Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1687
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-32-5.
Synopsis: ISTEP student testing program. Specifies the components
of the ISTEP test program. Transfers the authority to set the ISTEP
passing score to the department of education from the state board of
education. Requires scores to be returned to schools within 45 days and
reported to students and parents within 60 days. Requires penalties in
vendor contracts for errors in grading or delays in reporting ISTEP
results. Limits ISTEP testing time to six hours. Limits ISTEP testing
days to six days. Requires a remediation plan for any student who does
not pass the ISTEP test and requires a reassessment during the second
semester. Requires the department of education to make available on
its web site diagnostic assessments that may be used by schools to
improve student learning. Removes a provision requiring the reversion
of remediation funds to the 4R's technology program. Appropriates an
additional ten million dollars for each school year in the next biennium
for remediation purposes. Repeals a provision requiring the department
of education to establish a pilot program to examine innovative testing
methods. Makes certain other changes.
Effective: July 1, 2007.
Micon
January 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
First Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2007)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1687
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-1; (07)IN1687.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-32-5-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.246-2005,
SECTION 176, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 1. The purposes of the ISTEP
program developed under this chapter are as follows:
(1) To assess the strengths and weaknesses of school
performance.
(2) To assess the effects of state and local educational programs.
(3) To compare achievement of Indiana students to achievement
of students on a national basis.
(4) To provide a source of information for state and local decision
makers with regard to educational matters, including the
following:
(A) The overall academic progress of students.
(B) The need for new or revised educational programs.
(C) The need to terminate existing educational programs.
(D) Student readiness for postsecondary school experiences.
(E) Overall curriculum development and revision activities.
(F) Identifying students who may need remediation under
IC 20-32-8.
(G) Diagnosing individual student needs.
(H) Teacher education and staff development activities.
academic achievement of Indiana's students in terms of
proficiency of the state's academic standards.
(2) To diagnose individual student learning needs.
(3) To identify students who may need remediation under
IC 20-32-8.
(4) To assess school improvement by comparing each school
with its own prior performance and not to the performance of
other schools or school corporations.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-1.5; (07)IN1687.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 20-32-5-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2007]: Sec. 1.5. The ISTEP program consist of the following
assessments:
(1) Readiness testing (established under IC 20-20-26 and
section 21 of this chapter).
(2) Indiana statewide testing for educational progress
(established under this chapter).
(3) Core 40 end of course assessments (established under
section 21 of this chapter).
(4) Local student diagnostic assessments (established under
IC 20-32-7).
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-2; (07)IN1687.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 20-32-5-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 2. ISTEP program testing shall be administered in the
following subject areas:
(1) English/language arts.
(2) Mathematics.
(3) Science, in two (2) grade levels determined by the state board.
department.
(4) Social studies in two (2) grade levels determined by the state
board. department.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-4; (07)IN1687.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 20-32-5-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 4. (a) The state board shall
(1) authorize the development and implementation of the ISTEP
program.
and
(2) determine the date on which the statewide testing is
administered in each school corporation.
(b) The state superintendent is responsible for the overall
development, implementation, and monitoring of the ISTEP program.
(c) The department shall prepare detailed design specifications for
the ISTEP program. that must do the following:
(1) Take into account the academic standards adopted under
IC 20-31-3.
(2) Include testing of students' higher level cognitive thinking in
each subject area tested.
(d) The department, in consultation with Indiana
English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies
teachers and state and national testing experts, shall establish the
ISTEP program test passing scores and other indicators of student
performance on the ISTEP program test.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may execute
contracts for the administration of the ISTEP program test.
(f) The department shall include penalties in the assessment
contract for delays in reporting results and errors in scoring.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-7; (07)IN1687.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 20-32-5-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 7. This subsection applies to reports of scores in
mathematics and English/language arts. Reports must:
(1) provide scores indicating student performance relative to each
of the academic standards:
(A) established by the state board; department; and
(B) assessed by the test;
(2) be related to passing scores established by the state board;
department; and
(3) contain the information listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) for
the following levels:
(A) Individual student, including a detailed analysis of the
student's learning strengths and weaknesses sufficient to
delineate acceleration and remediation strategies.
(B) Classroom.
(C) School.
(D) School corporation.
