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ID SCR106
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/26/2015
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
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Local school districts, trustees, administrators, and teachers are responsible for selecting and administering formative tests.
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Student accountability tests must be chosen and administered under the direction of local school boards, superintendents, teachers, and principals, with districts allowed to use tests created by outside entities.
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Teacher accountability assessments should be controlled at the district level, with local districts deciding whether to use state-provided end-of-course assessments.
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Statewide student learning assessments must not exceed three hours per student per year in elementary school or four and one-half hours per student per year in secondary school.
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The State Department of Education is directed to present alternatives to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium to the Legislature and report by January 15, 2016, on the feasibility of using a different test with reading, math, and writing components for the 2016 spring testing window.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and listing policy of the State of Idaho regarding the responsibility for testing and for teacher and student accountability, stating policy regarding the length of testing time and directing the State Department of Education to present suitable alternatives to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium to the Legislature.
STUDENT TESTING
Last Action
Read First Time, Referred to Education
2/27/2015