3.0.0 2053 2023-01-11T20:27:54Z 2023-01-11T20:27:54Z Senate S S 2007-09-17 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-17T20:13:41Z Improving Student Testing Act of 2007 110 4305 HR 2008-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2007-09-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-09-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11589-11592) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-09-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-09-17 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2007-10-15 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-10-17 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2007-11-06 False Education Academic performance Administrative fees Administrative procedure Appropriations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of Education Disabled Dropouts Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational innovations Educational research Educational statistics Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education English language Federal aid to education Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign trade promotion Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Identification devices Literacy programs Minorities Minority education Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Special education Education 00 2007-09-17 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-09T22:31:43Z Improving Student Testing Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to use academic indicators other than statewide standardized assessments in determining whether schools need improvement, corrective action, or restructuring. (Currently, such indicators may not be used to reduce the number of schools requiring such interventions.)

Permits states to use growth or hybrid growth and status models in determining whether students are making adequate progress toward state standards. Requires growth models and the growth portion of hybrid models to: (1) use statewide education data systems capable of tracking individual student growth; and (2) assess students annually in grades 3 through 8, and once in grades 9 through 12.

Allows states to alter their current assessment systems by: (1) conducting statewide assessments less frequently, but at least once in grades 3 through 5, 6 through 9, and 10 through 12; or (2) using multiple measures of assessments instead of, or in addition to, statewide standardized assessments.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to implement certain privacy protection measures for statewide education data systems.

Waives the requirement that all students meet state academic proficiency standards by the end of the 2013-2014 school year if, for each of FY2008-FY2015, school improvement funds appropriated do not match those authorized.

Makes changes to the state education improvement plan peer review process that involve the composition of peer review panels, the feedback they provide, and the consistency of their decisions from state to state.

Requires states to disaggregate high school graduation rates by student subgroups. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states to disaggregate and report student graduation and performance data.

Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to: (1) states to develop multiple measures of assessment, rather than one standardized test; and (2) states and local educational agencies to improve their capacity to implement alternative accountability and assessment systems and meet school improvement requirements.

Directs the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce to eliminate federal spending on trade promotion activities by imposing fees on promotion beneficiaries.

]]> Improving Student Testing Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve elementary and secondary education. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Improving Student Testing Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Improving Student Testing Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2053is/xml/BILLS-110s2053is.xml 2007-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.