Illinois § 21B-32

§ 21B-32.

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 21B-32. Teacher Performance Assessment Advisory Committee. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish a Teacher Performance Assessment Advisory Committee of no more than 15 members to aid in operationalizing and creating a pilot, State-developed, teacher performance assessment (TPA). The Committee shall, at a minimum, do all of the following: (1) Create materials and resources that are necessary for the implementation of a TPA. (2) Identify sources of evidence required for the evaluation of a TPA. (3) Monitor a multiyear pilot program to create a State-developed TPA and make recommendations informed by collected data of modifications to the TPA. (4) Support the State Board of Education in developing rubrics and the resources necessary for the completion and evaluation of the valid and reliable assessment, creating the required training for evaluators of the assessment, implementing the multiyear pilot program, including, but not limited to, establishing criteria and sufficient evidence for successful completion of the TPA, and recommending refinements to the assessment as needed. (b) The membership of the Committee shall include individuals with expertise in assessment development, including statisticians and psychometricians, and individuals with expertise in the elements of effective teaching, including current Illinois educators. The membership of the Committee shall represent the ethnic, racial, and geographic diversity of this State and include expertise across early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school settings, as well as expertise in the instruction of English learners and students with disabilities. (c) The State Board of Education shall provide administrative support to the Committee. (d) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses, including travel, from funds appropriated to the State Board of Education for that purpose, subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board. (e) The first meeting of the Committee shall be at the call of the State Superintendent, and each subsequent meeting shall be at the call of the chairperson, who shall be designated by the State Superintendent. The Committee shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and such other meetings as determined by its chairperson. (f) Data from completed pilot TPAs from institutions of higher education with approved educator preparation programs shall be shared with the Committee, which shall, as applicable, provide an annual recommendation on the use of the TPA to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board and the State Board of Education. (g) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Committee, may adopt such rules as may be necessary for the administration of this Section. (h) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2028. (Source: P.A. 104-128, eff. 1-1-26.)