Sec. 1126. Grants for State assessments and related activities
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Part A of title I ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ), as amended by section 1125, is further amended by adding at the end the following: From amounts made available under subsection (c)(1) to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall make grants to States— to enable States to pay the costs of developing, improving, or administering State assessments and standards consistent with section 1111(a), which may include the cost of working in voluntary partnerships with other States, at the sole discretion of each such State; and in the case of States that have developed the assessments and standards consistent with the requirements of section 1111(a), to enable each such State— to administer such assessments; or to carry out other activities described in this section, which may include— developing college and career ready State academic content and student academic achievement standards and aligned assessments in academic subjects for which standards and assessments are not required under section 1111(a); developing or improving assessments of English language proficiency necessary to comply with section 1111(a)(2)(D); developing multiple measures of student academic achievement, including measures that assess higher-order thinking skills and understanding, and elicit complex student demonstrations or applications of knowledge and skills to increase the reliability and validity of State assessment systems; developing, enhancing, or administering, in publicly funded early childhood education programs and elementary schools, early learning assessments (including accommodations to provide access for young children with disabilities) to improve instruction for young children; strengthening the capacity of local educational agencies and schools to provide all students with the opportunity to increase educational achievement, including carrying out professional development activities aligned with State student academic achievement standards and assessments; expanding the range, and improving the quality, of accommodations available to English learners and students with disabilities to improve the use of such accommodations, including professional development activities; improving the dissemination of information about student achievement and school performance to parents and families, including the development of information and reporting systems designed to— identify best educational practices based on scientifically valid research; or assist in linking records of student achievement, length of enrollment, and graduation over time; providing instructional supports, which may include formative assessments; developing computer adaptive assessments that meet the requirements of section 1111(a); developing alternate assessments, as described in section 1111(a)(2)(E), aligned to alternate achievement standards; and providing professional development to local educational agency staff to transition between assessment systems, including technology for that purpose.
From amounts made available under subsection (c)(2) to carry out this subsection, the Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, grants to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to carry out the activities described in paragraph (3). Each State educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.
Each State educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to— enable States, or a consortia of States, to collaborate with institutions of higher education or other organizations or agencies to improve the quality, validity, and reliability of State academic assessments beyond the requirements for such assessments described in section 1111(a)(2); measure student academic achievement using multiple measures of student academic achievement from multiple sources, including measures that assess higher-order thinking skills and understanding; chart student progress over time; or evaluate student academic achievement through the development of comprehensive academic assessment instruments.
Except as provided in paragraph (2), for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use the amount of funds made available for this section for such year or $400,000,000 of such funds, whichever is less, to— reserve one-half of 1 percent for the Bureau of Indian Education; reserve one-half of 1 percent for the outlying areas; and from the amounts remaining after the application of subparagraphs
(A)and (B), allocate to each State, for the purposes of carrying out the activities under subsection (a), an amount equal to— $3,000,000; and with respect to any amounts remaining after the allocation is made under clause (i), an amount that bears the same relationship to such total remaining amounts as the number of students ages 5 through 17 in the State (as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data) bears to the total number of such students in all States. For fiscal year 2014, the Secretary shall use not less than $800,000,000 or, if a lesser amount is made available for this section for such year, such entire lesser amount, to carry out the requirements of paragraph (1). Any amounts remaining for a fiscal year after the Secretary carries out paragraph
(1)shall be made available to award funds under subsection
(b)to States according to the quality, needs, and scope of the State application under this section. In determining the grant amount, the Secretary shall ensure that a State's grant shall include an amount that bears the same relationship to the total funds available under this paragraph for the fiscal year as the number of students ages 5 through 17 in the State (as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data) bears to the total number of such students in all States. In this section, the term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. .
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