SEC. 8026.
PROHIBITION OF FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING
Section Summary
ESSA
SEC. 8026. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING.
Section 8529, <<NOTE: 20 USC 7909.>> as redesignated by section 8001
of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 8529. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING.
``(a) General Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
Federal law and except as provided in subsection (b), no funds provided
under this Act to the Secretary or to the recipient of any award may be
used to develop, incentivize, pilot test, field test, implement,
administer, or distribute any federally sponsored national test in
reading, mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and
explicitly authorized by law, including 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.
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``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to international
comparative assessments developed under the authority of section
153(a)(6) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C.
9543(a)(6)) and administered to only a representative sample of pupils
in the United States and in foreign nations.''.
NCLB Text
``SEC. 9529. <<NOTE: 20 USC 7909.>> PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED
TESTING.
``(a) General Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
Federal law and except as provided in subsection (b), 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 in reading,
mathematics, or any other subject, unless specifically and explicitly
authorized by law.
``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to international
comparative assessments developed under the authority of section
404(a)(6) of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 and
administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United
States and in foreign nations.
