2005 California Education Code Sections 60604-60618 Article 2. Program Provisions

60604.  (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall design
and implement, consistent with the timetable and plan required
pursuant to subdivision (b), a statewide pupil assessment program
consistent with the testing requirements of this article in
accordance with the objectives set forth in Section 60602.  That
program shall include all of the following:
   (1) A plan for producing valid, reliable, and comparable
individual pupil scores in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, and a
comprehensive analysis of these scores based on the results of the
achievement test designated by the State Board of Education that
assesses a broad range of basic academic skills pursuant to the
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program established by
Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640).
   (2) A method of working with publishers to ensure valid, reliable,
and comparable individual, grade-level, school-level,
district-level, county-level, and statewide scores in grades 2 to 11,
inclusive, that is based on the achievement test designated pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 60605.
   (3) Statewide academically rigorous content and performance
standards that reflect the knowledge and skills that pupils will need
in order to succeed in the information-based, global economy of the
21st century.  These skills shall not include personal behavioral
standards or skills, including, but not limited to, honesty,
sociability, ethics, or self-esteem.
   (4) A statewide system that provides the results of testing in a
manner that reflects the degree to which pupils are achieving the
academically rigorous content and performance standards adopted by
the state board.
   (5) The alignment of assessment with the statewide academically
rigorous content and performance standards adopted by the state
board.
   (6) The active, ongoing involvement of parents, classroom
teachers, administrators, other educators, governing board members of
school districts, and the public in all phases of the design and
implementation of the statewide pupil assessment program.
   (7) The development of a contract or contracts with a publisher or
publishers, after the approval of statewide academically rigorous
content standards by the state board, for the development of
performance standards and assessments of applied academic skills
designed to test pupils' knowledge of academic skills and abilities
to apply that knowledge and those skills in order to solve problems
and communicate.
   (b) The superintendent shall develop and annually update for the
Legislature a five-year cost projection, implementation plan, and
timetable for implementing the program described in subdivision (a).
The annual update shall be submitted on or before March 1 of each
year to the chairperson of the fiscal subcommittee considering budget
appropriations in each house.  The update shall explain any
significant variations from the five-year cost projection for the
current year budget and the proposed budget.
   (c) The superintendent shall provide each school district with
guidelines for professional development that are designed to assist
classroom teachers to use the results of the assessments administered
pursuant to this chapter to modify instruction for the purpose of
improving pupil learning.  These guidelines shall be developed in
consultation with classroom teachers and approved by the state board
before dissemination.
   (d) The superintendent and the state board shall consider comments
and recommendations from school districts and the public in the
development, adoption, and approval of assessment instruments.
   (e) The results of the achievement test administered pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640) shall be returned to the
school district within the period of time specified by the state
board.
  (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2007, and, as
of January 1, 2008, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
60604.  (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall design
and implement, consistent with the timetable and plan required
pursuant to subdivision (b), a statewide pupil assessment program
consistent with the testing requirements of this article in
accordance with the objectives set forth in Section 60602.  That
program shall include all of the following:
   (1) A plan for producing valid, reliable, and comparable
individual pupil scores in grades 3 to 11, inclusive, and a
comprehensive analysis of these scores based on the results of the
achievement test designated by the State Board of Education that
assesses a broad range of basic academic skills pursuant to the
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program established by
Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640).
   (2) A method of working with publishers to ensure valid, reliable,
and comparable individual, grade-level, school-level,
district-level, county-level, and statewide scores in grades 3 to 11,
inclusive, that is based on the achievement test designated pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 60605.
   (3) Statewide academically rigorous content and performance
standards that reflect the knowledge and skills that pupils will need
in order to succeed in the information-based, global economy of the
21st century.  These skills shall not include personal behavioral
standards or skills, including, but not limited to, honesty,
sociability, ethics, or self-esteem.
