Flexibility and Innovation in Education Act
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Latest action (13 Sep 2010): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What this bill does
The Flexibility and Innovation in Education Act, introduced in the Senate in 2010, proposes changes to how states measure student academic progress and identify schools needing improvement under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
This bill would allow states, with the Secretary of Education's approval, to use additional academic indicators beyond standardized test scores when determining if schools are making adequate yearly progress. States could also measure progress based on student academic growth rather than just proficiency, and they could administer required tests less frequently. The bill requires states to have privacy-protected data systems to track individual student growth and authorizes grants for data privacy measures. It also revises the peer review process for educational improvement plans and requires graduation rates to be reported for different student subgroups.
As an introduced bill, it was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It would need to be passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and signed by the President to become law.
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Official summary
Flexibility and Innovation in Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states, with the Secretary of Education's approval, to use academic indicators, in addition to annual student academic assessments, to determine which schools and local educational agencies need improvement, corrective action, or restructuring due to their failure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards. (Currently, the use of such indicators may not result in a reduction in the number of schools identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring.)
Requires the academic assessments to represent at least 50% of the factors used in measuring AYP.
Allows states to: (1) measure AYP in terms of adequate yearly growth, thereby requiring students to meet academic growth rather than proficiency standards; (2) use assessments that are in addition to the required academic assessments; and (3) conduct their academic assessments once during grades 3 through 5, grades 6 through 8, and grades 9 through 12.
Requires each state that measures AYP in terms of student academic growth to have a statewide privacy-protected data system capable of tracking individual students' growth.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to states to take specified measures to protect the privacy of information in their statewide education data systems.
Revises state educational improvement plan peer review provisions to: (1) require each peer review panel to include representatives of specified education stakeholders; (2) ensure the consistency of peer review decisions from state to state; and (3) provide states with feedback, and the public with information, regarding such decisions.
Requires states to disaggregate graduation rate data on their annual report cards by student subgroups.
Timeline
13 Sep 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Common questions
- What does S. 3770 do?
- The Flexibility and Innovation in Education Act, introduced in the Senate in 2010, proposes changes to how states measure student academic progress and identify schools needing improvement under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This bill would allow states, with the Secretary of Education's approval, to use additional academic indicators beyond standardized test scores when determining if schools are making adequate yearly progress. States could also measure progress based on student academic growth rather than just proficiency, and they could administer required tests less frequently. The bill requires states to have privacy-protected data systems to track individual student growth and authorizes grants for data privacy measures. It also revises the peer review process for educational improvement plans and requires graduation rates to be reported for different student subgroups. As an introduced bill, it was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It would need to be passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives and signed by the President to become law.
- Has S. 3770 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 3770. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 3770?
- S. 3770 was sponsored by Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] (D-WI), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 3770?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (13 Sep 2010).
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