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These: tests shall he designed to measure ,proy;ress toward ,elected competencies, <br />cspecially_ core academic competencies, described in the Standard Course of Study <br />for anoropriate_grade levels. With regard to students who are identified as not <br />demonstrating satisfactory academic progress, end -of- course and end -of -grade test <br />results shall be used in developing strategies and plans for assistin • those students in <br />achieving satisfactory academic progress." <br />Sec. 5. Testing for Comparisons of Student Achievement. -- Effective <br />July 1, 1992, G.S. 115C- 174.11(a) reads as rewritten: <br />"(a) Annual Testing Program. ;;Tai-f=ef tee tts!iess the <br />&n ttlintial statewide testing l3fograrn in basie subjeeis. k is the purpose of this te9ting <br />' grade <br />The State 13ear-el of EtIttemiaii shall iieleet anntiaPy the type at- typts (31 tests te 19e <br />The State Board of Education shall • adopt and provide to the local school <br />administrative units developmentally appropriate individualized assessment <br />-- instrumcMs - consistent with the Basic Education Program for the first and second <br />grades, rather than standardized tests. Local school administrative units may use <br />these assessment instruments provided to them by the State Board for first and <br />second grade students, and shall not use standardized tests. The State Board of <br />Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental <br />Operations prior to May 1, 1988, and to the Senate and House Appropriations <br />Committees on Education prior to March 1, 1989, on the assessment instruments it <br />develops. <br />If the State Board of Education finds that testing in grades other than the first and <br />second grade is necessary to allow comparisons with national indicators of student <br />achievement, that testing shall be conducted with the smallest sire sample of students <br />necessary to assure valid comparisons with other states." <br />Sec. 6. Annual Report Cards for Schools. -- G.S. 115C -12(9) reads as <br />rewritten: <br />Senate Bill 2 <br />1'(9) Miscellaneous Powers and Duties. -- All the powers and duties <br />exercised by the State Board of Education shall be in conformity <br />with the Constitution and subject to such laws as may be enacted <br />from time to time by the General Assembly. Among such eludes <br />are: <br />a. To certify and regulate the grade and salary of teachers and <br />other school employees. <br />b. To adopt and supply textbooks. <br />C. To adopt rules requiring all local boards of education to <br />implement the Basic Education Program on an incremental <br />basis within funds appropriated for that purpose by the <br />General Assembly and by units of local government. <br />The Board shall develop a State accreditation program <br />that meets or exceeds the standards and requirements of the <br />Basic Education Program. The Board shall require each <br />local school administrative unit to comply with the State <br />