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House Bill 3468 |
House Author: Patrick, Diane et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Shapiro |
House Bill 3468 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to conduct a study of best practices for and existing programs offering early assessments of high school students and to prepare a report that contains certain recommendations relating to early assessments of college readiness.
The bill requires the TEA, in consultation with the coordinating board, to review the required adult education standardized assessment mechanism and recommend any changes necessary to align the assessment with the assessments designated under the Texas Success Initiative.
The bill requires the coordinating board to encourage institutions of higher education to offer various types of adult education developmental course work that address various levels of deficiency in readiness to perform college course work for which course credit may be earned, as determined on the basis of diagnostic assessment instruments administered as part of the Texas Success Initiative. The bill requires the coordinating board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, to use evidence-based studies and existing data to study and analyze certain items with regard to the Texas Success Initiative and to prepare a written report based on the study that contains certain recommendations.
House Bill 3468 requires the coordinating board to include in its periodic review of formulas used in making appropriations recommendations to the legislature for all institutions of higher education recommendations for changes in funding formulas for developmental education programs based on the results of the study and the report relating to assessment instruments, differentiated placements, and formula funding under the Texas Success Initiative.