Standards of Learning; reading and mathematics assessments for grades three through eight. (HB2027)

Introduced By

Del. Carrie Coyner (R-Chesterfield) with support from 21 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Josh Cole (D-Stafford), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun), Del. John McGuire (R-Glen Allen), Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton, Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park), Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater), Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico), Del. Bill Wiley (R-Winchester), Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico), Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon), Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)

Description

Standards of Learning assessments; reading and mathematics; grades three through eight; individual student growth. Requires the Board of Education to establish, in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment and for the purpose of providing measures of individual student growth over the course of the school year, a through-year growth assessment system, aligned with the Standards of Learning, for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight. The bill requires such through-year growth assessment system to include at least one beginning-of-year, one mid-year, and one end-of-year assessment in order to provide individual student growth scores over the course of the school year, provided that the total time scheduled for taking all such assessments shall not exceed 150 percent of the time scheduled for taking a single end-of-year proficiency assessment. The bill requires the Department of Education to ensure adequate training for teachers and principals on how to interpret and use student growth data from such assessments to improve reading and mathematics instruction in grades three through eight throughout the school year. The bill provides that with such funds and content as are available for such purpose, such through-year growth assessment system shall provide accurate measurement of a student's performance, through computer adaptive technology, using test items at, below, and above the student's grade level as necessary. The bill requires full implementation of such system no later than the 2022–2023 school year and partial implementation during the 2021–2022 school year consisting of one beginning-of-year assessment and one end-of-year assessment. This bill is identical to SB 1357. Read the Bill »

Status

08/05/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Finance and Appropriations Committee

History