1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 501, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120B.023, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 2. Revisions and reviews required. (a) The commissioner of education must
1.6revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent
1.7with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards
1.8and graduation requirements and implement a review cycle for state academic standards
1.9and related benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each review cycle, the
1.10commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and
1.11related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for college readiness and
1.12advanced work in the particular subject area.
1.13(b) The commissioner in the 2006-2007 school year must revise and align the state's
1.14academic standards and high school graduation requirements in mathematics to require
1.15that students satisfactorily complete the revised mathematics standards, beginning in the
1.162010-2011 school year. Under the revised standards:
1.17(1) students must satisfactorily complete an algebra I credit by the end of eighth
1.18grade; and
1.19(2) students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year or later must
1.20satisfactorily complete an algebra II credit or its equivalent.
1.21The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments
1.22administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 beginning in the 2010-2011 school
1.23year are aligned with the 2007 state academic standards in mathematics. The statewide
1.24high school mathematics test shall remain aligned to the 2003 state academic standards
1.25in mathematics through 2012-2013. Any statewide 11th grade high school mathematics
1.26test administered to students under clause (2) beginning in the 2013-2014 school year
1.27must include algebra II test items that are used for state-level student, school, or district
2.1accountability must be aligned with corresponding 2007 state academic standards in
2.2mathematics beginning in 2013-2014. The commissioner must implement a review of the
2.3academic standards and related benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016
2.4school year.
2.5(c) The commissioner in the 2007-2008 school year must revise and align the state's
2.6academic standards and high school graduation requirements in the arts to require that
2.7students satisfactorily complete the revised arts standards beginning in the 2010-2011
2.8school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and
2.9related benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.
2.10(d) The commissioner in the 2008-2009 school year must revise and align the state's
2.11academic standards and high school graduation requirements in science to require that
2.12students satisfactorily complete the revised science standards, beginning in the 2011-2012
2.13school year. Under the revised standards, students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015
2.14school year or later must satisfactorily complete a chemistry or physics credit. The
2.15commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related benchmarks
2.16in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
2.17(e) The commissioner in the 2009-2010 school year must revise and align the state's
2.18academic standards and high school graduation requirements in language arts to require
2.19that students satisfactorily complete the revised language arts standards beginning in the
2.202012-2013 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic
2.21standards and related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.
2.22(f) The commissioner in the 2010-2011 school year must revise and align the state's
2.23academic standards and high school graduation requirements in social studies to require
2.24that students satisfactorily complete the revised social studies standards beginning in the
2.252013-2014 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic
2.26standards and related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.
2.27(g) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic
2.28standards and high school graduation requirements in health, physical education, world
2.29languages, and career and technical education to require students to complete the revised
2.30standards beginning in a school year determined by the school district or charter school.
2.31School districts and charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for
2.32the academic standards and related benchmarks in health, physical education, world
2.33languages, and career and technical education.

2.34    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.1    Subdivision 1. Statewide testing. (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts
3.2with appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with
3.3subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade
3.4level to be tested, state-constructed tests developed from and aligned with the state's
3.5required academic standards under section 120B.021 and administered annually to all
3.6students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high school level in mathematics and reading. A
3.7state-developed test in a subject other than writing, developed after the 2002-2003 school
3.8year, must include both machine-scoreable multiple-choice and constructed response
3.9questions. The commissioner shall establish one or more months during which schools
3.10shall administer the tests to students each school year.
3.11(b) The state assessment system will be aligned to the most recent revision of
3.12academic standards as described in section 120B.023 in the following manner:
3.13(1) mathematics:
3.14(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and
3.15(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;
3.16(2) science: grades 5, 8, and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012
3.17school year; and
3.18(3) language arts and reading: grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning in
3.19the 2012-2013 school year.
3.20(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, only
3.21Minnesota basic skills tests in reading, mathematics, and writing shall fulfill students'
3.22basic skills testing requirements for a passing state notation. The passing scores of basic
3.23skills tests in reading and mathematics are the equivalent of 75 percent correct for students
3.24entering grade 9 in 1997 and thereafter, as based on the first uniform test administration
3.25of February 1998.
3.26    (b) (d) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, only
3.27the following options shall fulfill students' state graduation test requirements:
3.28    (1) for reading and mathematics:
3.29    (i) obtaining an achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as
3.30determined through a standard setting process on the Minnesota comprehensive
3.31assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or achieving a passing
3.32score as determined through a standard setting process on the graduation-required
3.33assessment for diploma in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or
3.34subsequent retests;
3.35    (ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on the
3.36state-identified language proficiency test in reading and the mathematics test for English
4.1language learners or the graduation-required assessment for diploma equivalent of those
4.2assessments for students designated as English language learners;
4.3    (iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment
4.4for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual
4.5education plan or 504 plan;
4.6    (iv) obtaining achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as
4.7determined through a standard setting process on the state-identified alternate assessment
4.8or assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics for students with
4.9an individual education plan; or
4.10    (v) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment
4.11or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an
4.12individual education plan; and
4.13    (2) for writing:
4.14    (i) achieving a passing score on the graduation-required assessment for diploma;
4.15    (ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on
4.16the state-identified language proficiency test in writing for students designated as English
4.17language learners;
4.18    (iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment
4.19for diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individual
4.20education plan or 504 plan; or
4.21    (iv) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment
4.22or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an
4.23individual education plan.
