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A02312 Summary:

BILL NOA02312
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRa (MS)
 
COSPNSRMontesano, McDonough, Friend, Palmesano, Murray, DiPietro, Raia, Crouch
 
MLTSPNSRBarclay, Giglio, Simon, Thiele
 
Amd §305, add §115, Ed L
 
Relates to establishing the standardized testing transparency act; makes an appropriation therefor.
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A02312 Actions:

BILL NOA02312
 
01/17/2017referred to education
01/03/2018referred to education
04/25/2018held for consideration in education
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A02312 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2312
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. RA, MONTESANO, McDONOUGH, FRIEND, McKEVITT, LUPI-
          NACCI, PALMESANO, SALADINO, MURRAY, DiPIETRO, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA, CROUCH
          --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BARCLAY, GIGLIO, SIMON, THIELE --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
          standardized  testing  transparency  act;  and making an appropriation
          therefor
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "standard-
     2  ized testing transparency act".
     3    § 2. Section 305 of the education law is amended  by  adding  two  new
     4  subdivisions 56 and 57 to read as follows:
     5    56.  The  commissioner  shall  release  all  state  standardized  test
     6  content, questions, and answers for public review within thirty days  of
     7  the completion of the testing and any make-up testing.
     8    57.  The  commissioner shall release data following the administration
     9  of each  state  standardized  test  regarding  the  number  of  eligible
    10  students  who completed the exams by district and the number of students
    11  who opted out of the exam.
    12    § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to  read
    13  as follows:
    14    §  115.  Standardized testing task force. 1. a. There is established a
    15  standardized testing task force. The purpose of the task force shall  be
    16  to study the current standardized testing program.
    17    b.  The task force shall consist of nine members appointed by the P-12
    18  committee on the board of regents and shall include at least:
    19    (1) one certified New York state special education teacher;
    20    (2) one certified teacher with an English  language  teaching  certif-
    21  icate; and
    22    (3) one parent of a New York state elementary public school student.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06700-01-7

        A. 2312                             2
 
     1    2. The task force shall evaluate:
     2    a.  the age and developmental appropriateness of common core standard-
     3  ized tests in third through eighth grades in English language  arts  and
     4  mathematics  as  administered in the two thousand fourteen--two thousand
     5  fifteen, two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen,  and  two  thousand
     6  sixteen--two thousand seventeen school years; and
     7    b.  the  benefit  of having tests created internally by New York state
     8  educators as opposed to contracted vendors or increasing input with  any
     9  outside  vendor  by allowing New York educators an advisory role in test
    10  creation.
    11    §  4.  The  sum  of  eight  million  four  hundred  thousand   dollars
    12  ($8,400,000),  or  so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
    13  priated to the department of education out of any moneys  in  the  state
    14  treasury  in  the  general  fund  to  the  credit  of the state purposes
    15  account, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for
    16  the purpose of carrying out the provisions  of  this  act  and  for  the
    17  reduction  of  field  testing. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit
    18  and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by  the
    19  commissioner of education in the manner prescribed by law.
    20    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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