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HR 3979 110th Congress House

Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act

Official title: To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.

Introduced: July 24, 2008 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performanceEducation of the disadvantagedEducational accountabilityEducational tests
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Elementary and secondary educationElementary educationSecondary educationSocial Welfare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Nov 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Oct 25, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 25, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2252)
Oct 25, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 14, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to require the use of adaptive assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards that accurately assess student achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level performance.

Defines an "adaptive assessment" as one that changes in difficulty in accordance with a student's performance, but reports its outcome on a scale common to all students.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 24, 2008
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