House Journal: Page 1764: Thursday, May 1, 2003
8 be filled until the expiration of the term.
9 Sec. . Section 256.7, subsection 21, unnumbered
10 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
11 Develop and adopt rules by July 1, 1999,
12 incorporating accountability for, and reporting of,
13 student achievement into the standards and
14 accreditation process described in section 256.11.
15 The rules shall provide for all of the following:"
16 2. Page 1, by inserting after line 31 the
17 following:
18 "Sec. . Section 256.9, Code 2003, is amended by
19 adding the following new subsection:
20 NEW SUBSECTION. 53. Develop and implement a
21 statewide program of educational assessment reporting.
22 The director shall provide information needed to
23 improve public schools by collecting and disseminating
24 data and information resulting from assessments made
25 of public school students, to aid in the development
26 and evaluation of educational programs and policies by
27 school districts, and to inform parents of the
28 educational progress of their children in the public
29 schools. Information collected under the department's
30 statewide program of educational assessment reporting
31 shall be utilized as part of the state report card on
32 school performance and on statewide progress by the
33 state in accordance with implementation of the federal
34 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-110.
35 The program shall include the assignment of a unique
36 student identifier to each student attending
37 kindergarten through grade twelve.
38 a. Not later than July 1, 2004, the department
39 shall maintain an internet site that reports the
40 following:
41 (1) Iowa tests of basic skills scores for each
42 school district that administers the test and for each
43 attendance center within the school district for
44 grades three through eight. Each school district
45 administering the Iowa test of basic skills shall
46 provide a report to the department relating to each
47 attendance center's test score averages and a
48 longitudinal analysis of student progress as specified
49 in paragraph "c".
50 The report shall contain attendance-center-level
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1 test results for the Iowa test of basic skills in the
2 areas of reading, social studies, mathematics, and
3 science. The report shall include, but shall not be
4 limited to the number of students tested, the number
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