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HR 452 114th 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: February 3, 2015 See on congress.gov
Education Academic performance and assessmentsElementary and secondary educationLanguage arts
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jan 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 21, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2015

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 5 Republican 8
Denham, Jeff
· Nov 16, 2015
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 27, 2015
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Mar 17, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Mar 13, 2015
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Feb 25, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 3, 2015
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jan 22, 2015
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jan 21, 2015
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jan 21, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jan 21, 2015
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 21, 2015
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jan 21, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jan 21, 2015
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