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OK HB1621
Bill
Status
2/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Ed Cannaday
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AI Summary
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Amends Oklahoma School Testing Program Act (70 O.S. 2011, Section 1210.508) to require end-of-instruction criterion-referenced tests for high school courses (English II, English III, U.S. History, Biology I, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II) to have a "high positive correlation" with ACT test scores
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End-of-instruction tests must measure both state academic content standards and correlate with educational development skills measured by the ACT
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Effective date of July 1, 2013, with emergency clause for immediate implementation upon passage and approval
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Applies specifically to paragraph 6 tests (secondary level end-of-instruction exams) while grades 3-8 criterion-referenced tests remain correlated only with state academic content standards
Legislative Description
Schools; requiring certain end-of-instruction criterion-referenced tests to be correlated with the ACT tests; effective date; emergency.
Education - Common
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
2/5/2013