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(a)In accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 39, Subchapter B, the commissioner of education adopts the SAT® verbal/critical reading and mathematics tests and the ACT® English and mathematics tests as alternative exit-level assessments that eligible students with qualifying scores may substitute respectively for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exit-level assessments in English language arts and mathematics beginning in the spring of 2006. (b)The commissioner establishes the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the approved alternative exit-level assessments as follows. (1)The required passing standard to qualify to substitute the SAT® verbal/critical reading test for the TAKS exit-level English language arts assessment is at least 472. (2)The required passing standard to qualify to substitute the SAT® mathematics test for the TAKS exit-level mathematics assessment is at least 461. (3)The required passing standard to qualify to substitute the ACT® English test for the TAKS exit-level English language arts assessment is at least 17.7. (4)The required passing standard to qualify to substitute the ACT® mathematics test for the TAKS exit-level mathematics assessment is at least 19.5. (c)An eligible student who has met the passing standard on a state-approved alternative exit-level assessment as set by the commissioner in subsection (b) of this section in a particular subject area has satisfied the exit-level testing requirement in that subject area. (d)A student is eligible to substitute an alternative exit-level assessment for a TAKS exit-level assessment for purposes of this subchapter if the student after January 1 of the year in which the student would otherwise be eligible to graduate: (1)enrolls in a public school in Texas for the first time; or (2)enrolls in a public school in Texas after an absence of at least four years from any public school in this state. A student meets this requirement if he or she has not been enrolled for one or more days in a public school in Texas in the four years preceding the day on which the student enrolls in a Texas public school after January 1 of the year in which the student would otherwise be eligible to graduate.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has
reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's
legal authority.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on November 26, 2013
TRD-201305505 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: December 16, 2013
Proposal publication date: September 20, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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