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Title III — National Assessment of Educational Progress

H.R. 4366 · 113th Congress · May 12, 2014 · Lineage

III National Assessment of Educational Progress

Sec. 301 References

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9621 et seq.).

Sec. 302 National assessment governing board

Section 302 (20 U.S.C. 9621) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by striking “shall formulate policy guidelines” and inserting “shall oversee and set policies, in a manner consistent with subsection (e) and accepted professional standards,”;
(2)
in subsection (b)(1)(L)—
(A)
by striking “principals” and inserting “leaders”; and
(B)
by striking “principal” both places it appears and inserting “leader”;
(3)
in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4);
(4)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “the Assessment Board after consultation with” before “organizations”; and
(ii)
in subparagraph (B)—
(I)
by striking “Each organization submitting nominations to the Secretary with” and inserting “With”; and
(II)
by inserting “, the Assessment Board” after “particular vacancy”; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
by striking “that each organization described in paragraph (1)(A) submit additional nominations” and inserting “additional nominations from the Assessment Board or each organization described in paragraph (1)(A)”; and
(ii)
by striking “such organization” and inserting “the Assessment Board”; and
(5)
in subsection (e)(1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by inserting “in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics,” before “select”;
(ii)
by inserting “and grades or ages” before “to be”; and
(iii)
by inserting “, and determine the year in which such assessments will be conducted” after “assessed”;
(B)
in subparagraph (D), by inserting “school leaders,” after “teachers,”;
(C)
in subparagraph (E), by striking “design” and inserting “provide input on”;
(D)
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (I);
(E)
by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K);
(F)
by inserting after subparagraph (I), the following:

“(J) provide input to the Director on annual budget requests for the National Assessment of Educational Progress; and”

(G)
in subparagraph (K), as so redesignated—
(i)
by striking “plan and execute the initial public release of”; and
(ii)
by inserting “release the initial” before “National”; and
(H)
in the matter following subparagraph (K), as so amended and redesignated, by striking “subparagraph (J)” and inserting “subparagraph (K)”.

Sec. 303 National assessment of educational progress

Section 303 (20 U.S.C. 9622) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by striking “with the advice of the Assessment Board established under section 302” and inserting “in a manner consistent with accepted professional standards and the policies set forth by the Assessment Board under section 302(a)”;
(2)
in subsection (b)(2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (D), by inserting “and consistent with section 302(e)(1)(A)” after “resources allow”;
(B)
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (G);
(C)
by striking the period and inserting “; and” at the end of subparagraph (H); and
(D)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(I) determine, after taking into account section 302(e)(1)(I), the content of initial and subsequent reports of all assessments authorized under this section and ensure that such reports are valid and reliable.”

(3)
in subsection (c)(2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (B), by striking “of Education” after “Secretary”; and
(B)
in subparagraph (D)—
(i)
by striking “Chairman of the House” before “Committee on Education”;
(ii)
by inserting “of the House of Representatives” after “Workforce”;
(iii)
by striking “Chairman of the Senate” before “Committee on Health”; and
(iv)
by inserting “of the Senate” after “Pensions”;
(4)
in subsection (d)(1), by inserting before the period, the following: “, except as required under section 1112(b)(1)(F) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)(F))”;
(5)
in subsection (e)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking “or age”; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
in subparagraph (A)—
(I)
by striking “shall” and all that follows through “be” and insert “shall be”;
(II)
by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and by moving the margins 2 ems to the left); and
(III)
in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “, or the age of the students, as the case may be”;
(ii)
in subparagraph (B)—
(I)
by striking “After the determinations described in subparagraph (A), devising” and inserting “The Assessment Board shall, in making the determination described in subparagraph (A), use”; and
(II)
by inserting after “approach” the following: “, providing for the active participation of teachers, school leaders, curriculum specialists, local school administrators, parents, and concerned members of the general public”; and
(iii)
in subparagraph (D), by inserting “Assessment” before “Board”; and
(6)
in subsection (g)(2)—
(A)
in the heading, by striking “affairs” and inserting “education”; and
(B)
by striking “Affairs” and inserting “Education”.

Sec. 304 Definitions

Section 304 (20 U.S.C. 9623) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by striking “(1)” and inserting “(1) Director.—”;
(2)
in paragraph (2), by striking “(2)” and inserting “(2) State.—”; and
(3)
by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) (as so amended) as paragraphs (2) and (5), respectively;
(4)
by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:

“(1) In general—The terms elementary school, local educational agency, and secondary school have the meanings given those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).”

(5)
by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), the following new paragraphs:

“(3) School leader—The term school leader has the meaning given the term in section 102.

“(4) Secretary—The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education.”

Sec. 305 Authorization of appropriations

Section 305(a) (20 U.S.C. 9624(a)) is amended to read as follows:

“(a) In general—There are authorized to be appropriated—

“(1) for fiscal year 2015—

“(A) $8,235,000 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and

“(B) $132,000,000 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);

“(2) for fiscal year 2016—

“(A) $8,251,470 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and

“(B) $132,264,000 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);

“(3) for fiscal year 2017—

“(A) $8,433,002 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and

“(B) $135,173,808 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);

“(4) for fiscal year 2018—

“(A) $8,635,395 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and

“(B) $138,417,979 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress);

“(5) for fiscal year 2019—

“(A) $8,868,550 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and

“(B) $142,155,266 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress); and

“(6) for fiscal year 2020—

“(A) $9,001,578 to carry out section 302 (relating to the National Assessment Governing Board); and

“(B) $144,287,595 to carry out section 303 (relating to the National Assessment of Educational Progress).”