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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 Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) State and national norms of averages shall be computed |
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using data that are not more than eight [six] years old at the time |
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the assessment instrument is administered and that are |
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representative of the group of students to whom the assessment |
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instrument is administered. |
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(c-1) The standardization norms computed under Subsection |
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(a) shall be: |
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(1) based on a national probability sample that meets |
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accepted standards for educational and psychological testing; and |
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(2) [shall be] updated at least every eight [six] |
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years using proven psychometric procedures approved by the State |
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Board of Education. |
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(c-2) The eight-year limitation on data to compute norms |
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under this section does not apply if only data older than eight |
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years is available for an assessment instrument. The commissioner |
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by rule may limit the exception created by this subsection based on |
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the type of assessment instrument. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 39.032(a), (b), and (d), Education |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |