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	Amend HB 2237 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 39.051(b), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  Performance on the indicators adopted under this 
section shall be compared to state-established standards.  The 
degree of change from one school year to the next in performance on 
each indicator adopted under this section shall also be considered.  
The indicators must be based on information that is disaggregated 
by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status and must 
include:
		(1)  the results of assessment instruments required 
under Sections 39.023(a), (c), and (l), aggregated by grade level 
and subject area;
		(2)  dropout rates, including dropout rates and 
district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, computed 
in accordance with standards and definitions adopted by the 
National Center for Education Statistics of the United States 
Department of Education;
		(3)  high school graduation rates, computed in 
accordance with standards and definitions adopted in compliance 
with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub.  L. No. 107-110);
		(4)  student attendance rates;                                                
		(5)  the percentage of graduating students who attain 
scores on the secondary exit-level assessment instruments required 
under Subchapter B  that are equivalent to a passing score on the 
assessment instrument required under Section 51.3062;
		(6)  the percentage of graduating students who meet the 
course requirements established for the recommended high school 
program by State Board of Education rule;
		(7)  the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test 
(SAT), the American College Test (ACT), articulated postsecondary 
degree programs described by Section 61.852, and certified 
workforce training programs described by Chapter 311, Labor Code;
		(8)  the percentage of students, aggregated by grade 
level, provided accelerated instruction under Section 28.0211(c), 
the results of assessments administered under that section, the 
percentage of students promoted through the grade placement 
committee process under Section 28.0211, the subject of the 
assessment instrument on which each student failed to perform 
satisfactorily, and the performance of those students in the school 
year following that promotion on the assessment instruments 
required under Section 39.023;
		(9)  for students who have failed to perform 
satisfactorily on an assessment instrument required under Section 
39.023(a) or (c), the numerical progress of those students grouped 
by percentage on subsequent assessment instruments required under 
those sections, aggregated by grade level and subject area;
		(10)  the percentage of students exempted, by exemption 
category, from the assessment program generally applicable under 
this chapter;
		(11)  the percentage of students of limited English 
proficiency exempted from the administration of an assessment 
instrument under Sections 39.027(a)(3) and (4);
		(12)  the percentage of students in a special education 
program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, assessed through assessment 
instruments developed or adopted under Section 39.023(b);
		(13)  the measure of progress toward preparation for 
postsecondary success;  [and]
		(14)  the measure of progress toward dual language 
proficiency under Section 39.034(b), for students of limited 
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;  and
		(15)  the measure of a reduction or increase in any 
disparity between students who are educationally disadvantaged and 
all other students in:
			(A)  performance on assessment instruments 
administered under Subchapter B;  and
			(B)  high school graduation rates computed under 
Subdivision (3).