HR 3979
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3979
To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement
and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 25, 2007
Mr. PETRI (for himself and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement
and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act'.
SEC. 2. USE OF ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENTS.
Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
`(n) Use of Adaptive Assessments-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a
State may provide that the assessments to be used to measure student
achievement by that State, and by the schools and local educational
agencies of that State, shall be adaptive assessments (rather than the
assessments otherwise required by this Act) that accurately assess student
achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level
performance.
`(2) DEFINITION- For purposes of paragraph (1), an adaptive assessment
is an assessment that changes its difficulty according to the performance
of a student but reports the outcome of the assessment on a scale that
is common to all students.
`(3) EVALUATION- The State shall ensure that the protocol for evaluating
the adaptive assessments is included in peer review guidance documents.'.
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