Introduced
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To establish a Michigan Assessment Governing Board to administer a public school assessment test program in reading, math, language arts, science, social studies, and civics. The bill establishes new school accreditation standards with letter grades based on the state MEAP test scores, change in scores, and individual student test performance over three-years accounting for 75 percent of the rating. The accreditation standards also include teacher quality based on attendance rate, subject-area expertise, and professional development; and school performance based on student attendance rate, drop-out rate, graduation rate, curriculum, school improvement plan, educational technology, and parental and community involvement. Accreditation would be based on a school's letter grade for each indicator. A school failing accreditation two years in a row would be required to devise an “Ensured Learning Action Plan” with building-level academic standards, performance goals and timetables; revisions to curriculum, instructional practices, or programs; assessments of every student and increased performance information to parents; and greater control by principals over personnel, budget, and programs. If a school failed accreditation for another two years, the state superintendent of public instruction would either appoint an new administrator, help parents get children into an accredited school, align the school with existing research-based improvement models, affiliate it with a college or university, or close the school. In addition, the bill requires annual reading and math tests for all students in grades one to eight, which can be the MEAP test, or a comparable test that allows timely year to year student performance comparisons, with results broken down by race, gender, socio-economic status, disability and language. The bill would not apply to the Detroit School District under it’s state-mandated reform board. See also House Bills 5580 and 5881.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with a version which consolidates all student and school assessment and award activities under a Michigan Assessment Governing Board in the Department of Treasury. The substitute also eliminates most of the original's acredidation provisions, and essentially adopts the State Board of Education's "Education YES!" accreditation plan as the state's response to the recently adopted federal standards.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To transfer responsibility for the assessment program from the Department of Treasury to the Superintendent of Public Education.
The amendment failed 47 to 41 (details)
Amendment offered
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To prohibit the use of letter grades in overall assessment ratings of individual schools.
The amendment passed 101 to 0 (details)
Amendment offered
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To prohibit any pay raises for superintendents at failing schools until they have improved to a certain standard.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require that any professional development for teachers at a failing school take place during summer or when school in not in session.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require that any professional development for teachers at a failing school is paid for by the school district.
The amendment failed 50 to 40 (details)
Amendment offered
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To require the actual graded tests for each student to be returned to schools, not just the grades.
The amendment failed 43 to 52 (details)
Passed in the House 66 to 32 (details)
To establish a Michigan Assessment Governing Board in the Department of Treasury to administer a public school assessment test program in reading, math, language arts, science, social studies, and civics. The bill consolidates all student and school assessment and award activities under this board. The bill requires the department of education to establish new school accreditation standards based on parental involvement; student achievement, including current status, change, and annual individual student progress; quality of teachers; quality of schools; and community involvement. (Note: This would essentially adopt the State Board of Education's "Education YES!" accreditation plan.) The new standards would require approval by the House and Senate Education Committees. A school failing accreditation two years in a row would be required to devise an “Ensured Learning Action Plan” with building-level academic standards, performance goals and timetables; revisions to curriculum, instructional practices, or programs; assessments of every student and increased performance information to parents; and greater control by principals over personnel, budget, and programs. It could also recommend the conversion of a school to a public school academy (charter school), or contracting with a private firm to manage the school. If a school failed accreditation for another two years, the state superintendent of public instruction would either appoint an new administrator, help parents get children into an accredited school, affiliate or align it with a college or university, or close the school. In addition, the bill requires annual reading and math tests for all students in grades one to eight, which can be the MEAP test, or a comparable test that allows timely year to year student performance comparisons, with results broken down by race, gender, socio-economic status, disability and language. The bill would not apply to the Detroit School District under it’s state-mandated reform board. See also House Bills 5580 and 5881.
