Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Education to receive approval from State Board of Education prior to imposing new standardized assessment requirement on public schools.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning standardized assessments in public education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, “standardized assessment” means an assessment administered to all students in a specific grade level or subject area and whose results are aggregated for analysis at the district, school, or student subgroup level.
b. The Commissioner of Education shall receive approval from the State Board of Education for administration of a new standardized assessment that is not otherwise required by State or federal law, prior to imposing the requirement on public schools. Standardized assessment requirements that are in effect prior to the effective date of this act, but which are updated or revised to use a new version or form of an assessment, shall not be considered a new standardized assessment for purposes of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to receive approval from the State Board of Education to administer a new standardized assessment that is not otherwise required by State or federal law, prior to imposing the requirement on public schools.
As used in the bill, “standardized assessment” means an assessment administered to all students in a specific grade level or subject area and whose results are aggregated for analysis at the district, school, or student subgroup level. Standardized assessment requirements that are in effect prior to the bill’s effective date, but which are updated or revised to use a new version or form of an assessment, are not to be considered a new standardized assessment under the bill.