   (4) A statewide system that provides the results of testing in a
manner that reflects the degree to which pupils are achieving the
academically rigorous content and performance standards adopted by
the state board.
   (5) The alignment of assessment with the statewide academically
rigorous content and performance standards adopted by the state
board.
   (6) The active, ongoing involvement of parents, classroom
teachers, administrators, other educators, governing board members of
school districts, and the public in all phases of the design and
implementation of the statewide pupil assessment program.
   (7) The development of a contract or contracts with a publisher or
publishers, after the approval of statewide academically rigorous
content standards by the state board, for the development of
performance standards and assessments of applied academic skills
designed to test pupils' knowledge of academic skills and abilities
to apply that knowledge and those skills in order to solve problems
and communicate.
   (b) The superintendent shall develop and annually update for the
Legislature a five-year cost projection, implementation plan, and
timetable for implementing the program described in subdivision (a).
The annual update shall be submitted on or before March 1 of each
year to the chairperson of the fiscal subcommittee considering budget
appropriations in each house.  The update shall explain any
significant variations from the five-year cost projection for the
current year budget and the proposed budget.
   (c) The superintendent shall provide each school district with
guidelines for professional development that are designed to assist
classroom teachers to use the results of the assessments administered
pursuant to this chapter to modify instruction for the purpose of
improving pupil learning.  These guidelines shall be developed in
consultation with classroom teachers and approved by the state board
before dissemination.
   (d) The superintendent and the state board shall consider comments
and recommendations from school districts and the public in the
development, adoption, and approval of assessment instruments.
   (e) The results of the achievement test administered pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640) shall be returned to the
school district within the period of time specified by the state
board.
   (f) This section shall become operative July 1, 2007.
60605.  (a) (1) (A) Not later than January 1, 1998, the State Board
of Education shall adopt statewide academically rigorous content
standards, pursuant to the recommendations of the Commission for the
Establishment of Academic Content and Performance Standards, in the
core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to serve
as the basis for assessing the academic achievement of individual
pupils and of schools, school districts, and the California education
system.  Not later than November 1, 1998, the state board shall
adopt these standards in the core curriculum areas of history/social
science and science.
   (B) The state board shall adopt statewide performance standards in
the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, mathematics,
history/social science, and science based on the recommendations made
by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and a contractor or
contractors.
   (C) The state board shall require the contractor or contractors to
submit performance standards to the superintendent and the state
board not later than a specified date that allows sufficient
opportunity for the superintendent to make a recommendation to the
state board and for the state board to conduct regional hearings
prior to the adoption of the performance standards.
   (2) (A) The state board may modify any proposed content standards
or performance standards prior to adoption and may adopt content and
performance standards in individual core curriculum areas as those
standards are submitted to the board.  The state performance
standards shall be established against specific grade level
benchmarks of academic achievement for each subject area tested and
shall be based on the knowledge and skills that pupils will need in
order to succeed in the information-based, global economy of the 21st
century.  These skills shall not include personal behavioral
standards or skills, including, but not limited to, honesty,
sociability, ethics, or self-esteem.  The standards adopted pursuant
to this section shall be for the purpose of guiding state decisions
regarding the development, adoption, and approval of assessment
instruments pursuant to this chapter and does not mandate any actions
or activities by school districts.
   (B) Because these standards are models, the adoption of these
standards is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.  This
subparagraph is declaratory of existing law.
   (3) Before adopting academic content and performance standards,
the state board shall hold regional hearings for the purpose of
giving parents and other members of the public the opportunity to
comment on the proposed standards.
   (b) (1) The state board shall require the department to notify
publishers of the opportunity to submit, for consideration by the
state board pursuant to Section 60642, tests of achievement that
include all of the basic academic skills identified in subdivision
(c) of Section 60603 in grades 2 to 8, inclusive, and the core
curriculum areas of English and language arts, mathematics, and
science in grades 9 to 11, inclusive.
   (2) The superintendent shall recommend to the state board which
achievement test to adopt pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
60642.
