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Amend CSSB 1108 between Sections 2 and 3 of the bill (house 
committee report, page 1, following line 24), by inserting the 
following new section and renumbering the subsequent sections 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a)  Section 39.023(a), Education Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(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 (l) 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 five, eight, and 10; and         
		(6)  science, in grades five, eight, and 10.                           
	(b)  The commissioner of education shall adopt rules for the 
implementation of Sections 39.023(a)(5) and (6), Education Code, as 
amended by Subsection (a) of this section.  The commissioner's 
rules must provide that:
		(1)  except as provided by Subdivision (3) of this 
subsection, not later than the 2006-2007 school year, the State 
Board of Education shall administer:
			(A)  a social studies assessment instrument to 
students in the fifth grade as provided by Section 39.023(a)(5), 
Education Code, as amended by Subsection (a) of this section; and
			(B)  a science assessment instrument to students 
in the eighth grade as provided by Section 39.023(a)(6), Education 
Code, as amended by Subsection (a) of this section;
		(2)  except as provided by Subdivision (4) of this 
subsection, not later than the 2008-2009 school year, the Texas 
Education Agency, in evaluating the performance of school 
districts, campuses, and open-enrollment charter schools under 
Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Education Code, shall include the results 
of student performance on:
			(A)  the fifth grade social studies assessment 
instrument required by Section 39.023(a)(5), Education Code, as 
amended by Subsection (a) of this section; and
			(B)  the eighth grade science assessment 
instrument required by Section 39.023(a)(6), Education Code, as 
amended by Subsection (a) of this section;
		(3)  not later than the 2008-2009 school year, the 
State Board of Education shall administer assessment instruments 
under Section 39.023(b), Education Code, that correspond to:
			(A)  the fifth grade social studies assessment 
instrument required by Section 39.023(a)(5), Education Code, as 
amended by Subsection (a) of this section; and
			(B)  the eighth grade science assessment 
instrument required by Section 39.023(a)(6), Education Code, as 
amended by Subsection (a) of this section; and
		(4)  not later than the 2010-2011 school year, the 
Texas Education Agency shall include the results of student 
performance on the assessment instruments described by Subdivision 
(3) of this subsection in evaluating the performance of school 
districts, campuses, and open-enrollment charter schools under 
Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Education Code.