(a)For purposes of this subchapter, "equivalent course"
is defined as a course having sufficient content overlap with the
essential knowledge and skills of a similar course in the same content
area listed under §74.1(b)(1)-(4) of this title (relating to
Essential Knowledge and Skills).
(b)Effective beginning with the 2011-2012 school year,
in accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.025(a-1),
(a-2), and (a-3), the commissioner of education adopts certain
assessments as provided in the chart in this subsection as substitute
assessments that a student may use in place of a corresponding end-of-course
(EOC) assessment under the TEC, §39.023(c), to meet the student's
assessment graduation requirements. An approved substitute assessment
may be used in place of only one specific EOC assessment, except in
those cases described by subsection (d)(1) of this section.
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[Figure: 19 TAC §101.4002(b)]
(c)A student is eligible to use a substitute assessment
as provided in the chart in subsection (b) of this section if:
(1)a student was administered an approved substitute
assessment for an equivalent course in which the student was enrolled;
[and]
(2)a student received a satisfactory score on the
substitute assessment as determined by the commissioner and provided
in the chart in subsection (b) of this section; and[.]
(3)a student using a Texas Success
Initiative (TSI) assessment also meets the requirements of subsection
(d) of this section.
(d)Effective beginning with the 2014-2015
school year, a student must meet criteria established in this subsection
in order to qualify to use TSI as a substitute assessment.
(1)A student must have been enrolled in a college
preparatory course for English language arts (PEIMS code CP110100)
or mathematics (PEIMS code CP111200) and, in accordance with the TEC, §39.025(a-1),
have been administered an appropriate TSI assessment at the end of
that course.
(A)A student under this paragraph who meets all TSI
English language arts score requirements provided in the chart in
subsection (b) of this section satisfies both the English I and English
II EOC assessment graduation requirements.
(B)A student under this paragraph may satisfy an assessment
graduation requirement in such a manner regardless of previous performance
on an Algebra I, English I, or English II EOC assessment.
(2)In accordance with the TEC, §39.025(a-3),
a student who did not meet satisfactory performance on the Algebra
I or English II EOC assessment after retaking the assessment may use
the corresponding TSI assessment in place of that EOC assessment.
(A)For a student under this paragraph who took separate
reading and writing assessments for the English II EOC assessment
and who did not meet the English II assessment graduation requirement
using those tests as specified in §101.3022(b) of this title
(relating to Assessment Requirements for Graduation), the separate
TSI reading or writing assessment may not be used to substitute for
the corresponding English II reading or writing EOC assessment.
(B)The provisions of this paragraph expire September
1, 2017. A student may meet the assessment graduation requirements
under this paragraph using the TSI if the student has met the necessary
score requirements as specified in the chart in subsection (b) of
this section prior to September 1, 2017.
(e)[(d)] A student electing
to substitute an assessment for graduation purposes must still take
the corresponding EOC assessment required under the TEC, §39.023(c),
unless the student met the requirements specified in subsection (c)
of this section.
(f)[(e)] A student who fails
to perform satisfactorily on the PSAT or the ACT-PLAN as indicated
in the chart in subsection (b) of this section must take the appropriate
end-of-course assessment required under the TEC, §39.023(c),
to meet the assessment graduation requirements for that subject.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to
be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on August 31, 2015
TRD-201503493 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 11, 2015
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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