   (c) (1) The state board shall ensure that the statewide assessment
system adopted pursuant to this chapter yields valid, reliable
individual pupil scores and, where applicable, aggregate school
scores, school district scores, and statewide scores of pupils and
assesses basic academic skills and content standards, including the
use of a direct writing assessment or other applied academic skills
if deemed valid and reliable and if resources are made available for
their use.
   (2) This subdivision does not prevent the state board from
developing or adopting an assessment instrument that also contains
assessments of basic academic skills.
   (d) To the extent feasible and as otherwise required, the state
board shall ensure that assessments developed, or contracted for
pursuant to Section 60642.5, by the state are aligned with the
statewide content and performance standards adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a).  The department, with the approval of the state
board, shall periodically contract for a review of the achievement
test for conformance with these standards.
   (e) After adopting statewide content and performance standards,
the state board shall review the existing curriculum frameworks for
conformity with the new statewide standards and shall modify the
curriculum frameworks where appropriate to bring them into alignment
with the standards.
   (f) The state board shall adopt regulations for the conduct and
administration of the testing and assessment program.
   (g) The state board shall adopt a regulation for minimum security
procedures that test and assessment publishers and school districts
must follow to ensure the security and integrity of test and
assessment questions and materials.
  (h) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2007, and, as
of January 1, 2008, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
60605.  (a) (1) (A) Not later than January 1, 1998, the State Board
of Education shall adopt statewide academically rigorous content
standards, pursuant to the recommendations of the Commission for the
Establishment of Academic Content and Performance Standards, in the
core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to serve
as the basis for assessing the academic achievement of individual
pupils and of schools, school districts, and the California education
system.  Not later than November 1, 1998, the state board shall
adopt these standards in the core curriculum areas of history/social
science and science.
   (B) The state board shall adopt statewide performance standards in
the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, mathematics,
history/social science, and science based on the recommendations made
by the superintendent and a contractor or contractors.
   (C) The state board shall require the contractor or contractors to
submit performance standards to the superintendent and the state
board not later than a specified date that allows sufficient
opportunity for the superintendent to make a recommendation to the
state board and for the state board to conduct regional hearings
prior to the adoption of the performance standards.
   (2) (A) The state board may modify any proposed content standards
or performance standards prior to adoption and may adopt content and
performance standards in individual core curriculum areas as those
standards are submitted to the state board.  The performance
standards shall be established against specific grade level
benchmarks of academic achievement for each subject area tested and
shall be based on the knowledge and skills that pupils will need in
order to succeed in the information-based, global economy of the 21st
century. These skills shall not include personal behavioral
standards or skills, including, but not limited to, honesty,
sociability, ethics, or self-esteem. The standards adopted pursuant
to this section shall be for the purpose of guiding state decisions
regarding the development, adoption, and approval of assessment
instruments pursuant to this chapter and shall not be construed to
mandate any actions or activities by school districts.
   (B) Because these standards are models, the adoption of these
standards is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.  This
subparagraph is declaratory of existing law.
   (3) Before adopting academic content and performance standards,
the state board shall hold regional hearings for the purpose of
giving parents and other members of the public the opportunity to
comment on the proposed standards.
   (b) (1) The state board shall require the department to notify
publishers of the opportunity to submit, for consideration by the
state board pursuant to Section 60642, tests of achievement that
include all of the basic academic skills identified in subdivision
(c) of Section 60603 in grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and the core
curriculum areas of English and language arts, mathematics, and
science in grades 9 to 11, inclusive.
   (2) The superintendent shall recommend to the state board which
achievement test to adopt pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
60642.
   (c) (1) The state board shall ensure that the statewide assessment
system adopted pursuant to this chapter yields valid, reliable
individual pupil scores and, where applicable, aggregate school
scores, school district scores, and statewide scores of pupils and
assesses basic academic skills and content standards, including the
use of a direct writing assessment or other applied academic skills
if deemed valid and reliable and if resources are made available for
their use.
