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[S. 801 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.801
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                                 An Act


 
    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''.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.