Tex. Educ. Code § 39.0232 · Subchapter B. ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC SKILLS
USE OF END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT AS PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT; CERTAIN USES PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To the extent practicable, the agency shall ensure that any high school end-of-course assessment instrument developed by the agency is developed in such a manner that the assessment instrument may be used to determine the appropriate placement of a student in a course of the same subject matter at an institution of higher education.
(b) A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument may not be used:
(1) in determining the student's class ranking for any purpose, including entitlement to automatic college admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804; or
(2) as a sole criterion in the determination of whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching institution in this state.
(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a general academic teaching institution from implementing an admission policy that takes into consideration a student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument in addition to other criteria.
(d) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 5.05, eff. May 31, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 32(a), eff. June 10, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.39.htm
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