Tex. Education Code § 29.169
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 29.169, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 29.169. PROGRAM EVALUATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A school district shall:
(1) select and implement appropriate methods for evaluating the district's program classes by measuring student progress; and
(2) make data from the results of program evaluations available to parents.
(b) A school district may administer diagnostic assessments to students in a program class to evaluate student progress as required by Subsection (a) but may not administer a state standardized assessment instrument.
(c) An assessment instrument administered to a prekindergarten program class must be selected from a list of appropriate prekindergarten assessment instruments identified by the commissioner.
(1) select and implement appropriate methods for evaluating the district's program classes by measuring student progress; and
(2) make data from the results of program evaluations available to parents.
(b) A school district may administer diagnostic assessments to students in a program class to evaluate student progress as required by Subsection (a) but may not administer a state standardized assessment instrument.
(c) An assessment instrument administered to a prekindergarten program class must be selected from a list of appropriate prekindergarten assessment instruments identified by the commissioner.
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