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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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EDUCATION CODE |
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Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION |
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Subtitle H. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY |
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Chapter 39. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY |
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Subchapter B. ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILLS |
Sec. 39.0242. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: RESEARCH STUDIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS
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(a) During the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years, the agency shall collect data through:
(1) the annual administration of assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(a) in grades three through eight; and
(2) the administration to a sufficiently large sample of students throughout the state of end-of-course assessment instruments required under Section 39.023(c) for the purpose of setting performance standards.
(b) Before the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, the agency shall analyze the data collected under Subsection (a) to substantiate:
(1) the correlation between satisfactory student performance for each performance standard under Section 39.0241 on the grade three, four, five, six, or seven assessment instruments with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the assessment instruments in the same content area for the next grade level;
(2) the correlation between satisfactory student performance for each performance standard under Section 39.0241 on the grade eight assessment instruments with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the Algebra I and English I end-of-course assessment instruments in the same content area;
(3) the correlation between satisfactory student performance for each performance standard under Section 39.0241 on the English I end-of-course assessment instrument with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the English II end-of-course assessment instrument;
(4) the correlation between satisfactory student performance for each performance standard under Section 39.0241 on the English II end-of-course assessment instrument with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the English III end-of-course assessment instrument; and
(5) the correlation between satisfactory student performance for each performance standard under Section 39.0241 on the Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument with satisfactory performance under the same performance standard on the Algebra II end-of-course assessment instrument.
(c) Studies under this section must include an evaluation of any need for remediation courses to facilitate college readiness.
(d) The agency shall continue to gather data and perform studies as provided under this section at least once every three years. If the data do not support the correlation between student performance standards and college readiness, the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, shall revise the standard of performance considered to be satisfactory.
(e) Based on the data collected and studies performed periodically under Subsection (d), the commissioner shall increase the rigor of the performance standard established under Section 39.0241(a) as the commissioner determines necessary.