House
File
2235
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Enrolled
House
File
2235
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
STATEWIDE
ASSESSMENTS
OF
STUDENT
PROGRESS
FOR
PURPOSES
OF
CORE
ACADEMIC
INDICATORS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
b,
subparagraphs
(1)
and
(2),
Code
2018,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(1)
Rules
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
specify
that
the
approved
district-wide
statewide
summative
assessment
of
student
progress
administered
by
school
districts
for
purposes
of
the
core
academic
indicators
shall
be
the
House
File
2235,
p.
2
assessment
utilized
by
school
districts
statewide
in
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2011,
or
a
successor
assessment
approved
by
the
state
board
for
school
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2018
summative
assessment
developed
by
the
Iowa
testing
program
within
the
university
of
Iowa
college
of
education
and
administered
by
the
Iowa
testing
program’s
designee
.
(2)
The
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
each
succeeding
school
year,
the
rules
shall
also
require
that
all
of
the
following:
(a)
That
all
students
enrolled
in
school
districts
in
grades
three
through
eleven
be
administered
an
assessment
in
mathematics
and
English
language
arts,
including
reading
and
writing,
during
the
last
quarter
of
the
school
year
and
all
students
enrolled
in
school
districts
in
grades
five,
eight,
and
ten
be
administered
an
assessment
in
science
during
the
last
quarter
of
the
school
year.
(b)
That
the
assessment,
at
a
minimum,
assess
the
core
academic
indicators
identified
in
this
paragraph
“b”
;
be
aligned
with
the
Iowa
common
core
standards
in
both
content
and
rigor;
accurately
describe
student
achievement
and
growth
for
purposes
of
the
school,
the
school
district,
and
state
accountability
systems;
provide
valid,
reliable,
and
fair
measures
of
student
progress
toward
college
or
career
readiness;
and
meet
the
summative
assessment
requirements
of
the
federal
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
114-95.
(c)
That
the
assessment
be
available
for
administration
in
both
paper-and-pencil
and
computer-based
formats
and
include
assessments
in
mathematics,
science,
and
English
language
arts,
including
reading
and
writing.
(d)
That
the
assessment
be
peer-reviewed
by
an
independent,
third-party
evaluator
to
determine
that
the
assessment
is
aligned
with
the
Iowa
core
academic
standards,
provides
a
measurement
of
student
growth
and
student
proficiency,
and
meets
the
summative
assessment
requirements
of
the
federal
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
114-95.
The
assessment
developed
by
the
Iowa
testing
service
within
the
university
of
Iowa
college
of
education
shall
make
any
necessary
adjustments
as
determined
by
the
peer
review
to
meet
the
requirements
of
this
subparagraph
(2).
House
File
2235,
p.
3
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2235,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor