(105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2015)
Sec. 2-3.64c. Assessment Review Task Force. The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a task force to review standardized assessments. The task force shall consist of all of the following individuals:
(1) Two parents.
(2) One educator representing a statewide
professional teachers' organization.
(3) One educator representing a different statewide
professional teachers' organization.
(4) One educator representing a professional
teachers' organization in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.
(5) One early childhood educator.
(6) One school district administrator representing
an association representing school administrators.
(7) One school principal representing an association
representing school principals.
(8) One school district board member representing an
association representing school board members.
(9) One early childhood center administrator.
(10) One assessment expert.
(11) One representative of the State Board of
Education.
(12) One representative of regional superintendents
of schools.
(13) One representative of a 4-year institution of
higher education.
(14) One representative of a 2-year institution of
higher education.
(15) One citizen who is a resident of this State.
(16) One representative from an organization
representing high school districts.
(17) One bilingual education educator.
(18) One school principal representing an association
representing school principals in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.
(19) One special education administrator of a school
district. The task force shall also consist of the following members appointed as follows:
(A) One member of the Senate appointed by the
President of the Senate.
(B) One member of the Senate appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate.
(C) One member of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(D) One member of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
The State Superintendent shall appoint one of the task force members as chairperson of the task force. The task force shall meet at least 4 times to review standardized assessments. This review shall include at least 5% of school districts in this State that represent a regionally equal sampling selected from among those counties of this State other than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County and shall include a school district located in a city having a population over 500,000. The task force shall review the content and design of standardized assessments; the time and money expended to prepare for standardized assessments as measured against the purpose of the assessment; parent, student, and educator perceptions of the level and intensity of standardized assessments; and any other issues involving standardized assessments identified by the task force. The State Board of Education shall provide administrative support to the task force.
The task force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly no later than May 31, 2015, and, upon filing its report, the task force is dissolved. This Section is repealed on June 1, 2015.
(Source: P.A. 98-1075, eff. 8-26-14.)
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