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SB 459 Standards of Learning assessments; validity and reliability.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Standards of Quality; Standard 3. Provides that student outcome measures of the Standards of Learning assessments and other Virginia State Assessment Program Tests must be used for the purposes for which they have been designed and determined valid, reliable, and fair by the Standards of Learning Test Technical Advisory Committee, in accordance with accepted standards for educational testing. The Board of Education, in determining the validity of such tests, shall include Standards of Learning program effectiveness or consequential validity as recommended by the Standards of Learning Test Technical Advisory Committee. However, the results of Standards of Learning assessments and other Virginia State Assessment Program Tests may not constitute the sole or primary basis for student promotion, retention, or the awarding or denial of diplomas or school accreditation.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047690844  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047690844
• 01/14/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/05/04  Senate: Continued to 2005 in Ed. & Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 12/13/04  Senate: Left in Education and Health