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Subcommittee updates assessment terminology to reflect federal changes, approves minor nonmaterial edits
Summary
Regulation language for state assessments was updated to reflect federal terminology changes (No Child Left Behind → Every Student Succeeds Act) and to rename state assessment references; the subcommittee approved the edits as nonmaterial.
The Education Administrative Subcommittee approved document 05/1959, a nonmaterial update to the state's assessment regulation that replaces older federal references and aligns assessment names with current terminology.
Christie Alston, director of the Office of Assessment and Standards, told members the changes swap references from the No Child Left Behind Act to the Every Student Succeeds Act and update the state assessment name from SC PASS to SC READY. She said the revisions are primarily terminological and include a provision to reference prevailing federal or state assessment names in future to avoid repeated regulatory updates.
Committee members treated the item as informational; a member moved and the subcommittee voted to approve the language as presented.
No material policy changes, new requirements, or funding implications were discussed during the vote.
