(a) The Department of Education shall conduct a study of the relationship between admissions scores and performance within the technical high school system using the classes graduating in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

(b) The department shall report periodically, in accordance with this subsection and section 11-4a, on the study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.

(1) On or before January 1, 2002, the department shall describe (A) the number and distribution of students by class in each of the technical high schools, (B) the format and contents of the initial data base developed to carry out the study, (C) the measures, such as the scores of students in grade ten or eleven on the mastery examination, under section 10-14n, grade point average, class rank, dropout rates, or trade specific assessment tests, selected to assess the ability of the individual components of the admissions score to predict success in the technical high school, and (D) any other factors the department deems relevant to conducting the study or understanding the results of the study;

(2) On or before January 1, 2003, the department shall present preliminary results of the study based on data analysis through the first quarter of the school year commencing in 2002, including the relevance of the individual components of the admissions score to the assessment measures, and shall provide statistics on the number of students from each class for the classes graduating in 2003, 2004 and 2005 who have withdrawn from a technical high school;

(3) On or before January 1, 2004, the department shall (A) present final results for the class of 2003, including graduation rates and the results of the postgraduation survey, (B) using such results, predict the probability of a technical high school student's being successful based on the components of the student's admissions score, and (C) evaluate the results and discuss whether it feels any changes are needed in the admissions policies;

(4) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall present the final results for the class of 2004, and explain any differences between said class and the class of 2003; and

(5) On or before January 1, 2006, the department shall submit its final report, including (A) final results for the class of 2005, (B) using such results, predict the probability of a technical high school student being successful based on the elements of the student's admissions score, and (C) describe any changes it intends to make in the system's admissions policies.

(P.A. 01-173, S. 58, 67; P.A. 03-76, S. 42; P.A. 12-116, S. 80; P.A. 13-207, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 01-173 effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b)(3), “post graduation” was changed to “postgraduation” and “vocation-technical” was changed to “vocational-technical” editorially by the Revisors for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(3)(B), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 12-116 replaced references to regional vocational-technical school system and schools with references to technical high school system and schools, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-207 amended Subsec. (b)(1)(C) by replacing reference to state-wide tenth grade mastery examination with provision re scores of students in grade ten or eleven on the mastery examination, effective July 1, 2013.