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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the frequency of the release of questions and answer |
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keys to state assessment instruments administered in public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.023(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education, |
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each [every third] year, the agency shall release the questions and |
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answer keys to each assessment instrument administered under |
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Subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (l), excluding any assessment |
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instrument administered to a student for the purpose of retaking |
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the assessment instrument, after the last time the instrument is |
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administered for that school year. To ensure a valid bank of |
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questions for use each year, the agency is not required to release a |
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question that is being field-tested and was not used to compute the |
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student's score on the instrument. The agency shall also release, |
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under board rule, each question that is no longer being |
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field-tested and that was not used to compute a student's score. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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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, 2013. |