3.0.0 224 2023-01-11T20:06:06Z 2023-01-11T20:06:06Z Senate S S 2007-01-09 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-09T21:01:11Z SPEAK Act 110 325 HR 2007-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S295-297) IntroReferral 2007-01-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S294-295) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-01-09 True Education Academic performance Armed Forces and National Security Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Curricula Data banks Disabled Economics and Public Finance Educational accountability Educational research Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Higher education Indian education Law Licenses Mathematics Military dependents Minorities Native Americans Performance measurement Rating of teachers Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Special education Standards State laws Teacher education Teaching materials Education 00 2007-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-31T18:19:59Z Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act or the SPEAK Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (the Act) to require the Commissioner for Educational Statistics to add science to the mandatory biennial national and state academic achievement assessments of students in grades four, eight, and twelve in reading and mathematics. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states receiving school improvement funds to participate in such science assessments of students in grades four and eight, beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.

Amends the Act to task the National Assessment Governing Board with creating or adopting voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science for kindergarten through grade 12 which reflect the knowledge students need to enter college or the workforce and compete in the global economy.

Requires the Secretary of Education to establish the American Standards Incentive fund to award competitive four-year grants to states which agree to: (1) adopt such voluntary mathematics and science standards as the core of their own academic content standards in such subjects; and (2) align their teacher certification and professional development requirements to such standards. Provides additional funds to successful grantees for the enhancement of their student performance data systems.

Authorizes the Secretary to extend by two to four years for such grantees the 12-year period at the end of which students must meet or exceed state academic performance standards established under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

]]> SPEAK Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to create or adopt, and implement, rigorous and voluntary American education content standards in mathematics and science covering kindergarten through grade 12, to provide for the assessment of student proficiency benchmarked against such standards, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title SPEAK Act Short Titles as Introduced SPEAK Act Short Titles as Introduced Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids Act Introduced in Senate 2007-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s224is/xml/BILLS-110s224is.xml 2007-01-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S295-297) 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.