AB21-ASA1,991,21 (b) By no later than the notification deadline for the school year in which an employment contract for a person described in sub. (1) is set to expire, the employing school board shall give notice in writing either of renewal of the contract or of refusal to renew such person's contract. If no notice is given, the contract then in force shall continue in force for 2 years. Any person who receives notice of renewal, or who does not receive notice of renewal or refusal to renew the person's contract by the notification deadline, shall accept or reject the contract in writing no later than 30 days after the notification deadline.

AB21-ASA1,3248b Section 3248b. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.30 (1) (a) and amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,992,3 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3248c Section 3248c. 118.30 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21-ASA1,992,18 118.30 (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:

AB21-ASA1,992,21 1. Ensure that each examination adopted or approved under the summative examination system satisfies the assessment and accountability requirements under federal law.

AB21-ASA1,992,23 2. Ensure that the summative examination system adopted or approved under this paragraph satisfies the following criteria:

AB21-ASA1,992,24 a. The system is vertically scaled and standards-based.

AB21-ASA1,993,3 b. The system documents pupil progress toward national college and career readiness benchmarks derived from empirical research and state academic standards.

AB21-ASA1,993,5 c. The system measures individual pupil performance in the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics.

AB21-ASA1,993,8 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.

AB21-ASA1,993,11 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.

AB21-ASA1,3248g Section 3248g. 118.30 (1g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,993,18 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3248h Section 3248h. 118.30 (1g) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,994,3 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3248k Section 3248k. 118.30 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,994,11 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3249 Section 3249. 118.30 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,994,18 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3250 Section 3250. 118.30 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21-ASA1,994,22 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3250r Section 3250r. 118.30 (1r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,994,25 118.30 (1r) (intro.) Annually each the operator of a each charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall do all of the following:

AB21-ASA1,3251 Section 3251. 118.30 (1r) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB21-ASA1,995,6 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3252 Section 3252. 118.30 (1r) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB21-ASA1,995,10 118.30 (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.

AB21-ASA1,3253 Section 3253. 118.30 (1s) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: