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20 U.S.C. § 9623 — Definitions
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In this subchapter:
(1) The term “Director” means the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences.
(2) The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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In this subchapter:
(1) The term “Director” means the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences.
(2) The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Assessment Board”), which shall formulate policy guidelines for the National Assessment (carried out under [section 9622 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9622&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Membership**
(1) **Appointment and composition** — The Assessment Board shall be appointed by the Secretary and be composed as follows:
(A) Two Governors, or former Governors, who shall not be members of the same political party.
(B) Two State legislators, who shall not be members of the same political party.
(C) Two chief State school officers.
(D) One superintendent of a local educational agency.
(E) One member of a State board of education.
(F) One member of a local board of education.
(G) Three classroom teachers representing the grade levels at which the National Assessment is conducted.
(H) One representative of business or industry.
(I) Two curriculum specialists.
(J) Three testing and measurement experts, who shall have training and experience in the field of testing and measurement.
(K) One nonpublic school administrator or policymaker.
(L) Two school principals, of whom one shall be an elementary school principal and one shall be a secondary school principal.
(M) Two parents who are not employed by a local, State or Federal educational agency.
(N) Two additional members who are representatives of the general public, and who may be parents, but who are not employed by a local, State, or Federal educational agency.
(2) **Director of the Institute of Education Sciences** — The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences shall serve as an ex o
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 9623
L. 107–110, set out as an Effective Date note under sec-
tion 6301 of this title.
RESCHEDULING OF THE NAEP MANDATED BIENNIAL 4TH
AND 8TH GRADE ASSESSMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF THE
MANDATED QUADRENNIAL 12TH GRADE ASSESSMENT
Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title I, § 104, Dec. 27, 2020, 134
Stat. 3088, provided that:
‘‘(a) CURRENT ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION RESCHED-
ULING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and due to the public health emergency declared by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under section
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on
January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19—
‘‘(1) the biennial 4th and 8th grade reading and
mathematics assessments scheduled to be conducted
during the 2020–2021 school year in accordance with
paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(A)(i) of section 303(b) of the
National Assessment of Educational Progress Au-
thorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)) and, as practicable
and subject to the discretion of the National Assess-
ment Governing Board, the Trial Urban District As-
sessment, shall be conducted during the 2021–2022
school year; and
‘‘(2) the next quadrennial 12th grade reading and
mathematics assessments carried out in accordance
with section 303(b)(2)(C) of the National Assessment
of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C.
9622(b)(2)(C)) after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion [Dec. 27, 2020], shall be conducted during the
2023–2024 school year.
‘‘(b) FUTURE
ASSESSMENT
ADMINISTRATION.—In ac-
cordance with section 303(b)(2)(B) of the National As-
sessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20
U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(B)), the next biennial assessments fol-
lowing the 2021–2022 administration, as authorized
under subsection (a), shall occur in t
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