Bill Summary: HB 06019 - An Act Concerning Student Assessments

• Department of Education must audit the costs and time spent by school districts and state agencies implementing mastery examinations using federal Every Student Succeeds Act funds or other federal funding.

• Department of Education must propose recommendations for a more streamlined system of student assessment and develop a plan for reducing the number of assessments.

• Establish a Collaborative on Education Assessment and Innovation led by educators to study and report on education performance assessments and school quality measures.

• Implement a pilot program with a consortium of school districts of various sizes to test a new assessment model based on the collaborative's findings.