[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4978-S4979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2211. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 111, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:
       ``(2) Testing transparency.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), each local 
     educational agency that receives funds under this part shall 
     make widely available through public means (including by 
     posting in a clear, concise, and easily accessible manner on 
     the local educational agency's website and, to the extent 
     practicable, on the website of each school served by the 
     local educational agency) for each grade served by the local 
     educational agency or school, information on each assessment 
     required by the State to comply with section 1111, other 
     assessments required by the State, and to the extent such 
     information is available and feasible to report, assessments 
     required districtwide by the local educational agency, 
     including--
       ``(i) the subject matter assessed;
       ``(ii) the purpose for which the assessment is designed and 
     used;
       ``(iii) the source of the requirement for the assessment; 
     and
       ``(iv) to the extent such information is available--

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       ``(I) the amount of time students will spend taking the 
     assessment, and the schedule and calendar for the assessment; 
     and
       ``(II) the time and format for disseminating results.

       ``(B) LEA that does not operate a website.--In the case of 
     a local educational agency that does not operate a website, 
     such local educational agency shall determine how to make the 
     information described in subparagraph (A) widely available, 
     such as through distribution of that information to the 
     media, through public agencies, or directly to parents.
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