The proposed legislation, General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7011, aims to amend the current requirements for student state-wide assessments in Connecticut. The bill modifies the definition of "mastery examination" to specify that students in grades four, six, and eight will take these assessments, replacing the previous requirement for grades three to eight. Additionally, it establishes that starting from the school year commencing July 1, 2025, students in grades four, six, eight, and eleven will be required to take mastery examinations in reading, writing, and mathematics during the regular school day. The bill also updates the science assessment requirements, changing the grades from five, eight, and ten to five, eight, and eleven.

Furthermore, the bill introduces new provisions for the notification of student scores. It mandates that the Department of Education must inform local and regional boards of education about the mastery examination scores by August 15 each year, and these boards must then notify parents or guardians of their students' scores by October 1. The legislation also ensures that the scores of multilingual learners who have been enrolled for fewer than twenty school months will not be included in the accountability index calculations. Overall, the bill seeks to streamline the assessment process and enhance communication with parents regarding their children's performance on these examinations.

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