(a) The first full administration of assessments aligned to the common core standards in English language arts and mathematics shall occur in the 2014–15 school year unless the state board determines that the assessments cannot be fully implemented.
(b) The department shall determine how school districts are progressing toward implementation of a technology-enabled assessment system, and the extent to which the assessments aligned to the common core standards in English language arts and mathematics can be fully implemented. The department shall provide a report and recommendations to the state board, the Department of Finance, and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on or before October 1, 2014.
(c) Based on the information in the report required under this section, the state board shall determine whether the state shall fully implement the operational consortium computer-adaptive summative assessments in English language arts and mathematics in grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and grade 11 for the 2014–15 school year.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 489, Sec. 24. (AB 484) Effective January 1, 2014.)