1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3274 By: Baker
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 1210.508, which relates to the statewide
8 system of student assessments; adding optional
8 career-readiness and armed services assessments for
9 certain students; requiring assessment to be
9 administered at no cost to students; providing an
10 effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.508, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 1210.508 A. 1. By no later than December 31, 2016,
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18 the State Board of Education shall adopt a statewide system of
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19 student assessments in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary
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20 Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L.
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21 No. 114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
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22 2. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board
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23 pursuant to this subsection shall be aligned with the Oklahoma
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 1 Academic Standards as adopted by the Board and which prepare
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2 students for college and careers.
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3 B. 1. The Board shall issue a request for proposals for the
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4 selection of assessments to be administered to students in grades
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5 three through twelve as a part of the statewide student assessment
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6 system adopted by the Board pursuant to this section.
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7 2. The Board shall adopt assessments from the selected
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8 proposals that were submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
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9 subsection. The adopted assessments shall be administered by the
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10 Board for a period that is in coordination with the six-year subject
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11 area textbook adoption cycle unless the vendor does not fulfill the
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12 terms of the contract or fails to comply with or violates the terms
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13 of the contract. The Board shall administer the assessments
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14 beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.
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15 C. The statewide student assessment system adopted by the Board
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16 pursuant to this section shall include assessments that:
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17 1. Are aligned with the Oklahoma subject matter standards as
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18 adopted by the Board;
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19 2. Provide a measure of comparability among other states;
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20 3. Yield both norm-referenced scores and criterion-referenced
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21 scores;
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22 4. Have a track record of statistical reliability and accuracy;
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23 and
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 1 5. For assessments administered in high school, provide a
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2 measure of future academic performance.
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3 D. For the 2016-2017 school year, the Board shall administer
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4 assessments in:
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5 1. English Language Arts or Reading and Mathematics in grades
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6 three through eight and at least once in high school, during the
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7 grade span of nine through twelve;
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8 2. Science not less than once during each grade span of three
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9 through five, six through nine and ten through twelve; and
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10 3. United States History not less than once during the grade
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11 span of nine through twelve.
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12 E. 1. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide
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13 student assessment system shall include assessments in:
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14 a. English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades three
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15 through eight and at least once in high school, during
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16 the grade span of nine through twelve,
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17 b. Science not less than once during each grade span of
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18 three through five, six through nine and ten through
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19 twelve, and
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20 c. United States History, with an emphasis on civics, not
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21 less than once during the grade span of nine through
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22 twelve.
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23 2. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the statewide
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24 student assessment system may include:
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 1 a. assessments in Reading and Writing in certain grades
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2 as determined by the Board, and
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3 b. contingent upon the availability of funds, an
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4 additional nationally recognized college- and career-
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5 readiness assessment or assessments as recommended by
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6 the State Department of Education which will be
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7 administered to students in high school at no cost to
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8 the student.
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9 3. a. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the
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10 statewide student assessment system may include:
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11 (1) a retest of the nationally recognized college-
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12 and career-readiness assessment administered
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13 pursuant to subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of this
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14 subsection,
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15 (2) nationally recognized, portable career-readiness
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16 assessments that lead to a National Career
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17 Readiness Certificate, or
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18 (3) the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
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19 (ASVAB).
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20 b. The assessments described in this paragraph shall be
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21 available for students in the fall semester of their
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22 twelfth grade year and shall be administered at no
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23 cost to the students.
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 1 F. 1. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the
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2 2017-2018 school year, each student shall take the assessment or
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3 assessments included in the statewide student assessment system
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4 adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of this section in
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5 order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma.
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6 All students shall take the assessment or assessments prior to
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7 graduation, unless otherwise exempt by law.
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8 2. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the
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9 2017-2018 school year, each student, in addition to taking the
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10 assessment or assessments included in the statewide student
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11 assessment system adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection A of
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12 this section, shall meet any other high school graduation
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13 requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled
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14 House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma
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15 Legislature in order to graduate from a public high school with a
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16 standard diploma.
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17 3. For students who start the ninth grade prior to or during
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18 the 2016-2017 school year, school districts shall adopt a plan that
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19 establishes the assessment or assessments those students are
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20 required to take in order to graduate from a public high school with
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21 a standard diploma. The plan may also include any or all of the
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22 other high school graduation requirements adopted by the Board
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23 pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd
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24 Session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature that those students will be
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 1 required to meet in order to graduate from a public high school with
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2 a standard diploma.
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3 4. The Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that students who
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4 transfer into an Oklahoma school district from out-of-state after
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5 the junior year of high school shall not be denied the opportunity
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6 to be awarded a standard diploma due to differing testing
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7 requirements.
