| Summary |
The accountability, accreditation, student performance, and
resource inequity task force (task force) studied and made
recommendations on academic opportunities, inequities, promising
practices in schools, and improvements to the accountability and
accreditation system. The bill implements the recommendations of the
task force.
The bill:
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Requires the department of education (department) in
collaboration with schools of a school district, district
charter schools, institute charter schools, and school
districts (local education providers) to divide state
assessments into shorter sections with age-appropriate time
frames to evaluate students;
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Requires the department to develop, at the request of a
local education provider, versions of the state assessments
for reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social
studies in languages other than English and Spanish;
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Requires the department to provide guidance to local
education providers and the state charter school institute
(institute) on encouraging student participation in state
assessments;
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Requires the department to include college entrance exams
in the student academic achievement performance indicator
instead of the postsecondary and workforce readiness
performance indicator;
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Requires the department, beginning in the 2026-27 school
year, to measure the postsecondary and workforce
readiness performance indicator on 2 performance
sub-indicators: The college and career readiness before
graduation sub-indicator and the postsecondary progress
sub-indicator;
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Requires the department to calculate the performance
indicator measurements by combined student group so
student groups are counted only once;
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Creates additional supports for local education providers
and the institute if they are placed on a priority
improvement or turnaround plan;
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Requires the department, in consultation with the technical
advisory panel and other advisory groups with relevant
expertise, to study academic opportunities, inequities, and
promising practices in schools and improvements to the
state accountability and accreditation system;
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Requires the department to create a statewide education
accountability dashboard and review and make
recommendations to the state board of education on
developing a performance report for local education
providers and the institute based on the percentage of
students who do and do not participate in state assessments
and providing the performance report to families, students,
and community members in a transparent and accessible
manner; and
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Encourages local education providers and the institute to
adopt solutions to providing educator professional
development and transforming instruction in public schools
in order to receive a grant award from the school
transformation grant program.
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