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20 U.S.C. § 9624 — Authorization of appropriations

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20 U.S.C. § 9624 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated— (1) for fiscal year 2003— (A) $4,600,000 to carry out [section 9621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9621&num=0&edition=prelim); and (B) $107,500,000 to carry out [section 9622 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9622&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years to carry out sections 9621 and 9622 of this title. **(b) Availability** Amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.

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20 U.S.C. § 9621 — National Assessment Governing Board

**(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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20 U.S.C. § 9622 — National Assessment of Educational Progress

**(a) Establishment** The Commissioner for Education Statistics shall, with the advice of the Assessment Board established under [section 9621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9621&num=0&edition=prelim), carry out, through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with one or more qualified organizations, or consortia thereof, a National Assessment of Educational Progress, which collectively refers to a national assessment, State assessments, and a long-term trend assessment in reading and mathematics. **(b) Purpose; State assessments** (1) **Purpose** — The purpose of this section is to provide, in a timely manner, a fair and accurate measurement of student academic achievement and reporting of trends in such achievement in reading, mathematics, and other subject matter as specified in this section. (2) **Measurement and reporting** — The Commissioner for Education Statistics, in carrying out the measurement and reporting described in paragraph (1), shall— (A) use a random sampling process which is consistent with relevant, widely accepted professional assessment standards and that produces data that are representative on a national and regional basis; (B) conduct a national assessment and collect and report assessment data, including achievement data trends, in a valid and reliable manner on student academic achievement in public and private elementary schools and secondary schools at least once every 2 years, in grades 4 and 8 in reading and mathematics; (C) conduct a national assessment and collect and report assessment data, including achievement data trends, in a valid and reliable manner on student academic achievement in public and private schools in reading and mathematics in grade 12 in r

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20 U.S.C. § 9624 — Authorization of appropriations

Page 1740 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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