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SB 1291: schools; pupil assessment data

PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Brophy McGee, LD 28

BILL STATUS: Caucus & COW

                ED: DPA 9-0-0-1

Legend: ADE – Arizona Department of Education LEA – Local Education Agency RFP – Request for Proposals Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☒ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to statewide assessment data.

Provisions

1.       Requires ADE to provide raw assessment data files to a LEA within 30 days of receiving a request. (Sec. 1)

2.       Requires LEAs to follow data privacy laws and not publicly disclose individual student achievement results.  (Sec. 1)

3.       Prohibits ADE and SBE from restricting a LEA's superintendent or staff from sharing assessment data with its governing body or otherwise impeding the sharing of statewide assessment data. (Sec. 2)

4.       Requires SBE to direct ADE to issue an RFP for the purchase of a statewide assessment before January 1, 2019. (Sec. 3)

5.       Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1, 2)

Current Law

SBE is required to provide annual reports on the statewide assessment that include the average and range scores, standardized test scores by subject area, achievement-related nontest indicator data and the number of students completing standards in grades 3, 8 and 12.  SBE provides assessment results to each school district, and the districts provide each parent of a student who took the assessment with their child's assessment scores (A.R.S. § 15-743). 

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  SB 1291

Second Regular Session                               Version 2: Caucus & COW

 

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