HR 452 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act

Introduced Jan 21, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Christopher P. Gibson R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that students be tested against state academic content and achievement standards in mathematics and reading or language arts in each of grades three through eight.

Requires, instead, that those tests be administered at least once during: (1) grades 3 through 5, (2) grades 6 through 9, and
(3) grades 10 through 12.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2015 to Jan 6, 2016, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-CADavid G. ValadaoOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-MIFred UptonOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-NYJohn KatkoOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalJan 21, 2015
R-PAPatrick MeehanOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJan 21, 2015
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalJan 21, 2015
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jan 21, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jan 21, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1025Student Testing Improvement and Accountability ActRelated billApr 21, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

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  1. Jan 21, 2015Introduced in House

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