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Legislative committee presses Education Department on 'collection of evidence' and whether rules untether academic standards
Summary
Committee members questioned new language adding 'collection of evidence' to the definition of "achievement of competencies" and debated whether removing cross‑references in ED 306 would weaken the tie between rules and state academic standards; Department officials said stakeholders requested the wording and that standards themselves were not amended.
The Legislative Oversight Committee on Improvement and Assessment spent much of its meeting on Thursday probing a new phrase in the proposed ED 306 rules and the relationship between those rules and state academic standards.
Legislators flagged language newly added since a June draft that defines ‘‘achievement of competencies’’ as “demonstrated competencies at a proficient level through a collection of evidence.” A member asked whether that collection could include portfolios, observational notes, formative assessments or only objective, summative tests. "What is that referencing?" one legislator asked during the discussion.
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