(E) Indiana.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-8; (07)IN1687.1.6. -->
SECTION 6. IC 20-32-5-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 8. Reports of student scores must be:
(1) returned to the school corporation that administered the test
within forty-five (45) days after the administration of the test;
and
(2) accompanied by a guide for interpreting scores.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-9; (07)IN1687.1.7. -->
SECTION 7. IC 20-32-5-9, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 9. (a) After reports of student scores are returned to a
school corporation, The school corporation shall promptly do the
following:
(1) Give each student and the student's parent the student's ISTEP
program test scores within sixty (60) days after the
administration of the test.
(2) Make available for inspection to each student and the student's
parent the following:
(A) A copy of the essay questions and prompts used in
assessing the student.
(B) A copy of the student's scored essays.
(C) A copy of the anchor papers and scoring rubrics used to
score the student's essays.
A student's parent may request a rescoring of a student's responses to
a test, including a student's essay.
(b) A student's ISTEP program scores may not be disclosed to the
public.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-10; (07)IN1687.1.8. -->
SECTION 8. IC 20-32-5-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 10. (a) After a school receives score reports, the
school shall schedule a parent/teacher conference with the following:
(1) a parent of a student who requests a parent/teacher conference
on the scores of the student.
(2) The parent of each student who does not receive a passing
score on the test. The conference must include a discussion of:
(A) the student's test scores, including subscores on academic
standards; and
(B) the proposed remediation plan for the student.
(b) A school shall provide each student who does not achieve a
passing score on the ISTEP program test in any of the subjects
tested, and the student's parent, with a remediation plan.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-11; (07)IN1687.1.9. -->
SECTION 9. IC 20-32-5-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 11. Each school corporation shall compile the
total results of the ISTEP program tests in a manner that will permit
evaluation of learning progress within the school corporation. The
school corporation shall make the compilation of test results available
for public inspection
not later than sixty (60) days after the
administration of the reassessment held during the second semester
of the school year when the graduation reassessment is
administered and shall provide that compilation to the parent of each
student tested under the ISTEP program.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-15; (07)IN1687.1.10. -->
SECTION 10. IC 20-32-5-15, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 15. (a) The state superintendent shall develop an
ISTEP program testing schedule in which:
(1) each student in grades 3, 6, 8, and 10 must be tested; and
(2) each student in grade 10 must take a graduation examination.
(b) The state board shall adopt rules to establish when a student is
considered to be in grade 10 for purposes of initially taking the
graduation examination.
(a) The ISTEP program test shall be administered not later than
the third Friday of September of each school year to:
(1) each student in grades 3, 6, 8, and 10; and
(2) each student in grade 10 who is required to take the
graduation examination.
(b) The state board shall adopt rules to establish when a student
is considered to be in grade 10 for purposes of initially taking the
graduation examination.
(c) Testing time for the ISTEP program test may not exceed six
(6) hours for each grade tested.
(d) Testing days for the ISTEP program test may not exceed six
(6) days for grades 3, 6, and 8.
(e) Each school in which a student does not achieve a passing
score in one (1) or more subject areas tested in the ISTEP test
program must develop and implement a remediation plan that
includes instructional and support services to be provided to meet
the desired levels of performance for each student described in this
subsection. The remediation plan may require low performing
students to attend remediation programs held during, before, or
after school hours or during the summer, if transportation is
provided.
(f) A student who does not achieve a passing score in one (1) or
more subject areas tested in the ISTEP test program shall be
administered a reassessment on the subject matter for which the
student did not achieve a passing score. The reassessment shall be
administered during the second semester of the school year when
the graduation examination is readministered. The reassessment
may be limited to the standards for which the student has a
demonstrated academic weakness.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-19; (07)IN1687.1.11. -->
SECTION 11. IC 20-32-5-19, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 19. If state funds appropriated for remediation are
available under IC 20-32-8 at the end of a state fiscal year, the funds
(1) do not revert to the state general fund. and
(2) must be transferred to the 4R's technology program for use
under IC 20-20-13-9.
SOURCE: IC 20-32-5-18.
; (07)IN1687.1.12. -->
SECTION 12. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: IC 20-32-5-18.
SOURCE: ; (07)IN1687.1.13. -->
SECTION 13. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]
(a) There is
appropriated to the department of education an additional ten
million dollars ($10,000,000) from the state general fund for the
purpose of ISTEP test program remediation for the state fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008. There is
appropriated to the department of education an additional ten
million dollars ($10,000,000) from the state general fund for the
purpose of ISTEP test program remediation for the state fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009.
(b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2009.