HF1337 Summary

• Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, school districts must assist all students by grade 9 to develop college and career transition plans aligned with state academic standards and career readiness benchmarks.

• Replaces existing graduation assessment requirements with a series of nationally normed, college entrance-linked assessments in grades 8 or 9, 10, and 11 or 12 that include career exploration elements and college placement diagnostics.

• Implements computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, with results available within three school days to inform student instruction and intervention.

• Prohibits involuntary career tracking and establishes that students are not required to achieve a specified proficiency level on assessments to graduate from high school.

• Appropriates funds to the Minnesota Department of Education for assessment costs, computer-adapted test development, request for proposals, and establishes a Career Pathways Advisory Task Force to recommend improvements to secondary and postsecondary education alignment by February 15, 2014.