NY State Senate Bill 2009-S5491

Senate Bill S5491

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the value added assessment temporary state commission to study the merits of value added assessment models in school accountability

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May 12, 2009	referred to finance

2009-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Commissions

2009-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the value added assessment temporary state commission to study the merits of value added assessment models in school accountability and to make recommendations on the benefits of implementing such a system, whether new or additional testing is needed, the capacity to implement such a system, how such a system can be used for diagnostic purposes, the viability of such a system for school accountability purposes, and to estimate the cost of developing a system.

2009-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5491

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to create the temporary state commission on
value added assessment, and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof

 PURPOSE :  To examine the potential of value-added assessments as a
means of informing instruction, enhancing accountability and improving
educational outcomes for New York's school children.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :  Section 1 provides for the creation of the
Temporary State Commission on Value-Added Assessment and establishes
its goals.

Section 2 provides for the appointment of members of the Commission.

Section 3 provides that the members and expert advisors shall receive
no compensation, but shall be allowed reimbursement for actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Section 4 provides that the Commission may designate expert advisors
in the development and implementation of value-added assessments.

Section 5 provides that the department of education shall provide the
commission with such facilities, assistance, and data as will enable
the commission to carry out its powers and duties.

Section 6 provides that the commission shall present its finding to
the governor and the legislature by June 30, 2010.

Section 7 sets an immediate effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :  A growing number of states and school districts are
incorporating value-added measures into their assessment systems for
students and schools. Chapter 57 of the laws of 2007 directed the
Board of Regents to develop a modified accountability system based on
an interim growth model subject to the approval of the US Department
of Education to be implemented by the start of the 2008-09 school
year. The system was to serve as platform for an enhanced
accountability system that would incorporate a value-added assessment
model by the 2010-2011 school year.

In the enacted 2008-09 State Budget, the Legislature further agreed to
establish a legislative commission to study the merits of value-added
assessments pursuant to a chapter.

Utilizing a statistical method, value-added growth models measure the
academic progress of individual students and groups of students over
time. This approach allows school districts to track individual
student progress from year- to-year and to attribute such growth to
various factors or conditions. The information can help schools to
determine which programs, strategies, and interventions are effective
with which groups of students.

Under a program piloted by Capital Region BOCES, fifty school
districts across the state are using value-added analysis to evaluate
the effectiveness of their educational programs this school year.

In a recent letter to Governors regarding the second phase of funding
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, (ARRA) the U.S.
Department of Education (USED) indicated it will look favorably upon
applications from states that include estimates of individual teacher
impact on student achievement in a manner that informs instruction and
includes appropriate benchmarks.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : New Bill
 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : Nominal cost to the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE : Immediately.

2009-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5491

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to create the temporary state commission on value  added  assess-
  ment,  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
  thereof

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

  Section  1. A temporary state commission, to be known as the temporary
state commission on value added assessment, is hereby created  to  study
the  merits  of  value added assessment models in school accountability,
including improving instruction, evaluating teacher  practice  standards
and informing the best methods of professional development.
  The commission shall examine, but not be limited to making recommenda-
tions on the following issues:
  a.  Assess  the  benefits of New York state implementing a value added
assessment system;
  b. Determine if new tests or additional testing  shall  be  needed  to
develop a value added assessment system;
  c.  Evaluate the capacity (staff, computing resources and high-quality
longitudinal data) of the department of education to implement  a  value
added assessment system;
  d.  Determine  how a value added assessment system can be used for the
diagnostic purposes of improving instruction, evaluating  teacher  prac-
tice and developing methods of teacher professional development;
  e.  Assess  the viability of using a value added assessment system for
school accountability purposes; and
  f. Estimate the cost to the state of developing a value added  assess-
ment system.
  S  2.  The  commission  shall consist of 11 members to be appointed as
follows: 3 members to be appointed by the  governor,  3  members  to  be
appointed  by  the speaker of the assembly, 3 members to be appointed by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11832-01-9

S. 5491                             2

the temporary president of the senate, 1 member to be appointed  by  the
minority  leader  of  the  senate,  and  1 member to be appointed by the
minority leader of the assembly. The appointees shall include  a  school
administrator,  a  school  board  member  and  a  classroom teacher. The
commissioner of education shall serve as a non-voting ex officio  member
of the commission. Any vacancy on such commission shall be filled in the
same  manner as the original appointment was made. A chairperson of such
commission shall be elected by the majority of its members, all  members
being present.
  S  3.  The  members  of  the commission and expert advisors designated
pursuant to section two of this act shall receive  no  compensation  for
their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
  S 4. The commission may designate expert advisors knowledgeable in the
development  and  implementation  of value added assessments and systems
necessary for implementing value added assessments, both from within and
outside the state of New York.
  S 5. The department of education shall  provide  the  commission  such
facilities,  assistance  and data as will enable the commission to carry
out its powers and duties.
  S 6. The commission shall submit its final  report  to  the  governor,
speaker  of  the  assembly  and  temporary president of the senate on or
before June 30, 2010.
  S 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
deemed repealed December 1, 2010.

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