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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, School districts in this State began implementing |
| 3 | | new learning standards in English language arts and mathematics |
| 4 | | in 2010, commonly referenced as the Common Core Learning |
| 5 | | Standards; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, These new standards in English language arts and |
| 7 | | mathematics replaced older standards previously adopted in |
| 8 | | 1997; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Learning Standards outline what all |
| 10 | | students in public school districts should know and be able to |
| 11 | | do in core educational areas; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, These new standards were originally designed to be |
| 13 | | more rigorous and to better prepare students for college and |
| 14 | | careers; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for |
| 16 | | College and Careers is a new State assessment that will be |
| 17 | | given to students in public school districts for the first time |
| 18 | | beginning in the 2014-2015 school year; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for |
| 20 | | College and Careers has never been given as a full assessment |
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| 1 | | in this State; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for |
| 3 | | College and Careers will be based on the new learning standards |
| 4 | | adopted in 2010; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, There is an increased emphasis on student |
| 6 | | performance on State assessments; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, there is also a greater emphasis on using student |
| 8 | | assessment results to make major decisions that affect |
| 9 | | students, schools, educators, and funding; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for |
| 11 | | College and Careers is a new and untested student assessment; |
| 12 | | therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 15 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that for the 2014-2015 school year |
| 16 | | through the 2017-2018 school year, we encourage school |
| 17 | | districts to not use results of the Partnership for Assessment |
| 18 | | of Readiness for College and Careers test as a determining |
| 19 | | factor for making decisions about a student's educational |
| 20 | | opportunities, the evaluation of educators, and the allocation |
| 21 | | of resources based on educational achievement on this |