House
File
2021
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2021
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
assessments
administered
to
a
student
prior
1
to
completing
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program.
2
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,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
Administer,
prior
to
a
student’s
completion
of
the
3
practitioner
preparation
program
and
subject
to
the
director’s
4
approval,
subject
assessments
designed
by
a
nationally
5
recognized
testing
service
that
measure
pedagogy
and
knowledge
6
of
at
least
one
subject
area;
or,
a
valid
and
reliable
7
subject-area-specific,
performance-based
assessment
for
8
preservice
teacher
candidates,
centered
on
student
learning.
9
(a)
A
student
shall
not
successfully
complete
the
program
10
unless
the
student
achieves
scores
above
the
twenty-fifth
11
percentile
nationally
on
the
assessments
administered
pursuant
12
to
this
subparagraph.
13
(b)
Subparagraph
division
(a)
shall
not
apply
to
a
student
14
who
has
twice
failed
to
achieve
a
score
above
the
twenty-fifth
15
percentile
nationally
on
an
assessment
of
pedagogy
and
16
knowledge
in
any
of
the
following
subject
areas:
family
and
17
consumer
science,
English
as
a
second
language,
agriculture
18
education,
industrial
technology,
physics,
or
a
world
language
19
other
than
Spanish.
The
state
board,
in
consultation
with
20
the
board
of
educational
examiners,
may
establish,
by
rule,
21
additional
subject
areas
to
which
subparagraph
division
22
(a)
shall
not
apply.
However,
to
successfully
complete
the
23
practitioner
preparation
program,
the
student
must
successfully
24
complete
an
academic
coaching
or
subject
tutoring
services
25
program
offered
by
the
practitioner
preparation
program
and
26
demonstrate
mastery
of
pedagogy
and
knowledge
of
at
least
one
27
subject
area
with
a
portfolio
evaluated
by
the
practitioner
28
preparation
program.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
provides
certain
students
with
an
alternative
33
means
of
completing
a
practitioner
preparation
program
34
graduation
requirement.
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Currently,
a
student
must
achieve
scores
above
the
1
twenty-fifth
percentile
nationally
on
subject
assessments
2
designed
by
a
nationally
recognized
testing
service.
The
3
bill
permits
a
student
who
twice
fails
the
minimum
score
on
4
an
assessment
of
pedagogy
and
knowledge
in
the
subject
areas
5
of
family
and
consumer
science,
English
as
a
second
language,
6
agriculture
education,
industrial
technology,
physics,
or
a
7
world
language
other
than
Spanish,
to
instead
successfully
8
complete
an
academic
coaching
or
subject
tutoring
services
9
program
offered
by
the
practitioner
preparation
program.
The
10
state
board
of
education,
in
consultation
with
the
board
of
11
educational
examiners,
may
establish,
by
rule,
subject
areas
12
in
addition
to
those
listed.
To
successfully
complete
the
13
practitioner
preparation
program,
the
student
must
demonstrate
14
mastery
of
pedagogy
and
knowledge
of
at
least
one
subject
area
15
with
a
portfolio
evaluated
by
the
practitioner
preparation
16
program.
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