Sec. 39.0241. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

(a) The commissioner shall determine the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments.

(a-1) The commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, shall determine the level of performance necessary to indicate college readiness, as defined by Section 39.024(a).

(a-2) For the purpose of establishing performance across grade levels, the commissioner shall establish:

(1) the performance standards for the Algebra II and English III end-of-course assessment instruments, as provided under Section 39.024(b) and under Subsection (a);

(2) the performance standards for the Algebra I and English II end-of-course assessment instruments, as determined based on studies under Section 39.0242 that correlate student performance on the Algebra I and English II end-of-course assessment instruments with student performance on the Algebra II and English III assessment instruments;

(3) the performance standards for the English I end-of-course assessment instrument, as determined based on studies under Section 39.0242 that correlate student performance on the English I end-of-course assessment instrument with student performance on the English II assessment instrument;

(4) the performance standards for the grade eight assessment instruments, as determined based on studies under Section 39.0242 that correlate student performance on the grade eight assessment instruments with student performance on the Algebra I and English I end-of-course assessment instruments in the same content area; and

(5) the performance standards on the assessment instruments in each of grades three through seven, as determined based on studies under Section 39.0242 that correlate student performance in the same content area on the assessment instrument for each grade with student performance on the assessment instrument in the succeeding grade.

(c) Using funds appropriated for purposes of this subsection, the agency may develop study guides for the assessment instruments administered under Sections 39.023(a) and (c). To assist parents in providing assistance during the period that school is recessed for summer, each school district shall make the study guides available to parents of students who do not perform satisfactorily as determined by the commissioner under Subsection (a) on one or more parts of an assessment instrument administered under this subchapter.

(d) Using funds appropriated for purposes of this subsection, the agency shall develop and make available teacher training materials and other teacher training resources to assist teachers in enabling students of limited English proficiency to meet state performance expectations. The teacher training resources shall be designed to support intensive, individualized, and accelerated instructional programs developed by school districts for students of limited English proficiency.

(e) Expired.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 , Sec. 53, eff. June 19, 2009.