§ 7-203. Program of education accountability
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: May 8, 2020
Effective: May 8, 2020
MD Code, Education, § 7-203
§ 7-203. Program of education accountability
(a)(1) The State Board, the State Superintendent, each county board, and each public school shall implement a program of education accountability for the operation and management of the public schools.
(b)(1) In this subsection, “grade band assessment” means one assessment of a middle school student's knowledge in a core academic subject area during grades 6 through 8.
A. At the middle school level, a statewide, comprehensive, grade band assessment program that measures the learning gains of each public school student towards achieving mastery of the standards set forth in the common core curricula or the State's adopted curricula for the core content areas of reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies; and
(ii) If the State Board makes a determination under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph that an assessment does not adequately measure the skills and knowledge set forth in the State's adopted curricula for a core content area, the State Board shall develop a State-specific assessment in that core content area to be implemented in the 2018-2019 school year.
(5) At the high school level, when the Department's contract for the current high school social studies assessment expires, the State Board shall, in collaboration with county boards, county curriculum specialists in social studies, high school social studies teachers, and academics with expertise in social studies education, redesign the high school level social studies assessment to:
(c)(1) National standardized testing may not be the only measure for evaluating educational accountability.
(d) The Department shall assist each county board to establish an education accountability program by providing:
(e)(1) The Department shall survey a statewide, representative sample of public schools and public school teachers annually to measure:
(f) On or before March 1 each year, the State Superintendent shall send the Governor and, subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report that includes:
(g) On the recommendation of the State Superintendent, the State Board shall include in its annual budget request the funds it considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(h)(1)(i) In this subsection, “assessment” means a federal, State, or locally mandated test that is intended to measure a student's academic readiness, learning progress, and skill acquisition.
(ii) 1. Beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and each January 1 thereafter in an even-numbered year, a county board shall establish a District Committee on Assessments that includes administrators, parents, and teachers selected by the exclusive bargaining unit to advise and make recommendations in the following areas:
(iii) Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, on or before December 1, 2017, and each December 1 thereafter in an odd-numbered year, a county board and the exclusive employee representative for that local school system shall mutually agree to the amount of time in the aggregate that shall be devoted to federal, State, or locally mandated assessments, on a grade-by-grade basis, for the following year.
(iv) Subject to subparagraph (v) of this paragraph, if a county board and the exclusive employee representative fail to mutually agree under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, the amount of time in the aggregate that shall be devoted to federal, State, or locally mandated assessments shall be no more than 2.2% of the minimum required annual instructional hours in accordance with § 7-103 of this title.
(v) If a county board and the exclusive employee representative fail to mutually agree under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, the amount of time in the aggregate that shall be devoted to federal, State, or locally mandated assessments in the eighth grade shall be no more than 2.3% of the minimum required annual instructional hours in accordance with § 7-103 of this title.
Credits
Added by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 911, § 10; Acts 1984, c. 285, § 2; Acts 1997, c. 635, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 636, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2012, c. 476, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 477, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2016, c. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 29, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 731, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 6, § 1, eff. June 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2020, c. 628, § 1, eff. May 8, 2020.
Formerly Art. 77, § 28A.
MD Code, Education, § 7-203, MD EDUC § 7-203
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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