Senate File 423 S-3082 Amend Senate File 423 as follows: 1 1. Page 46, after line 27 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 VALUE-ADDED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM 4 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 256.25 Value-added 5 assessment system. 6 1. A value-added assessment system shall be 7 established and implemented by the department not later 8 than January 31, 2014, to provide for multivariate 9 longitudinal analysis of annual student test scores 10 to determine the influence of a school district’s 11 educational program on student academic growth and 12 to guide school district improvement efforts. The 13 department shall select a value-added assessment system 14 provider through a request for proposals process. The 15 system provider selected by the department shall offer 16 a value-added assessment system to calculate annually 17 the academic growth of each student enrolled in grade 18 levels three through eleven and tested in accordance 19 with this section, and shall, at a minimum, meet all 20 of the following criteria: 21 a. Use a mixed-model statistical analysis that has 22 the ability to use all achievement test data for each 23 student, including the data for students with missing 24 test scores, that does not adjust downward expectations 25 for student progress based on race, poverty, or 26 gender, and that will provide the best linear unbiased 27 predictions of school or other educational entity 28 effects to minimize the impact of random errors. 29 b. Have the ability to work with test data from 30 a variety of sources, including data that are not 31 vertically scaled, and to provide support for school 32 districts utilizing the system. 33 c. Have the capacity to receive and report results 34 electronically and provide support for districts 35 utilizing the system. 36 d. Have the ability to create for each school 37 district a chart that reports grade-equivalent scores 38 for grades three through eight and gains between 39 consecutive pairs of grades for each attendance 40 center, and that provides for a district-wide study of 41 grade-equivalent scores. 42 2. Annually, each school district that administers 43 the Iowa assessments shall, within thirty days of 44 receiving the test scores, submit the test scores for 45 each attendance center within the school district and 46 each grade level tested, from grades three through 47 eleven, to the system provider selected pursuant to 48 subsection 1. School districts may submit additional 49 assessment data for analysis and inclusion in reports 50 -1- SF423.1253 (1) 85 kh/rj 1/ 3 #1.

provided to school districts pursuant to subsection 3, 1 to the extent that the assessment meets the criteria 2 for valid academic progress interpretation specified by 3 the system provider. 4 3. The system provider shall provide analysis 5 to school districts submitting test scores pursuant 6 to subsection 2, and to the department of education. 7 The analysis shall include but not be limited to 8 attendance-center-level test results for the Iowa 9 assessments in the areas of reading and mathematics 10 and other core academic areas when possible. The 11 analysis shall also include but not be limited to the 12 number of students tested, the number of test results 13 used to compute the averages, the average standard 14 score, the corresponding grade equivalent-score, the 15 average stanine score for the group, the normal curve 16 equivalent of average standard scores, and percentile 17 ranks based on student norms, as well as measures of 18 student progress. The system provider shall create a 19 chart for each school district in accordance with the 20 criteria set forth in subsection 1. 21 4. Each school district shall have complete 22 access to and full utilization of its own value-added 23 assessment reports and charts generated by the system 24 provider at the student level for the purpose of 25 measuring student achievement at different educational 26 entity levels. 27 5. Student academic growth determined pursuant to 28 this section shall not be used in teacher evaluation 29 and shall not be published if individual teacher 30 effects can be surmised. 31 6. Information about student academic growth may 32 be used by the school district, including school board 33 members, administration, and staff, for defining 34 student and district learning goals and professional 35 development related to student learning goals across 36 the school district. A school district may submit its 37 academic growth measures in the annual report submitted 38 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21, and may 39 reference in the report state level norms for purposes 40 of demonstrating school district performance. However, 41 unless a school district chooses to submit its academic 42 measures in the annual report submitted pursuant to 43 section 256.7, subsection 21, such measures are not 44 public records for the purposes of chapter 22. 45 7. The department may use student academic 46 progress data to determine school improvement and 47 technical assistance needs of school districts, and to 48 identify school districts achieving exceptional gains. 49 Beginning January 15, 2015, and by January 15 of each 50 -2- SF423.1253 (1) 85 kh/rj 2/ 3

succeeding year, the department shall submit an annual 1 progress report regarding the use of student academic 2 growth information in the school improvement processes 3 to the general assembly and shall publish the progress 4 report on its internet website. 5 8. The department is encouraged to advocate that 6 the United States department of education allow 7 reporting of student academic progress as an additional 8 valid measure of school performance, as an alternative 9 for meeting federal safe harbor provisions, and for 10 establishing statewide progress under the federal No 11 Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-110, and 12 any federal regulations adopted pursuant to the federal 13 Act. 14 9. A school district shall use the value-added 15 assessment system established by the department 16 pursuant to subsection 1 not later than the school 17 year beginning July 1, 2014. However, the director 18 of educational services of an area education agency 19 may grant a request made by a board of directors of a 20 school district located within the boundaries of the 21 area education agency stating its desire to use an 22 alternative system to compute and report value-added 23 scores that is statistically valid and reliable. > 24 2. By renumbering as necessary. 25 ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR -3- SF423.1253 (1) 85 kh/rj 3/ 3 #2.