House
File
2007
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2007
BY
WILLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
subject
and
performance-based
assessments
1
administered
prior
to
a
student’s
completion
of
a
2
practitioner
preparation
program.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
Administer
a
preprofessional
skills
test
offered
3
by
a
nationally
recognized
testing
service
to
practitioner
4
preparation
program
admission
candidates.
Rules
adopted
shall
5
require
institutions
to
deny
admission
to
the
program
to
any
6
candidate
who
does
not
successfully
pass
the
test.
7
(2)
Administer,
prior
to
a
student’s
completion
of
the
8
practitioner
preparation
program
and
subject
to
the
director’s
9
approval,
subject
assessments
designed
by
a
nationally
10
recognized
testing
service
that
measure
pedagogy
and
knowledge
11
of
at
least
one
subject
area;
or,
a
valid
and
reliable
12
subject-area-specific,
performance-based
assessment
for
13
preservice
teacher
candidates,
centered
on
student
learning.
14
A
student
shall
not
successfully
complete
the
program
unless
15
the
student
achieves
scores
above
the
twenty-fifth
percentile
16
nationally
on
the
assessments
administered
pursuant
to
this
17
subparagraph.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
strikes
a
requirement
that
postsecondary
22
institutions
with
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program
23
administer
a
subject
or
performance-based
assessment
to
a
24
student
prior
to
the
student’s
completion
of
the
program,
and
25
concomitantly
strikes
the
requirement
that
a
student
achieve
a
26
score
above
the
25th
percentile
nationally
on
the
assessment.
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