HB 242 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0162

04/01

HOUSE BILL 242

AN ACT relative to the statewide improvement and assessment program.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 4; Rep. Grenier, Sull 7

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires third grade pupils to demonstrate proficiency in the reading and mathematics components of the statewide assessment. The bill also provides for an alternative to the statewide assessment for pupils in career and technical education programs.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0162

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to the statewide improvement and assessment program.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program. Amend RSA 193-C:3, IV(i)-(j) to read as follows:

(i) At the end of grade 3, to determine if pupils are [reading] at grade level in reading and mathematics on a standardized [reading] test to be developed by the department as part of a statewide assessment [system] program.

(j) At the end of grade 11, to determine if pupils are proficient in the academic areas necessary to be ready for the workplace, or for postsecondary education as measured on a standardized test aligned with educational standards. As an alternative to the statewide assessment, pupils in career and technical education programs may demonstrate achievement of educational standards by assessments which may be embedded in the career and technical education curriculum that focus on the pupil's ability to demonstrate an understanding of technical knowledge, skills, and work habits which are aligned to academic education standards and career and technical education and industry standards designed to assess technical content.

(k) At the school, district, and state levels, to provide performance reports on specific subgroups of pupils as required by federal law.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.