An Act concerning equitable state summative assessments of students

HD 91 amends Massachusetts state education law to require annual computer-adaptive assessments for K-12 students in English, Math, Science, and Social Studies, effective July 2021. The bill mandates assessments with flexible scoring (high ceiling/low floor) to identify specific mastered and unmastered learning standards for each student annually. It also requires these assessments to be criterion-referenced and flexible enough to measure which exact academic standards students meet, effective July 2023. The law directly affects all public school students and educators in Massachusetts by changing how student progress is measured and reported.