House
File
2141
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2141
BY
GASSMAN
,
SALMON
,
ALONS
,
SHEETS
,
HEARTSILL
,
SHAW
,
MAXWELL
,
FISHER
,
LANDON
,
WATTS
,
SCHULTZ
,
and
ROGERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
student
academic
assessments
to
be
1
administered
by
school
districts
and
to
membership
in
a
2
multistate
assessment
consortium.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
striking
the
2
subparagraph.
3
Sec.
2.
ACTION
TO
WITHDRAW
FROM
MULTISTATE
ASSESSMENT
4
CONSORTIUM.
The
director
of
the
department
of
education
shall
5
take
action
as
expeditiously
as
possible
to
submit
to
the
6
smarter
balanced
assessment
consortium,
a
multistate
assessment
7
consortium,
a
request
in
writing
on
behalf
of
the
state
of
Iowa
8
to
exit
the
consortium.
The
reason
the
director
shall
cite
9
as
the
basis
for
exiting
the
consortium
shall
be
the
general
10
assembly’s
opposition
to
the
common
core
state
standards
11
initiative
and
any
assessment
system
aligned
to
the
common
core
12
state
standards.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
strikes
a
Code
provision
relating
to
student
17
assessments
that
must
be
administered
by
school
districts
18
beginning
July
1,
2016,
and
directs
the
director
of
the
19
department
of
education
to
submit
a
request
on
behalf
of
the
20
state
to
exit
a
multistate
assessment
consortium.
21
The
Code
provision
directs
the
state
board
of
education
to
22
adopt
rules
to
provide
that,
for
the
school
year
beginning
July
23
1,
2016,
and
each
succeeding
school
year,
students
enrolled
in
24
school
districts
be
administered
an
assessment
during
the
last
25
quarter
of
the
school
year
that,
at
a
minimum,
assesses
core
26
academic
indicators
in
mathematics
and
reading
in
grades
4,
8,
27
and
11,
and
core
academic
indicators
in
science
in
grades
8
and
28
11.
Currently,
the
assessment
to
be
administered
beginning
in
29
2016
must
be
aligned
with
the
Iowa
common
core
standards
in
30
both
content
and
rigor;
accurately
describe
student
achievement
31
and
growth
for
purposes
of
the
school,
the
school
district,
32
and
state
accountability
systems;
and
provide
valid,
reliable,
33
and
fair
measures
of
student
progress
toward
college
or
career
34
readiness.
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The
Code
language
stricken
by
the
bill
directs
that
the
1
assessments
assess
the
core
indicators,
which
would
include
2
both
academic
indicators
and
graduation
rate,
postsecondary
3
education,
and
successful
employment
indicators,
but
only
4
student
assessment
of
the
core
academic
indicators
may
have
5
been
contemplated.
6
The
director
shall
take
action
as
expeditiously
as
possible
7
to
exit
the
smarter
balanced
assessment
consortium.
The
8
reason
cited
for
exiting
the
consortium
shall
be
the
general
9
assembly’s
opposition
to
the
common
core
state
standards
10
initiative
and
any
assessment
system
aligned
to
the
common
core
11
state
standards.
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