   (2) This subdivision does not prevent the state board from
developing or adopting an assessment instrument that also contains
assessments of basic academic skills.
   (d) To the extent feasible and as otherwise required, the state
board shall ensure that assessments developed, or contracted for
pursuant to Section 60642.5, by the state are aligned with the
statewide content and performance standards adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a).  The department, with the approval of the state
board, shall periodically contract for a review of the achievement
test for conformance with these standards.
   (e) After adopting statewide content and performance standards,
the state board shall review the existing curriculum frameworks for
conformity with the new statewide standards and shall modify the
curriculum frameworks where appropriate to bring them into alignment
with the standards.
   (f) The state board shall adopt regulations for the conduct and
administration of the testing and assessment program.
   (g) The state board shall adopt a regulation for minimum security
procedures that test and assessment publishers and school districts
must follow to ensure the security and integrity of test and
assessment questions and materials.
   (h) This section shall become operative July 1, 2007.
60605.1.  (a) No later than June 1, 2001, the State Board of
Education shall adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations
developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the
curriculum area of visual and performing arts.
   (b) The content standards are intended to provide a framework for
programs that a school may offer in the instruction of visual or
performing arts.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to
require a school to follow the content standards.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as mandating an
assessment of pupils in visual or performing arts.
60605.2.  (a) No later than December 1, 2004, the State Board of
Education shall adopt model content standards, pursuant to
recommendations developed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, in the curriculum area of physical education.
   (b) The model content standards are intended to provide a
framework for programs that a school may offer in the instruction of
physical education.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to
require a school to follow the model content standards.
60605.3.  (a) On or before June 1, 2009, the State Board of
Education shall adopt content standards, pursuant to recommendations
developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for teaching
foreign languages in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (b) The content standards shall support the goals of Section 51212
and subdivision (c) of Section 51220 by including all of the
following:
   (1) A summary of the language goals which recognizes that
instruction may begin in elementary or secondary school.
   (2) A description of individual language skills that should be
taught and attained at each level.
   (3) Course content that is aligned with findings from research on
second language acquisition and education.
   (4) Course content that is aligned with the admission requirements
for the California State University and the University of
California.
   (c) The content standards may be used by school districts to
develop language programs and course assessments but are not
mandatory.
60605.5.  (a) On or before November 15, 2001, the State Board of
Education shall adopt a performance standards system that includes
the following components:
   (1) Performance levels.
   (2) Performance level descriptors.
   (3) Test administration data from the applicable State Board of
Education adopted tests.
   (4) Exemplars of pupil performance that exemplify the content and
performance standards.
   (b)  The State Board of Education shall ensure that the
performance standards system is aligned to the state's academically
rigorous content standards.
60605.6.  Subject to the availability of funds in the annual Budget
Act for this purpose, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon
approval of the State Board of Education, shall contract for the
development and distribution of workbooks, as follows:
   (a) One workbook to be distributed to all pupils in the 10th
grade.  This workbook shall contain information on the proficiency
levels that must be demonstrated by pupils on the high school exit
examination described in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 60850).
The workbook also shall contain sample questions, with explanations
describing how these sample questions test pupil knowledge of the
language arts and mathematics content standards adopted by the state
board pursuant to Section 60605.
   (b) Separate workbooks for each of grades 2 to 11, inclusive.
Each pupil in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, who is required to take the
achievement tests described in Section 60642 or Section 60642.5 shall
receive a copy of the workbook designed for the same grade level in
which the pupil is enrolled.   These workbooks shall contain material
to assist pupils and their parents with standards-based learning,
including the grade appropriate academic content standards adopted by
the state board pursuant to Section 60605 and sample questions that
require knowledge of these standards to answer.  The workbooks also
shall describe how the sample questions test knowledge of the state
board adopted academic content standards.
