BILL REQ. #: H-4785.1
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2008 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/23/08. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to the design of the state assessment system and the Washington assessment of student learning; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature finds that, according to a
recent report from a consultant retained by the state board of
education, end-of-course assessments have certain advantages over
comprehensive assessments such as the current form of the Washington
assessment of student learning, and in most other areas end-of-course
assessments are comparable to comprehensive assessments in meeting
public policy objectives for a statewide assessment system. The
legislature further finds that because the state's assessment contract
will be renegotiated before the end of 2008, the 2008 legislature has
an opportunity to provide policy direction in the design of the state
assessment system and the design of the Washington assessment of
student learning.