,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eeig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bi1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,banks introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to promote the   
use of standardized testing at military 
service academies and ,do,d,e,a schools4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,service ,academy ,testing 
,enhancement ,act of #bjbf4  #b4        
,promoting the use of standardized      
testing at military service academies   
and ,do,d,e,a schools  7a7 ,military    
service academies ,the ,secretary of    
,defense shall ensure that each of the  
,service ,academies 7as that term is    
defined in section #cdg7;d7 of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 may satisfy 
any standardized testing requirement    
through scores from any of not fewer    
than three nationally recognized        
standardized assessments that are       
designed to evaluate college readiness  

and that measure1 at a minimum1         
mathematics1 reading1 grammar and       
writing1 and analytical reasoning       
skills4 ,such assessments may also      
evaluate critical and logical reasoning1
 comprehension of literary1 historical1 
or philosophical texts1 and other       
indicators of postsecondary readiness as
 determined appropriate by the          
,secretary4  7b7 ,do,d,e,a schools ,the 
,director of the ,department of ,defense
 ,education ,activity shall ensure that 
students enrolled in the eleventh grade 
are offered the opportunity to take not 
fewer than three standardized           
assessments described in subsection 7a74