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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015

HOUSE BILL 2180

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 15, chapter 7, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-741.02; relating to pupil assessments.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 15, chapter 7, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-741.02, to read:

START_STATUTE15-741.02.  Menu of statewide achievement assessments; requirements

A.  The state board of education shall adopt a menu of statewide achievement assessments that shall include norm‑referenced and criterion‑referenced tests to measure pupil achievement of the state academic standards pursuant to section 15‑241 and, beginning in the 2015‑2016 school year, shall allow each school district and charter school to select a statewide achievement assessment that will be administered to the pupils in that school district or charter school from the menu of statewide achievement assessments.

B.  Each statewide achievement assessment that is adopted by the state board of education shall be a nationally recognized test. END_STATUTE