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8 G. In order to provide an indication of the levels of
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9 competency attained by the student in a permanent record for
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10 potential future employers and institutions of higher education,
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11 school districts shall report on the high school transcript of the
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12 student the highest-achieved score on the assessment or assessments
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13 included in the statewide student assessment system adopted by the
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14 Board pursuant to subsection A of this section and any business- and
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15 industry-recognized endorsements attained.
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16 H. Students who do not perform at a proficiency level on
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17 assessments shall be remediated as established in the assessment
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18 requirements adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 5 of Enrolled
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19 House Bill No. 3218 of the 2nd Session of the 55th Oklahoma
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20 Legislature, subject to the availability of funding.
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21 I. 1. All assessments required by this section shall measure
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22 academic competencies in correlation with the subject matter
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23 standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Sections 11-103.6 and 11-
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24 103.6a of this title and referred to as the Oklahoma Academic
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 1 Standards. The State Board of Education shall evaluate the subject
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2 matter standards to ensure the competencies reflect high standards,
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3 are specific, well-defined, measurable, challenging, and will
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4 prepare elementary students for next-grade-level course work and
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5 secondary students for postsecondary studies at institutions of
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6 higher education or technology center schools without the need for
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7 remediation. All subject matter standards shall reflect the goals
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8 as set forth in Section 11-103.6 of this title and of improving the
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9 state average ACT score.
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10 2. The State Department of Education shall annually evaluate
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11 the results of the assessments. The State Board of Education shall
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12 ensure that preliminary results for all statewide assessments are
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13 reported to districts no later than June 20 of each year and are
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14 presented in a manner that yields detailed, diagnostic information
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15 for the purpose of guiding instruction and student remediation. As
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16 improvements are made to the assessments required by this section,
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17 the Board shall seek to increase the depth of knowledge assessed for
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18 each subject. The State Board of Education shall seek to ensure
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19 that data yielded from the assessments required in this section are
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20 utilized at the school district level to inform instruction,
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21 professional development, school improvement and remediation for
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22 students.
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23 3. The Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability
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24 shall determine the cut scores for the performance levels on all
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 1 statewide assessments. The Commission shall conduct an ongoing
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2 review to compare the statewide assessment content and performance
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3 descriptors with those of other states. Upon receipt of the review,
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4 the Commission may adjust the cut scores as necessary.
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5 4. The State Board of Education, for the purposes of conducting
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6 reliability and validity studies, monitoring contractor adherence to
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7 professionally accepted testing standards, and providing
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8 recommendations for testing program improvement, shall retain the
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9 services of an established, independent agency or organization that
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10 is nationally recognized for its technical expertise in educational
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11 testing but is not engaged in the development of aptitude or
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12 achievement tests for elementary or secondary level grades. These
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13 national assessment experts shall annually conduct studies of the
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14 reliability and validity of the statewide assessments administered
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15 pursuant to this section. Validity studies shall include studies of
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16 decision validity and concurrent validity.
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17 J. 1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
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18 setting the assessment window dates for each statewide assessment so
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19 that the assessments are administered according to recommended
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20 testing protocols, and so that the assessment results are reported
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21 back to school districts in a timely manner. The vendor shall
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22 provide a final electronic data file of all school site, school
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23 district, and state results to the State Department of Education and
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24 the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability prior to August
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 1 20 of each year. The Department shall forward the final data files
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2 for each school district and each school site in that district to
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3 the school district. The Board shall ensure the contract with the
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4 vendor includes a provision that the vendor report assessment
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5 results directly to the Office of Educational Quality and
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6 Accountability at the same time it is reported to the Board.
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7 2. State, district, and site level results of all assessments
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8 required in this section shall be disaggregated by gender, race,
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9 ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency,
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10 and status as economically disadvantaged, except that such
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11 disaggregation shall not be required in a case in which the number
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12 of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically
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13 reliable information or the results would reveal personally
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14 identifiable information about an individual student. Each school
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15 site shall notify the student's parents of the school's performance
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16 levels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program as reported in the
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17 Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program at the end of each school
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18 year.
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19 K. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for the
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20 field-testing and validation of the statewide assessment system
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21 required in subsection A of this section.
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22 L. The State Board of Education shall develop, administer, and
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23 incorporate as a part of the Oklahoma School Testing Program, other
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24 assessment programs or procedures, including appropriate
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 1 accommodations for the assessment of students with disabilities as
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2 required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
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3 20 U.S.C., Section 1400 et seq.
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4 M. For purposes of developing and administering alternate
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5 assessments for students with the most significant cognitive
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6 disabilities, the State Board of Education shall not be subject to
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7 subsections D and E of Section 11-103.6a of this title.
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8 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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9 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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10 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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11 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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12 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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