Amend CSHB 3 (senate committee report) in ARTICLE 2 of the bill, in Section 2.044 of that article, as follows:

(1)  In amended Section 39.023(a), Education Code (page 77, lines 17 through 35), strike the text of Subsection (a) and substitute the following:

(a)  The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess essential knowledge and skills in subjects for which assessment is required by federal law [reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science].  Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in[:

[(1)     mathematics, annually in grades three through seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra;

[(2)     reading, annually in grades three through eight;

[(3)     writing, including spelling and grammar, in grades four and seven;

[(4)     social studies, in grade eight;

[(5)     science, in grades five and eight; and

[(6)]  any [other] subject and grade required by federal law.

(2)  In added Section 39.023(a-3), Education Code (page 77, line 36), strike "Subsection (a)(1)" and substitute "Subsection (a)".