HOUSE BILL No. 6333

 

November 10, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Palmer, Voorhees, Robertson, Taub, Hummel, Ward, Drolet, Vander Veen, Huizenga, Shaffer and Bisbee and referred to the Committee on Education.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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.                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

5   the department,  superintendent of public instruction shall                 

                                                                                

6   develop and conduct the assessment program  ,  and may utilize              

                                                                                

7   the assistance of appropriate testing organizations  and/or  or             

                                                                                

8   testing  specialist  specialists The program shall expand the            

                                                                                

9   current basic skills testing inventory in grades 4 and 7                    

                                                                                

10  coordinated by the department.  Beginning with assessments                  

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   apply to the assessment program:                                            

                                                                                

3       (a) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

                                                                                

4   that any contractor used for scoring an assessment instrument               

                                                                                

5   supplies an individual report for each student that will identify           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   expectations or failed to meet expectations for each question, to           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   problems before the student moves to the next grade.                        

                                                                                

10      (b) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  an assessment instrument meets quality management standards                 

                                                                                

13  commonly used in the assessment industry, including at least                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

15  software engineering institute of Carnegie Mellon university for            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

17  3 of the capability maturity model for subsequent assessments.              

                                                                                

18      (c) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

20  developing an assessment instrument includes specific deadlines             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

24  schools, and includes penalties for noncompliance with these                

                                                                                

25  deadlines.                                                                  

                                                                                

26      (d) The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure                   

                                                                                

27  that the assessment instruments meet all of the following:                  


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

5   written response portion for mathematics or science.                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   act of 2001, Public Law 107-110.                                            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   the assessment advisory board established in section 1279g of the           

                                                                                

10  revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279g, as applicable              

                                                                                

11  and shall comply with the guidelines and procedures established             

                                                                                

12  by the assessment advisory board as provided under that section.            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

14  and collect and utilize other relevant information essential to             

                                                                                

15  the assessment program.                                                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

17  shall identify students  shall be identified  who have                      

                                                                                

18  extraordinary need for assistance to improve their competence in            

                                                                                

19  the basic skills and shall identify students who have                       

                                                                                

20  demonstrated extraordinary competence in multiple subject areas             

                                                                                

21  who should be recommended for advancement.                                  

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

23  school  as soon as possible  in accordance with deadlines                   

                                                                                

24  established by the assessment advisory board under section 1279g            

                                                                                

25  of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279g, to assist           

                                                                                

26  it  the school in its efforts to improve the achievement of                

                                                                                

27  students in the basic skills.                                               


                                                                                

1       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

2   effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6334                  

                                                                                

3   (request no. 05687'03) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into              

                                                                                

4   law.