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House Bill 2503 |
House Author: Eissler et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Williams |
House Bill 2503 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education to establish a pilot program for school districts to assess students' technology proficiency. The bill requires the Texas Education Agency to adopt an existing, currently available test to assess an individual's mastery of the essential knowledge and skills in technology for participating districts to administer. The bill requires the test to be administered online, be aligned with the essential knowledge and skills requirements for technology applications, and incorporate certain performance-based measures; the test also must be capable of providing a district with an automatic report of a student's proficiency in a format compatible with the district and agency data information systems. The bill requires the test to be given annually to students in a grade level to be determined by the district administering the test.