BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Carol Liu, Chair
2013-2014 Regular Session
BILL NO: AB 2600
AUTHOR: Bonilla
AMENDED: March 20, 2014
FISCAL COMM: No HEARING DATE: June 4, 2014
URGENCY: No CONSULTANT:Lynn Lorber
SUBJECT : Assessments.
SUMMARY
This bill changes the name of the State's assessment system,
from the Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress to the
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.
BACKGROUND
Current law establishes the State's assessment system as the
Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP) and
provides that MAPP is composed of the following:
1) A consortium summative assessment in English language arts
and mathematics for grades 3-8 and grade 11.
2) Science grade level assessments in grades 5, 8 and 10.
3) The California Alternate Performance Assessment in grades
2-11 in English language arts and mathematics, until a
successor assessment is implemented.
4) The Early Assessment Program.
5) A primary language assessment. (Education Code � 60640)
ANALYSIS
This bill changes the name of the State's assessment system.
Specifically, this bill:
1) Renames the State's assessment system, from the Measurement
of Academic Performance and Progress to the California
Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.
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2) Deletes obsolete language regarding the release of
assessment scores and results.
STAFF COMMENTS
1) Name of assessment system . The State's assessment system
is currently known as the Measurement of Academic
Performance and Progress (MAPP). Shortly after this name
was added to statute, the California Department of
Education was notified by the Northwest Evaluation
Association that their Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)
is a registered trademark, and therefore requested that
California change the name of our assessment system to
avoid conflict and confusion.
The State Board of Education adopted emergency regulations,
effective February 3, 2014, changing the name of the
assessment system to the California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress, and is in the process of
developing permanent regulations also making this change.
2) Technical amendments . Provisions regarding the release of
assessment scores and results were added to statutes in
2010 to address components of the State's application for
federal Race to the Top funds. Those provisions became
inoperative on July 1, 2013. This bill strikes one
reference to the former language, while maintaining another
reference to the former language that remains relevant.
Staff recommends an amendment to modify those cross
references as follows:
a) On page 8, lines 6-7, strike "former Section
49079.6, as it read on December 31, 2013" and insert
"Section 49079.5."
b) On page 18, lines 33-37, reinstate the language
but cross-reference Section 49079.5 instead of
referencing Section 49079.6.
3) Related legislation . AB 1599 (Committee on Education), is
the annual education omnibus bill. AB 1599 contains all of
the changes proposed by this bill. AB 1599 is pending in
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this Committee.
AB 2057 (Bonilla) makes changes relative to the California
Alternate Performance Assessment, and is pending in this
Committee.
SB 945 (Morrell) would have added a summative assessment in
history-social science to the State's assessment system
beginning with the 2018-19 school year. SB 945 failed
passage in this Committee.
SUPPORT
California School Boards Association
OPPOSITION
None on file.