19 Tex. Admin. Code § 101.4002 - State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness End-of-Course Substitute Assessments
(a) For purposes
of this subchapter, "equivalent course" is defined as a course having
sufficient content overlap with the essential knowledge and skills of a similar
course in the same content area listed under §
74.1(b)(1)-(4) of
this title (relating to Essential Knowledge and Skills).
(b) Effective beginning with the 2011-2012
school year, in accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §39.025(a-1),
(a-2), and (a-3), the commissioner of education adopts certain assessments as
provided in the chart in this subsection as substitute assessments that a
student may use in place of a corresponding end-of-course (EOC) assessment
under TEC, §
39.023(c),
to meet the student's assessment graduation requirements. A satisfactory score
on an approved substitute assessment may be used in place of only one specific
EOC assessment, except in those cases described by subsection (d)(1) of this
section.
(c) A student at any grade level
is eligible to use a substitute assessment as provided in the chart in
subsection (b) of this section if:
(1) a
student was administered an approved substitute assessment for an equivalent
course in which the student was enrolled;
(2) a student received a satisfactory score
on the substitute assessment as determined by the commissioner and provided in
the chart in subsection (b) of this section; and
(3) a student using a Texas Success
Initiative Assessment (TSIA) or a Texas Success Initiative Assessment, Version
2.0 (TSIA2) also meets the requirements of subsection (d) of this
section.
(d) Effective
beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a student must meet criteria
established in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection in order to qualify to
use TSIA or TSIA2 as a substitute assessment.
(1) A student must have been enrolled in a
college preparatory course for English language arts (PEIMS code CP110100) or
mathematics (PEIMS code CP111200) and, in accordance with TEC, §
39.025(a-1),
have been administered an appropriate TSIA or TSIA2 at the end of that course.
(A) A student under this paragraph who meets
all three TSIA or both TSIA2 English language arts score requirements provided
in the figure in subsection (b) of this section satisfies both the English I
and English II EOC assessment graduation requirements.
(B) A student under this paragraph may
satisfy an assessment graduation requirement in such a manner regardless of
previous performance on an Algebra I, English I, or English II EOC
assessment.
(2) In
accordance with TEC, §
39.025(a-3),
a student who has not been successful on the Algebra I or English II EOC
assessment after taking the assessment at least two times may use the
corresponding TSIA or TSIA2 in place of that EOC assessment.
For a student under this paragraph who took separate reading and writing assessments for the English II EOC assessment and who did not meet the English II assessment graduation requirement using those tests as specified in § 101.3022(b) of this title (relating to Assessment Requirements for Graduation), the separate reading or writing TSIA may not be used to substitute for the corresponding English II reading or writing EOC assessment.
(e) A student electing to substitute an
assessment for graduation purposes must still take the corresponding EOC
assessment required under TEC, §
39.023(c),
at least once for federal accountability purposes. If a student sits for an EOC
assessment, a school district may not void or invalidate the test in lieu of a
substitute assessment.
(f) A
student who fails to perform satisfactorily on a PSAT, PLAN, or Aspire test (or
any versions of these tests) as indicated in the chart in subsection (b) of
this section must take the appropriate EOC assessment required under TEC, §
39.023(c).
However, a student who does not receive a passing score on the EOC assessment
and retakes a PSAT, PLAN, or Aspire test (or any versions of these tests) is
eligible to meet the requirements specified in subsection (c) of this
section.
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