HB-6333, As Passed House, December 2, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6333

                                                                             A bill to amend 1970 PA 38, entitled                                              

"An act to provide for assessment and remedial assistance                   

programs of students in reading, mathematics and vocational                 

education,"                                                                 

by amending section 2 (MCL 388.1082).                                       

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 2.  (1) The statewide assessment program of educational                

2   progress shall cover all students annually  at two in at least 2           

3   elementary and middle school grade levels in public schools.  If            

4   the federal government requires assessments at additional grade             

5   levels under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law               

6   107-110, the superintendent of public instruction shall ensure              

7   that this state complies with those requirements.

8       (2) The  department of education, hereinafter referred to as                

9   the department, superintendent of public instruction shall                 

10  develop and conduct the assessment program  ,  and may utilize              

1   the assistance of appropriate testing organizations  and/or or

2   testing  specialist specialists.   The program shall expand the            

3   current basic skills testing inventory in grades 4 and 7                    

4   coordinated by the department. Beginning with assessments                  

5   conducted in the 2005-2006 school year, all of the following                

6   apply to the assessment program:                                            

7       (a) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

8   that any contractor used for scoring an assessment instrument               

9   supplies an individual report for each student that will identify           

10  for the student's parents and teachers whether the student met              

11  expectations or failed to meet expectations for each standard, to           

12  allow the student's parents and teachers to assess and remedy               

13  problems before the student moves to the next grade.                        

14      (b) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

15  that any contractor used for scoring, developing, or processing             

16  an assessment instrument meets quality management standards                 

17  commonly used in the assessment industry, including at least                

18  meeting level 2 of the capability maturity model developed by the           

19  software engineering institute of Carnegie Mellon university for            

20  the 2005-2006 school year assessments and at least meeting level            

21  3 of the capability maturity model for subsequent assessments.              

22      (c) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

23  that any contract it enters into for scoring, administering, or             

24  developing an assessment instrument includes specific deadlines             

25  for all steps of the assessment process, including, but not                 

26  limited to, deadlines for the correct testing materials to be               

27  supplied to schools and for the correct results to be returned to           

1   schools, and includes penalties for noncompliance with these                

2   deadlines.                                                                  

3       (d) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

4   that the assessment instruments meet all of the following:                  

5                                                                                (i) Are designed to test students on grade level content                            

6   expectations in all subjects tested for each grade level tested.            

7       (ii) Include not more than 2 written response portions for                   

8   English language arts for each grade level and do not include a             

9   written response portion for mathematics or science.                        

10      (iii) Comply with requirements of the no child left behind                   

11  act of 2001, Public Law 107-110.                                            

12      (iv) Are consistent with the code of fair testing practices                  

13  in education prepared by the joint committee on testing practices           

14  of the American psychological association.                                  

15      (e) The superintendent of public instruction shall work with                

16  the assessment advisory board established in section 1279h of the           

17  revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279h, as applicable.

18      (3) The program shall assess competencies in the basic skills               

19  and collect and utilize other relevant information essential to             

20  the assessment program.                                                     

21      (4) Based on information from the program, the public schools               

22  shall identify students  shall be identified  who have                      

23  extraordinary need for assistance to improve their competence in            

24  the basic skills and shall identify students who have                       

25  demonstrated extraordinary competence in multiple subject areas             

26  who should be recommended for advancement.                                  

27      (5) Information from the program shall be given to each                     

House Bill No. 6333 (H-2) as amended December 2, 2004

1   school  as soon as possible in accordance with deadlines                   

2   established under section 1279h of the revised school code, 1976            

3   PA 451, MCL 380.1279h, to assist  it the school in its efforts             

4   to improve the achievement of students in the basic skills.                 

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