(a)In accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC),
Chapter 39, Subchapter B, the commissioner of education adopts certain
assessments as provided in the figure in this subsection as alternate
assessments that a person may use in place of corresponding [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 fall [spring] of 2017 [
2006].
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[(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.]
(b)[(c)] An eligible person [
student] who has met the passing standard on a state-approved
alternate [alternative] exit-level assessment as
set by the commissioner and provided in the figure in subsection
(a) [(b)] of this section in a particular subject
area has satisfied the exit-level testing requirement in that subject
area.
(c)[(d)] A person [
student] is eligible to substitute an alternate [alternative
] exit-level assessment for a TAKS exit-level assessment for
purposes of this subchapter if the person was first enrolled
in Grade 9 prior to the 2011-2012 school year or first enrolled in
Grade 10 or above in the 2011-2012 school year. [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 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 7, 2017
TRD-201702977 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Rulemaking
Texas Education Agency
Earliest possible date of adoption: September 17, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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