HR 6525
110th Congress
House
Education
Academic performance
Authorization
Civics education
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
History
Secondary education
American History and Civics Achievement Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 16, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
American History and Civics Achievement Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to give a priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12.
Requires the Commissioner to conduct, in at least ten geographically diverse states, trial state academic assessments of student achievement in: (1) U.S. history in grades 8 and 12; and (2) civics in grades 8 and 12.
Directs the National Assessment of Educational Progress governing board to select the participating states.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1