SF1469

This proposed legislative bill in Minnesota, referred to as S.F. No. 1469, makes changes to how student attendance and assessment results are reported by schools. The key points of the bill include:

1. Ensuring that the results from state assessments provide clear and useful feedback on the performance of individual students, as well as groups such as schools, districts, and statewide results.
2. Including a measure of student growth over time based on these assessments.
3. Requiring that these results assess whether students meet the state's established academic standards.
4. Guaranteeing quick access (within three days) to individual student performance results except in cases where new standards are applied.
5. Using the collected data to help predict student success in secondary and post-secondary education.
6. Providing detailed diagnostic reports about students' strengths and weaknesses to teachers and administrators. These reports will support more targeted instruction.
7. The bill also requires that the state education commissioner consults with relevant higher education authorities to set benchmarks predicting college and career readiness on high school tests.
8. Finally, schools will have the capability to grant parents access to their child’s detailed performance data and achievement reports as soon as they are available.

The bill also mandates reporting of each student's attendance data (specifically, the number of days absent in the previous school year) in the individual report of state assessment results.

Overall, this bill aims to enhance how educational performance data is reported and used, potentially leading to improved educational outcomes by providing timely and specific feedback for students, parents, educators, and administrators.