110 HR 1711 IH: Flexibility in Assessments for
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-03-27
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Flexibility in Assessments for
Individuals Reform Act of 2007
.
2.Amendments to
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(a)Longitudinal
assessment of AYPSubparagraph (C) of section 1111(b)(2) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)) is
amended—
(1)in clause (vi), by
striking and
at the end;
(2)in clause (vii),
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3)by
adding at the end the following:
(viii)at the State’s
discretion, measures the progress of public elementary schools, secondary
schools, and local educational agencies by tracking the progress of individual
students or cohorts of students on a longitudinal basis in lieu of, or in
addition to, comparing the proficiency of a class of students with the
proficiency of earlier classes of students;
and
.
(b)Participation in
assessments
(1)Opt-out for
certain studentsSection
1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)) is amended—
(A)in paragraph
(2)(C)(iv), by inserting subject to subparagraph (L),
before
measures the progress
;
(B)in paragraph (2)(I)(ii), by inserting
, and the 95 percent requirement described in this clause shall exclude
any student who, pursuant to subparagraph (L), opts out of the
assessments)
after about an individual student
;
and
(C)at the end of
paragraph (2), by adding the following:
(L)Opt-out for
certain studentsAt the
request of the parent of a student, a State may allow the student to opt out of
the assessments described in paragraph (3) because the student is a child with
a disability (as that term is defined in section 602 of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act) or because of religious
reasons.
.
(2)Flexibility in
schedulingParagraph (3) of section 1111(b) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
(E)Flexibility in
schedulingThe Secretary shall give States the flexibility to
reschedule the assessments described in this paragraph in the case of a student
who cannot attend school at the time of the assessments because of—
(i)unusual weather or
a natural disaster;
(ii)a
cultural or religious event; or
(iii)a medical
condition.
.
(c)Clause (vi) of section 1111(b)(2)(C) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)) is amended by
inserting , except that, at the discretion of the State, such graduation
rates may include any child with a disability (as that term is defined in
section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) who satisfies
such alternative challenging academic content and achievement standards as the
State may establish, consistent with the child’s individualized education
program (as that term is defined in section 602 of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act), for the child to complete secondary school in a
reasonable period of time
after in the standard number of
years
.
(d)Students with
limited English proficiencySection 1111(b) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is amended—
(1)in subparagraph
(C) of paragraph (2) (as amended by subsection (a) of this Act), by adding at
the end the following:
(ix)continues to
include students in the subgroup described in clause (v)(II)(dd) for three
school years after such students attain English
proficiency.
;
and
(2)in paragraph
(3)(C)(x), by striking for three or more consecutive years
and
inserting for more than five consecutive years
.