Section 44252.6 Of Article 4. Credential Types From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
44252.6
. (a) The commission, no later than July 1, 2007, shall
ensure that the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET):
Multiple Subjects be modified to add an assessment of basic writing
skills at least as comprehensively and to the level of rigor that
basic writing skills are assessed by the state basic skills
proficiency test.
(b) Any individual who passes the CSET: Multiple Subjects, after
it has been adjusted pursuant to subdivision (a), with the necessary
score determined by the commission, shall be considered proficient in
the skills of reading, writing, and mathematics, and shall not be
required to pass the state basic skills proficiency requirements of
Sections 44227, 44252, and 44830.
(c) The commission shall conduct a public study session to
consider the implications of incorporating the assessment of ability,
skills, and knowledge related to effective reading instruction that
is assessed by the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA)
within the teacher performance assessment set forth in Section
44320.2 and shall report on the outcome of that session to the
Legislature and the Governor no later than July 1, 2007. At the study
session, the commission shall provide an opportunity for teachers,
teacher educators, reading specialists, testing specialists,
representatives of teachers, administrators, governing board members,
parents of pupils, and the public to comment on the implications,
costs, and validity of consolidating these assessments.
(d) The commission shall convene a public study session to discuss
the implications of modifying the single subject California Subject
Examinations for Teachers (CSET) to assess basic skills in reading,
writing, and mathematics. The commission, no later than October 1,
2007, shall report to the Legislature on the outcome of that session
of modifying the CSET in single subjects to assess basic skills in
the subjects of basic reading, writing, and mathematics, at least as
comprehensively and to the level that these skills are assessed by
the state basic skills proficiency test. At the study session, the
commission shall provide an opportunity for teachers, teacher
educators, reading specialists, testing specialists, representatives
of teachers, administrators, governing board members, parents of
pupils, and the public to comment on the implications, costs, and
validity of modifying these assessments.
(e) The commission shall ensure that the consolidation and
modification of assessments pursuant to this section does not result
in an increase in the total fees paid by teacher credential
candidates.