Section 39.0232 - Use of End-Of-Course Assessment Instrument As Placement Instrument; Certain Uses Prohibited(a) To the extent practicable, the agency shall ensure that any high school end-of-course assessment instrument developed by the agency is developed in such a manner that the assessment instrument may be used to determine the appropriate placement of a student in a course of the same subject matter at an institution of higher education.(b) A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument may not be used:(1) in determining the student's class ranking for any purpose, including entitlement to automatic college admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804; or(2) as a sole criterion in the determination of whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching institution in this state.(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a general academic teaching institution from implementing an admission policy that takes into consideration a student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument in addition to other criteria.(d) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.Tex. Educ. Code § 39.0232
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 211,Sec. 32, eff. beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5, Sec. 5.05, eff. 5/31/2006.