Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-2228
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-03
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Elementary and secondary education
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to require the use of adaptive assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards that accurately assess student achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level performance. </p> <p>Defines an "adaptive assessment" as one that changes in difficulty in accordance with a student's performance but reports its outcome on a scale common to all students.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2228 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2013 Mr. Petri (for himself and Mr. Butterfield ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act . 2. Use of adaptive assessments Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Use of adaptive assessments (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a State may provide that the assessments to be used to measure student achievement by that State, and by the schools and local educational agencies of that State, shall be adaptive assessments (rather than the assessments otherwise required by this Act) that accurately assess student achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level performance. (2) Definition For purposes of paragraph (1), an adaptive assessment is an assessment that changes its difficulty according to the performance of a student but reports the outcome of the assessment on a scale that is common to all students. (3) Evaluation The Secretary shall ensure that the protocol for evaluating the adaptive assessments is included in peer review guidance documents. .