Texas Education Code
§ 39.0263 — ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT-REQUIRED OR CAMPUS-REQUIRED BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS
ED § 39.0263Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part H. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY · Ch. 39. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY · Art. B. ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILLS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "benchmark assessment instrument" means a district-required or campus-required assessment instrument that is administered to all or most students for a subject or course in a particular grade level and that is not directly linked to instructional material recently covered in the classroom. The term includes an assessment instrument designed to prepare students for a corresponding state-administered assessment instrument, such as:
(1)a practice test;
(2)a nationally norm-referenced assessment instrument;
(3)a district-created standards assessment; or
(4)a vendor-created assessment of state standards.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district or campus may not administer to any student:
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 150 (S.B. 1418), Sec. 2, eff. May 24, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.007, eff. December 4, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.008, eff. December 4, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.009, eff. December 4, 2025.