[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 801 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 801

To authorize the conduct and development of NAEP assessments for fiscal 
                               year 1994.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 21 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

   Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice, 
              considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the conduct and development of NAEP assessments for fiscal 
                               year 1994.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS.

    (a) In General.--Section 406 of the General Education Provisions 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e-1) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (f), by striking ``and 
        1993'' and inserting ``1993, and 1994''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (i)(2)--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) 
                as clauses (iv), (v), and (vi), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
                new clause:
                            ``(iii) The National Assessment shall--
                                    ``(I) conduct, in 1994, a trial 
                                mathematics assessment for the 4th and 
                                8th grades, and a trial reading 
                                assessment for the 4th grade, in States 
                                that wish to participate, with the 
                                purpose of determining whether such 
                                assessments yield valid and reliable 
                                State representative data;
                                    ``(II) develop a trial mathematics 
                                assessment for the 12th grade, and a 
                                trial reading assessment for the 8th 
                                and 12th grades, to be administered in 
                                1994 in States that wish to 
                                participate, with the purpose of 
                                determining whether such assessments 
                                yield valid and reliable State 
                                representative data; and
                                    ``(III) include in each such sample 
                                assessment described in subclauses (I) 
                                and (II) students in public and private 
                                schools in a manner that ensures 
                                comparability with the national 
                                sample.''; and
                    (C) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
                (A)), by striking ``paragraph (C) (i) and (ii)'' and 
                inserting ``clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (D) of section 405(f)(1) of 
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ``1993'' and inserting ``1994''.

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