---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 924"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "924"
heading: "Annual educational assessment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/924"
units:
  - "Chapter 25A — Overseas Defense Dependents’ Education"
---

# §924. Annual educational assessment

- (a) **Contents—** The [Director](/usc/20/932.md?p=6) shall assess each year the performance of the defense [dependents](/usc/20/932.md?p=1)’ education system in providing an education of high quality to children enrolled in the system. Such assessment may include the use of educational assessment measures and such other means as the [Director](/usc/20/932.md?p=6) determines to be suitable for assessing student performance.
- (b) **Availability—** The results of each annual assessment under [subsection (a)](#a) with respect to an individual enrolled in the defense [dependents](/usc/20/932.md?p=1)’ education system shall be made available to the [sponsor](/usc/20/932.md?p=2) of such individual, and summary results of each such annual assessment shall be made available to Members of Congress and to professional employees in the system.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1405, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2366.)