Section 5.797. School assessment and accountability

(a) By September 1, 1994, the Committee will prepare for review by the State Board of Education a comprehensive academic assessment plan for this Commonwealth’s public schools, which will measure student, teacher, school and school district performance in academic subjects.

(b) The proposed academic assessment plan shall describe State assessments for all students in specific grades each year.

(c) The assessment plan shall include a work plan for the yearly release of a report to the parents, students, taxpayers and school officials of this Commonwealth which details the progress students of this Commonwealth and schools are making toward an educational system that is second to none.

(d) The assessment plan will reflect participation in New Standards Project Reference Examinations and the piloting of portfolio assessments which will begin in the fall of 1994.