Sec. 39.034.  MEASURE OF ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.  (a)  The commissioner shall determine a method by which the agency may measure annual improvement in student achievement from one school year to the next on an assessment instrument required under this subchapter.
(b)  For emergent bilingual students, as defined by Section 29.052, the agency shall use a student's performance data on reading proficiency assessment instruments in English and one other language to calculate the student's progress toward dual language proficiency.
(c)  The agency shall use a student's previous years' performance data on an assessment instrument required under this subchapter to determine the student's expected annual improvement.  The agency shall report that expected level of annual improvement and the actual level of annual improvement achieved to the district.  The report must state whether the student fell below, met, or exceeded the agency's expectation for improvement.
(d)  The agency shall determine the necessary annual improvement required each year for a student to be prepared to perform satisfactorily on, as applicable:
(1)  the grade five assessment instruments;
(2)  the grade eight assessment instruments; and
(3)  the end-of-course assessment instruments required under this subchapter for graduation.
(d-1)  The agency shall report the necessary annual improvement required under Subsection (d) to the district.  Each year, the report must state whether the student fell below, met, or exceeded the necessary target for improvement.
(e)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.
(f)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.
(g)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895, Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.
Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 3.09, eff. May 31, 2006.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 1031), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 58, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 66(1), eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2021.