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EXPLANATION: Direct local school districts to not administer more than one formative assessment per grade level.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EIA, page 329, after line 27, by
adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (SDE-EIA:
Formative Assessments) From the funds appropriated to the
Department of Education in the current fiscal year for
assessment/testing and allocated to school districts for
formative assessments, local school districts shall not
administer more than one formative assessment per grade level.
Assessments must provide students with Lexile and Quantile
scores that are shared with students' parents or
guardians./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.