BILL NUMBER: AB 2682 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 15, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 28, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 12, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Block
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add Section 78219 to the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2682, as amended, Block. Community colleges: student
assessments: pilot project. project:
California Community Colleges Common Assessment.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state.
The Seymour-Campbell Matriculation Act of 1986 requires,
contingent on the appropriation of funds for the purposes of the act,
matriculation services to be made available by the colleges. The act
requires those services to include assessment and counseling upon
enrollment, including administration of assessment instruments to
determine student competency in computational and language skills.
This bill would include in that act a requirement for the board to
establish a pilot project, with specified objectives, that seeks to
create a centrally delivered system of student assessment to be used
as one of multiple measures, consistent with specified law, for the
purposes of community college placement and advisement. The bill
would require the board to convene an advisory committee for the
pilot project and report on specified progress by February 28, 2011.
The bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, in developing the California Community
Colleges Common Assessment, to use the existing test item banks
created by the California State University and the K-12 system as
part of the state's college readiness assessment. The bill would
require the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges to work with the California State University to align and
leverage the state's college readiness assessment to facilitate the
implementation of the California Community Colleges Common
Assessment.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 78219 is added to the Education Code, to read:
78219. (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall establish a pilot project that seeks to create a
centrally delivered system of student assessment to be used as one of
multiple measures, consistent with existing regulations, for the
purposes of community college placement and advisement. The pilot
project shall include all of the following objectives:
(1) Creation of a centrally delivered system of student assessment
that provides a single assessment instrument for use by community
colleges in the curriculum areas of English, mathematics, and English
as a second language.
(2) Creation of a secure, centrally housed assessment test data
warehouse that shall collect both of the following:
(A) All available assessment scores generated by assessed students
at all participating community colleges.
(B) All available K-12 assessment data and transcript information
for students at all participating community colleges. The use of this
data shall be limited to placing and advising community college
students to enhance their success with and completion of their
postsecondary education objectives.
(3) Creation of an Internet Web portal that can be accessed by
community college personnel and students and that provides all of the
following:
(A) An assessment profile, generated for each student upon
request, which includes all assessment information available in the
data warehouse created pursuant to paragraph (2). This profile shall
be accessible for counseling, matriculation, and course placement
purposes.
(B) A pretest application that emulates the structure of the
centrally delivered student assessment created pursuant to paragraph
(1) that students can practice on and familiarize themselves with
before taking future assessments.
(C) An advisement tool that provides students with information on
historical success rates of remedial courses for students at various
levels of academic remediation.
(b) The board shall convene an advisory committee for the pilot
project established pursuant to subdivision (a) that includes, but is
not limited to, representatives from all of the following entities:
(1) The office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges.
(2) The Legislative Analyst's Office.
(3) The Department of Finance.
(4) The State Department of Education.
(5) The Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges.
(6) The Research and Planning Group for California Community
Colleges.
(7) The California Community Colleges Matriculation Professionals
Association.
(c) The board shall report on progress made on the pilot project
established pursuant to subdivision (a) on or before February 28,
2011. The report shall include all of the following:
(1) The estimated costs for full implementation of the centralized
delivery and warehousing of assessment instruments required pursuant
to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).
(2) The technical feasibility of expanding the pilot project
established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(3) Feedback on any potential legislative changes needed to
deliver test scores to and from the data warehouse created pursuant
to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(4) The best model for providing ongoing funding for the pilot
project established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) In developing the California Community Colleges Common
Assessment, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall use the existing test item banks created by the
California State University and the K-12 system as part of the state'
s college readiness assessment, including, but not necessarily
limited to, the Early Assessment Program.
(e) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the California State University shall work together to
align and leverage the state's college readiness assessment,
including the Early Assessment Program, to facilitate the effective
and economical implementation of the California Community Colleges
Common Assessment.