BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 2057
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2057 (Bonilla)
As Amended April 3, 2014
2/3 vote. Urgency
EDUCATION 4-1 APPROPRIATIONS 12-4
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|Ayes:|Buchanan, Gonzalez, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bocanegra, |
| |Nazarian, Williams | |Bradford, |
| | | |Ian Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Eggman, Gomez, Holden, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Weber |
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|Nays:|Ch�vez |Nays:|Bigelow, Allen, Donnelly, |
| | | |Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Repeals the requirement to administer assessments in
English language arts and mathematics to pupils in grades 2, 9,
and 10 who have significant cognitive disabilities, and
authorizes districts, subject to approval from the U.S.
Department of Education, to avoid double-testing in the 2013-14
school year of pupils in grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and grade 11
who have significant cognitive disabilities. Specifically, this
bill :
1)Provides that a consortium alternative performance assessment
in English language arts and mathematics aligned to the Common
Core State Standards (CCSS) shall be administered in grades 3
to 8, inclusive.
2)Provides that, for the 2013-14 school year only, a local
education agency (LEA) may administer either the pilot tests
of the consortium alternate performance assessment in English
language arts and mathematics or the California Alternative
Performance Assessment (CAPA).
3)Provides that, if an LEA administers the pilot test, the
assessment shall be a pilot test only, to enable the
consortium to gauge the validity and reliability of the
assessments and to conduct all necessary psychometric
procedures and studies, including, but not necessarily limited
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to, achievement standard setting, and to allow the California
Department of Education (CDE) to conduct studies regarding
full implementation of the assessment system.
4)Provides that the results of the pilot test shall not be used
for any other purpose, including the calculation of an
accountability measure.
5)Changes the name of the Measurement of Academic Performance
and Progress (MAPP) to the California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes MAPP, to be composed of the following:
a) A consortium summative assessment in English language
arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and
grade 11 aligned to the CCSS;
b) Science grade level assessments in grades 5, 8, and 10
aligned to content standards adopted by the State Board of
Education (SBE);
c) The CAPA in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, in English
language arts, mathematics, and science in grades 5, 8, and
10;
d) The Early Assessment Program; and
e) A primary language assessment.
1)Requires the 2013-14 assessment in English language arts and
mathematics to be a pilot test only, to enable the consortium
to gauge the validity and reliability of the assessments and
to conduct all necessary psychometric procedures and studies,
including, but not necessarily limited to, achievement
standard setting, and to allow the CDE to conduct studies
regarding full implementation of the assessment system.
2)Provides that the results of the pilot test shall not be used
for any other purpose, including the calculation of an
accountability measure.
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3)Requires CAPA to be administered until a successor assessment
is implemented.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor absorbable costs to local education agencies to
reconvene Individual Educational Plan (IEP) teams and modify IEP
plans that include administration of the CAPA.
COMMENTS : Existing law requires CAPA to be administered until
a successor assessment is implemented. CAPA is administered to
pupils whose significant cognitive disabilities prevent them
from taking other assessments with accommodations or
modifications. It is being discontinued, because it is not
aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). California
has joined with 23 other states through the National Center and
State Collaborative (NCSC) to develop a consortium alternative
assessment to replace CAPA. The consortium alternative
assessment will be pilot tested in spring 2014.
This bill does two things:
1)Makes the consortium alternative assessment consistent with
the regular CCSS-related assessments with regard to the grades
assessed in English language arts and mathematics. Whereas
CAPA assesses pupils in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, the other
assessments are administered in grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and
grade 11. This bill requires the consortium alternative
assessment to be administered in those same grade levels.
2)Authorizes LEAs, in 2013-14 only, and subject to approval from
the U. S. Department of Education, to administer either the
consortium alternative assessment pilot test or CAPA. In
other words, LEAs that are participating in the pilot test
would not be required to also administer CAPA. The purpose is
to avoid double-testing of pupils.
Federal approval is needed for districts to opt out of CAPA to
avoid violating the terms of a waiver California received from
the federal government to suspend our statewide testing program
for one year. Specifically, in November 2013, California
requested a one-year waiver from certain federal testing and
reporting requirements in order to allow for the field testing
of the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium assessments,
which are aligned to the CCSS. In particular, California sought
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a waiver from the requirement to calculate annual Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) for schools and LEAs. California's waiver
request included an assurance that CAPA would be administered
this year if the waiver was granted. In March 2014, the U. S.
Department of Education granted the waiver request with certain
conditions. One of the conditions is that California administer
CAPA in 2013-14. Hence, the need for federal approval.
Change from MAPP to CAASPP. AB 484 (Bonilla), Chapter 489,
Statutes of 2013, established MAPP. The CDE subsequently
learned that MAPP is a registered trademark, and cannot be used.
Accordingly, the name has been changed to CAASPP. This bill
makes statutory changes to conform to the new name.
Urgency measure. This bill is an urgency measure in order to
take effect during the current test-taking period. However, the
CAPA testing window, which runs from February to June, has
already opened. According to the CDE, however, most LEAs
actually administer the CAPA in late May in order to provide
more instructional time before the assessment. The pilot test
of the consortium alternative assessment will begin this April,
and a little more than 7,000 pupils will take it. That is the
maximum number of pupils who will be affected by this bill. The
actual number will be less than that, depending on the number
who will have already taken CAPA by the time the bill is
chaptered.
Analysis prepared by : Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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