What's happening
This bill requires schools to report English/language arts and math assessment results and proficiency levels to parents by the school year's end.
Why it matters
Empowers parents with timely information. By requiring assessment results and proficiency levels to be reported before the school year ends, parents can better understand their child's academic progress and address any concerns promptly—rather than waiting until the following year.
Promotes transparency in education. Mandating that schools and the education department define and communicate the four proficiency levels for each grade and test helps set clear expectations and standards for student achievement.
Supports informed decision-making. With both scores and proficiency benchmarks in hand, parents are in a stronger position to advocate for their child's needs, seek extra support, or challenge placement decisions, fostering greater parental involvement in education.
Could encourage school accountability. The requirement for timely, standardized reporting may incentivize schools to ensure all students are fairly assessed and that results are communicated clearly, potentially leading to improvements in instruction and support services.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Send Test Scores to Parents
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
389
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the reporting of the results of English/language arts and mathematics assessments to the person in parental relation to each elementary school pupil who is so assessed
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3211-b to read as follows:
§ 3211-b. Reports of English/language arts and mathematics assessments. The results of and the department designated proficiency level of any English/language arts or mathematics assessment test administered by a school district or school to any elementary school pupil shall be reported to the person in parental relation to such pupil by the department on or before the last day of class for the school year in which such test was administered. The regents and department shall establish and provide to every person in parental relation, school district and school, on or before May twentieth, the four proficiency levels for each grade level or each assessment test administered to such grade.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03501-01-9
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the report- ing of the results of English/language arts and mathematics assessments to the person in parental relation to each elementary school pupil who is so assessed
Purpose
Requires the Education Department to report the results of English/language arts and mathematics assessments to parents of pupils by the last day of classes.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends the education law by adding new section 3211-b.
Section two is the effective date.
Justification
New York City uses state test scores as a major factor in determining who must attend summer school. Due to the fact that test results are not released until after summer school decisions are made, students are recommended based on preliminary results. In 2012, 32,868 students in New York City were recommended for summer school. After the state exam results were released, it was discovered that only 25,834 students scored low enough on the state exam to be required to go. This bill would rectify this unfortunate situation.
Legislative history
2018: S.3544 - Referred to Education/A.6580 - Referred to Education 2017: S.3544 - Passed Senate/A.6580 - Referred to Education 2016: S.4051 - Passed Senate 2015: S.4051 - Passed Senate 2014: S.2464 - Passed Senate/A.5271 - Referred to Education 2012: S.7830 - Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.