Relating to education; establishing state measures for academic success; requiring a growth based value added indicator of student achievement for statewide and local assessments; defining certain terms; modifying certain statewide testing and reporting system provisions, modifying certain educational accountability and public reporting requirements, requiring the commissioner of education to aggregate certain student performance data; requiring the commissioner to maintain a system for student academic achievement and growth, modifying certain system component requirements; specifying certain school district student academic achievement levels for meeting federally mandated expectations; modifying educational assessment system requirements, specifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to establishing a new state growth norm applicable to students in a particular grade for a particular year; specifying certain application requirements for the state growth norm to students in grades 4 through 8; specifying certain student performance reporting requirements; requiring the commissioner to establish criteria for identifying school and school districts demonstrating exceptional growth in order to advance educators professional development and to replicate programs in meeting students diverse learning needs; modifying school performance report cards content and reporting requirements; modifying value added assessment program requirements; requiring the commissioner to convene groups for implementing a student growth based value added system, for implementation of rigorous coursework measures relating to student performance and for implementing measures for assessing students self reported sense of school safety, engagement in school and the quality of relationships with teachers, administrators and other students for school report card purposes; specifying certain membership requirements and duties; requiring reports to the legislature by a certain date; specifying certain growth based value added system model conformity requirements
(je)