Senate File 240 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 240 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1001) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 8, 2017 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to statewide assessments of student progress 1 utilizing core academic indicators, and including effective 2 date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 SF 240 (4) 87 kh/rj/jh

S.F. 240 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) Annually, the department shall report state data 3 for each indicator in the condition of education report. 4 Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall specify that 5 the approved district-wide assessment of student progress 6 administered for purposes of the core academic indicators 7 shall be the assessment utilized by school districts statewide 8 in the school year beginning July 1, 2011, or a successor 9 assessment administered by the same assessment provider 10 approved by the state board for school years beginning on or 11 after July 1, 2018 . The rules shall also require that all 12 students enrolled in school districts in grades three through 13 eleven be administered an assessment in mathematics and reading 14 during the last quarter of the school year and all students 15 enrolled in school districts in grades five, eight, and ten be 16 administered an assessment in science during the last quarter 17 of the school year. 18 Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, 19 subparagraphs (2) and (3), Code 2017, are amended by striking 20 the subparagraphs. 21 Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT 22 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 23 1. The department of education shall issue a request 24 for proposals for the selection of a statewide assessment 25 of student progress to be administered in the school year 26 beginning July 1, 2018, and each succeeding school year. 27 The assessment shall measure individual student growth and 28 be aligned to the Iowa core academic standards for grades 29 three through eight and at least one high school grade. The 30 assessment shall be capable of measuring student performance 31 in English language arts, including reading and writing; 32 mathematics; and science. The assessment shall be available in 33 both paper-and-pencil and computer-based formats. Proposals 34 incapable of assessing performance in English language arts, 35 -1- SF 240 (4) 87 kh/rj/jh 1/ 2

S.F. 240 including reading and writing, mathematics, and science 1 shall not be considered. Potential vendors or providers may 2 collaborate to meet the requirements of this subsection. 3 2. In evaluating the proposals, the department shall 4 only consider the feasibility of implementation by school 5 districts; the costs to school districts and the state in 6 providing and administering the statewide assessment and 7 the technical support necessary to administer the statewide 8 assessment; the costs of acquiring the infrastructure necessary 9 for implementing technology readiness in all of Iowa’s school 10 districts, including technology required for accommodations; 11 the degree to which the submission is aligned with the Iowa 12 core academic standards; the ability of the assessment to 13 measure student growth and student proficiency; the ability of 14 the assessment to meet the requirements of the federal Every 15 Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95; and the instructional 16 time required to conduct the statewide assessment. 17 3. The department of education shall issue the request for 18 proposals by April 30, 2017, and shall select the assessment 19 that best meets the criteria established under this section 20 in time for the assessment to be administered as provided in 21 this section. The state board of education shall adopt rules 22 establishing that the assessment selected by the department 23 shall be administered in accordance with section 256.7, 24 subsection 21, paragraph “b” , subparagraph (1). An accredited 25 nonpublic school may administer the assessment to students 26 enrolled in the accredited nonpublic school. 27 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 29 -2- SF 240 (4) 87 kh/rj/jh 2/ 2