Bill > S295

This bill amends Section 89 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, which deals with student assessment data, by changing how student performance is described. Instead of referring to "overall student performance on the statewide assessment system approved by the board under section 1I of chapter 69," the bill proposes to use the term "student growth." This change will also affect how data collected under section 1I is referenced, shifting from "student performance data" to simply "that," and will replace "statewide student performance" with "student growth" in another instance. The context for these changes is to update the language used to describe student assessment metrics within the state's education laws.