Amend the Shields amendment to CSSB 103 as follows:
      (1)  Strike page 1, lines 17-24 and substitute the following:
            (1)  mathematics, annually in grades three through
eight;
      (2) reading <and mathematics>, annually in grades three
through nine <eight>;
            (3) <(2)> writing, in grades four and eight; and
            (4) <(3)> social studies and science, at an appropriate
grade level determined by the State Board of Education.
      (2)  Add the following new item to the amendment:
      (2)  Strike SECTION 18(4) of the bill (house committee
report, page 12, lines 15-26) and substitute the following:
            (4)  not later than the 2004-2005 school year, the
Texas Education Agency shall administer assessment instruments
under Subsection (b), Section 39.023, Education Code, that
correspond to the reading assessment instrument administered in
grade nine under Subsection (a), Section 39.023, Education Code, as
amended by this Act;