STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator CHRISTOPHER "KIP" BATEMAN
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning certain standardized assessments and supplementing P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, “PARCC assessment” means the assessments developed by the consortium of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
b. During the 2016-2017 through 2018-2019 school years, the PARCC assessment shall not be used in making a determination regarding a student’s placement in a gifted and talented program, placement in another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-6), any other school or district-level decision that affects students, or as a component of any evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education for approval pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of P.L.2012, c.26 (C.18A:6-122).
c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt a student from the graduation requirements established pursuant to P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-1 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill stipulates that, for the 2016-2017 through 2018-2019 school years, the assessments developed by the consortium of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC assessments) may not be used to determine a student’s placement in a gifted and talented program, another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the State graduation proficiency test, any other school or district-level decision that affects students, or as part of any evaluation rubric submitted to the Commissioner of Education for approval.