   (c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2007, and, as
of January 1, 2008, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2008, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
60605.6.  Subject to the availability of funds in the annual Budget
Act for this purpose, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon
approval of the State Board of Education, shall contract for the
development and distribution of workbooks, as follows:
   (a) One workbook to be distributed to all pupils in the 10th
grade.  This workbook shall contain information on the proficiency
levels that must be demonstrated by pupils on the high school exit
examination described in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 60850).
The workbook also shall contain sample questions, with explanations
describing how these sample questions test pupil knowledge of the
language arts and mathematics content standards adopted by the state
board pursuant to Section 60605.
   (b) Separate workbooks for each of grades 3 to 11, inclusive.
Each pupil in grades 3 to 11, inclusive, who is required to take the
achievement tests described in Section 60642 or Section 60642.5 shall
receive a copy of the workbook designed for the same grade level in
which the pupil is enrolled.  These workbooks shall contain material
to assist pupils and their parents with standards-based learning,
including the grade appropriate academic content standards adopted by
the state board pursuant to Section 60605 and sample questions that
require knowledge of these standards to answer.  The workbooks also
shall describe how the sample questions test knowledge of the state
board adopted academic content standards.
   (c) This section shall become operative July 1, 2007.
60606.  (a) After designating a test of academic achievement for use
in grades 2 to 11, inclusive, pursuant to Section 60642, or adopting
an assessment of applied academic skills for use in grades 4, 5, 8,
and 10 pursuant to Section 60605, the State Board of Education shall
submit each of those two instruments when designated or adopted to
the Statewide Pupil Assessment Review Panel, which is hereby
established, for review by the panel.
   (b) The panel shall consist of six members.  Three members shall
be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules, one member shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly, and one member shall be appointed by the
superintendent.  A majority of the panel shall consist of parents
whose children attend public schools in the state in kindergarten and
grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (c) Panel members shall serve two-year terms, without
compensation.  No panel member shall serve more than two consecutive
terms.
   (d) The panel shall review the two instruments specified in
subdivision (a) in order to ensure that the content of the
instruments complies with the requirements of Section 60614.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the panel may meet in
closed session with a publisher for the purpose of addressing
questions and clarifying issues that relate to ensuring that the
content of the publisher's test or assessment, as the case may be,
comply with the requirements of Section 60614.
   (e) The panel shall report its findings and recommendations to the
state board within 10 days of its receipt of each instrument.  If
the panel fails to report within the required 10 days, the test or
assessment shall be deemed acceptable to the panel.
  (f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2007, and, as
of January 1, 2008, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2008, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
60606.  (a) After designating a test of academic achievement for use
in grades 3 to 11, inclusive, pursuant to Section 60642, or adopting
an assessment of applied academic skills for use in grades 4, 5, 8,
and 10 pursuant to Section 60605, the State Board of Education shall
submit each of those two instruments when designated or adopted to
the Statewide Pupil Assessment Review Panel, which is hereby
established, for review by the panel.
   (b) The panel shall consist of six members.  Three members shall
be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules, one member shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly, and one member shall be appointed by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.  A majority of the panel shall
consist of parents whose children attend public schools in the state
in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (c) Panel members shall serve two-year terms, without
compensation.  No panel member shall serve more than two consecutive
terms.
   (d) The panel shall review the two instruments specified in
subdivision (a) in order to ensure that the content of the
instruments complies with the requirements of Section 60614.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the panel may meet in
closed session with a publisher for the purpose of addressing
questions and clarifying issues that relate to ensuring that the
content of the publisher's test or assessment, as the case may be,
comply with the requirements of Section  60614.
   (e) The panel shall report its findings and recommendations to the
state board within 10 days of its receipt of each instrument.  If
the panel fails to report within the required 10 days, the test or
assessment shall be deemed acceptable to the panel.
   (f) This section shall become operative July 1, 2007.
