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American History and Civics Achievement Act

Introduced: July 16, 2008 Introduced by: McCollum, Betty Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 16, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 July 16, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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