)
- 04/03/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1004)