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Relating to the assessments administered to practitioner preparation program students prior to students’ completion of a practitioner preparation program and including effective date provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the assessments administered to practitioner preparation program students prior to students’ completion of a practitioner preparation program. Current law provides that the state board of education shall adopt rules requiring all higher education institutions providing practitioner preparation to, prior to a student’s completion of the practitioner preparation program, administer either subject assessments designed by a nationally recognized testing service that measure pedagogy and knowledge or a valid and reliable subject-area-specific, performance-based assessment centered on student learning.
Read the full explanation
The bill strikes an institution’s option of administering subject assessments designed by a nationally recognized testing service prior to a student’s completion of the practitioner preparation program, therefore requiring the institution to instead administer a valid and reliable, subject-area-specific, performance-based assessment for preservice teacher candidates. The bill requires the assessment to cover knowledge the student could reasonably be expected to have attained during the student’s field experiences and student teaching experience. The bill provides that this provision takes effect July 1, 2023. The bill requires the higher education institutions to collaboratively develop the assessment no later than July 1, 2023. The bill requires the department of education to coordinate the creation of the assessment and provide staffing as necessary to assist the institutions. The bill makes conforming changes.
House subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§256.16
Lobbying
1 for · 1 against · 11 undecided · Who →