nationally standardized
tests; public view
SB 1135 requires the State Board of Education (Board) to adopt rules that prohibit students from seeing the questions or answers to any nationally standardized test. Additionally, requires the Board to adopt rules allowing parents of pupils and the general public to view the nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement tests. Prohibits pupils required to take the test from viewing it prior to the administration of the test, duplicating or photocopying the test and other activities that would violate the copyright protection of the copyright test holders and holders of related testing materials.
Current statute requires the Board to provide each school district participating in the testing program with a copy of each pupil's standardized norm-referenced test scores in reading, language arts and mathematics, and the associated grade equivalents, percentiles and stanines for the school, school district, county, state and nation, a report of pupil progress on an ongoing and annual basis, showing the trends in gain or loss in pupil achievement over time in reading, language arts and mathematics for all years in which pupils are enrolled in the school district for an entire school year and for which this information is available and a report of the pupil progress for pupils not enrolled in a district for an entire school year.
The school district shall provide a parent or guardian of each pupil participating in the standardized norm-referenced testing part of the program with a copy of the pupil's score in reading, language arts and mathematics, and the associated grade equivalents, percentiles and stanines. The school district shall make available to the public through the reports those scores for each school in the district and for the school district, county, state and nation.
· Requires any nationally standardized test that is administered to pupils in multiple states and any questions, answers or scoring keys from any such test that appear in any bid, proposal, contract, documentation or other materials are exempt from inspection of public records if the following apply: