,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dagb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,gibson 7for himself and ,ms4 ,sinema7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,elementary and         
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife to  
clarify when certain academic           
assessments shall be administered4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,student ,testing ,improvement and  
,accountability ,act 4  #b4 ,findings   
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,prior to #bjja1 ,federal law required  
,states only to test students once per  
grade span4  7#b7 ,following the        
enactment of the ,no ,child ,left       
,behind ,act of #bjja1 ,federal         
education policy has placed an increased
 emphasis on testing assessments1       
requiring students to undergo           
standardized testing every year in      
grades #c-h4  7#c7 ,reducing the        

frequency of federally required testing 
would allow more time for classroom     
instruction1 decrease the burden on     
educational resources associated with   
testing1 and move our public education  
system away from the practice of        
teaching to the test4  7#d7 ,the yearly 
testing currently required by ,federal  
law should be replaced with grade span  
testing4  #c4 ,academic assessments     
,section #aaaa7;b77#c77;,c7 of the      
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#fcaa7;b77#c77;,c77 is amended--  7#a7  
in clause 7v77,i7--  7,a7 by striking   
except as otherwise provided for grades 
#c through #h under clause vii12 and    
7,b7 by inserting and the achievement of
 students against the challenging ,state
 academic content and student academic  
achievement standards after proficiency 
of students2  7#b7 by striking clause   
7vii72 and  7#c7 in clause 7viii71 by   
striking 1 7vi71 7vii7 and inserting and
 7vi74