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 BackHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Committee Report
| Legislation: | HCR 32 |
| Sponsor: | Lofink |
| Long Title: | CREATING AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFICIENT STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE. |
| Committee: | EDUCATION |
| Number of Committee Members: | 13 |
| Date of Report: | 06/20/2007 |
| Committee Vote: | Favorable: | On Its Merits: | Unfavorable: |
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Purpose of the Bill : This Resolution requires a transition to a statewide student assessment system that is economical, focused, requires less testing time, measures each child’s academic growth, and returns faster and more useful results to teachers, parents and students. It creates a Task Force of educators, parents, legislators and other stakeholders to oversee the development of the Request(s) for Proposals and the vendor selection.
Committee Findings: Dr. Wilson, DOE, provided information to the committee about the Task Force. Questions from the committee were raised regarding members, grants, implementation, and MAP testing.
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