Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1255
Amendment No. 510789
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representatives Adkins and Proctor offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (287776) (with title amendment)
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5     (f)  By September 1, 2011 2009, the department shall
6approve and a district may select acceptable premethods and
7postmethods for measuring student learning gains, including
8standardized assessments, diagnostic assessments, criterion-
9referenced and skills-based assessments, or other applicable
10methods appropriate for each grade level, for use by
11supplemental educational services providers and local school
12districts in determining student learning gains. Each method
13must be able to measure student progress toward mastering the
14benchmarks or access points set forth in the Sunshine State
15Standards and the student's supplemental educational services
16plan. The use of a diagnostic and assessment instrument, which
17is aligned to a provider's curriculum, is an acceptable
18premethod and postmethod if the provider can demonstrate that
19the assessment meets the requirements in this paragraph and is
20not deemed unreliable or invalid by the department.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
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27measuring student learning gains; amending s.


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