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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain standards for group-administered achievement |
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tests used by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.032, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A company or organization may not distribute to, sell |
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to, or grade for the same school district the same form of an |
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assessment instrument for more than eight [three] school years. A |
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school district may not use the same form of an assessment |
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instrument for more than eight [three] years. This subsection does |
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not apply if another form of a particular assessment instrument |
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does not exist. |
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(c) State and national norms of averages shall be computed |
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using data that: |
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(1) are not more than eight [six] years old at the time |
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the assessment instrument is administered, unless only data older |
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than eight years old are available; and |
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(2) [that] are representative of the group of students |
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to whom the assessment instrument is administered. |
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(c-1) The standardization norms computed under Subsection |
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(c) shall be based on a national probability sample that meets |
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accepted standards for educational and psychological testing and, |
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using proven psychometric procedures approved by the State Board of |
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Education, shall be updated at least every eight [six] years, |
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unless sufficient data to update the sample are not available |
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[using proven psychometric procedures approved by the State Board
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of Education]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |