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AN ACT
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relating to a technology literacy assessment instrument to be |
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administered to certain public school students. |
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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 39.0235 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.0235. TECHNOLOGY LITERACY ASSESSMENT PILOT |
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PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "pilot program" means the technology |
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literacy assessment pilot program. |
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(b) The commissioner by rule shall establish a pilot program |
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in which a participating school district assesses student |
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technology proficiency. |
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(c) A school district may apply to the commissioner to |
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participate in the pilot program. The commissioner shall select |
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for participation school districts from both rural and urban areas |
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of the state. |
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(d) The agency shall adopt an assessment instrument |
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designed to assess an individual student's mastery of the essential |
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knowledge and skills in technology to be administered by a school |
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district participating in the pilot program. The assessment |
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instrument adopted under this subsection must be an existing |
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product that is currently available. |
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(e) Each school year, the assessment instrument adopted |
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under Subsection (d) shall be administered in a participating |
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school district to each student in either fifth, sixth, seventh, |
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eighth, or ninth grade, with the grade level and time to be |
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determined by the district. |
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(f) The assessment instrument adopted under Subsection (d) |
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must: |
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(1) be administered online; |
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(2) be aligned with the essential knowledge and skills |
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requirements for technology applications; and |
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(3) incorporate performance-based measures, including |
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a requirement that students perform certain technological tasks and |
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respond to questions based on the completion of those tasks. |
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(g) An assessment instrument administered by a |
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participating school district must be designed in a manner to |
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provide the district with an automatic report of the technology |
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literacy proficiency of a district student in a format that is |
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compatible with the school district and state data information |
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systems. |
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(h) A participating school district shall report student |
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performance on the assessment instrument to the agency. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2503 was passed by the House on April |
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19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2503 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |