| (a) On the third testing opportunity, each school district
and charter school may establish by local board policy a district-wide
procedure to use a state-approved alternate assessment instead of
the statewide assessment instrument specified in §101.2003(a)
of this title (relating to Grade Advancement Testing Requirements).
The commissioner of education shall provide annually, to school districts
and charter schools, a list of state-approved group-administered achievement
tests, if available, certified by test publishers as meeting the requirements
of the Texas Education Code, §28.0211. This list shall include
nationally recognized instruments for obtaining valid and reliable
data, which demonstrate student competencies in the applicable subject
at the appropriate grade level range. The district shall select only
one test for each applicable grade and subject to be used under this
section.
(b) The alternate assessment must be given during the
period established in the assessment calendar by the commissioner
of education to coincide with the date of the third administration
of the statewide assessment.
(c) A company or organization scoring a test defined
in subsection (a) of this section shall send test results to the school
district for verification within ten working days following receipt
of the test materials from the school district and shall send a copy
of those results to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in a format specified
by and on a schedule established by the TEA.
(d) To maintain the security and confidential integrity
of group-administered achievement tests, school districts and charter
schools shall follow the procedures for test security and confidentiality
delineated in Subchapter C of this chapter (relating to Security and
Confidentiality).
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §101.2011 adopted to be effective May 26, 2002, 27 TexReg 4337; amended to be effective February 24, 2005, 30 TexReg 842; amended to be effective June 4, 2012, 37 TexReg 4040 |
