GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1201
     

 
Short Title:	Make State Tests Useful to Parents.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Shubert;  Capps and Davis.	
Referred to:	Education.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure that all components of the statewide school testing program align with national student academic performance standards.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑105.40 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑105.40.  Student academic performance standards.
The State Board of Education shall develop a plan to create rigorous student academic performance standards for kindergarten through eighth grade and student academic performance standards for courses in grades 9‑12. The performance standards shall align with the student academic performance standards developed for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) or with some other student academic performance standard that permits comparability on a national level. The plan also shall include clear and understandable methods of reporting individual student academic performance to parents."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑12(9b) reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑12.  Powers and duties of the Board generally.
The general supervision and administration of the free public school system shall be vested in the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall establish policy for the system of free public schools, subject to laws enacted by the General Assembly. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education are defined as follows:
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(9b)	Power to Develop Exit Exams. – The Board shall develop a plan to implement high school exit exams, grade‑level student proficiency benchmarks, student proficiency benchmarks for academic courses required for admission to constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, and student proficiency benchmarks for the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the workforce. The State Board may develop student proficiency benchmarks for other courses offered to secondary school students. The high school exit exams and student proficiency benchmarks shall be aligned with G.S. 115C‑12(9a) and may contain pertinent components of the school‑based accountability annual performance goals. The State Board shall not use State funds to develop or administer any tests unless the results of those tests align with the student academic performance standards developed in accordance with G.S. 115C-105.40, which permit comparability of performance on a national level.
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SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.