4.24(e) Students enrolled in grade 8 in any school year from the 2005-2006 school
4.25year through the 2009-2010 school year who do not pass the reading or math
4.26graduation-required assessment for diploma under paragraph (b) are eligible to receive a
4.27high school diploma if they meet the following criteria:
4.28(1) complete, with a passing grade, all coursework and credits required graduation
4.29by section 120B.024 or the student's school district board, whichever is greater;
4.30(2) participate in district-prescribed academic remediation in the subject areas of
4.31the graduation-required assessments for diploma in which they did not receive a passing
4.32score; and
4.33(3) full participation in at least two retest attempts after the initial spring
4.34administration of the graduation-required assessment for diploma in those subject areas
4.35they have not passed. A school district issuing a student a high school diploma in any
4.36school year from the 2009-2010 school year through the 2013-2014 school year must
5.1record on the student's high school transcript whether or not the student received a passing
5.2score on the reading and mathematics graduation-required assessments for diploma under
5.3this subdivision.
5.4     (c) (f) The 3rd through 8th grade and high school level test results shall be available
5.5to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning and district instruction and
5.6curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The commissioner must
5.7disseminate to the public the test results upon receiving those results.
5.8     (d) (g) State tests must be constructed and aligned with state academic standards.
5.9The testing process and the order of administration shall be determined by the
5.10commissioner. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site and district level,
5.11consistent with subdivision 1a.
5.12     (e) (h) In addition to the testing and reporting requirements under this section, the
5.13commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public reporting
5.14system:
5.15    (1) uniform statewide testing of all students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high
5.16school level that provides appropriate, technically sound accommodations, alternate
5.17assessments, or exemptions consistent with applicable federal law, only with parent or
5.18guardian approval, for those very few students for whom the student's individual education
5.19plan team under sections 125A.05 and 125A.06 determines that the general statewide test
5.20is inappropriate for a student, or for a limited English proficiency student under section
5.21124D.59, subdivision 2;
5.22    (2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school
5.23districts and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high
5.24school graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;
5.25    (3) state results on the American College Test; and
5.26    (4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational
5.27Progress so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other
5.28states, and, where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort
5.29to monitor achievement.

5.30    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
5.31    Subd. 1a. Statewide and local assessments; results. (a) The commissioner must
5.32develop reading, mathematics, and science assessments aligned with state academic
5.33standards that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving
5.34those standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic
6.1standards in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner
6.2must require:
6.3    (1) annual reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 8 and at the
6.4high school level for the 2005-2006 school year and later; and
6.5    (2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the
6.6grades 6 through 9 8 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 10 through 12 span
6.7any assessments at the high school level that must include (i) a life science assessment and
6.8(ii) chemistry or physics assessment for the 2007-2008 school year and later.
6.9    (b) The commissioner must ensure that all statewide tests administered to elementary
6.10and secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students'
6.11values, attitudes, and beliefs.
6.12    (c) Reporting of assessment results must:
6.13    (1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of
6.14individual students, schools, school districts, and the state;
6.15    (2) include, by no later than the 2008-2009 school year, a value-added component
6.16that is in addition to a measure for student achievement growth over time; and
6.17    (3)(i) for students enrolled in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, determine
6.18whether students have met the state's basic skills requirements; and
6.19    (ii) for students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, determine
6.20whether students have met the state's academic standards.
6.21    (d) Consistent with applicable federal law and subdivision 1, paragraph (d), clause
6.22(1), the commissioner must include appropriate, technically sound accommodations or
6.23alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide
6.24general assessments are inappropriate and for students with limited English proficiency.
6.25    (e) A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide
6.26assessments under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student
6.27progress in achieving the academic standards. If a state assessment is not available, a
6.28school, school district, and charter school must determine locally if a student has met
6.29the required academic standards. A school, school district, or charter school may use a
6.30student's performance on a statewide assessment as one of multiple criteria to determine
6.31grade promotion or retention. A school, school district, or charter school may use a high
6.32school student's performance on a statewide assessment as a percentage of the student's
6.33final grade in a course, or place a student's assessment score on the student's transcript."
6.34Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
6.35Amend the title accordingly