76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2220
Sponsored by Representative BUCKLEY; Representative GELSER
(Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to student assessments; amending ORS 329.485; and
prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 329.485 is amended to read:
329.485. (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Content-based assessment' means testing of the
understanding of a student of a predetermined body of knowledge.
(b) 'Criterion-referenced assessment' means testing of the
knowledge or ability of a student with respect to some standard.
(c) 'Performance-based assessment' means testing of the ability
of a student to use knowledge and skills to create a complex or
multifaceted product or complete a complex task.
(2)(a) The Department of Education shall implement statewide a
valid and reliable assessment system for all students that meets
technical adequacy standards. The assessment system shall include
criterion-referenced assessments including performance-based
assessments, content-based assessments, and other valid methods
to measure the academic content standards and to identify
students who meet or exceed the standards.
(b) The department shall develop the statewide assessment
system in mathematics, science, English, history, geography,
economics and civics.
(3) In addition to the assessment system implemented under
subsection (2) of this section, the department may make available
to school districts and public charter schools an assessment
system that uses criterion-referenced assessments { + , + }
including performance-based assessments and content-based
assessments to:
(a) Measure a student's progress in { - achieving the
academic content standards for the - } { + becoming proficient
in the knowledge and skills of the + } student's current grade
level;
(b) Determine the { - grade level of the understanding,
knowledge or ability of a student - } { + proficiency of the
student + }, which shall be determined regardless of the actual
grade level of the student and may be determined by adapting the
assessment during the assessment process as a result of the
performance of the student;
(c) Track and provide reports on the progress of a student
based on the information provided under paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this subsection; and
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(d) Provide predictions of anticipated student progress that
are based on the information provided under this subsection and
not on the current grade level of the student.
(4)(a) School districts and public charter schools shall
implement the statewide assessment system in mathematics, science
and English. In addition, school districts and public charter
schools may implement the statewide assessment system in history,
geography, economics and civics.
(b) School districts and public charter schools may implement
the assessment system described in subsection (3) of this
section.
(5) { + (a) + } Each year the resident district shall be
accountable for determining the student's progress toward
achieving the academic content standards. Progress toward the
academic content standards shall { - be - } { + :
(A) + } { - Measured in a manner that clearly enables - }
{ + Clearly show + } the student and parents { - to know - }
whether the student is making progress toward meeting or
exceeding the academic content standards { + at the student's
current grade level + } { - . - } { + ; and
(B) Be based on the student's progress toward becoming
proficient in a continuum of knowledge and skills.
(b) + }In addition { + to the requirements described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection + }, the district shall adopt a
grading system based on the local school district board adopted
course content of the district's curriculum. The grading system
shall { + :
(A) + } Clearly { - enable - } { + show + } the student and
parents { - to know how well - } { + whether + } the student
is achieving course requirements { + at the student's current
grade level + } { - . - } { + ; and
(B) Be based on the student's progress toward becoming
proficient in a continuum of knowledge and skills. + }
(6) If a student has not met or has exceeded all of the
academic content standards, the school district shall make
additional services or alternative educational or public school
options available to the student.
(7) If the student to whom additional services or alternative
educational options have been made available does not meet or
exceed the academic content standards within one year, the school
district, with the consent of the parents, shall make an
appropriate placement, which may include an alternative education
program or the transfer of the student to another public school
in the district or to a public school in another district that
agrees to accept the student. The district that receives the
student shall be entitled to payment. The payment shall consist
of:
(a) An amount equal to the district expenses from its local
revenues for each student in average daily membership, payable by
the resident district in the same year; and
(b) Any state and federal funds the attending district is
entitled to receive payable as provided in ORS 339.133 (2).
SECTION 2. { + This 2011 Act takes effect July 1, 2012. + }
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Passed by House April 5, 2011
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Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 12, 2011
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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