TITLE: Relating to state assessment instruments administered in grades three through eight in public schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to state assessment instruments administered in grades three through eight in public schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to state assessment instruments administered in grades three through eight in public schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.023(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The agency shall adopt or develop appropriate criterion-referenced assessment instruments designed to assess essential knowledge and skills in subjects as prescribed under this subsection [reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science].Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in: (1) mathematics, annually in grades three through seven without the aid of technology and in grade eight with the aid of technology on any assessment instrument that includes algebra; (2) reading, annually in grades three through eight; (3) [writing, including spelling and grammar, in grades four and seven; [(4) social studies, in grade eight; [(5)] science, in grades five and eight; and (4) [(6)] any other subject and grade required by federal law. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.