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Assembly Bill A5029

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the educational standards and assessment act of 2009, allowing schools to create an alternative assessment procedure

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2009-A5029 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง319, Ed L

2009-A5029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the educational standards and assessment act of 2009 allowing school districts which have identified either individual students or groups of students suitable therefor to create an alternative assessment procedure; provides requirements for such procedures and provides for regional assessment panels.

2009-A5029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5029

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY, BRADLEY -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to enacting the educa-
  tional standards and assessment act of 2009

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This act shall be known as "the educational standards and
assessment act of 2009".
  S 2. Legislative findings and  purpose.  The  legislature  finds  that
standardized  state-wide  tests  are  not  the only valid measurement of
success in meeting higher standards. There  is  substantial  controversy
about  the use of such standardized tests as the sole method of evaluat-
ing student performance. There are many students whose command of infor-
mation presented to them in class, whose ability to think  independently
and  creatively,  and whose ability to express themselves is unquestion-
able. It is equally clear that these skills may not always be accurately
measured by the ability to pass standardized tests under time pressure.
  Therefore, it is the purpose of this act to  permit  school  districts
which  have  identified either individual students or groups of students
suitable for such purpose to create an alternative assessment procedure.
These  alternative  assessment  procedures  may  include  an  individual
assessment  plan  as  an  alternative to state-wide standardized regents
exams or as a supplement to them for those who take  and  pass  some  or
most  of  the  regents  exams. They may include alternative standardized
testing.
  S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to  read
as follows:
  S  319.  ALTERNATIVE  ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE. 1.  SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH
HAVE IDENTIFIED EITHER INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS OR GROUPS OF  STUDENTS  SUIT-
ABLE  THEREFOR MAY CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE.  ALTERNA-
TIVE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES MAY INCLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT PLAN  AS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08250-01-9

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