What's happening
This bill makes permanent the prohibition on including standardized test scores on a student's permanent record in New York.
Why it matters
Protects student privacy and reduces long-term academic pressure. by ensuring that standardized test scores cannot follow students throughout their educational careers, possibly impacting future opportunities or perceptions.
Promotes more holistic evaluation practices. in schools by preventing reliance on a single metric (standardized test scores) for student assessment or record-keeping, encouraging attention to broader aspects of student growth.
Addresses concerns about educational equity. , as standardized test scores have been shown to reflect socioeconomic disparities; this move could limit the negative impact of such disparities on students’ permanent academic records.
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Keep Test Scores Off Records
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2175
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 12, 2017
Introduced by Sens. SERINO, MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend subpart B of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014 amending the education law relating to providing that standardized test scores shall not be included on a student's permanent record, in relation to making such provisions permanent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of subpart B of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014 amending the education law relating to providing that standardized test scores shall not be included on a student's permanent record, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be deemed repealed on December 31, 2018].
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04881-01-7
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend subpart B of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014 amending the education law relating to providing that standardized test scores shall not be included on a student's permanent record, in relation to making such provisions permanent
Purpose
This bill removes the sunset date on the provision which prohibits recording standardized test scores on a student's permanent record.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 removes the sunset date of December 31, 2018 on the provision which prohibits standardized test scores from being included on a student's permanent record.
Section 2 sets an immediate effective date.
Justification
As part of the 2014-15 State Budget, a provision was enacted to prohibit the inclusion of standardized test scores on a student's permanent record until December 31, 2018. This bill removes the sunset date to assure parents and students that standardized tests are not part of a student's permanent record.
While standardized tests can serve a purpose for measuring growth and assessing performance, a student's record should reflect their body of work, not a singular score on a standardized test.
By removing the test scores from a student's permanent record, it should also remove any stigma or pressure relating to the test. A "one size fits all" test should not define a student and it should be recognized that some students perform well on standardized tests and others do not. It serves no significant purpose to have annual standardized test results follow a student from year to year on their permanent record.
Legislative history
2015-16: S.5449 Referred to Education
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
Immediately.
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