HR 5807 · 113th Congress · Education

SMART Act

Introduced 2014-12-08· Sponsored by Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.(2014-12-08)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act or the SMART Act - Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and administer state academic content and achievement standards and assessments of student progress toward those standards. Requires each state to use such grant to: develop and administer such assessments and further align them with the state's academic content standards, ensure that students with limited English proficiency and disabled students are provided with appropriate accommodations to improve their inclusion in the assessments, develop state assessment systems aligned to content standards that support systems of continuous improvement, support local educational agencies (LEAs) in identifying uses of assessment data, and carry out certain other activities to improve the quality and use of state assessments. Revises the program awarding competitive grants to states to enhance assessment instruments. Requires each grantee that has not yet received a grant under such program to use the grant to: carry out audits of the state assessment syst…

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Cosponsors (6)

5 Democrats1 Republican