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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the validity and reliability of assessment instruments |
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administered by the state in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.038 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.038. ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT REVIEW; REPORTING. (a) |
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To ensure the validity and reliability of an assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023, the agency shall evaluate the |
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assessment instrument: |
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(1) before the assessment instrument is first |
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administered; and |
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(2) periodically during the period the assessment |
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instrument is administered. |
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(b) The commissioner by rule shall adopt, for purposes of |
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this section, standards for the validity and reliability of |
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assessment instruments administered under Section 39.023 and |
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procedures to conduct evaluations of those assessment instruments. |
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(c) The agency shall post on the agency's Internet website |
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the results of evaluations conducted under this section. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2014, the commissioner |
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of education shall adopt rules as provided by Section 39.038, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 39.038(a)(1), Education |
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Code, as added by this Act, if an assessment instrument |
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administered under Section 39.023, Education Code, was first |
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administered before the 2014-2015 school year, the Texas Education |
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Agency shall evaluate the assessment instrument as provided by |
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Section 39.038, Education Code, as added by this Act, before |
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September 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 4. Section 39.038(a), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to administration of assessment instruments under |
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Section 39.023, Education Code, beginning with the 2014-2015 school |
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year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |