| Passed by the House March 10, 2005 Yeas 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 20, 2005 Yeas 44 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1987 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 16, 2005. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 16, 2005 - 2:57 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/07/05.
AN ACT Relating to alternative assessments; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 28A.655
RCW to read as follows:
By January 15, 2006, the office of the superintendent of public
instruction, as part of any feasibility study of options for the
alternative assessments under RCW 28A.655.061(11), shall review the
course requirements and assessments in one or more representative
career and technical programs that lead to industry certification to
determine the alignment of the courses and assessments with the
essential academic learning requirements measured in the high school
Washington assessment of student learning. The purpose of the review
is to determine if the certifications can be used as evidence that a
student has met the standards measured by the Washington assessment of
student learning. The review also shall evaluate the statewide
availability and use of the certifications. As part of the review, the
superintendent shall make a determination of the extent to which the
certifications are comparable in rigor to the reading, writing,
mathematics, or science Washington assessments of student learning, and
whether they should be used as alternative assessments. The
superintendent also shall develop a process for reviewing additional
industry certification programs after the initial review.