Senate Bill S5921A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5921 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8247
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3012-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3690, A5866
2019-2020: A924

2015-S5921 - Summary

Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments.

2015-S5921 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5921 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5921

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the weight assigned to
  state-created or administered  testing  results  for  calculating  the
  student performance category of teacher assessments

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  4  of  section  3012-d  of  the
education  law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter
56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  a. Student performance category. Such category shall  have  [at  least
one  subcomponent and an optional second subcomponent] TWO SUBCOMPONENTS
as follows:
  (1) For the first subcomponent, (A) for a teacher whose course ends in
a state-created or administered test for which there is a state-provided
growth model, such teacher shall  have  a  state-provided  growth  score
based  on such model; and (B) for a teacher whose course does not end in
a state-created or administered test such teacher shall have  a  student
learning  objective  (SLO) consistent with a goal-setting process deter-
mined or developed by the commissioner, that results in a student growth
score; provided that, for any teacher whose  course  ends  in  a  state-
created  or administered assessment for which there is no state-provided
growth model, such assessment must be used as the underlying  assessment
for such SLO;
  (2)  For  the  [optional]  second subcomponent, a district may locally
select a second measure  in  accordance  with  this  subparagraph.  Such
second measure shall apply in a consistent manner, to the extent practi-
cable,  across  the district and be [either: (A) a second state-provided
growth score on a state-created or administered test under clause (A) of
subparagraph one of this paragraph, or (B)] a growth score  based  on  a
state-designed supplemental assessment, calculated using a state-provid-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11361-01-5
              

2015-S5921A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8247
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3012-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3690, A5866
2019-2020: A924

2015-S5921A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the weight assigned to state-created or administered testing results for calculating the student performance category of teacher assessments.

2015-S5921A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5921A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5921--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
  the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the weight assigned to
  state-created or administered  testing  results  for  calculating  the
  student performance category of teacher assessments

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  4  of  section  3012-d  of  the
education  law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter
56 of the laws of 2015, subparagraph  1  as  amended  by  section  3  of
subpart  C  of  part  B of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
  a. Student performance category. Such category shall  have  [at  least
one  subcomponent and an optional second subcomponent] TWO SUBCOMPONENTS
as follows:
  (1) For the first subcomponent, (A) for a teacher whose course ends in
a state-created or administered test for which there is a state-provided
growth model, such teacher shall  have  a  state-provided  growth  score
based on such model, which shall take into consideration certain student
characteristics,  as  determined  by the commissioner, including but not
limited to students with disabilities, poverty, English language learner
status and prior academic history and  which  shall  identify  educators
whose  students'  growth is well above or well below average compared to
similar students for a  teacher's  or  principal's  students  after  the
certain  student  characteristics  above are taken into account; and (B)
for a teacher whose course does not end in a state-created  or  adminis-
tered  test  such  teacher shall have a student learning objective (SLO)
consistent with a goal-setting process determined or  developed  by  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11361-02-6
              

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