Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/6493
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20 U.S. Code § 6493 - Assessment evaluation | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
§ 6493.
The Secretary shall conduct an independent study of assessments used for State accountability purposes and for making decisions about the promotion and graduation of students. Such research shall be conducted over a period not to exceed 5 years and shall address the components described in subsection (d) of this section.
(b) Contract authorized
The Secretary is authorized to award a contract, through a peer review process, to an organization or entity capable of conducting rigorous, independent research. The Assistant Secretary of Educational Research and Improvement shall appoint peer reviewers to evaluate the applications for this contract.
(c) StudyThe study shall—
(d) Components of the research programThe study described in subsection (a) of this section shall examine—
(1) the effect of the assessment and accountability systems described in section [1] (c) on students, teachers, parents, families, schools, school districts, and States, including correlations between such systems and—
Not later than 3 years after the contract described in subsection (b) of this section is awarded, the organization or entity conducting the study shall submit an interim report to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the United States Senate, and to the President and the States, and shall make the report widely available to the public. The organization or entity shall submit a final report to the same recipients as soon as possible after the completion of the study. Additional reports may be periodically prepared and released as necessary.
(f) Reservation of funds
The Secretary may reserve up to 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for this part to carry out the study, except such reservation of funds shall not exceed $1,500,000.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1503, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1597.)
A prior section 6493, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1503, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3605, related to innovative elementary school transition projects, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 301(c)(1)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–410.