SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 80

(By Senators Plymale, Wells, Beach, Browning, Edgell, Foster, Laird, Stollings, Tucker, Unger and Boley)

[Originating in the Committee on Education]

Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the feasibility and potential methods of making the WESTEST2 results count as part of students’ grades in order to better motivate student performance on the test.

    Whereas, Some students are not fully motivated to perform their best on the WESTEST2; and

    Whereas, The WESTEST2 would be a more accurate measure of students’ performance and progress if students were more motivated to perform on the test; and

    Whereas, Making the WESTEST2 results count as part of students’ grades would be one method of motivating students to perform on the WESTEST2; and

    Whereas, Obstacles to counting the WESTEST2 results as part of students’ grades must be addressed; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to study the feasibility and potential methods of making the WESTEST2 results count as part of students’ grades in order to better motivate student performance on the test; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the study at least shall consider such issues as the time it takes to obtain the test results, which grades the WESTEST2 should count toward and how to address the logistics of student promotion and retention if the WESTEST2 results count toward the final grades of the school year and the WESTEST2 results are not obtained until late in the summer; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2012, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.