Amend HB 411, by adding a new Section 5, as follows and 
renumber the following sections appropriately:
	SECTION 5, Section 39.023(a), Education Code is amended to 
read as follows:  
	39.023 Adoption and Administration of Instruments                              
	(a)  The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate 
criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess 
essential knowledge and skills in reading, writing, mathematics, 
social studies, and science.  All students, except students 
assessed under Subsection (b) or (1) or exempted under Section 
39.027, shall be assessed in:
(1)  mathematics, annually in grades three through 
seven without the aid of technology and in grades eight through 11 
with the aid of technology on any assessment instruments that 
include algebra;
(2)  reading, annually in grades three through nine;                            
(3)  writing, including spelling and grammar, in 
grades four and seven;       
(4)  English language arts, in grade 10;                                        
(5)  social studies, in grades eight and 10; [and]             
(6)  science, in grades five, eight and 10; and                   
(7)  any other subject and grade required by federal 
law.