79S10030 CAS-D

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 27 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain questions that may be included on statewide 
assessment instruments administered to public school students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  An assessment instrument under Subsection (a) or (c) 
may include questions that test a broader range of knowledge and 
skills or that are at a higher level of difficulty for the purpose 
of differentiating student achievement.  A student may not be 
required to answer a question described by this subsection 
correctly to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument or 
to be promoted to the next grade level.  A question described by 
this subsection may be treated in the same manner as a question 
being field-tested in determining whether to release the question 
under Subsection (e).
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.