Sec. 4. Prohibition on Federally sponsored testing and testing materials
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Section 9529 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7909 ) is amended to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law and except as provided in subsections
(b)and (c), no funds provided under this Act to the Secretary or to the recipient of any award may be used to develop, pilot test, field test, implement, administer, or distribute— any Federally sponsored national test or testing materials in reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly authorized by law; or any assessment or testing materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative or any other academic standards common to a significant number of States. Subsection
(a)shall not apply to international comparative assessments developed under the authority of section 153(a)(5) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations. Nothing in subsection
(a)shall be construed to prohibit a State or local educational agency from using funds provided under this Act for the development, testing, implementation, administration, or distribution of any assessment or testing material that the State or local educational agency chooses, including any assessment or material described in subsection (a)(2), as long as the use is for a purpose consistent with the terms of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement providing the funds. .
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Prohibition on Federally sponsored testing and testing materials
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