Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify Federal requirements under that Act.

8/1/2007--Introduced.
Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to except teachers in hard to staff areas from the requirement that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within a state be highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year. Requires teachers in hard to staff areas, instead, to satisfy at least 80% of the requirements to be highly qualified by the end of the 2007-2008 school year, and satisfy all of them by the end of the following school year. Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs) whose teachers do not meet such requirements to use all of their funds under Title II of the Act to achieve compliance. Revises requirements for assessments of student groups in measuring the adequate yearly progress (AYP) of the state, and of all public schools and LEAs in the state, toward enabling all public elementary school and secondary school students to meet the state's student academic achievement standards. Provides that a student group which has failed to meet or exceed achievement standards may satisfy assessment requirements if it met such standards in the immediately preceding year. Authorizes the testing of disabled students at their instructional level, rather than grade level, provided they show progress in accordance with individualized education programs. Permits states to change the method of counting students who are in more than one group. Revises the sanctions for schools which fail an assessment by reason of a group of no more than four students. Changes the sanction from designation as needing improvement to mandatory redirection of funds to the needs of such a group. Requires the Secretary of Education to make recommendations to Congress for increasing the percentage of limited English proficient students and disabled students who meet or exceed state academic achievement standards. Directs the Secretary, during the 2007-2008 school year, to continue to study growth models and allow more states and LEAs to use them to achieve AYP.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
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  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments to H.R.3292

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 01, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Aug 02, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1701-1702)
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Aug 01, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Academic performance
• Communications
• Congressional reporting requirements
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• Disabled
• Education
• Education of the disadvantaged
• Educational accountability
• Educational tests
• Elementary education
• English language
• Illiteracy
• Literacy programs
• Performance measurement
• Rating of teachers
• Secondary education
• Special education
• Standards
• Teacher supply and demand
• Welfare

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