Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success Act
Latest action (31 Jul 2007): Introduced
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Official summary
Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving school improvement funds to implement, within four years of this Act's enactment, a pre- through high-school longitudinal data system that includes: (1) a unique and consistent statewide student identifier; (2) the ability to track student participation and performance over time; (3) a unique and consistent statewide teacher identifier that matches student records to the appropriate teacher; and (4) the ability to link its data to data from higher education, workforce development, unemployment insurance, child welfare, juvenile justice, and military services information systems.
Allots funds to states to operate, upgrade, and optimize the use of their data systems.
Reserves funds for competitive grants to nonprofit entities to support a state education data center.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 3253 do?
- Measuring and Evaluating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Success Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving school improvement funds to implement, within four years of this Act's enactment, a pre- through high-school longitudinal data system that includes: (1) a unique and consistent statewide student identifier; (2) the ability to track student participation and performance over time; (3) a unique and consistent statewide teacher identifier that matches student records to the appropriate teacher; and (4) the ability to link its data to data from higher education, workforce development, unemployment insurance, child welfare, juvenile justice, and military services information systems. Allots funds to states to operate, upgrade, and optimize the use of their data systems. Reserves funds for competitive grants to nonprofit entities to support a state education data center.
- Has H.R. 3253 become law?
- Not yet. As of 31 Jul 2007, H.R. 3253 is introduced.
- Who sponsored H.R. 3253?
- H.R. 3253 was sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ12, 1999-2014] (Democrat-NJ), with 8 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 3253?
- Introduced (31 Jul 2007).
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