(d) Earned a passing score on any standardized examinations required by the state superintendent for a license to teach the same educational levels and subjects issued in accordance with s. 118.19 and on an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure.
(2) A license under sub. (1) authorizes an individual to teach the educational levels for which the individual has successfully completed a teacher education program accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education at a school that uses the Montessori method as its primary method of instruction. The department shall treat an initial license to teach granted under sub. (1) in the same manner the state superintendent treats an initial license to teach granted in accordance with s. 118.19.
55,3248b
Section 3248b. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is
renumbered 118.30 (1) (a) and amended to read:
118.30 (1)
(a) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent may not adopt or approve assessments developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
55,3248c
Section 3248c. 118.30 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
118.30 (1) (b) The state superintendent shall review and adopt or approve a summative examination system consisting of examinations to be administered beginning in the 2015-16 school year to pupils in each of the grades 3 through 10 and in each of the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent shall replace the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 4 and 8 in each of the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics with the examinations adopted or approved under this paragraph. The state superintendent shall either replace the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 9 and 10 and in any of the subject areas identified under this paragraph with the examinations adopted or approved for those grades under this paragraph or use the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 9 and 10 and in any of those subject areas to satisfy the requirements under this paragraph. The state superintendent shall:
1. Ensure that each examination adopted or approved under the summative examination system satisfies the assessment and accountability requirements under federal law.
2. Ensure that the summative examination system adopted or approved under this paragraph satisfies the following criteria:
a. The system is vertically scaled and standards-based.
b. The system documents pupil progress toward national college and career readiness benchmarks derived from empirical research and state academic standards.
c. The system measures individual pupil performance in the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics.
d. The system provides for the administration of examinations primarily in a computer-based format but permits examinations to be administered with pencil and paper in certain limited circumstances.
e. Pupil performance on examinations adopted or approved under the system serves as a predictive measure of pupil performance on college readiness assessments used by institutions of higher education.
55,3248g
Section 3248g. 118.30 (1g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1g) (a) 2. By January 1, 2000, or by January 1 of the 1st school year of operation, whichever is later, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. The operator of the charter school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.
55,3248h
Section 3248h. 118.30 (1g) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1g) (a) 3. The governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history. The governing body of the private school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.
55,3248k
Section 3248k. 118.30 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1g) (c) Each school board operating elementary grades and each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates elementary grades may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th grade and may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 8th grade. If the school board or operator of the charter school develops or adopts an examination under this paragraph, it shall notify the department.
55,3249
Section
3249. 118.30 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1m) (ar) Except as provided in sub. (7), beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the spring session of 9th grade. The school board shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.
55,3250
Section
3250. 118.30 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
118.30 (1m) (d) If the school board maintains an Internet site for the school district, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school district.
55,3250r
Section 3250r. 118.30 (1r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1r) (intro.) Annually each the operator of a each charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
or (2x) shall do all of the following:
55,3251
Section
3251. 118.30 (1r) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1r) (ar) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in spring session of the 9th grade. The charter school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.
55,3252
Section
3252. 118.30 (1r) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
118.30 (1r) (d) If the operator of the charter school maintains an Internet site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.
55,3253
Section
3253. 118.30 (1s) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1s) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23, other than a private school at which fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 119.23, and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall do all of the following:
55,3254
Section
3254. 118.30 (1s) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1s) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private school under s. 119.23. The private school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.
55,3255
Section
3255. 118.30 (1s) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
118.30 (1s) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.
55,3256
Section
3256. 118.30 (1t) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1t) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, other than a private school at which fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 118.60, shall do all of the following:
55,3257
Section
3257. 118.30 (1t) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (1t) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private school under s. 118.60. The private school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.
55,3258
Section
3258. 118.30 (1t) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
118.30 (1t) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.
55,3258r
Section 3258r. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (2) (b) 1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, or governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
55,3258t
Section 3258t. 118.30 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (2) (b) 2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent by rule, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, or governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a limited-English speaking pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the pupil to be examined in his or her native language, or may modify the format and administration of an examination for such pupils.
55,3259
Section
3259. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1m) or s. 118.301 (3).
55,3260
Section
3260. 118.30 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1r) or s. 118.301 (3).
55,3261
Section
3261. 118.30 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (2) (b) 5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s) (a) to (cm) or s. 118.301 (3).
55,3262
Section
3262. 118.30 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (2) (b) 6. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1t) (a) to (cm) or s. 118.301 (3).
55,3263
Section
3263. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the department shall consider only the pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23 who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.
55,3264
Section
3264. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) or authorized under s. 118.301 (3) if the school board or the operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations, the school board or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent with submits the examination results to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center to conduct statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center provides the statistical correlations to the state superintendent, and the federal department of education approves.
55,3265
Section
3265. 118.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.30 (7) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school, that school board shall administer the examinations under sub. (1m) or s. 118.301 (3) regardless of the location of the charter school.
55,3266
Section
3266. 118.301 of the statutes is created to read:
118.301 Alternative pupil assessments. (1) In this section, "research center" means the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center.
