Sec. 39A.907.  ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT STUDY.  (a)  The commissioner shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a public institution of higher education to conduct a study to determine whether, for each applicable grade level, each assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) during the 2018-2019 school year or scheduled to be administered during the 2019-2020 school year:
(1)  is written at the appropriate reading level for students in that grade level; and
(2)  includes only:
(A)  passages, questions, answers, and other content aligned with the essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education for the applicable subject for the grade level at which the assessment instrument is administered or for any previous grade level; and
(B)  passages written at a reading level not higher than the grade level at which the assessment instrument is administered.
(b)  Not later than December 1, 2019, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature and the presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with jurisdiction over primary and secondary education that includes the results of the study.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.036, eff. June 12, 2019.