,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,israel 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 reduce the testing     
requirements for part ,a of title ,i of 
such ,act1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,tackling ,excessive ,standardized  
,testing ,act of #bjad or the ,,test    
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,,esea amendments   
7a7 ,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,i71 by   
striking clause vii and inserting clause
 7vii7 and as otherwise provided under  
clause 7xvi72  7#b7 in clause 7vii71 by 
inserting except as otherwise provided  
under clause 7xvi71 before beginning2   

7#c7 by striking and at the end of      
clause 7xiv72  7#d7 by striking the     
period at the end of clause 7xv72 and   
7#e7 by adding at the end the following 
new clause3  7xvi7 beginning with the   
first full school year after the date of
 enactment of the ,,test ,act of #bjad1 
in lieu of the requirements of clause   
7vii7--  7,i7 authorize any public      
elementary school or public secondary   
school to administer the academic       
assessments in mathematics required     
under clause 7vii7 in each of grades #d1
 #f1 and #h2  7,,ii7 authorize any      
public elementary school or public      
secondary school to administer the      
academic assessments in reading or      
language arts required under clause     
7vii7 in each of grades #c1 #e1 and #g2 
7,,iii7 authorize a public elementary   
schools or public secondary school at   
the #aeth percentile or above for       
mathematics in the ,state 7based on the 
achievement of students for the         
preceding school year in each of grades 

#d1 #f1 and #h on the academics         
assessments in mathematics required     
under clause 7vii771 to1 for the school 
year following the administration of    
such assessments1 administer the        
academic assessments in mathematics     
required under clause 7vii7 in each of  
grades #d and #h2  7,,iv7 authorize a   
public elementary school or public      
secondary school at the #aeth percentile
 or above for reading or language arts  
in the ,state 7based on the achievement 
of students for the preceding school    
year in each of grades #c1 #e1 and #g on
 the academics assessments in reading or
 language arts required under clause    
7vii771 to1 for the school year         
following the administration of such    
assessments1 administer the academic    
assessments in reading or language arts 
required under clause 7vii7 in each of  
grades #c and #g2  7,v7 authorize a     
public elementary school or public      
secondary school whose students do not  
meet the academic achievement           

requirements of subclause 7,,iii7 of    
this clause1 but which has demonstrated 
such level of progress with respect to  
the achievement of students on academic 
assessments in mathematics required     
under clause 7vii71 as determined       
appropriate by the ,secretary to be     
authorized to administer assessments in 
mathematics in accordance with subclause
 7,,iii7 of this clause1 to administer  
such assessments in mathematics in      
accordance with such subclause 7,,iii72 
and  7,,vi7 authorize a public          
elementary school or public secondary   
school whose students do not meet the   
academic achievement requirements of    
subclause 7,,iv7 of this clause1 but    
which has demonstrated such level of    
progress with respect to the achievement
 of students on academic assessments in 
reading or language arts required under 
clause 7vii71 as determined appropriate 
by the ,secretary to be authorized to   
administer assessments in reading or    
language arts in accordance with        

subclause 7,,iv7 of this clause1 to     
administer such assessments in reading  
or language arts in accordance with such
 subclause 7,,iv74  4  7b7 ,limited     
,english proficient students ,section   
#aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v7 of the ,elementary
 and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #fcaa7;b77#b77;,c77v77  
is amended in the matter following item 
7dd71 by inserting before the semicolon 
the following3 and that the achievement 
of a student with limited ,english      
proficiency shall not be considered for 
purposes of such definition for the     
first #ab months that the student is    
enrolled in a public elementary school  
or public secondary school4  7c7        
,application to waivers ,section #idja  
of the ,elementary and ,secondary       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghfa7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7c7--  7,a7 by striking or at the end of
 paragraph 7#i77;,c72  7,b7 by striking 
the period at the end of paragraph 7#aj7
 and inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by adding

 at the end the following3  7#aa7 the   
requirement under section               
#aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v7 that a student    
with limited ,english proficiency be    
excluded from the definition of adequate
 yearly progress for the first #ab      
months that the student is enrolled in a
 public elementary school or public     
secondary school4  2 and  7#b7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subsection3  7h7 ,options for certain   
academic assessments ,a waiver awarded  
under this section shall not prohibit a 
,state educational agency from          
administering academic assessments in   
accordance with clause 7xvi7 of section 
#aaaa7;b77#c77;,c7 in lieu of the       
requirements of clause 7vii7 of section 
#aaaa7;b77#c77;,c74  4