(2) (a) Within 30 days after the release of funds under s. 115.28 (9m) (b), the department shall request from the research center a list of nationally recognized, norm-referenced alternative examinations determined by the research center to be acceptable for statistical comparison with examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1). Within 180 days of the release of funds under s. 115.28 (9m) (b), the research center shall evaluate and approve at least 3 and no more than 5 of the examinations and shall submit the list of approved examinations to the department. The research center shall submit under this paragraph only those examinations that are consistent with the following parameters:
1. The examination aligns sufficiently with content standards established for examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1).
2. The examination is comprised of a variety of testing methodologies, including multiple choice and short answer, to assess a range of student skills.
3. The examination includes accommodations or alternative assessments for students enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115.
4. The examination provider makes available translations for limited-English proficient pupils, as defined in s. 115.955 (7).
5. The examination may be administered in a variety of modes, including with paper and pencil, in an online format, in a fixed form format, and in an adaptive format.
6. The examination has internal consistency reliability coefficients of at least 0.8.
(b) An examination approved under this subsection may be administered only by a school that notifies the department of its intent to administer the examination.
(3) (a) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1m), beginning in the first full school year following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), a school board is not required to administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the school board administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the school board elects to administer an alternative examination under this paragraph, the school board shall notify the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.
(b) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1r), beginning in the first full school year following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is not required to administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the operator administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the operator of the charter school elects to administer an alternative examination under this paragraph, the operator shall notify the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.
(c) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1s), beginning in the first full school year following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 that is required to administer an examination under s. 118.30 (1s) is not required to administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the governing body administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the governing body of the private school elects to administer an alternative examination under this paragraph, the governing body shall notify the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.
(d) Notwithstanding s. 118.30 (1t), beginning in the first full school year following the date on which the research center submitted the list of approved examinations to the department under sub. (2) (a), the governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 that is required to administer an examination under s. 118.30 (1t) is not required to administer an examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.30 (1) in any grade for which an examination is required to be administered under s. 118.30 if the governing body administers in that grade an alternative examination approved by the research center under sub. (2). If the governing body of the private school elects to administer an alternative examination under this paragraph, the governing body shall notify the department of its intent to administer the examination and shall publish that fact and information about the examination on the school's Internet site.
(e) If a school administers an alternative examination in any grade under this subsection, and if the cost of the alternative examination exceeds the cost of the examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent for that grade, the school board, operator, or governing body of the school is responsible for the difference between the cost of the examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent for that grade and the cost of the alternative examination for that grade.
(4) (a) If a school board, an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or the governing body of a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 administers an alternative examination under sub. (3), the school board, operator, or governing body shall submit the examination results to the research center.
(b) The research center shall review all examination results received under par. (a) and statistically equate them to the pupil examinations required under s. 118.30. The research center shall provide the examination data, as statistically equated, to the school board, operator, or governing body and to the department. The department shall use data received under this subsection to determine a school's performance or school district's improvement under s. 115.385.
55,3266am
Section 3266am. 118.305 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.305 (1) (h) "School" means a public school, including a charter school, and a private school participating in the program under s. 115.7915.
55,3266b
Section 3266b. 118.33 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.33 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (d), (e), and (em), and (es), a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless the pupil satisfies the requirement under sub. (1m) (a) and has earned:
55,3266c
Section 3266c. 118.33 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
118.33 (1) (b) A Except as provided in par. (es), a school board may not grant a high school diploma to any pupil unless, during the high school grades, the pupil has been enrolled in a class or has participated in an activity approved by the school board during each class period of each school day, or the pupil has been enrolled in an alternative education program, as defined in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 1. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a school board from establishing a program that allows a pupil enrolled in the high school grades who has demonstrated a high level of maturity and personal responsibility to leave the school premises for up to one class period each day if the pupil does not have a class scheduled during that class period.
55,3266e
Section 3266e. 118.33 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
118.33 (1) (d) 3. The pupil satisfies the requirement under sub. (1m) (a).
55,3266f
Section 3266f. 118.33 (1) (es) of the statutes is created to read:
118.33 (1) (es) 1. A school board may adopt a resolution to allow pupils in the high school grades to earn high school credits in a subject area by demonstrating a level of proficiency in that subject area or by creating a learning portfolio related to that subject area. If a school board adopts a resolution under this paragraph, the school board shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for awarding credits under this paragraph. The school board shall include in its policies and procedures the manner in which a pupil may qualify for high school credit under this paragraph. A pupil may earn not more than one-half of the total number of credits required for a high school diploma under this paragraph.
2. For a pupil who earns credit under this paragraph, a school board may waive the requirement under par. (b) that requires a pupil, during the high school grades, to be enrolled in a class or participate in an activity approved by the school board during each class period of each school day.
3. Nothing in this paragraph affects a school board's obligations to administer examinations under s. 118.30.
4. A nonprofit, for-profit, or public educational institution that provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides a program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, and admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, shall treat a high school diploma awarded based, in part, on credits earned under this paragraph in the same manner as it treats a high school diploma awarded based on credits earned by enrolling in class.
