Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 26, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
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.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2011 to May 31, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Jan 26, 2011 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | May 26, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | May 26, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | May 26, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 26, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Jul 20, 2011 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jul 20, 2011 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jul 20, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Nov 2, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Nov 3, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Nov 14, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Nov 14, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Dec 6, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Dec 6, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Dec 15, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Dec 15, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Jan 18, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jan 18, 2012 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | May 31, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 26, 2011 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jan 26, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 26, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E134)
- Jan 26, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E134 | Thomas E. Petri R-WI | Jan 26, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H512.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2011Introduced in House
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