98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5330

 

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c new

    Amends the School Code. Requires the State Superintendent of Education to appoint a committee to review the tests administered by the State Board of Education and national, statewide, and local assessments administered by school districts. Sets forth the membership of the committee and the issues that the committee must review. Requires the committee to annually report and make recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and the General Assembly. Requires the reports to be posted on the State Board's Internet website and to be available for public review. Effective July 1, 2014.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
52-3.64c as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c new)
7    Sec. 2-3.64c. Test and assessment review committee. The
8State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a committee to
9review the tests administered by the State Board of Education
10and national, statewide, and local assessments administered by
11school districts. The committee shall consist of 3 parents; one
12teacher appointed by the Illinois Federation of Teachers; one
13teacher appointed by the Chicago Teachers Union; one teacher
14appointed by the Illinois Education Association; one charter
15school teacher appointed by the local collective bargaining
16unit representing teachers; one early childhood teacher
17appointed by an early childhood advocacy organization; 2 school
18administrators appointed by the Illinois Association of School
19Administrators; and 2 concerned citizens, one of whom is a
20resident of a city having a population exceeding 500,000 and
21one of whom is a resident of another region of this State. The
22committee shall select one of its members as chairperson. The
23committee shall meet on an ongoing basis to review the content

 

 

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1and design of the tests and assessments (including whether the
2requirements of subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.64 have been
3met); the time and money expended at the local and State levels
4to prepare for and administer the tests and assessments; the
5collective results of the tests and assessments as measured
6against the stated purpose of testing student performance;
7parent, student, and educator perceptions of the level and
8intensity of testing; and other issues involving the tests and
9assessments identified by the committee (including without
10limitation technology access and the role that school poverty
11levels play in test administration). The committee shall
12annually report and make recommendations to the State
13Superintendent and the General Assembly concerning the tests
14and assessments. The reports must be posted on the State Board
15of Education's Internet website and be available for public
16review.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
182014.