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Senate Amendment 5171

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2517, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 30 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  Section 256.7, subsection 21, Code
  1  6 Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the following
  1  7 new paragraph:
  1  8    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  A requirement that all school
  1  9 districts and accredited nonpublic schools that
  1 10 administer the Iowa test of basic skills or the Iowa
  1 11 test of educational development annually submit to the
  1 12 department and make available to the local community a
  1 13 summary report that contains statistical information
  1 14 about the test scores for reading, math, language, and
  1 15 science.  The report is to be produced for each grade
  1 16 group in a building and for each entire grade group in
  1 17 the school district or accredited nonpublic school.
  1 18 The report shall at a minimum include the percentage
  1 19 of students in each grade who scored in each of the
  1 20 four national percentile rankings, one to twenty-four,
  1 21 twenty-five to forty-nine, fifty to seventy-four, and
  1 22 seventy-five to ninety-nine.  The department shall
  1 23 develop and publish a standardized reporting mechanism
  1 24 that school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
  1 25 shall utilize in submitting the reports in accordance
  1 26 with this paragraph."
  1 27    #2.  Page 2, by striking lines 18 through 33.
  1 28    #3.  Page 4, by inserting after line 35 the
  1 29 following:
  1 30    "Sec.    .  Section 280.12, subsection 2, paragraph
  1 31 e, Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read as
  1 32 follows:
  1 33    e.  Progress toward meeting the goals set out in
  1 34 paragraphs "b" through "d".  For purposes of meeting
  1 35 the requirements of this paragraph, the advisory
  1 36 committee shall develop and maintain a longitudinal
  1 37 analysis chart that uses data from the Iowa test of
  1 38 basic skills or the Iowa test of educational
  1 39 development and is based on grade-equivalent scores
  1 40 resulting from tests administered during the same time
  1 41 period each year.  The analysis shall review reading,
  1 42 math, and science scores and include average gain
  1 43 scores."
  1 44    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 45 
  1 46 
  1 47                               
  1 48 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
  1 49 NANCY BOETTGER, Chairperson
  1 50 HF 2517.305 79
  2  1 kh/cf
     

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