Amend CSHB 1164 (house committee printing) on page 12, lines 16-18, by striking "A district may use any method the district determines appropriate for assessing students under this section, including portfolio assessment." and inserting the following:
The commissioner shall develop a list of acceptable assessment instruments and methods of assessment, including portfolio assessment, for assessing students under this section. A district that develops an assessment instrument or method of assessment may submit the assessment instrument or method of assessment to the commissioner for approval. The commissioner shall include each assessment instrument or method of assessment submitted by a district and approved under this subsection on the commissioner's list of acceptable assessment instruments and methods of assessment. A district may use any assessment instrument or method of assessment from the list developed under this subsection that the district determines appropriate for assessing students under this section.