Public Act 100-0222 Public Act 0222 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 100-0222 | SB0757 Enrolled | LRB100 09189 NHT 19344 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 2-3.64a-5 as follows: | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5) | Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment. | (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this | Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a | public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, | or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or | board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with | the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office | of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public | school administered by a local public agency or the Department | of Human Services. | (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the | academic standards that are to be applicable to students who | are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State | Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in | final form without first providing opportunities for public | participation and local input in the development of the final | academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a |
| well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to | file written comments. | (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students | enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and | mathematics. | Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the | State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in | science at one grade in grades 3 through 5, at one grade in | grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12. | The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools | that operate a secondary education program, as defined in | Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and | mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no | more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts | and mathematics for students in a secondary education program. | One of these assessments shall include a college and career | ready determination that shall be accepted by this State's | public institutions of higher education, as defined in the | Board of Higher Education Act, for the purpose of student | application or admissions consideration. | Students who are not assessed for college and career ready | determinations may not receive a regular high school diploma | unless the student is exempted from taking State assessments | under subsection (d) of this Section because (i) the student's | individualized educational program developed under Article 14 |
| of this Code identifies the State assessment as inappropriate | for the student, (ii) the student is enrolled in a program of | adult and continuing education, as defined in the Adult | Education Act, (iii) the school district is not required to | assess the individual student for purposes of accountability | under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements, | (iv) the student has been determined to be an English learner | and has been enrolled in schools in the United States for less | than 12 months, or (v) the student is otherwise identified by | the State Board of Education, through rules, as being exempt | from the assessment. | The State Board of Education shall not assess students | under this Section in subjects not required by this Section. | Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and | procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly | administration of the State assessments.
The State Board of | Education shall establish periods of time in each school year | during which State assessments shall occur to meet the | objectives of this Section. | (d) Every individualized educational program as described | in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or | components thereof are appropriate for the student. The State | Board of Education shall develop rules governing the | administration of an alternate assessment that may be available | to students for whom participation in this State's regular | assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as |
| allowed under this Section. | Students receiving special education services whose | individualized educational programs identify them as eligible | for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have | the option of taking this State's regular assessment that | includes a college and career ready determination, which shall | be administered in accordance with the eligible accommodations | appropriate for meeting these students' respective needs. | All students determined to be English learners shall | participate in the State assessments, excepting those students | who have been enrolled in schools in the United States for less | than 12 months. Such students may be exempted from | participation in one annual administration of the English | language arts assessment. Any student determined to be an | English learner shall receive appropriate assessment | accommodations, including language supports, which shall be | established by rule. Approved assessment accommodations must | be provided until the student's English language skills develop | to the extent that the student is no longer considered to be an | English learner, as demonstrated through a State-identified | English language proficiency assessment. | (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under | this Section shall be made available to the parents of each | student. | In each school year, the scores attained by a student on | the State assessment that includes a college and career ready |
| determination must be placed in the student's permanent record | and must be entered on the student's transcript pursuant to | rules that the State Board of Education shall adopt for that | purpose in accordance with Section 3 of the Illinois School | Student Records Act. In each school year, the scores attained | by a student on the State assessments administered in grades 3 | through 8 must be placed in the student's temporary record. | (f) All schools shall administer an academic assessment of | English language proficiency in oral language (listening and | speaking) and reading and writing skills to all children | determined to be English learners. | (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample | drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in | collaboration with their school districts and the State Board | of Education, shall administer the biennial academic | assessments under the National Assessment of Educational | Progress carried out under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal | National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if | the U.S. Secretary of Education pays the costs of administering | the assessments. | (h) Subject to available funds to this State for the | purpose of student assessment, the State Board of Education | shall provide additional assessments and assessment resources | that may be used by school districts for local assessment | purposes. The State Board of Education shall annually | distribute a listing of these additional resources. |
| (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically | based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions | and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the | knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject | matters covered by the assessments. All assessments | administered pursuant to this Section must be academically | based assessments. The scoring of academically based | assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet | the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by | the American Psychological Association, the National Council | on Measurement in Education, and the American Educational | Research Association. | The State Board of Education shall review the use of all | assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid | and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the | learning standards being assessed and that the development, | administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable | in terms of cost. | (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a | committee of no more than 21 members, consisting of parents, | teachers, school administrators, school board members, | assessment experts, regional superintendents of schools, and | citizens, to review the State assessments administered by the | State Board of Education. The Committee shall select one of its | members as its chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an | ongoing basis to review the content and design of the |
| assessments (including whether the requirements of subsection | (i) of this Section have been met), the time and money expended | at the local and State levels to prepare for and administer the | assessments, the collective results of the assessments as | measured against the stated purpose of assessing student | performance, and other issues involving the assessments | identified by the Committee. The Committee shall make periodic | recommendations to the State Superintendent of Education and | the General Assembly concerning the assessments. | (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to | implement this Section.
| (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14; 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; | 99-185, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law. |
Effective Date: 8/18/2017
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