60607.  (a) Each pupil shall have an individual record of
accomplishment by the end of grade 12 that includes the results of
the achievement test required and administered annually as part of
the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program established
pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640), results of
end-of-course exams he or she has taken, and the vocational education
certification exams he or she chose to take.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts and
schools use the results of the academic achievement tests
administered annually as part of the statewide pupil assessment
program to provide support to pupils and parents or guardians in
order to assist pupils in strengthening their development as
learners, and thereby to improve their academic achievement and
performance in subsequent assessments.
   (c) (1) Any pupil results or a record of accomplishment shall be
private, and may not be released to any person, other than the pupil'
s parent or guardian and a teacher, counselor, or administrator
directly involved with the pupil, without the express written consent
of either the parent or guardian of the pupil if the pupil is a
minor, or the pupil if the pupil has reached the age of majority or
is emancipated.
   (2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a pupil or his or her
parent or guardian may authorize the release of pupil results or a
record of accomplishment to a postsecondary educational institution
for the purposes of credit, placement, or admission.
   (B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the results of an individual
pupil on the California Standards Test may be released to a
postsecondary educational institution for the purposes of credit,
placement, or admission.
60608.  The governing board of each district shall, in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education,
conduct a testing program pursuant to this chapter and may also
administer other tests.
60610.  At the request of the State Board of Education, and in
accordance with rules and regulations that the board may adopt, each
county superintendent of schools shall cooperate with and assist
school districts under his or her jurisdiction in carrying out the
testing programs of those districts and other duties imposed on
school districts by this chapter.
60611.  (a) A city, county, city and county, district superintendent
of schools, or principal or teacher of any elementary or secondary
school, including a charter school, shall not carry on any program of
specific preparation of pupils for the statewide pupil assessment
program or a particular test used therein.
   (b) A city, county, city and county, district superintendent of
schools, principal, or a teacher of an elementary or secondary
school, including a charter school, may use instructional materials
provided by the department or its agents in the academic preparation
of pupils for the statewide pupil assessment if those instructional
materials are embedded in an instructional program that is intended
to improve pupil learning.
60612.  Upon adoption or approval of assessments pursuant to this
chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare and
make available to parents, teachers, pupils, administrators, school
board members, and the public easily understood materials describing
the nature and purposes of the assessments, the systems of scoring,
and the uses to which the assessments will be put.
60613.  A school district is an agent of the State Department of
Education for the purpose of administering a test or assessment
required pursuant to this article.  No action may be brought or
maintained against any school district or its officers or employees
acting in accordance with the instructions of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction or the State Board of Education.
60614.  Notwithstanding Section 51513, no test, examination, or
assessment given as part of the statewide pupil assessment program
shall contain any questions or items that solicit or invite
disclosure of a pupil's, or his or her parents' or guardians',
personal beliefs or practices in sex, family life, morality, or
religion nor shall it contain any question designed to evaluate
personal behavioral characteristics, including, but not limited to,
honesty, integrity, sociability, or self esteem.
60615.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a parent's or
guardian's written request to school officials to excuse his or her
child from any or all parts of the assessments administered pursuant
to this chapter shall be granted.
60616.  Any achievement test designated pursuant to Section 60642 or
adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to this chapter may
be reviewed by any Member of the Legislature or any member of the
governing board of a school district, if the member agrees in writing
prior to the review to maintain the confidentiality of the test.
60617.  The governing board of any school district may meet in
closed session only to review the actual contents of any approved or
adopted assessment, provided the governing board agrees by resolution
to accept any terms or conditions for that review that are
established by rules and regulations of the State Board of Education.
  The purpose of this provision is to maintain the confidentiality of
the assessments under review.
60618.  (a) The academic content and performance standards adopted
by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 60605 that are
used as standards for the purposes of this article are to be
considered model standards for any other purpose.
   (b) School districts may use these model standards as a guideline
in developing district standards.