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HR 4172 113th Congress House

Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered.

Introduced: September 19, 2014 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsElementary and secondary education
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Mar 6, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 6, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 13, 2014

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that students be tested against state academic content and achievement standards in mathematics and reading or language arts in each of grades three through eight.

Requires, instead, that those tests be administered at least once during: (1) grades 3 through 5, (2) grades 6 through 9, and
(3) grades 10 through 12.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 3 Republican 3
R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Nov 13, 2014
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 19, 2014
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Sep 18, 2014
Schock, Aaron
· Sep 18, 2014
UPTON, FRED
· Sep 9, 2014
Meehan, Patrick
· Sep 8, 2014
Bishop, Timothy
· Jul 31, 2014
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 30, 2014
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jul 30, 2014
Lance, Leonard
· Jul 29, 2014
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· May 22, 2014
GREEN, GENE
· Apr 29, 2014
Reed, Tom
· Apr 29, 2014
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Apr 10, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4172: Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4172/
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