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92_HB1457eng HB1457 Engrossed LRB9202666NTsb 1 AN ACT relating to education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 2-3.64a as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a) 7 Sec. 2-3.64a. State Testing Review Committee; State 8 Assessment System Review Committee. 9 (a) The State Superintendent shall appoint a committee 10 of no more than 20 consisting of parents, teachers, school 11 administrators, and concerned citizens to review the Illinois 12 Goals and Assessment Program tests administered by the State 13 Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of the 14 parent representatives as its chairman. The Committee shall 15 meet on an ongoing basis to review the content and design of 16 the tests (including whether the requirements of subsection 17 a-5 of Section 2-3.64 have been met), the time and money 18 expended at the local and state levels to prepare for and 19 administer the tests, the collective results of the tests as 20 measured against the stated purpose of testing student 21 performance, and other issues involving the tests identified 22 by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic 23 recommendations to the State Superintendent and the General 24 Assembly concerning the tests. On the effective date of this 25 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the State 26 Testing Review Committee is dissolved. 27 (b) The General Assembly finds and declares all of the 28 following: 29 (1) In order to ensure that the Illinois Learning 30 Standards are being met in Illinois' public schools, a 31 new State assessment system should be explored. HB1457 Engrossed -2- LRB9202666NTsb 1 (2) The new State assessment system must meet the 2 needs of and have significance for Illinois' teachers and 3 students. 4 (3) The new State assessment system should be 5 meaningful to higher education and employers. 6 (4) The new State assessment system must be cost 7 efficient. 8 (5) The new State assessment system must ultimately 9 result in less overall standardized testing. 10 (6) Teachers must have a thorough knowledge base of 11 the Illinois Learning Standards and the use of local and 12 State assessments to improve student learning. 13 (7) A series of State-sponsored, locally 14 administered diagnostic assessments need to be available 15 to school districts as well as their staffs. 16 (8) The new State assessment must be aligned to the 17 Illinois Learning Standards. 18 (9) The new State assessment system must be well 19 constructed, must be grade level appropriate with 20 effective testing procedures, and must be able to be used 21 by school districts as well as their staffs. 22 (10) The new State assessment system must be kept 23 in place for at least 5 years following its 24 implementation. 25 (11) The State Assessment System Review Committee 26 must explore the potential of annual State assessment 27 aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards. 28 (c) The State Assessment System Review Committee is 29 created, which shall consist of the following members: 30 (1) One parent, appointed by the Illinois PTA 31 Congress of Parents and Teachers. 32 (2) One person appointed by the Governor. 33 (3) One representative of the business community, 34 appointed by the Illinois Business Education Coalition. HB1457 Engrossed -3- LRB9202666NTsb 1 (4) One representative from a regional office of 2 education, appointed by the Illinois Association of 3 Regional Superintendents of Schools. 4 (5) One school board member, appointed by the 5 Illinois Association of School Boards. 6 (6) Four school administrators, with one 7 administrator appointed by the Chicago Board of 8 Education, one principal appointed by the Illinois 9 Principals Association, one administrator appointed by 10 the Large Unit District Association, and one 11 administrator appointed by the Illinois Association of 12 School Administrators. 13 (7) Four teachers, with 2 appointed by the Illinois 14 Education Association and 2 appointed by the Illinois 15 Federation of Teachers. 16 (8) Two representatives of higher education, one 17 who is an expert in the field of assessment and one from 18 admissions, appointed by the Chairperson of the Board of 19 Higher Education. 20 (9) The State Superintendent of Education or his or 21 her designee. 22 (d) Members of the State Assessment System Review 23 Committee shall be initially appointed by October 1, 2001. 24 Members shall serve 2-year terms. A chairperson of the 25 Committee shall be selected by the appointed members from 26 among its membership. The chairperson shall serve a 2-year 27 term. The Committee shall meet at the call of the 28 chairperson, who shall develop the agenda for the meetings 29 with the advice of the members. 30 (e) The State Assessment System Review Committee shall 31 explore a State assessment system consistent with the General 32 Assembly's findings and declarations under subsection (b) of 33 this Section and the requirements of subsection (a-5) of 34 Section 2-3.64 of this Code. The Committee shall be provided HB1457 Engrossed -4- LRB9202666NTsb 1 staff from the State Board of Education and outside sources 2 with expertise in assessment, and such staff shall be 3 directed by the chairperson of the Committee. Funding for 4 the staffing shall be included in the State Board of 5 Education's assessment budget. The Committee shall report 6 its recommendations for the State assessment system to the 7 Governor, General Assembly, and State Board of Education on 8 or before January 1, 2003. Following its initial report, the 9 Committee shall periodically meet to review the 10 implementation of the State assessment system and ensure that 11 the State assessment system meets the requirements of this 12 Section. Following its initial report, the Committee shall 13 issue an additional report to the Governor, General Assembly, 14 and State Board of Education regarding the implementation of 15 the State assessment system on or before January 1 of each 16 even-numbered year. 17 (Source: P.A. 89-184, eff. 7-19-95; 90-789, eff. 8-14-98.) 18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 19 becoming law.