Section 99300 Of Chapter 6. The Early Assessment Program From California Education Code >> Division 14. >> Title 3. >> Part 65. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) (1) Commencing with the 2014-15 school year and for
purposes of the Early Assessment Program established by this chapter,
the California Standards Test and the augmented California Standards
Tests in English language arts and mathematics may be replaced with
the grade 11 consortium computer-adaptive assessments in English
language arts and mathematics.
(2) The Legislature finds and declares that in 2004, the
California State University (CSU) established the Early Assessment
Program (EAP), a collaborative effort among the State Board of
Education, the State Department of Education, and CSU, to enable
pupils to learn about their readiness for college-level English and
mathematics before their senior year of high school. It is the intent
of the Legislature that the office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, the office of the Chancellor of the
California State University, the State Board of Education, and the
State Department of Education work together to modify the existing
EAP to expand it to include the California Community Colleges (CCC)
so that, beginning in the 2009-10 school year, high school juniors
who are considering attending either system can take the EAP and
receive information in the summer before their senior year concerning
their preparation for college-level work at both CSU and CCC.
(b) It is also the intent of the Legislature that the existing EAP
student notification system, as currently operated by agreement
between CSU and the State Department of Education, be modified to do
both of the following:
(1) Reassure pupils that they are eligible to attend a community
college and that taking the EAP test has no bearing on their
eligibility to attend a community college.
(2) Inform pupils of their readiness for college-level coursework
in English or mathematics, or both, and recommend the next
appropriate steps as they pertain to achieving success at a community
college, similar to how CSU communicates with pupils who take the
EAP test and are prospective CSU students.
(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that the EAP be
modified to include all of the following requirements:
(1) That the participating community college districts utilize the
existing EAP secure data repository and clearinghouse for test score
distribution of the assessment, as referenced in Section 60641.
(2) That the modified EAP not affect the statutory reporting
requirements provided in Section 60641, or increase the costs of
either the assessment program referenced in Section 60640 or the
State Department of Education.
(3) That the modified EAP be titled the "Early Assessment Program."