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TX HB1095
Bill
Status
11/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Shaheen
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AI Summary
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Prohibits using results from state assessment instruments (STAAR) as the sole criterion for evaluating teacher performance or determining teacher compensation
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Requires the Commissioner of Education to apply to the U.S. Department of Education by January 1, 2026, for a waiver from the Every Student Succeeds Act requirement to administer identical assessments to all students
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Authorizes school districts, if the federal waiver is granted, to adopt or develop their own interim and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments in lieu of standard state assessments
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Defines adaptive, growth-based assessments as instruments that adjust difficulty levels during administration based on student responses and measure academic progress over time regardless of age or grade level
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Requires at minimum two interim assessments per year (beginning and end of school year) with results combined into a single summative score, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year
Legislative Description
Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and prohibiting the use of the results of certain required assessments of public school students for certain purposes.
Education
Last Action
Referred to Public Education
3/7/2025