SECTIONS 60660-60663 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 60660-60663

60660. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall require the
California Learning Resource Network to establish, by December 31,
2004, review criteria and a review process for the identification and
review of electronic learning assessment resources.

60661. (a) The review performed by the California Learning Resource
Network shall identify new and existing electronic learning
assessment resources capable of assisting schools and school
districts to analyze assessment information for the purpose of
designing instructional plans to improve pupil achievement and shall
include a descriptive model for use by administrators and teachers
that differentiates and compares the capabilities of the different
types of identified electronic learning assessment resources.
(b) The descriptive model shall include, but not be limited to,
all of the following criteria:
(1) The ability to report the results of the statewide pupil
assessment programs in aggregate and disaggregate forms for analysis
by administrators and teachers to plan for improved pupil
achievement.
(2) The ability to quickly identify achievement gaps.
(3) The ability to link results of assessment to instructional
strategies that are aligned to state adopted content standards and
the curriculum frameworks.
(4) The extent to which information can be tailored to individual
pupil level, classroom level, school level, school district level,
and state level data.
(5) The ability to reduce the overhead and additional cost of
assisting teachers and school administrators to plan and align
instruction to address academic deficiencies identified by both
standardized and criterion referenced academic assessments.
(c) In performing its review, the California Learning Resource
Network may not make subjective evaluations of the electronic
learning assessment resources under review and shall limit its review
to the factual capabilities of those resources.
(d) The existing external evaluation of the California Learning
Resource Network will determine the overall cost and benefits of
providing statewide assessment information resources as described in
this chapter and the extent to which school administrators and
teachers access and use the information provided to accomplish all of
the following:
(1) Make use of state assessment information to inform
instructional planning.
(2) Link instruction to the state-adopted content standards.
(3) Save time and financial resources related to instructional
planning.
(4) Target instruction to the academic needs of pupils.
(e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide a
written report of the results of the external evaluation of the
ongoing review process to the Director of Finance, the Legislative
Analyst, the State Board of Education, and the appropriate policy and
fiscal committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2006.

60662. In its review of electronic learning assessment resources,
the California Learning Resource Network shall explore the
feasibility of creating, implementing, and maintaining an online
customer feedback system that would allow purchasers of electronic
learning assessment resources identified and reviewed to document the
extent to which these electronic learning assessment resources
contribute to improved instructional planning.

60663. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall direct the
California Learning Resource Network to implement the provisions of
this chapter by prioritizing the use of existing budgeted resources
available to the network.