House of Representatives

SB 1342

schools; reading proficiency; statewide measures

Sponsors: Senator Huppenthal, Representative Schottel et al.

 

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Committee on Academic Accountability

 

Committee on Education

 

Caucus and COW

 

 

As Passed the House

 

SB 1342 prescribes methods for the analysis of statewide academic measures in school districts and charter schools for the purpose of assessing reading proficiency in grades K-3. 

 

History

Laws 1998, Chapter 231 established the development of a new reading curriculum for pupils in kindergarten through grade three.  In response, the State Board of Education created the Reading Success Task Force.  Over a period of one year, the Task Force consulted many national reading experts, and generated empirically validated research to develop a recommendation report.  One recommendation in the Reading Success Task Force report published in January 2000 was to develop a statewide measurement to assess the reading proficiency of children in grades K-3.  According to the report, the reading components of phonemic awareness, manipulation of alphabet letters, sound-symbol relationships, spelling and reading comprehension are primary reading principles that provide the foundation for reading success.  

 

Provisions

·                      Requires the Department of Education (Department) to analyze statewide academic measures for the purpose of assessing the reading proficiency of pupils in K-3.

·                      States that the analysis must be done in school districts and charter schools using the standardized norm-referenced achievement test, and specifies five concepts related to reading proficiency which shall be analyzed.   

·                      Requires the Department to develop a survey designed to help assess reading proficiency through questions designed to measure the number of minutes per day that a student spends reading and the number of minutes spent reading for pleasure. 

·                      Stipulates that the statewide academic measures survey must be administered by an assessment team selected by the Department. 

 

 

 

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44th Legislature                                                                                               Analyst Initials _______

Second Regular Session                                                                                           February 23, 2000

 

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