US SB1025 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

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Title

Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act

Sponsors

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-04-21SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Same As/Similar To

HB452 (Related) 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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