CA SB930

Requires primary language assessments developed by the Department of Education for limited-English-proficient students to be included in the state's assessment and accountability systems on or after July 1, 2013.

Mandates that successor assessment systems adopted after July 1, 2013 modify achievement tests to eliminate linguistic complexity while maintaining test rigor and include accommodations such as word-to-word glossaries and translated test directions in the top five primary languages.

Requires advisory committees and work groups developing future assessment systems to determine how to include primary language assessment scores, modify successor systems, provide disaggregated data by English learner status, and include persons with expertise in assessing English learners.

Establishes that primary language assessments must meet validity, reliability, and comparability standards set by the American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, and National Council on Measurement in Education.

Makes findings that approximately one in four California public school students is limited-English-proficient and that current assessments do not allow these students to demonstrate academic ability in their subject areas.