GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 1128*
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 6/24/98

Short Title:  Testing in Second Grade. 	(Public)

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May 14, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO USE VALID, AGE-APPROPRIATE STANDARDIZED TESTS IN SECOND GRADE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-174.11(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Assessment Instruments for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade. – The State Board of Education shall adopt and provide to the local school administrative units developmentally appropriate individualized assessment instruments consistent with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade, rather than standardized tests. Local school administrative units may use these assessment instruments provided to them by the State Board for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students.  Local boards may use valid, age-appropriate standardized tests in combination with other assessments in second grade so long as they are used for individual student diagnostic or program evaluation purposes.  These tests or the kindergarten, first grade, or second grade individualized assessments shall not be used for accountability purposes or as a basis for promotion, retention, tracking, or labeling decisions about individual students.  If standardized tests or assessments are used for individual diagnostic purposes or if the results are placed in a student's record, the school shall provide the results to that student's parent or legal guardian.  Local school administrative units are encouraged to notify parents and guardians of students before administering standardized tests or assessments to those students under this subsection."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.