Student assessment measures.

WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0426.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0182

Student assessment measures.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Throne, Miller and Teeters and Senator(s) Peterson, Rothfuss and Schiffer

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
education; modifying the statewide assessment as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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2
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304(a)(v)
(intro)
,
(B)
,
(E)

and (H)
is amended to read:

21
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304.

Duties of the state board of education.

(a)

The state board of education shall:

(v)

Through the state superintendent and in consultation and coordination with local school districts, implement a statewide assessment system comprised of a coherent system of measures that when combined, provide a reliable and valid measure of individual student achievement for each public school and school district within the state, and the performance of the state as a whole.
Improvement of teaching and learning in schools and fostering school program improvement shall be the primary purposes of statewide assessment of student performance in
Wyoming
.
The statewide assessment system shall

include the following, provided that effective school year 2011-2012 the statewide assessment system shall not exceed the minimum requirements necessary to comply with
20 U.S.C. 6311
:

(B)

Be administered at appropriate levels at specified grades and at appropriate intervals aligned to the standards, specifically assessing student performance in reading
, writing
and mathematics at grades four (4), eight (8) and eleven (11), and effective school year 2005-2006, and each school year thereafter, assessing student performance in reading
, writing
and mathematics at grades three (3) through eight (8) and at grade eleven (11). In addition and commencing school year 2007-2008 and each school year thereafter, the statewide assessment system shall assess student performance in science not less than once within each grade band for grades three (3) through five (5), grades six (6) through eight (8) and grades ten (10) through twelve (12). The structure and design of the assessment system shall allow for the comprehensive measurement of student performance
through assessments that are administered each school year simultaneously on a statewide basis and through assessments administered periodically over the course of the school year which are designed to provide a more comprehensive and in-depth measurement of subject areas aligned to the state content and performance standards
. The assessment system may also measure the other common core of knowledge and skills established under W.S. 21
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9
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101(b) which can be quantified

in combination with student assessments administered by school districts pursuant to W.S. 21
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110(a)(xxiv)
;

(E)

Include multiple measures and item types
including grade appropriate multiple choice and open-ended testing such as constructed-response, extended-response and performance-based tasks,

to
ensure alignment to the statewide student content and performance standards

and compliance with the requirements of
20 U.S.C. 6311
;

(H)

Provide a measure of accountability to enhance
teaching and
learning in
Wyoming
and in combination with other measures and information, assist school districts in determining individual student progress. The assessment results shall be reported to students, parents, schools, school districts and the public in an accurate, complete and timely manner and shall be used in conjunction with a school district's annual assessment to design educational strategies for improvement and enhancement of student performance. This design for improvement shall be part of each district's school improvement plan. In consultation and coordination with school districts, the board shall review and evaluate the assessment system regularly and based upon uniform statewide reports from each district, annually report to the legislature on student performance at specified grade levels and on school improvement plans.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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