,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjac ,mr4 
,petri 7for himself and ,mr4            
,butterfield7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase     
assessment accuracy to better measure   
student achievement and provide ,states 
with greater flexibility on assessment  
design4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,assessment ,accuracy  
and ,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,use of     
adaptive assessments ,section #aaaa of  
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#fcaa7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7n7 ,use of adaptive    
assessments  7#a7 ,in general           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this ,act1 a ,state may provide that the
 assessments to be used to measure      
student achievement by that ,state1 and 
by the schools and local educational    

agencies of that ,state1 shall be       
adaptive assessments 7rather than the   
assessments otherwise required by this  
,act7 that accurately assess student    
achievement above and below grade level 
while also measuring grade-level        
performance4  7#b7 ,definition ,for     
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 an adaptive 
assessment is an assessment that changes
 its difficulty according to the        
performance of a student but reports the
 outcome of the assessment on a scale   
that is common to all students4  7#c7   
,evaluation ,the ,secretary shall ensure
 that the protocol for evaluating the   
adaptive assessments is included in peer
 review guidance documents4  4